How to counter racism? Sooth with a cool application of philosophical knowledge or inflame with the immediacy of emotional energy? Classicist Ellen Cole Lee’s abstract for her paper at the upcoming Theorizing Africana Receptions workshop (details here) on anger in the ancient Roman philosopher Seneca and the self-described “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet” Audre Lorde […]
As tempted as we are to unleash one of Haitian artist Kettly Noël’s zombies (see Oct. 16) to avenge the racist president for his ‘shit hole’ countries remark, instead we want to take you back to those 30 minutes in Hawaii on Saturday morning, when islanders were reacting in horror to the message announcing an […]
Today I will be attending a talk by Edith Hall, Professor in the Classics Department and Centre for Hellenic Studies at King’s College London. Hall is not only an expert on Greek tragedy, but also on the reception of ancient drama through the ages. More recently, her work has focused on Aristotle and the talk […]