Schedule - GREK 301 - S23

This schedule links to the notes and charts that you’ll need throughout the semester.

Week 1: 1/23 - 1/27 | Week 2: 1/30 - 2/3 | Week 3: 2/6 - 2/10 | Week 4: 2/13 - 2/17 | Week 5: 2/20 - 2/24 | Week 6: 2/27 - 3/3 | Week 7: 3/13 - 3/17 | Week 8: 3/20 - 3/24 | Week 9: 3/27 - 3/31 | Week 10: 4/3 - 4/7 | Week 11: 4/10 - 4/14 | Week 12: 4/17 - 4/21 | Week 13: 4/24 - 4/28 | Week 14: 5/1 - 5/5 |

Week 1 (1/23 - 1/27)

Tuesday, January 24

Thursday, January 26

  • Introduction to race and ethnicity
  • Homework (due before class): Read Omi and Winant on racial formation and translate Herodotus 8.144.
  • Assessment (due before class): In addition to this reading, you will write one or two paragraphs that reflect on a) what it means to you to participate in a class; b) how you have participated in past classes; c) what area of participation you would like to build on in this class and why; and d) what your goals are for group work, class discussion, and students hours, and share it with me via Google Docs.

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Week 2 (1/30 - 2/3)

Tuesday, January 31

Thursday, February 2

  • Herodotus on Egypt (cont’d)
  • Homework (due before class): Read Book 2.42-55 in English and 2.64-66 (text; commentary) in Greek.

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Week 3 (2/6 - 2/10)

Tuesday, February 7

  • Visit to the Chertsey Exhibition
  • NB: We will meet at Cantor Art Gallery in Prior Center for the Performing Arts for joint session with LATN 301.
  • Homework (due before class): Read Luyster’s introduction to the exhibit as well as the pieces by Leson and Mourad on the construction of different aspects of identity in the art on display.

Thursday, February 9

  • Herodotus on Egypt (cont’d)
  • Homework (due before class): Read Book 2.77-79 in Greek (text; commentary) and 2.80-90 in English.

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Week 4 (2/13 - 2/17)

Tuesday, February 14

Thursday, February 16

  • Herodotus on Ethiopia
  • Blackness in antiquity
  • Homework (due before class): Read Book 3.17-18 in Greek (text) as well as Tristan Samuels’ article on Black bodies in Herodotus.

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Week 5 (2/20 - 2/24)

Tuesday, February 21

NO CLASS - Prof. Machado out of town!

Thursday, February 23

  • Joint meeting with LATN 301
  • Homework (due before class): Read Livy 22.60.5-27 on the Battle of Cannae as well as this short entry from the Oxford Classical Dictionary on Livy.
  • Assessment (due before class): Update your participation goals document that you submitted on January 26 by writing a short reflection in which you will consider the feasibility of your goals, your progress towards meeting them, if you want to replace any of them, and how you plan to assess whether you have achieved these goals or not.

Week 6 (2/27 - 3/3)

Tuesday, February 28

SNOW DAY

Thursday, March 2

  • Joint meeting with LATN 301
  • Homework (due before class): Read the exceprts from Goldberg and Barker on gender in the ancient and modern worlds.

SPRING BREAK (3/4 - 3/12)

Week 7 (3/13 - 3/17)

Tuesday, March 14

SNOW DAY (to be made up soon!)

Thursday, March 16

  • Herodotus on Ethiopia
  • Blackness in antiquity
  • Homework (due before class): Read Book 3.22-24 in Greek (text) and 3.19-21, 25-26 in English as well as Sarah Debrew’s chapter on Herodotus’ account of the Ethiopians.

Week 8 (3/20 - 3/24)

Tuesday, March 21

  • Herodotus on Ethiopia and India
  • Blackness in antiquity
  • Homework (due before class): Read Book 3.99-101 in Greek (text; commentary) and 3.99, 102-105 in English.

Thursday, March 23

Week 9 (3/27 - 3/31)

Tuesday, March 28

  • Herodotus on Scythia (cont’d)
  • Homework (due before class): Read Book 4.9-10 in Greek (text; commentary) and 4.5-8 in English.

Thursday, March 30

  • Intersectionality in the ancient world
  • NB: We are meeting together with Prof. Seider’s class today!
  • Homework (due before class): Reread Book 3.101 in Greek (text; commentary) and 3.99-102 in English and read Shelley Haley’s chapter on race and gender in antiquity.

Week 10 (4/3 - 4/7)

Tuesday, April 4

  • Intersectionality in the ancient world (cont’d)
  • NB: We are meeting together with Prof. Seider’s class today!
  • Homework (due before class): Read Livy 22.13 in advance of class, thinking about the racial narratives in it.

Week 11 (4/10 - 4/14)

Tuesday, April 11

  • Herodotus on Scythia
  • Homework (due before class): Read Book 4.59-63 in English and 4.64-67 in Greek (text; commentary).

Thursday, April 13

  • Herodotus on Scythia (cont’d)
  • Homework (due before class): Read Book 4.68-75 in English and 4.76-77 in Greek (text; commentary).

Week 12 (4/17 - 4/21)

Tuesday, April 18

  • Herodotus on Persia
  • Homework (due before class): Read Book 1.131-133 in Greek (text; commentary).

Thursday, April 20

  • Herodotus on Persia (cont’d)
  • Homework (due before class): Read Book 1.134-135, 137 in Greek (text; commentary) and 1.136, 138-140 in English.

Week 13 (4/24 - 4/28)

Tuesday, April 25

  • Herodotus on Persia (cont’d)
  • Homework (due before class): Read Book 3.12, 16 in Greek (text; commentary).

Thursday, April 27

  • Herodotus on Persia (cont’d)
  • Homework (due before class): Read Seth’s article on the origins of race.
  • Assessment (due before class): Share your annotated script for your podcast project with me and Prof. Seider.

Week 14 (5/1 - 5/5)

Tuesday, May 2

  • Race and gender and the study of classics
  • Homework (due before class): Read the following pieces on race, classics, and gender by Gillies, Kenty, and Padilla Peralta.

Thursday, May 4

  • Podcast day
  • Assessment (due before class): 1) Podcast project due today! 2) Grade your own participation based on the goals and points you set earlier. Write 1-2 paragraphs that reflect on what you learned about yourself as a student in regard to participation this semester and share it with me via Google Docs.