Academic Calendar 2023/2024 - Digital Reception of the Ancient World
CLAS 3246 Digital Reception of the Ancient World
Prerequisites:
Any 18 cr. with at least 6 cr. in Ancient StudiesHours:
3 lecture hours per weekCredits:
3Description:
Students examine the impact of digitization on Classical tradition and reception in the 21st Century. Topics covered include the impact of the democratization of knowledge through social media on popular perceptions of antiquity, the impact of digitization on the dissemination of knowledge about the ancient world, and the reshaping of Greco-Roman antiquity to fit social, cultural, and political agendas in the context modern debates in the cultural politics of the West.