Ancient Pasts for Modern Audiences

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Learn more about responsible public scholarship with our panel of speakers!

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The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University is pleased to present a new Speaker Series event! Join us for a panel discussion with Sabrina Higgins &amp; Aurora Camano (SFU), Michael Laurence (Capilano University), Christine Johnson (Western Washington University), Megan Daniels and Gino Canlas (UBC). Taking place on Friday, March 15th at 2:30pm in person at the Bennett Library, SFU Burnaby, Room 7200, or online, the topic for discussion will be "A Critical Approach to Pedagogy and the Digitial Humanities in Ancient Mediterranean Studies". Attendance is free. The event is open to the public and will be recorded. This programming is made possible thanks to the generous support of the <a href="https://trk.cp20.com/click/ds9u-2sj2y4-d1p9fk-cocw1z86/" title="https://trk.cp20.com/click/ds9u-2sj2y4-d1p9fk-cocw1z86/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Stavros Niarchos Foundation</a> (SNF).

ABSTRACTA common critique of the study of ancient history is that it is “institutional and exclusionary; still the stuff of galleries, museums and UNESCO World Heritage sites; of prized images, objects and structures, rather than of living humanity.” On one hand, this critique speaks to multiple peoples and experiences in the past that are excluded, overshadowed by prized objects and monuments. On the other hand, it also speaks to people in the modern world who are excluded from institutions and discourses surrounding human history. To address the latter, the spirit of public scholarship aims at breaking down barriers between the academy and the broader public to maximize inclusion, diversity, and other social benefits. But the field of ancient Mediterranean history and traditional academic disciplines (Classics, Egyptology, Near Eastern Studies, Classical Archaeology, etc.) remain deeply entangled with racist and exclusionary agendas which have impacted how scholars communicate knowledge on this past. In an age where social media and digital technology have broken down barriers between the academy and the public to a greater degree than ever before, how can we as educators inside and outside the academy more effectively participate in public discourse about the ancient Mediterranean? How do we engage in responsible scholarship that is more inclusive of past diversity and modern audiences? In this week's seminar, authors from the edited volume Ancient Pasts for Modern Audiences come together to discuss the challenges and best practices for public scholarship on the history, archaeology, and cultures of the ancient Mediterranean and surrounding geographical regions. Together, they will address issues of pedagogy and public scholarship, raised in their individual chapters contributed to the volume, and how we can responsibly engage and communicate with academic and non-academic audiences across various learning environments, including the classroom, museums and social media.

BIOGRAPHYThe speakers for this week's seminar include Sabrina Higgins &amp; Aurora Camano (SFU), Michael Laurence (Capilano University), Christine Johnson (Western Washington University), Megan Daniels and Gino Canlas (UBC). Each of the speakers contributed a chapter to the edited volume Ancient Pasts for Modern Audiences, which addresses question of responsible public scholarship, and will be published by Routledge in late 2023/early 2024.

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