CLAS 120: Classical Diversities

Series: Courses

Race & Antiquity This class, which fulfills the university’s DEI requirement, explores how race and ethnicity were imagined in the ancient world and how those ideas were later used (and misused) in the Americas from colonial times to today. We’ll look at texts and artifacts to see how people defined themselves and others, and how those definitions have been reclaimed or challenged in modern struggles over identity.