Diverse Classics

Classics is often seen as elitist, a field of knowledge reserved for a privileged few. Though often true, this representation fails to do justice to the many writers from the global majority, and artists of colour, who have reinterpreted classical texts throughout history. In this series, Shivaike Shah interviews academics and experts about how Classics has both offered artistic inspiration and justified work towards social justice throughout history. Discovering what diasporic people have taken from Classics enhances contemporary understanding of both their work and their classical sources.