Academic Appointments
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Assistant Professor, Classics
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
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Independent Studies (4)
- Directed Reading in Classics (Graduate Students)
CLASSICS 298 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Directed Readings (Undergraduate)
CLASSICS 198 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Dissertation Proposal Preparation
CLASSICS 297 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Undergraduate Thesis: Senior Research
CLASSICS 199 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Directed Reading in Classics (Graduate Students)
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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)
- African Archive Beyond Colonization
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Paula Gaither -
Orals Chair
Adele Stock -
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Samuel Powell
All Publications
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(Re)membering Sara Baartman, Venus, and Aphrodite
CLASSICAL RECEPTIONS JOURNAL
2019; 11 (3): 336–54
View details for DOI 10.1093/crj/clz008
View details for Web of Science ID 000493337300005