Ancient Office Hours
by Lexie Henning
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Episode 152 - Dr. Glaire Anderson
Episode 152 - Dr. Glaire Anderson
About this podcast
Join Lexie Henning as she chats with thought leaders in academia and the entertainment industry about how they got into their field, their current work, and how they connect with the past. Together they strive to connect modern societies to ancient worlds, explore antiquity via contemporary storytelling, and introduce a wider audience to the various ways history and mythology influences popular culture around the world.
Tune in for intimate conversations with established top scholars, current postgrads, early career academics, and professionals in their respective fields as their wisdom and advice has never been more accessible!
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Episodes
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- Episode 152 - Dr. Glaire Anderson · 1 h 15 minDr. Glaire Anderson, a professor of Islamic art and architecture at the University of Edinburgh, recounts navigating limited program visibility, and training in architecture and…
- Episode 151 - Dr. Tori Lee · 1 h 1 minDr. Tori Lee, an assistant professor of classics at Davidson College, discusses her favorite authors, especially Catullus, and her MA thesis on how English translators handle…
- Episode 150 - Dr. Jana Matuszak · 1 h 22 minDr. Jana Matuszak, a professor of Sumerology at the University of Chicago, joins Lexie to discuss the need to advocate for and provide accessible translations of ancient works…
- Episode 149 - Dr. Ben Angell · 57 minDr. Ben Angell, a video game writer and current narrative lead at Capture Age, joins Lexie to discuss how he shifted focus from “face of battle” analysis to morale, psychology…
- Episode 148 - Dr. Constantine Karathanasis · 1 h 25 minDr. Constantine Karathanasis, a professor of classics at Texas A&M, joins Lexie to discuss the role of national mythologies about antiquity, EU debates that separate “ancient”…
- Bonus - The Odysseason Panel 2 · 1 h 35 minIn this second “Odysseason” panel, another group of classicists discuss Christopher Nolan’s new “Odyssey” film and the major changes made in his adaptation and what those changes…
- Special Release - Greek Warfare and Reenactment with Ben Truska · 57 minBen Truska, an independent scholar and ancient Greek hoplite reenactor, joins Lexie to discuss shifting from history to a history/classics double major, citing favorite classes…
- Bonus - The Odysseason Panel 1 · 1 h 7 minIn this first “Odysseason” panel, a group of classics scholars discuss Christopher Nolan’s new “Odyssey” film as a modern reinterpretation rather than Homer, focusing on war…
- Episode 147 - Dr. Catherine Bonesho · 60 minDr. Catherine Bonesho, a professor of Early Judaism at UCLA, joins Lexie to discuss enjoying ancient languages as a grammar puzzle, identifying as a scholar of ancient Judaism in…
- Special Release - Teaching, Traditions, and Transitions: Dr. David Schenker’s Farewell Tour · 55 minReturning guest, Dr. David Schenker, a professor of classics at Mizzou, returns for a 6-year catch up! At the time of this recording, he had just taught his final formal class…
- Episode 146 - Dr. Salima Ikram · 57 minDr. Salima Ikram, a Distinguished Professor and the Amelia Peabody Chair in Egyptology at the American University in Cairo, joins Lexie to discuss her interests in preservation…
- Episode 145 - Dr. Jenn Finn · 1 h 29 minDr. Jenn Finn, an Associate Professor and Chair of the Classical Studies Department at Loyola University Chicago, joins Lexie to discuss how coursework in Achaemenid Persian art…
- Episode 144 - Dr. Petra Creamer · 1 h 23 minDr. Petra Creamer, an Assyriologist, archaeologist, and professor of the Ancient Near East at Emory University, joins Lexie to discuss focusing on the Assyrian Empire to…
- Episode 143 - Dr. Jeffrey Newman · 1 h 28 minDr. Jeffrey Newman, an Egyptologist and a research associate at UCLA's Pourdavoud Institute, joins Lexie to discuss his dissertation, which examines ritual performance and the…
- Episode 142 - Dr. Curtis Dozier · 1 h 17 minDr. Curtis Dozier, an associate professor of Classics at Vassar College, joins Lexie to discuss entering classics through Latin in public high school, founding Pharos: Doing…
- Episode 141 - Jonathan Todd Ross · 58 minJonathan Todd Ross, a voice actor and writer (the voice of Marik Ishtar & Yami Marik in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series), joins Lexie to discuss getting into acting and studying at…
- Episode 140 - Dr. Roel Konijnendijk · 1 h 18 minDr. Roel Konijnendijk, the Darby Fellow in Ancient History at Lincoln College, at the University of Oxford, joins Lexie to examine psychological warfare and imperial brutality in…
- Special Release - Back to Where It All Began with Andrea Parkins · 59 minIn this very special podcast episode, Lexie reconnects with Andrea Parkins, her influential history teacher who ignited her passion for history back in sixth grade. They…
- Episode 139 - Cricket Leigh · 1 h 13 minCricket Leigh, a therapist and accomplished voice-over artist (the voice of Mai on Avatar the Last Airbender), joins Lexie to discuss her path into performance, from growing up…
- Episode 138 - Dr. Dan-el Padilla Peralta · 1 h 17 minDr. Dan-el Padilla Peralta, a Professor of Classics at Princeton (at the time of this recording), joins Lexie to discuss how growing up unhoused in New York City led him to…
