Brandon Bourgeois, Ph.D
Assistant Professor of Classics
USC Dornsife
Email: brandon.bourgeois@usc.edu
Brandon Bourgeois is an Assistant Professor of Classics at University of Southern California. His research interests include Roman political, legal, and religious traditions from the late Republic to the late Roman empire/early Byzantium, as well as the reception of classical antiquity among members and communities of the African diaspora. Brandon is the founder and creative director of “The Hype4Homer Project.” The Project translates and adapts ancient Greek epic and lyric poetry from its original language into musical audiobooks and live performance-pieces using the linguistic, cultural, and artistic idioms of contemporary Hip Hop and R&B.
