The 2021 Res Difficiles conference took place on March 20th. Watch the recorded videos below.
Classical Studies at Boston University and Classics, BU Center for the Humanities, Philosophy, & Religious Studies at the University of Mary Washington present Res Difficiles: A Conference On Challenges and Pathways for Addressing Inequity In Classics. Co-organized by Hannah Čulík-Baird and Joseph Romero.
March 20th 2021. All times Eastern Standard Time.
9-9.30 Settling in
9.30-10 Samuel Agbamu, Ashley Chhibber, Hardeep Dhindsa, Bethany Hucks and Mathura Umachandran, Sportula Europe, “Sportula Europe: Mutual Aid and Solidarity in Higher Education” | Sportula Europe
10-10.30 Nicolette D’Angelo and Jonah Stewart, “Cultivating a ‘sociological imagination’ in Classics: reconceptualizing difficulty using critical pedagogical approaches” | Handout
10.30-10.45 Q&A
10.45-11.15 Curtis Dozier, “Teaching White Supremacy and Classics Using the Pharos Archive” | Announcing Resources for Teachers on Pharos | How to use Pharos in the Classroom | Athens and Sparta (Survey of Appropriations) | Misogyny and Gender (Survey of Appropriations)
11.15-11.45 Nadhira Hill, “The Call is Coming from Inside the House: Addressing the Impacts of Inadequate Teacher Training in Classics” | Text & Slides
11.45-12 Q&A
12-12.30 BREAK
12.30-1 Bethany Hucks, “The ‘Mainstream’ and Global Minoritization: Dismantling Assumptions of Common Cultural Backgrounds in Western Classics”
1-1.30 Daniel Libatique, “The Commonplace Book: Student-Centered Explorations of Ancient-Modern Connections” | Liber Personalis Project
1.30-1.45 Q&A
1.45-2 BREAK
2-2.30 Elizabeth Manwell, “Designing for Equity: Why I am (maybe) Never Teaching Cicero Again” | Handout
2.30-3 Vanessa Stovall, “Teaching Persephone (Un)colored: Racial Cosmetics, Desirability Politics, and Classicizing Colorism(s) in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and Stephenie Meyer’s Midnight Sun”
3-3.15 Q&A
3.15-4 Keynote: Patrice Rankine, “Power/Memory: Reception, Classicism, and Some Considerations on the Current State of Play”
WATCH THE CONFERENCE AS A YOUTUBE PLAYLIST
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Samuel Agbamu, Ashley Chhibber, Hardeep Dhindsa, Bethany Hucks and Mathura Umachandran, Sportula Europe, “Sportula Europe: Mutual Aid and Solidarity in Higher Education” | Sportula Europe
Nicolette D’Angelo and Jonah Stewart, “Cultivating a ‘sociological imagination’ in Classics: reconceptualizing difficulty using critical pedagogical approaches” | Handout
Curtis Dozier, “Teaching White Supremacy and Classics Using the Pharos Archive” | Announcing Resources for Teachers on Pharos | How to use Pharos in the Classroom | Athens and Sparta (Survey of Appropriations) | Misogyny and Gender (Survey of Appropriations)
Nadhira Hill, “The Call is Coming from Inside the House: Addressing the Impacts of Inadequate Teacher Training in Classics” | Text & Slides
Bethany Hucks, “The ‘Mainstream’ and Global Minoritization: Dismantling Assumptions of Common Cultural Backgrounds in Western Classics”
Daniel Libatique, “The Commonplace Book: Student-Centered Explorations of Ancient-Modern Connections” | Liber Personalis Project
Elizabeth Manwell, “Designing for Equity: Why I am (maybe) Never Teaching Cicero Again” | Handout
Vanessa Stovall, “Teaching Persephone (Un)colored: Racial Cosmetics, Desirability Politics, and Classicizing Colorism(s) in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and Stephenie Meyer’s Midnight Sun”
Keynote: Patrice Rankine, “Power/Memory: Reception, Classicism, and Some Considerations on the Current State of Play”
Res Difficiles | Difficult conversations in classics 