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A Greek Comedy: Lysistrata and the Sex-Strike

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RAG workshop
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A copy of this uproarious and hard-hitting Greek comedy by Aristophanes will be handed out to everyone so that we can each take a part and do a performance together. We will then break up into discussion groups to explore the implications for gender solidarity and collective action today.

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Spring 2016 Mythology as a window into other worlds

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