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Nancy Rabinowitz, the Margaret Bundy Scott Profesor of Comparative Literature, presented her research at the Open University conference titled "Classics in the Modern World-A Democratic Turn?" in Milton Keynes, UK. The conference brought together scholars from all over the world to discuss whether the use of antiquity in modern times is in fact democratic. Her talk, "Expanding Tragedy as Critique," focused on contemporary uses of tragedy to critique the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, the Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Comparative Literature, presented “Afrocentrism or Assimilation: the Case of Rita Dove's ‘Darker Face of the Earth’” at the Andrew W. Mellon Sawyer Seminar Series “Greek Drama in African-American Theatre” on March 13, at Northwestern University. The Sawyer Seminars examine the reception of Athenian drama in socio-political contexts and are part of Northwestern’s Classical Traditions Initiative.

Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz presented a paper, "Women for Sale on Attic Painted Pots," in a session she chaired titled "Out of the Margins: Women in Public Space" at "Bringing it All Back Home," the Feminism and Classics V conference, at the University of Michigan held May 8-11.