Christina Zwarg

Christina Zwarg first started teaching the Odyssey in the Humanities Program at Reed College. She is an Associate Professor of English at Haverford College and author of numerous articles on translation and trauma theory. She is completing a study entitled “The Stunning Rehearsal: Traumatic Archives and the Black Reconstruction of Democracy.”


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O My Swineherd!

The last century may have ushered in an epoch of wars that have no end, but Homer’s Odyssey continues to inspire. You do not have to be James Joyce or Derek Walcott to find the story of a man’s protracted struggle to return home from a fight he did not want appealing. With Odysseus Abroad, […]