Ancient Office Hours

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Episode 104 - Lindsay Allason-Jones Nov 27, 2024

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Lindsay Allason-Jones, a Roman archaeologist and museum professional, joins Lexie to discuss the importance of artifacts in understanding the lives of people from the past (particularly women in Roman Britain), the cultural diversity of Roman Britain, the purpose and functionality of Hadrian’s Wall, and consulting on “The Eagle” film. So tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for this week’s exciting odyssey! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram or visit our website www.theozymandiasproject.com!

Originally recorded June 4, 2024.

Learn more about Lindsay Allason-Jones: http://cias.ncl.ac.uk/Lindsay_Allason_Jones.htm

Check out her book “Roman Woman: Everyday Life in Hadrian’s Britain”: https://www.amazon.com/Roman-Woman-Everyday-Hadrians-Britain/dp/1789290740

Check out “The Eagle” film she consulted for: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034389/

Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheOzymandiasProject

Custom music by Brent Arehart of Arehart Sounds and edited by Dan Maday.

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Episode 103 - Dr. Julia Troche Nov 13, 2024

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Dr. Julia Troche, an Egyptologist and professor at Missouri State University, joins Lexie to discuss the importance of connecting ancient history to modern issues, role of religion in everyday life in ancient Egypt, particularly through the lens of social history, and the complexities of reception studies in Egyptology. So tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for this week’s exciting odyssey! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram or visit our website www.theozymandiasproject.com!

Originally recorded May 30, 2024.

Learn more about Dr. Troche: https://history.missouristate.edu/profile-display.aspx?p=JuliaTroche

Check out her publications on Academia: https://missouristate.academia.edu/JuliaTroche

Check out what the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is up to: https://arce.org/

Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheOzymandiasProject

Custom music by Brent Arehart of Arehart Sounds and edited by Dan Maday.

Want a transcript of the episode? Email us at theozymandiasprojectpodcast@gmail.com and we can provide one.

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Episode 102: Be a Scribe with Dr. Christian Casey Oct 30, 2024

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Returning guest Dr. Christian Casey, an Egyptologist and researcher at Freie Universität Berlin, joins Lexie for the first time since 2020 to discuss his work on the Zodiac Project, the new co-authored book with Michael Hoffen, and the challenges of academic writing versus creating accessible trade books. So tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for this week’s exciting odyssey! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram or visit our website www.theozymandiasproject.com!

Originally recorded March 21, 2024.

Learn more about Dr. Casey: caseyegyptologist.com

Listen to Dr. Casey’s first AOH episode: https://www.theozymandiasproject.com/podcast/episode/c7dbf73b/episode-5-dr-christian-casey

Check out “Be a Scribe”: https://www.beascribe.com/

Check out his publications on Academia: https://isaw-nyu.academia.edu/ChristianCasey

Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheOzymandiasProject

Custom music by Brent Arehart of Arehart Sounds and edited by Dan Maday.

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Bonus - The Legacy of the Hippocratic Oath: Navigating Medical Ethics Through Time Panel Discussion Oct 16, 2024

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In this thought-provoking panel discussion, three distinguished scholars delve into the complexities of ancient medicine, ethics, and the enduring influence of the Hippocratic Oath. Dr. Brooke Holmes (Princeton University), Dr. Jennifer Stager (Johns Hopkins), and Dr. Joseph Fins (Weill Cornell Medical College) engage in a fascinating discussion on the history of the body, the intersection of ancient and modern bioethics, and the evolving role of medicine in society. So tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for this week’s exciting odyssey! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram or visit our website www.theozymandiasproject.com!

Panel recorded December 19, 2023.

Learn more about Dr. Holmes: https://classics.princeton.edu/people/faculty/core/brooke-holmes

Learn more about Dr. Stager: https://arthist.jhu.edu/directory/jennifer-stager/

Learn more about Dr. Fins: https://weillcornell.org/jfins

Read Dr. Holmes’ book The Symptom and the Subject: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691138992/the-symptom-and-the-subject

Read about the Deep Brain Stimulation research conducted by Dr. Fins and covered by the New York Times mentioned in the discussion: https://humanities.princeton.edu/2023/12/07/deep-brain-stimulation-research-from-council-visitor-joseph-fins-featured-in-the-new-york-times/

Find Dr. Fins' contribution in COVID-19 and the Law: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/covid19-and-the-law/B4889C072A10241C5F047DE4B913F197

Check out Dr. Stager’s new book Public Feminism in Times of Crisis: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781793648105/Public-Feminism-in-Times-of-Crisis-From-Sappho%E2%80%99s-Fragments-to-Viral-Hashtags

Read Dr. Stager’s Seeing Color in in Classical Art book: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/seeing-color-in-classical-art/6E8F6BE6DDD7CB66A995D7825B99C7D6

Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheOzymandiasProject

Custom music by Brent Arehart of Arehart Sounds and edited by Dan Maday.

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Episode 101 - Dr. Anthony Kaldellis Oct 02, 2024

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Dr. Anthony Kaldellis, a professor of Classics at the University of Chicago, joins Lexie to discuss how we define the Byzantine Empire, the multiple reinventions and conceptions of “Rome” over time, the importance of analyzing historical figures and their choices in their proper historical contexts, and the media reception of the East Roman Empire. So tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for this week’s exciting odyssey! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram or visit our website www.theozymandiasproject.com!

Originally recorded March 7, 2024.

Learn more about Dr. Kaldellis: https://classics.uchicago.edu/people/anthony-kaldellis

Listen to his podcast Byzantium & Friends: https://byzantiumandfriends.podbean.com/

Buy his new book The New Roman Empire: https://www.amazon.com/New-Roman-Empire-History-Byzantium-ebook/dp/B0CC69PLHQ?ref_=ast_author_mpb

Check out his publications on Academia: https://chicago.academia.edu/AnthonyKaldellis

Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheOzymandiasProject

Custom music by Brent Arehart of Arehart Sounds and edited by Dan Maday.

Want a transcript of the episode? Email us at theozymandiasprojectpodcast@gmail.com and we can provide one.

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Episode 100 - Dr. Emily Wilson Sep 18, 2024

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Dr. Emily Wilson, a professor of Classics at UPenn, joins Lexie to discuss the process of choosing translation projects, addressing scholarly disagreements over different translations of ancient works, other texts that might or might not merit future translations, and how politicisation of the ancient world complicates reception studies. So tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for this week’s exciting odyssey! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram or visit our website www.theozymandiasproject.com!

Originally recorded December 18, 2023.

Learn more about Dr. Wilson: https://www.classics.upenn.edu/people/emily-wilson

Find her books via her personal website: https://www.emilyrcwilson.com/

Follow her on Twitter: https://x.com/emilyrcwilson?lang=en

Follow her on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/emilyrcwilson.bsky.social

Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheOzymandiasProject

Custom music by Brent Arehart of Arehart Sounds and edited by Dan Maday.

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Episode 99 - Dr. Melissa Funke Sep 04, 2024

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Dr. Melissa Funke, a professor of Classics at the University of Winnipeg, joins Lexie to discuss the fragmentary nature of history, her new book Phryne, favourite ancient Greek tragedies, what to do with the chorus in tragedies, and her work as a content creator with Peopling the Past. So tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for this week’s exciting odyssey! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram or visit our website www.theozymandiasproject.com!

Originally recorded February 29, 2024.

Learn more about Dr. Funke: https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/classics/faculty/melissa-funke.html

Follow her on Twitter: https://x.com/melissakafunke?lang=en

Find her new book Phryne: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/phryne-9781350371873/

Learn more about the Lux Project: https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/classics/the-lux-project.html

Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheOzymandiasProject

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Episode 98 - Dr. Annetta Alexandridis Aug 21, 2024

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Dr. Annetta Alexandridis, a professor of Art History at Cornell, joins Lexie to discuss her experience working on a Roman villa and navigating different archaeological sites, the benefits of working with casts/material culture, defining ‘archaeology’, how the field has changed, and determining who gets to define its meaning. So tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for this week’s exciting odyssey! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram or visit our website www.theozymandiasproject.com!

Originally recorded January 29, 2024.

Learn more about Dr. Alexandridis: https://arthistory.cornell.edu/annetta-alexandridis

Check out her publications on Academia: https://independent.academia.edu/AnnettaAlexandridis

Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheOzymandiasProject

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Episode 97 - Dr. Athena Kirk Aug 07, 2024

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Dr. Athena Kirk, a professor of Classics at Cornell, joins Lexie to discuss working on Plutarch/other favourite texts, differentiating text & object from ‘text-objects’, and media reception and misconceptions of ancient works. So tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for this week’s exciting odyssey! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram or visit our website www.theozymandiasproject.com!

Originally recorded January 19, 2024.

Learn more about Dr. Kirk: https://classics.cornell.edu/athena-kirk

More info for the CUNY Latin/Greek Institute’s summer programs: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/latin-greek-institute

Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheOzymandiasProject

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Episode 96 - From Ancient Myths to Modern Games: Melissanthi Mahut on Assassin's Creed Odyssey Jul 24, 2024

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Actress Melissanthi Mahut, (voice of Kassandra in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey!), joins Lexie to chat about her favourite myths/stories from growing up in Greece, acting preferences between history & mythology, her experience playing Kassandra in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, and assessing the impact of the game in academia. So tuck in your togas and hop aboard Trireme Transit for this week’s exciting odyssey! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram or visit our website www.theozymandiasproject.com!

Originally recorded February 10, 2024.

Follow Melissanthi on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melissanthimahut/?hl=en

Follow her on Twitter: https://x.com/mlssmahut?lang=en

Watch her TEDX Talk on acting in video games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6EhnqH2zrI

Find all of her projects on her IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3562015/

Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheOzymandiasProject

Custom music by Brent Arehart of Arehart Sounds and edited by Dan Maday.

Want a transcript of the episode? Email us at theozymandiasprojectpodcast@gmail.com and we can provide one.

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