Shelley Haley Explained

Shelley Haley
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Syracuse University
University of Michigan
Thesis Title:The Role of Amicitia in the Life of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
Discipline:Classicist
Sub Discipline:Black feminist and critical race approaches
Workplaces:Hamilton College, New York

Shelley P. Haley is the Edward North Chair of Classics and Professor of Africana Studies at Hamilton College, New York, and (in 2021) President of the Society for Classical Studies. She is an expert in applying Black feminist and critical race approaches to the study and teaching of Classics.

Education

Haley graduated with a BA from Syracuse University in 1972.[1] She was awarded a Danforth fellowship for graduate study and completed her MA (1975) and Ph.D. (1977) at the University of Michigan. Her PhD thesis was titled The Role of Amicitia in the Life of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus.[2]

Career

After graduating, she taught at Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) from 1977 until 1978, and subsequently Howard University (Washington, D.C.) from 1979 to 1985.[3] She was appointed to the faculty at Hamilton College in 1989.[4]

She has also held appointments at Washington University in St. Louis ('Distinguished Visiting Scholar', 2002);[5] and Hobart and William Smith Colleges ('Melvin Hill Visiting Scholar-in-Residence', 2013).[6]

Haley employs Black feminist and critical race approaches to Classics,[7] [8] and has worked on a wide range of topics including gender in the ancient world;[9] Latin, Greek, and comparative literature;[10] [11] [12] race in classical pedagogy;[13] and the role of African-American women (in particular Fanny Jackson Coppin) in Classics.[14] She has described the difficulties of her early career and the process by which she became interested in race in the classical world through teaching students about Cleopatra and researching 19th-century African-American classicists.

Haley participated in the Oxford Round Table in 2003;[15] she has served a four-year term as chief reader for the AP Latin Exam, and has chaired the AP Latin Exam Development Committee.

Haley has also appeared as an expert on Roman History and Cleopatra in the media including TLC's Rome: Power and Glory (1999),[16] Timewatch's In Search of Cleopatra, and Netflix's African Queens season 2 episode on Cleopatra.[17] Haley's assertion in the documentary that her grandmother told her that Cleopatra was black was criticized, though she also stated that "We don't know her exact racial heritage."[18] [19]

Haley was a founding member of The Kirkland Project for the Study of Gender, Culture, and Society;[20] the Institute for Global African Studies (IGAS);[4] and the Multiculturalism, Race, and Ethnicity in Classics Consortium (MRECC). In September 2019, Haley was elected President of the Society for Classical Studies for 2021, making her the Society's first African-American President.[21] [22] [23]

Distinctions and awards

Haley has been awarded several distinctions for her excellence in teaching and research. These include:

In 2020, The Haley Classical Journal was founded in her honor.[26] [27]

Selected publications and lectures

Haley has published and presented widely on Cleopatra, Black Feminist Pedagogy, and the impact of a classical education on African-American women. Recent examples of her work include:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blog: Women in Classics: A Conversation with SCS President-Elect Shelley Haley: Part I. Catenaccio. Claire. 2020-01-09. Society for Classical Studies. 2020-02-27.
  2. Web site: Ph.D. Alumni and Dissertations U-M LSA Department of Classical Studies. lsa.umich.edu. en. 2018-11-22.
  3. Web site: Blog: Women in Classics: A Conversation with Shelley Haley: Part II. Catenaccio. Claire. 2020-01-13. Society for Classical Studies. 2020-02-27.
  4. Web site: Shelley Haley – Faculty Directory – Hamilton College. Hamilton College. en. 2018-11-22.
  5. Web site: Past Distinguished Visiting Scholars. Diversity & Inclusion. en-US. 2020-05-20.
  6. Web site: Shelley Haley at HWS as Melvin Hill Profess – Hobart and William Smith Colleges. www2.hws.edu. en. 2018-11-22.
  7. Shelley Haley, "Black Feminist Thought and Classics: Re-membering, Re-claiming, Re-empowering" in Feminist Theory and the Classics, eds. Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz & Amy Richlin, New York & Oxford: Routledge, 1993.
  8. Shelley Haley "Be Not Afraid of the Dark: Critical Race Theory and Classical Studies," in Laura Nasrallah and Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza (eds.), Prejudice and Christian Beginnings: Investigating Race, Gender and Ethnicity in Early Christian Studies, 4 Minneapolis, Minn.: Fortress Press, 2009: 27–50
  9. Shelley Haley, "Gender in Ancient Egypt: A European or African Construction?" in Debating Complexity: Proceedings of the 26th Annual Chacmool Conference, the Archaeological Association of the University of Calgary, 1996.
  10. Shelley Haley, "Lucian's 'Leaena and Clonarium': Voyeurism or a Challenge to Assumptions?" in Among Women: From the Homosocial to the Homoerotic in the Ancient World, edited by Nancy S. Rabinowitz and Lisa Auanger, Austin, Texas: The University of Texas Press, 2002: 286–303.
  11. Shelley Haley, "Self-definition, Community and Resistance: Euripides' Medea and Toni Morrison's Beloved, Thamyris: Mythmaking from Past to Present 2.2 (Autumn 1995): 177–206.
  12. Shelley Haley, "Performing Race: A Critical Race Feminist Looks at Seneca 47." The Classical Association of the Atlantic States, Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pa.: October 10–12, 2013.
  13. Shelley Haley, "Black Athena in the Context of America" (appearing under the editorially imposed title "Class pedagogy begs race questions"),  American Classical League Newsletter, 16.1 (Fall 1993): 8–14.
  14. Shelley Haley, Fanny Jackson Coppin's, Reminiscences of School Life, and Hints On Teaching, Volume 8 of the African American Women Writers Series, 1910–1940 (general editor: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,) New York: G. K. Hall/ Macmillan 1995.
  15. Web site: Faculty Members Receive Teaching Awards at Class & Charter Day. Hamilton College. en. 2018-11-22.
  16. Web site: Greatness of Rome was staggering; TV: The Learning Channel presents a miniseries on the Roman Empire at its height; Radio and Television – Baltimore Sun. https://web.archive.org/web/20200520140205/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1999-03-03-9903030248-story.html. dead. 2020-05-20. 2020-05-20. 2020-05-20.
  17. News: Nally . Gwen . Gilbert . Mary Hamil . 2023-05-10 . Opinion Fear of a Black Cleopatra . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-05-24 . 0362-4331.
  18. News: Butler . Bethonie . Was Cleopatra Black? We're asking the wrong question . Washington Post . May 12, 2023 . January 29, 2024.
  19. Web site: Crow . David . What Netflix's Queen Cleopatra Gets Right and Wrong About the Real History . Den of Geek . May 11, 2023 . January 29, 2024.
  20. Web site: Kirkland Project. academics.hamilton.edu. 2018-11-22.
  21. Web site: 2019 Election Results. 2019-09-19. Society for Classical Studies. 2019-09-23.
  22. Web site: Board and Committees 2020. 2017-01-17. Society for Classical Studies. 2020-05-20.
  23. Web site: 2021-01-21. Time for Anti-Racism: A Way Forward for America and Higher Education. 2021-10-21. Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. en-us.
  24. News: 2017 Awards for Excellence in Teaching at the College Level. 2017-11-14. Society for Classical Studies. 2018-11-22.
  25. Web site: Meritus / Merita Awards. www.aclclassics.org. en-US. 2018-11-22.
  26. Web site: The Haley Classical Journal, Volume I Issue I. 2021-09-14. Issuu. 11 February 2020 . en.
  27. Web site: Love Classics? Do Great Work? Try 'The Haley Journal'. 2021-09-14. Hamilton College. en.
  28. Web site: Pushing the Margins. Litwin Books & Library Juice Press. 17 September 2018 . en-US. 2019-09-20.
  29. News: 145th Annual Meeting. 2013-09-02. Society for Classical Studies. 2018-11-22.
  30. News: Prejudice and Christian Beginnings: Investigating Race, Gender, and Ethnicity in Early Christianity. 2015-06-01. Fortress Press. 2018-11-22. en.
  31. Setzer. Claudia. September 2011. Prejudice and Christian Beginnings: Investigating Race, Gender, and Ethnicity in Early Christian Studies. Edited by Laura Nasrallah and Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2009. xiv + 319 pp. $26.00 cloth.. Church History. en. 80. 3. 630–632. 10.1017/S0009640711000710. 162690372. 1755-2613.
  32. Book: Among Women From the Homosocial to the Homoerotic in the Ancient World Edited by Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz and Lisa Auanger. 9780292771130. en. 2002-06-05. Rabinowitz. Nancy Sorkin. Auanger. Lisa. University of Texas Press .
  33. Goff. Barbara. September 2002. Review of: Among Women: from the homosocial to the homoerotic in the ancient world. Bryn Mawr Classical Review. 1055-7660.
  34. Haley. Shelley P.. 1995. Self-definition, community and resistance : Euripides' Medea and Toni Morrison's Beloved.. Thamyris. 2. 2. 177–206.
  35. Book: Rabinowitz. Nancy Sorkin. Feminist Theory and the Classics. Richlin. Amy. 2014-02-25. Routledge. 978-1-315-83186-2. en.
  36. Brill. Susan B.. 1994. Feminist Theory and the Classics (review). Philosophy and Literature. 18. 2. 400–401. 10.1353/phl.1994.0022. 144233958. 1086-329X.
  37. Haley. S. P.. 1990. Livy, Passion, and Cultural Stereotypes. Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte. 39. 3. 375–381. 4436158. 0018-2311.
  38. Haley. Shelley P.. 1985. The Five Wives of Pompey the Great. Greece and Rome. en. 32. 1. 49–59. 10.1017/S0017383500030138. 154822339 . 0017-3835.

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