Department Colloquium: Dr. Sasha-Mae Eccleston (Brown) "Mettle, Metal, and Medal or Autotheorizing Contemporary Classical Scholarship"

Feb
09
2023

Department Colloquium: Dr. Sasha-Mae Eccleston (Brown) "Mettle, Metal, and Medal or Autotheorizing Contemporary Classical Scholarship"

Feb 9, 2023 at 4:45pm - 6:15pm | 402 Cohen Hall, 249 South 36th St.
*4:15-4:45 pm: Coffee and cookies in Cohen Hall 2nd Floor Lounge. All are welcome.
**We request that you please wear a mask to this talk.

Speaker: Dr. Sasha-Mae Eccleston, John Rowe Workman Assistant Professor of Classics, Brown University

Title: "Mettle, Metal, and Medal or Autotheorizing Contemporary Classical Scholarship"

Abstract: This talk considers the racialized stakes of Classics research by performing a deep dive into Suzan Lori Parks' play, Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2, and 3)(2015), and its purported relationship to Homer’s Odyssey.

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Department Colloquium: Dr. Sasha-Mae Eccleston (Brown) "Mettle, Metal, and Medal or Autotheorizing Contemporary Classical Scholarship"