Alum News: Maggie Beeler (Ph.D., ’18) joins AIA panel “Teaching Race and Material Culture in the Ancient Mediterranean”
When: August 19, 12:00-1:30pm EST
Participation is public and encouraged. Registration is available through the panel website: click here
The series of AIA webinars is geared towards critically addressing issues of teaching race, diversity and inclusion to promote equity in archaeology, classics, ancient history, museums, and cultural heritage. They are designed to be particularly useful for educators seeking to implement concrete strategies for creating a more inclusive classroom.
The panel “Teaching Race and Material Culture in the Ancient Mediterranean” draws together a panel of scholars with expertise in creating inclusive classrooms and museum workspaces. The panel will focus on pedagogical strategies for teaching race and material culture in the ancient Mediterranean. Maggie Beeler has taught the class “Race in the Ancient Mediterranean” at Temple University every semester since Fall 2017.
Complete programming information can be found here: click here
The full panel includes:
Moderator - Dimitri Nakassis, Professor of Classics at the University of Colorado, Boulder
Maggie Beeler, Adjunct Professor in Greek and Roman Classics and Art History at Temple University and Program Assistant at the American School for Classical Studies, Princeton office
Bethany Hucks, Ph.D. candidate, Heidelberg University
Patricia Eunji Kim, Assistant Professor and Faculty Fellow at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study and Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow at New York University
Naoíse Mac Sweeney, Professor of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester
Lindsey Mazurek, Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, Indiana University Bloomington