Real People in the Ancient World and the People who Study Them
In today’s episode of the Peopling the Past podcast, we are joined by Dr. Dan Hicks, professor of contemporary archaeology at the University of Oxford and the curator of World Archaeology at the Pitt Rivers Museum.
Listen in, as he discusses the role of modern museums in colonial mythologies, and what a path forward might look like.
In this week’s episode we are joined by Dr. Lisa Haney, Assistant Curator of Egypt on the Nile at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and part-time instructor at the University of Pittsburgh.
Listen in, as Dr. Saladino Haney speaks about museum pedagogy, community engagement in exhibit development, and the display of Egyptian cultural heritage.
In this week’s blog post, Katherine Blouin takes us through the inception and current direction of her project Everyday Orientalism (founded and co-edited with Usama Ali Gad and Rachel Mairs). Here, she discusses the collaborative nature of the project which centres voices and topics outside the hegemonic and ‘Classical’ canon. She also reflects on the project’s current focus on the history and cultural heritage of Palestine, providing a platform for scholars and activists to speak out about the atrocities currently plaguing the region, while also sharing resources on Palestine’s complex, rich, and layered history.
In this episode of the Peopling the Past podcast, we are joined by Dr. Heba Abd el-Gawad, a post-doctoral research fellow with the AHRC ‘Egypt’s Dispersed Heritage: Views from Egypt’ project at the Institute of Archaeology, University College of London. Listen in, as she discusses the legacy of colonialism in the field of Egyptology, and the importance of community-based research in anti-colonial action.
In this week’s blog post, Marie Hélène van de Ven, a PhD student at Aarhus University, explores the ethics of studying looted artefacts without reinforcing the very networks through which they were illegally acquired. Here, she shares a component of this research based on her work with the Illicit Antiquities in the Museum project at Antikmuseet, Aarhus University.
In this week’s instalment of the podcast, we are joined by Roberta Mazza, papyrologist and Associate Professor at the University of Bologna.
Listen in, as Dr. Mazza discusses the antiquities trade, both past and present, and the ethics behind papyrology, especially highlighting her experience with the illicit papyrus trade in academia.
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