Dr. Dan-el Padilla Peralta, a Professor of Classics at Princeton (at the time of this recording), joins Lexie to discuss how growing up unhoused in New York City led him to reading in a shelter library and discovering Greece and Rome, the efforts to revise curricula toward race, gender, and sexuality studies, the limits of relying on one faculty member for such courses, and the importance of hiring, and outlines two reception projects—Classicism and Other Phobias and a book on Dominican classical reception and racialization. So tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for this week’s exciting odyssey! Don't forget to follow us on Bluesky, Facebook & Instagram or visit our website www.theozymandiasproject.com!
Originally recorded June 26, 2025.
Learn more about Dr. Padilla Peralta: https://classics.princeton.edu/people/dan-el-padilla-peralta
Follow him on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/platanoclassics.bsky.social
Read the NYT article referenced in the episode: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/magazine/classics-greece-rome-whiteness.html
Read about his upcoming move to Arizona State University: https://paw.princeton.edu/article/activist-scholar-dan-el-padilla-peralta-06-leaving-princeton
Check out his book “Undocumented”: https://www.prhspeakers.com/speaker/dan-el-padilla-peralta
Custom music by Brent Arehart of Arehart Sounds and edited by Dan Maday.
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