Temple University Lecture: “Hateful Classicism: Greco-Roman Antiquity in the White Ethnonationalist Imagination”

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On September 22nd, 2021, Pharos Director Curtis Dozier delivered a lecture entitled “Hateful Classicism: Greco-Roman Antiquity in the White Ethnonationalist Imagination” at Temple University. The lecture summarizes the ways White Ethnonationalists use Greco-Roman antiquity to give legitimacy to white supremacist politics and assesses the challenge such appropriations pose for the discipline of Classical Studies.

A video of that lecture, along with an earlier presentation on “Teaching Race in the Ancient Mediterranean” by Professor Jackie Murray, is available on the Temple University Department of Classics’ Website.

Please note that Prof. Dozier forgot to show his slides at the beginning of his talk but (thanks to an audience comment) quickly realized his error and began showing them at approximately the 9:30 mark.