SASA Reading Groups
Texts-in-Translation groups connect those interested in the Ancient World through a range of topics explored in live weekly discussions.
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SASA Reading Groups are proud to be sponsored by
Through this project, we aim to continue to open the world of Ancient Studies to students in high school, college and beyond. Each group is led by a SASA Educational Ambassador, a dedicated PhD student specialising in that particular area of study.
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Groups are set up as informal discussion sessions in which participants examine the themes and ideas in the weekly readings, as guided by the Educational Ambassador.
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Reading materials are supplied in digital format by the Educational Ambassador several days in advance of each meeting to allow participants to prepare for discussion during the live session, hosted on Zoom.
SASA Reading Group & Master Class Archive
(Click the image to view the Live Syllabus, when available from groups!)
The Bacchae of Euripides: On Priestesses, Orgasmic Dancers, and Other Decadent Women
Led by Alessandra Indelicato & Tuhin Bhattacharjee
Gimme My Money! Lawsuits, Foreigners, and Maritime Contracts in Classical Athens
Led by Anna Accettola
Roots, Seeds & Trees: Genealogies of Modern Racism & Ethnocentrism in Greece & Rome
Led by John Haberstroh
Ancients Dit It Too! Sex, Desire, and Seduction in Ancient India & Greece
Led by Tuhin Bhattacharjee
Gender Identitiy and Sexuality in Greek & Roman Literature
Led by John Haberstroh
Tales of Magic and Wonder from Ancient Egyptian Literature
Led by Christian Casey
Playing with Death: Games in the Ancient World
Led by Shane M. Tompson
The Search for the Golden Fleece: Jason and the Argonauts
Led by John Haberstroh
A Brief Introduction to Maya Hieroglyphic Writing
Led by Catherine Wilde
Politics Past and Present: The (Non)Difference
Led by Georgina Longley
Loving, Losing, Remembering: Kālidāsa’s The Recognition of Śakuntalā
Led by Tuhin Bhattacharjee
An Introduction to Ancient Near-Eastern Music ‘Theory’: Understanding Musical Inscriptions
Led by Dylan Gibson
Gifts, Leadership, and Survival: A Journey Through the Persian Empire with Xenophon
Led by John Haberstroh
Taking Care of Egypt, Taking Care of the Home: The Power of Elite and Royal Women
Led by Luiza Silva
Long ago, in a Galaxy Called the Milky Way: Creation Stories Around the World
Led by Shane M. Thompson
The Ancient Library of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Led by Tine Rassalle
“In Their Proper Place": Women in Ancient Egypt
Led by Theresa Tiliakos
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Gilgamesh Flood Story
Led by Martin Worthington
Something Wicked?
An Introduction to Greco-Roman Magic
Led by James Gilmer
The Ancient Olympic Games
Led by John Haberstroh
Representations of “the Other” in ancient Egyptian literature
Led by Kate Minniti & Briana Jackson
Arrian’s ‘Anabasis’
The Campaigns of Alexander the Great
Led by Meg Finlayson
Queering Myth: Oedipus in Antiquity & Today
Led by Yoandy Cabrera Ortega
Women and Power in Ancient Turkey: Hittite Queens and Queenship
Led by Michael Moore.
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Silicon Valleys of the Ancient World: Ancient Technology, Metals and Mining
Led by Sara Quaggio
Gods, Ghosts, and Graves: Archaeology of Religions
Led by Bruno Soltic
Pharaoh Triumphant: Power Politics in Ancient Egypt
Led by Luiza Silva
Exodus, Exile, and Immigration in the Old Testament
Led by Eric Trinka, PhD.
Secret Knowledge of the Doctor: Health and Medicine in the Ancient World
Led by Dr. Casey Kirkpatrick
Lazarus Rising: The Tenth Century Byzantine Military Renaissance
Led by James Gilmer
Maya Myths in Art & Writing
Led by Catherine Wilde
Food & Feasting in the Ancient World
Led by Michael Moore
The Making of a “Bad” Emperor:
Tyrants and Hedonists?
Led by Victoria Muccilli