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X-WR-CALNAME:Bret Deveraux (North Carolina State University) & Donna Zucker
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DESCRIPTION:Talk Description:\n\nPublic-facing work is essential as the con
 tinuation of our field(s) depends on developing robust public support for 
 our scholarly mission and because if we are not active in reaching out to 
 the public\, we risk surrendering the public square and the public’s und
 erstanding of antiquity to the often untrained and sometimes even malign v
 oices eager to take our place. The benefits of public scholarship for the 
 health of the field are obvious: engaging with classics enthusiasts outsid
 e the discipline\, showing the continuing relevance of the field\, bringin
 g fresh and unorthodox methods and perspectives. The speakers will share t
 heir experience in this area and discuss practices of outreach. One side o
 f public scholarship that doesn’t get discussed as much is how much fun 
 it can be. This workshop will explore the joy that comes from following th
 e unexpected threads connecting your research with your random passions an
 d interests\, and how enjoyable and affirming it can be to share those con
 nections with others.\n\nBiographies:\n\n\n\nBret Deveraux is an ancient a
 nd military historian\, currently a teaching assistant professor at North 
 Carolina State University. His research focuses on imperialism and warfare
  in the third- and second-century Mediterranean. His public-facing work be
 gan with his weekly history blog\, A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry\, 
 launched in 2019\, where he writes every Friday on a range of topics at th
 e broad intersection of ancient history\, military history and popular cul
 ture. The popularity of that project\, averaging around 60\,000 readers in
  any given month\, ended up opening doors to reach the public in other ven
 ues\, such as through podcast guest appearances or writing for larger publ
 ications\, most frequently for Foreign Policy but also The Atlantic\, The 
 Bulwark\, The Dispatch\, The National Interest\, The Chronicle of Higher E
 ducation and The New York Times.\n\n\n\nDonna Zuckerberg is the author of 
 Not All Dead White Men: Classics and Misogyny in the Digital Age (Harvard 
 University Press\, 2018). She received her Ph.D. in Classics from Princeto
 n University in 2014. In 2015 she created Eidolon\, an award-winning publi
 cation for fresh and progressive longform essays about Classics. She serve
 d as the publication’s editor-in-chief until it closed in 2020. Her writ
 ing has appeared in the Washington Post\, the TLS\, and many other mainstr
 eam and peer-reviewed publications. She is currently working on a memoir\,
  Antiquated: Gender\, Marriage\, and Other Myths I Used to Love (Simon & S
 chuster)\, and on a weekly newsletter\, Myth Takes.\n\nThis talk will not 
 be available on zoom and will not be recorded.
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LOCATION:Building 110\, 112
SUMMARY:Bret Deveraux (North Carolina State University) & Donna Zuckerberg 
 (Palo Alto): “Public Classics”
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