| 1/3/2024: New York Times story on excavation of a "bakery-prison" in Pompeii |
| 1/8/2024: "Trump says Civil War 'could have been negotiated'" (Washington Post); cf. "Nikki Haley was asked what caused the Civil War. She made no mention of slavery" |
| 1/10/2024: first day of class; please read pp. 1-27 of Joshel's Slavery in the Roman World before class |
| 1/15/2024: M. L. King, Jr. Holiday (no class) |
| 1/17/2024: British Museum site, "Slavery in ancient Rome" |
| 1/24/2024: Anna Deavere Smith's The Ghost of Slavery: A PLAY of PAST and PRESENT (a new play based on first-hand accounts of the US juvenile justice system) |
| 1/25/2024: Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes (2023), with John Malkovich as Seneca (clip) |
| 2/7/2024: Response #1 due (Topics) |
| 2/17/2024: Masha Gessen, "The Death of Alexey Navalny, Putin's Most Formidable Opponent" (The New Yorker); trailer of Oscar-winning documentary Navalny (2022) |
| 2/20/2024: Jon Stewart on Tucker Carlson in Moscow (re trading freedom for fascistic order) |
| 2/21/2024: Examination #1; Study Guide; Key |
| 3/2/2024: spring break (no class) |
| 3/4/2024: spring break (no class) |
| 3/11/2024: Creative Project #1 due |
| 3/18/2024: Response #2 due (Topics) |
| 3/25/2024: another reminder that free competition and autocracy don't mix |
| 3/27/2024: Examination #2; Study Guide; Key |
| 4/29/2024: Creative Project #2 due |
| 5/1/2024: new book by Candida Moss on slaves' contributions to the Bible; Response #3 due (Topics) |
| 5/6/2024: Final Examination (10:30am-12:30pm); Study Guide |