Blog: Between Charybdis and Scylla: Greeks and Romans in Panama After 1903
By Catherine Muñoz Arango | November 16, 2020
On November 3, 1903, the Department of the Isthmus separated from the Republic of Colombia and became its own republic. This act ended 82 years of history between them. The reason? to allow the US to build a canal after Colombia refused to in August of that same year.
Blog: Dissertation Spotlight: Understanding Mythological Embodiments of Emotion
By Yoandy Cabrera Ortega | June 13, 2019
This month, we spotlight the graduate research of Dr. Yoandy Cabrera Ortega, who recently defended his dissertation on the portrayal of human emotions in ancient Greek myths and in modern literature from Spain and Latin America.
My dissertation was an interdisciplinary one, intertwining different approaches and fields such as classical reception, queer studies, affect theory, and Hispanic studies.