Welcome to CLAS 199 - Fall 2022
Course Information
- Meeting Time: MW 3:00 - 4:15 PM
- Meeting Place: Stein 307; standing zoom link
- Instructor Prof. Machado
- Student Hours: Friday 11 AM - 12 PM, 1 - 3 PM; Fenwick 413
- E-mail: dmachado@holycross.edu
This course will consider how the relationship between race and antiquity. We will begin this course by thinking critically about what we mean when we talk about race, exploring a number of ways in which the concept has theorized and understood. We will then move on to consider the role played by antiquity (broadly Greco-Roman, but also Carthaginian, Egyptian, and West Asian) in the development of various forms of racial thinking from 16th to 20th centuries as well as how different racialized groups used antiquity to respond to this process. We will end the course by considering the ways in which race and racialized ways of thinking has shaped and continues to shape the way that antiquity has been studied in the field of classics.
Important Links
Everything that you need to know about this course is on this website. You can find our course objectives, course policies, our schedule and links to readings, the assessment structure,and grading rubric.
This Week at a Glance
Monday, September 12
- Key Concepts: Critical Race Theory
- Reading (due before class): Read the following excerpt from Delgado and Stefancic on the key tenets of critical race theory.
- Optional Response #3: Write a 3-2-1 response on the Delgado and Stefancic reading in your response journal.
Wednesday, September 14
- Key Concepts: Whiteness
- Reading (due before class): Read the introduction of Alcoff’s book on whiteness.
- Optional Response #4: Write a 3-2-1 response on the Alcoff reading in your response journal.