Approaches to the Other in the Greek and Roman Mediterranean
Our focus is analyzing the patterns of thought which built systemic biases and inequalities in the Greek and Roman world, what allowed them to persevere, and what we might learn to combat such ideologies.
Event Agenda
Our focus is analyzing the patterns of thought which built systemic biases and inequalities in the Greek and Roman world, what allowed them to persevere, and what we might learn to combat such ideologies. We plan to host various scholarly interpretations and interventions regarding social hierarchies in Greek and Roman antiquity over the course of four panels: Defining the Other, exploring how the ancients conceived of insider/outsider boundaries; Depicting the Other, exploring the tactics used to alienate and demean outsiders; Exploiting the Other, exploring coerced labor, the removal of people's social legitimacy, and the rationales supporting these processes; and finally, So...Who is the Other?, which summarizes and responds to the insights raised in our previous three sessions.
Program Day 1
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Program Day 2
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