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Patrice D. Rankine is a Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Chicago. He holds expertise in the reception of Greco-Roman classics, particularly their intersections with race, performance, and modern literature. His administrative roles include serving as Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Richmond and a teaching award recipient at Purdue University.
Education: BA in Ancient Greek (magna cum laude, Brooklyn College, CUNY); PhD in Classical Languages and Literatures (Yale University).
Research focuses on classical afterlives in African American literature, theater, and critical race studies. Current projects include Slavery and the Book (Harvard UP) and Theater and Crisis, exploring myth and racial reckoning. He has organized international symposia on slavery and co-edits works on race and classics.
Key contributions include Aristotle and Black Drama and Ulysses in Black, blending classical scholarship with modern social justice frameworks. His work engages queer theory and performance studies to interrogate classical traditions.
- Awards: Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title, Excellence in Teaching Award
- Grants: Enhancing Research Collaboration Grant (Purdue University)
- Leadership: NEH Summer Institutes, Transhistorical Approaches to Slavery symposium
