Where Do Works of Art Belong?
An Artist's Response to James Kierstead’s “The Elgin Marbles: Playing for Keeps"
Megan Gafford
· 12 min read
classics
A collection of 8 posts
The Elgin Marbles: Playing for Keeps
The Ancient Greek sculptures are a bellwether of where the “decolonization” of museums is headed.
James Kierstead
· 14 min read
The Male Obsession with Ancient Rome
We are all Rome’s children. Its legacy is everywhere we look.
Stewart Slater
· 9 min read
Our Lost Classical Learning
The Western canon was not an unchanging set of texts, but an ongoing conversation that lasted thousands of years—enabling each generation to build on the intellectual heritage of the past.
Brian Kaller
· 7 min read
Making Homer and Vergil Optional at Oxford Won't 'Diversify' Classics
Most of us in Classics presumably read some Homer and/or Vergil at some point during our undergraduate careers, at least in translation, but there is no mandate that we do so.
Solveig Lucia Gold
· 7 min read
How I was Kicked Out of the Society for Classical Studies Annual Meeting
We must stand up to those who have no interest in the discipline of Classics or its survival—who even seek its destruction.
Mary Frances Williams
· 20 min read
Is Western Civilization a Thing?
Appiah is wrong to pretend that distinct civilizations were never a thing.
James Kierstead
· 9 min read
From To Kill A Mockingbird to Ballet Shoes: A Plea to Save Children’s Literature
Reading is a gateway to empathy and understanding.
Carla Wilson
· 10 min read