Tag: Ancient Greece
Authoritarian rulers aren’t new – here’s what Herodotus, an early Greek...
Debbie Felton, UMass Amherst
“No Kings” rallies. “Good Trouble” protests. “Rage against the Regime” uprisings. These events in the...
Are hegemonies a relic of the past? The role of coercion...
Andrew Latham, Macalester College
The era of U.S. hegemony has come to an end – or so declare headlines...
Love may be timeless, but the way we talk about it...
David Albertson, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Every year as Valentine’s Day approaches, people remind themselves...
‘Rhetoric’ doesn’t need to be such an ugly word – it...
Ryan Leack, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Early on in my writing courses, I ask students...
What Socrates’ ‘know nothing’ wisdom can teach a polarized America
J. W. Traphagan, The University of Texas at Austin and John J. Kaag, UMass Lowell
A common complaint in...
The ancient history of adding insult to injury
Andrew M. McClellan, San Diego State University
At one point in the latest James Bond installment, “No Time To...
What would the ancient Greeks think of an Olympics with no...
Vincent Farenga, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Because of a dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases, the...
How theater can help communities heal from the losses and trauma...
Joel Christensen, Brandeis University
President Joe Biden began his presidency by memorializing the 400,000 American lives that had been...