The Peopling the Past Podcast is back for a fourth season and this time we’re focusing on cultural heritage and the legacies of colonialism. Join your hosts Dr. Chelsea Gardner and Dr. Melissa Funke, as well as Dr. Christine Johnston (the producer of Season 4), for a very special preview episode, taking us through what we can expect from our podcast this season.
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Blog Post #101: Peopling the Past Celebrates “Ancient Pasts for Modern Audiences” at the AIA
Join us at the Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting (hybrid!) as we celebrate the release of the upcoming open-access volume, “Ancient Pasts for Modern Audiences: Public Scholarship and the Mediterranean World.”
Blog Post #100: Decoding Adolescence in the Human Skeleton with Creighton Avery
In our 100th blog, we continue our Halloween themed content with a post by Dr. Creighton Avery, an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. Here, she delves into her research on the lives of adolescents in the Roman Empire, which she approaches through a bioarchaeological lens.
Blog Post #99: (After)Lives: A Bioarchaeological Approach to Identification at Corinth with Hannah Lee
In this week’s blog, we continue our Halloween themed content with a blog post by Hannah Lee, a doctoral candidate in Archaeology at the University of Sheffield. Here, she delves into her osteological work on the Corinth ‘Hero’ and reflects on the Greek practice of hero worship.
Special Podcast Episode – Let’s Talk About Podcasts, Baby! with Liv Albert
On this episode of the podcast, we are joined by Liv Albert, author and host of the Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! podcast.
Listen in, as Liv takes us through her podcasting journey, how she approaches myths, and the voices that she amplifies in the discussion of these myths.
Blog Post #98: Cultural Finger Amputation with Brea McCauley
In this week’s blog post, we interview Brea McCauley, a Ph.D. candidate at Simon Fraser University, who details the practice of cultural finger amputation through numerous human societies throughout history around the globe.
Blog Post #97: Graduate Student Feature with Adrian Talotti Proestos
In this week’s blog post, we interview Adrian Talotti Proestos, a Ph.D. candidate at McMaster University, who takes us through his research which uses network analysis to trace interactions between Oenotrian communities in southern Italy.
Podcast Season 3, Episode 12: How do you Solve a Problem like Cleopatra? : Shelley Haley and the last Egyptian Pharoah
On the last episode of our podcast season on ancient women, we are joined by Dr. Shelley Haley, the recently retired Edward North Chair of Classics and Professor of Africana Studies at Hamilton College.
Listen in, as we untangle the image of Cleopatra as a seductive manipulator and challenge assumptions, misconceptions, and preconceived notions about her persona and reign.
Blog #93: Piecing Together the Life of Phryne with Melissa Funke
In this week’s blog PtP member Dr. Melissa Funke discusses her newly published book, which uncovers the life of a famous upscale sex worker, alongside considering the real lives of sex workers in the ancient Greek world.
Podcast Season 3, Episode 11: Beyond the Battlefield: Women and Warfare in the Ancient Greek World with Elizabeth D. Carney
In this instalment of the Peopling the Past Podcast, we are joined by Dr. Elizabeth D. Carney is Professor of History and Carol K. Brown Scholar in the Humanities, Emerita, at Clemson University. Read along, as Dr. Carney tells us all about her research on the nature of ancient warfare in Macedonia, and the ways in which women, both elite and non-elite, participated in and experienced these conflicts.
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