2025 Biggs Family Residency in Classics

Emily Greenwood, James M. Rothenberg Professor of the Classics and of Comparative Literature, Harvard University

The 2025 Biggs Family Resident in Classics will be Emily Greenwood of Harvard University. Professor Greenwood has published groundbreaking scholarship on ancient Greek literature and its reception, especially as that relates to black studies and postcolonial literature and theory. All events are scheduled for 4PM Central Daylight Time and will be followeed by receptions.

Colloquium

"‘Suffering is not seldom the reward for service …’: Anna Julia Cooper and the Black Feminist Prometheus"
Monday, April 7
4PM
Umrath Lounge

Seminar

"Language Use and the Language of Use: Fictions of Normativity in Apollodorus"
Wednesday, April 9
4PM
Seigle 301

Lecture

"Classical Slave Names and Container Theory: An African American History"
Thursday, April 10
4PM
Steinberg Auditorium

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