Conference
Teaching Classics Today: Challenges and Opportunities
May 16 and May 17 2025
Ionian University, Corfu, Greece
(Hybrid Format)
Scope of the Conference
Teaching Classics and, more generally, Humanities has always been a demanding task, let alone in an era of constant questioning of their value. Professors of Greek and/or Latin are often engaged in a debate aimed at bringing out the necessity of their discipline, or into an argument for the sustainment of their discipline in modern academic environments. The aim of this conference is to shed new light and re-emphasize the importance of teaching Classics but also Humanities by discussing the various challenges that arise in this task as well the plethora of possibilities offered. The conference will explore the various ways to stimulate, maintain and even enhance students' interest in learning about Classics.
Confirmed speakers
Tamar Hodos. Director of the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens
Jenny Wallensten. Director of the Swedish Institute at Athens
Polyxeni Strolonga. Assistant Professor of Ancient Greek History, Ionian University
Fotios Baroutsos, Assistant Professor (tenured) of Modern History, Ionian University
Lee Brice, Professor of History, Illinois Wesleyan University
Georgia Tsouvala, Associate Professor of Ancient History at Illinois State University
Kostas Stefou, Researcher, Centre for the Study of the Ancient World
Adele Scafuro, Professor of Classics, Brown University
Sue Shapiro, Associate Professor of History and Classics, Utah State University
Roger T. Macfarlane, Professor of Classical Studies, Brigham Young University
Sessions
Teaching Classics Today: The Experience of Foreign Archaeological Schools
Teaching Classics and Humanitites Today: Master Programs in English
Teaching Classics Today: Learning on Site
Teaching Classics Today: Finding Links with the Past
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