Professor of Classics Shelley Haley recently returned from a conference to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the publication of Martin Bernal's Black Athena: The AfroAsiatic Roots of Classical Civilization, where she gave a plenary address. Her paper was titled, "Excavating in the Dark: Critical Race Feminism and Black Athena."
The multidisciplinary conference took place at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England, on Nov. 6-8 and included participants from the fields of dance, film studies, English literature, classics, history and others.
The multidisciplinary conference took place at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England, on Nov. 6-8 and included participants from the fields of dance, film studies, English literature, classics, history and others.
