Dear Colleagues,

Those of you in the Chicago area or within easy reach might be interested in the following announcement of a symposium on the topic of “Teaching Antiquity” to be hosted by the Global Antiquities group at Northwestern University this spring. 

We welcome submissions by graduate students as well as faculty. You can contact Blaze Marpet at the email address below with any questions.

All best,
Mark McClish

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Teaching Antiquity
April 15, 2023
Northwestern University Campus
Evanston IL

Northwestern University’s Global Antiquities group invites abstracts for papers to be delivered at a one-day symposium on the topic of “Teaching Antiquity.” This symposium will bring together instructors with diverse regional specializations to discuss contemporary developments in the teaching of ancient cultures. We invite scholars to reflect on how we teach and display the ancient cultures that we study, from innovating new classroom pedagogies to teaching the past in light of current political and social developments.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:


In addition to thematically organized panels, the symposium will include:
Open to all scholars with college or museum affiliation. We hope to attract a wide range of perspectives, from scholars of varied backgrounds and ranks. Graduate student submissions are welcome. 
Abstracts should be no more than 300 words and should be emailed to blaze@u.northwestern.edu with the subject "TEACHING ANTIQUITY SUBMISSION" by December 1, 2022. Please include the following:

In a separate sheet, without identifying information:

More information on Global Antiquities Northwestern can be found here: https://sites.northwestern.edu/globalantiquitiesnu/