CLASC-327 Race and Ethnicity in Ancient Greece and Rome

In this course, we will examine social constructions of race and ethnicity in Ancient Greece and Rome. What evidence survives, both textual and material, and what challenges do we face in interpreting it? How do conceptions of race differ by place and time through the Greco-Roman world? What is the difference between race and ethnicity? How have ancient ideas of race and racial hierarchy influenced later ones, and how have modern ideas influenced our interpretations of the past? This course requires no knowledge of Ancient Greek or Latin, but students with such knowledge can aid in our discussions of problems introduced by translations.

Maximum Enrollment

Writing-Intensive (18)

(Writing Intensive, Social Structural and Institutional Hierarchies.)

Credits

1

Prerequisite

One course in GREEK, LATIN, CLASC, WMGST, AFRST or SOC-231

Notes

Students should expect to participate in daily discussion. The course was designed by multiple professors in the department and will be either team-taught, or taught by each professor in rotation.