Check out this interview with Professor T. H. M. Gellar-Goad about Classics Beyond Whiteness that was recently published in Sententiae Antiquae! https://sententiaeantiquae.com/2021/03/09/classics-beyond-whiteness-an-interview/
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Professor T. H. M. Gellar-Goad’s book, Plautus: Curculio, is published!
Professor T. H. M. Gellar-Goad’s book, Plautus: Curculio, was recently published by Bloomsbury Academic earlier this month. “This study explores the world of Curculio and the world of Plautus, with special attention to how the play was originally performed (including the first-ever comprehensive musical analysis of the play), the play’s plots and themes, and its… Continue Reading: Professor T. H. M. Gellar-Goad’s book, Plautus: Curculio, is published!
Alum Receives Fellowship Funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities announced awards announced last week. Sinclair Bell (’95 Classical Studies Major, History Major), Professor at Northern Illinois University, has received fellowship funding for research and preparation of a book on the representation of Africans in ancient Roman art. His project is titled: Race and Representation in the Roman Empire: Images of… Continue Reading: Alum Receives Fellowship Funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Student Publication in Ad Meliora
Student Queen McKee (’23) has published a piece in Ad Meliora titled Reimagining Lysistrata: Gender Expansion, Equity, Representation and Impact. Check it out here: https://medium.com/ad-meliora/reimagining-lysistrata-gender-expansion-equity-representation-and-impact-beb6b5b4affc
How We Know What We Know: Humanities Responds to the Pandemic
Check out the essays written by Classics Professors T. H. M. Gellar-Goad, Brian Warren, and Amy Lather! How We Know What We Know: Humanities Responds to Pandemic
Article by Alumn
Check out this article by an alumn about chariot racing! Click here
Dept Support of the ZSR Librarians’ Assembly, Statement on Online Proctoring Services
The Classics Department supports the ZSR Librarians’ Assembly, Statement on Online Proctoring Services, July 23, 2020, which includes this statement: “While we affirm the need to ensure academic integrity and protect academic freedom, as well as the need to meet the requirements of various accrediting bodies, we must place before all of these our commitment to a… Continue Reading: Dept Support of the ZSR Librarians’ Assembly, Statement on Online Proctoring Services
Statement of Solidarity with Black Lives Matter
The Department of Classics at Wake Forest University stands in solidarity with Black communities and with all people of color. We join them in their grief and anger at the violent deaths of George Floyd and other Black Americans, and support their appeal for an end to the racism, injustice, cruelty, and fear that have… Continue Reading: Statement of Solidarity with Black Lives Matter
Screening & Panel Event
Following a screening of Spike Lee’s 2015 Film Chi-raq, Professors Sherri Lawson Clark, Ronald Neal, and T.H.M. Gellar-Goad offered their perspectives on the film’s intervention in questions of race, class, and non-violent protest. While acknowledging the film’s controversial approach, which applies bold satire to painful community trauma, the panelists found value in the film’s skillful adaptation… Continue Reading: Screening & Panel Event
Oksanish Book Launch
We extend MAXIMAS GRATIAS to all those who came to celebrate the launch of John Oksanish’s book, _Vitruvian Man: Rome Under Construction_, at Bookmarks last night. It was a standing room only! Dr Oksanish in particular extends his thanks to those who came and purchased a copy. Stay tuned for news of more faculty book… Continue Reading: Oksanish Book Launch