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Blog #119: Unseen Hands: Recovering the Experiences of Garden Laborers in the Roman World with Kaja Tally-Schumacher
This week we kick off our Earth Month series with a blog post from Dr. Kaja Tally-Schumacher. Here, she takes us through her work on Roman gardens and the ways in which archaeologists can recover, reconstruct, and reflect on the presence, specialized knowledge, and experiences of laborers and other non-elite people in the Roman world.
Blog #118: Let’s Play Antiquity with Eduardo M. García-Molina
Our latest instalment of the blog, features the exciting pedagogical work of Eduardo García-Molina, Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Here, he takes us through his course “The Ancient World in Video Games” to highlight the value of bringing gaming into the modern university classroom.
Blog #117: Teaching Ancient in a Digital Age: an NEH-Funded Institute for Ancient Mediterranean Studies Educators with Christine Johnston and Leigh Anne Lieberman
In this week’s blog post, Drs Christine Johnston and Leigh Anne Lieberman introduce us to their new NEH-funded project, “Teaching Ancient in a Digital Age.” This institute aims to equip Ancient Mediterranean studies faculty with essential digital skills and resources that take into account the evolving educational landscapes. Through virtual and in-person workshops, participants will…
Blog #116: Disassembled Cyborgs: Interpreting Cretan Warriorhood and War Booty through Disability Theory with Jesse Obert
In this week’s blog post, Jesse Obert, Assistant Professor of Ancient Greek History at the University of South Florida, takes us through his research on warriorhood in Crete and the ways in which we can think about war booty through the lens of disability theory.
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