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2010 APA/AIA Roundtable :
Explaining “Otherness”: Ancient (Homo)sexuality in the Classroom

Organizers: Alexander Perkins (UC Irvine) and Konstantinos P. Nikoloutsos (Berea College)

This roundtable provides a forum in which graduate students and faculty can discuss questions associated with teaching “queer” topics from classical antiquity. Possible discussions include: What should be the goals of a class on ancient (homo)sexuality? Can a canon of “queer” texts exist? How does one explain the practice of pederasty to undergraduate students? What is the best approach to the archeological evidence for the classroom? What kind of theoretical tools can we use to defend such a class against conservatives and censors? How can we help students enrich their perceptions about ancient sexuality?