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: Will Reading Fiction Make You a Better Ancient Historian?
By Carlos Noreña | July 22, 2019
I have always been a proponent of reading outside of one’s own field. We are all pressed for time, of course, and keeping up with the scholarship in our own areas of expertise is itself a constant challenge. But reading outside of our traditional areas of study is one of those intellectual activities in which even a little goes a long way towards exposing us to real and imagined worlds that can allow us to better reconstruct the ancient Mediterranean.
Blog: Sites of Memory and Memories of Conflict: Imperial Rome, Jerusalem, and Nero
By Catherine Bonesho | July 5, 2018
The Circus Maximus, the Colosseum, and the Roman Fora. What could be more Roman? These sites typically exemplify the power of the ancient Roman Empire and its lasting impact on the modern world. These are some of the definitive sites to visit on any trip to the eternal city, but how did these sites contribute to imperial propaganda and memory?