Join us for a lecture hosted by the Center for Hellenic Studies featuring Professor Erich Gruen from the University of California, Berkeley. His lecture attempts to elicit how the term “barbarian” was understood in the Hellenic world. Greeks regularly referred to those who did not speak Greek as “barbaroi.” Was this simply a matter of language and culture? Or did the term carry within it a sense of ethnic inferiority? Did that label signify uncivilized savages who were reckoned as contemptible and even subhuman? In short, did such characterization constitute racism? The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments are provided. Please RSVP online.