Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, the Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Comparative Literature, presented her paper, "Tragedy and Empire, American Style," at an international conference on the appropriation of ancient empires within modern imperial cultures. The workshop, "Ancient and Modern Imperialisms II, was sponsored by the Stanford Department of Classics, the Office of the Dean of Humanities of Stanford University and the Stanford Humanities Center. Rabinowitz's paper focused on the play The Darker Face of the Earth, by Rita Dove, African-American writer and poet laureate (1993-95).
Other speakers came from universities in London, Bristol, Liverpool, Sydney, and Munich, as well as Stanford University, Duke University, the University of Michigan and the University of California system.
Other speakers came from universities in London, Bristol, Liverpool, Sydney, and Munich, as well as Stanford University, Duke University, the University of Michigan and the University of California system.
