Student Projects
Cover art by RJ Wang
Spring 2024 Class Photo (not all students present in the photograph)
In Spring 2024, Prof. Nguyen designed and taught the first course ever to focus specifically on Asian and Asian American reception of Greco-Roman classical antiquity. This course coincides with a significant moment in the history of Classics as calls grow louder and louder for the discipline to become more expansive and inclusive not only in terms of what Classics should include, but also who.
In Spring 2024, Prof. Nguyen designed and taught the first course ever to focus specifically on Asian and Asian American reception of Greco-Roman classical antiquity. This course coincides with a significant moment in the history of Classics as calls grow louder and louder for the discipline to become more expansive and inclusive not only in terms of what Classics should include, but also who.
Since Asian and diasporic Asian classical reception is a relatively new, but quickly growing, subfield, students can and should play a key part in shaping its growth and direction. Students in this class were therefore tasked with taking on the role of an educator for the final project. Collaborating in teams, they created digital content on materials from the class that they wanted to share with the public. Below are their final projects.
Since Asian and diasporic Asian classical reception is a relatively new, but quickly growing, subfield, students can and should play a key part in shaping its growth and direction. Students in this class were therefore tasked with taking on the role of an educator for the final project. Collaborating in teams, they created digital content on materials from the class that they wanted to share with the public. Below are their final projects.
Project Dionysus
Asian American Classical Reception & Disidentification
Asian Critical Classical Reception 4 Kids
Free Poetry Zine
Belonging Between East and West: Poems and Artwork
Classica Asiana Americana Podcast (coming soon)
The Walls Are Alive: Architecture as a Medium for Asian/American Classical Reception
The Genealogy and Disinheritance of the Classics Zine