Sarah Derbew

Current Research and Scholarly Interests

Sarah Derbew's research focuses on the literary and artistic representations of black people in ancient Greece. The genres she investigates include ancient Greek tragedy, historiography, satire, and the novel. She also examines artistic renderings of black people in Greek antiquity, focusing on both the objects themselves and the museums in which they are displayed. Her interests extend to the twenty-first century; she has written about the reception of Greco-Roman antiquity in Africa and the African diaspora.

2024-25 Courses

• Independent Studies (4)
  • Directed Reading in Classics (Graduate Students)
    CLASSICS 298 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
  • Directed Readings (Undergraduate)
    CLASSICS 198 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
  • Dissertation Proposal Preparation
    CLASSICS 297 (Aut, Win, Spr)
  • Undergraduate Thesis: Senior Research
    CLASSICS 199 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
• Prior Year Courses

  2023-24 Courses

  • African Archive Beyond Colonization
    AFRICAAM 187, AFRICAST 117, ARCHLGY 166, CLASSICS 186, CLASSICS 286, CSRE 166 (Aut)
  • Decolonial Approaches to African Arts
    FILMEDIA 214 (Spr)
  • Decolonizing African Arts in Nairobi
    OSPGEN 64 (Sum)
  • Greek Core III: Aeschylus and Euripides
    CLASSICS 203G (Spr)
  • Race in Greco-Roman Antiquity
    CLASSICS 363, CSRE 363 (Aut)

  2022-23 Courses

  • African Archive Beyond Colonization
    AFRICAAM 187, AFRICAST 117, ARCHLGY 166, CLASSICS 186, CLASSICS 286, CSRE 166 (Aut)
  • Classical Reception in the Black Diaspora
    AFRICAAM 266, CLASSICS 366 (Win)

  2021-22 Courses

  • African Archive Beyond Colonization
    AFRICAST 117, ARCHLGY 166, CLASSICS 186, CLASSICS 286, CSRE 166 (Aut)
  • Greek Core III: Aeschylus and Euripides
    CLASSICS 203G (Spr)
  • Race, Blackness, Antiquity
    CLASSICS 13N, CSRE 13N (Spr)

Stanford Advisees

• Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
  Paula Gaither, Mpho Molefe, Anita Too
• Orals Chair
  Adele Stock