Spring 2024 Program

Our spring Conference will be Saturday, May 11.

It will be a virtual conference.

Our appreciation to our host,

 the Classics Department of the University of California, Irvine.

More details coming soon from 

President Bettina Joy De Guzman

on our outstanding speakers!

Annelise Baer

"Touring the ancient world in modern times"

Recent experiences in hosting and facilitating group tours of archaeological sites 

and how direct engagement with the curious public and social media can help facilitate better communication...as well as tick off a few bucket list items.

Mai Musié

"Exploring Gender & Ethnicity in the Ancient Novel"

This talk will explore how gender and ethnicity are represented in the ancient Greek novels (1st century - 4th century CE) , taking into account the long and complex Greek and Roman literary and historical tradition 

of the representation of the Other.

Jennifer A. Rea

"Living Color: How a Graphic History Can Shape our Understanding of the Past."

This talk will analyze the use of visual imagery in "Perpetua's Journey" (Oxford University Press, 2018), 

a graphic history about the life of a Christian martyr from Roman North Africa, Vibia Perpetua. Experiencing a text visually can enhance our understanding of the difference between engaging with history through a graphic medium versus a written text.

Debby Sneed

 "Disability and Military Service in Ancient Greece"

In ancient Greece, citizen men were expected to serve in the military in some capacity. 

In this talk, I confront the question of whether physical disability altered this expectation in any way: were disabled men expected to serve in the military? Did they? And did an inability to serve due to disability 

result in any loss of citizenship rights?

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Printable program flier here

Please note: 

Due to unforeseen changes in campus responsibilities, Hannah Čulík-Baird 

 has asked to move her presentation to our next meeting. We look forward to hearing her talk in the future on:

"Two together 'of Afric's sable race': Terence and Phillis Wheatley Peters"

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Speaker Bios

Annelise Baer is an archaeologist/producer who combines her unique skills and experience from over a decade in both the entertainment industry and the archaeological world to help create interesting, engaging and exciting (and occasionally award-nominated) factual programming. She can often be found making short-form videos on TikTok as @annelisethearchaeologist, hosting tours with TrovaTrip in exciting places like Egypt, playing video games, and contemplating another degree.   

Mai Musié is a professor, ancient historian and a public engagement professional. She is currently the ECR Fellow at the Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, and works with Swansea University and University of Oxford on impact and engagement activities and projects. Mai’s research explores race and ethnicity in the ancient world, investigating how the ‘other’ is represented in ancient Greek and Roman literary sources. She is passionate about exploring the interconnectivity between the ancient Mediterranean world and northeast Africa. She has organised and consulted on history and heritage projects that foster co-curation, co-production, and building equitable relationships between communities and researchers.

Jennifer A. Rea is Professor of Classics and Affiliate Faculty in the Center for Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies at the University of Florida. She has written numerous articles and book chapters on classical reception in science fiction and fantasy. She is the author of Legendary Rome (Duckworth Academic, 2008) and Perpetua’s Journey: Faith, Gender, and Power in the Roman Empire (Oxford University Press, 2017).

Debby Sneed is an Assistant Professor of Classics at California State University, Long Beach and is currently a Fellow at Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies. She is also the Field Director of the Athenian Agora excavations. She currently  researches disability in the ancient Greek world and advocates for disability accessibility in the fields of Classics and Archaeology.