Alum News: Maggie Beeler (Ph.D., ’18) joins AIA panel “Teaching Race and Material Culture in the Ancient Mediterranean”

Maggie Beeler (Ph.D. Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, ’18) joins a panel of distinguished discussants on the topic “Teaching Race and Material Culture in the Ancient Mediterranean” as part of the ongoing pedagogical webinar series Critical Conversations on Race, Teaching and Antiquity. The webinar is organized and hosted by the Archaeological Institute of America.

When: August 19, 12:00-1:30pm EST

Participation is public and encouraged. Registration is available through the panel website: click here

The series of AIA webinars is geared towards critically addressing issues of teaching race, diversity and inclusion to promote equity in archaeology, classics, ancient history, museums, and cultural heritage. They are designed to be particularly useful for educators seeking to implement concrete strategies for creating a more inclusive classroom.

The panel “Teaching Race and Material Culture in the Ancient Mediterranean” draws together a panel of scholars with expertise in creating inclusive classrooms and museum workspaces. The panel will focus on pedagogical strategies for teaching race and material culture in the ancient Mediterranean. Maggie Beeler has taught the class “Race in the Ancient Mediterranean” at Temple University every semester since Fall 2017.

Complete programming information can be found here: click here

The full panel includes:

Moderator - Dimitri Nakassis, Professor of Classics at the University of Colorado, Boulder

Maggie Beeler, Adjunct Professor in Greek and Roman Classics and Art History at Temple University and Program Assistant at the American School for Classical Studies, Princeton office

Bethany Hucks, Ph.D. candidate, Heidelberg University

Patricia Eunji Kim, Assistant Professor and Faculty Fellow at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study and Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow at New York University

Naoíse Mac Sweeney, Professor of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester

Lindsey Mazurek, Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, Indiana University Bloomington