Ancient Office Hours

Canadian game developer Mel MacCoubrey, (former narrative director on Assassin’s Creed Odyssey) joins Lexie to chat about her unique path into video game development, historical accuracy and her favourite parts about working on Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, and whether there’s a growing space for historians and humanities majors to work in entertainment.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 25, 2021.

Note: Apologies, but my normal mic wasn’t working so I was forced to record using my headphones and thus my audio quality isn’t the best in this episode and we tried our best to smooth out some of the rougher parts of the audio.

Buy a copy of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey: https://www.ubisoft.com/en-gb/game/assassins-creed/odyssey#2zEQ6JZUGgrGMv8QS35xWq 

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Custom music by Brent Arehart of Arehart Sounds.

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Dr. Emily Austin, an assistant professor of Classics at the University of Chicago, joins Lexie to take a deep dive into which Homeric poem translations are the best, examine emotions in Homer, discuss whether Vergil’s Aeneid is really just bad Homer fanfic, and debate what silly scene from the Iliad or Odyssey she would like to see adapted to the screen. 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 21, 2021.

Learn more about Dr. Austin: https://classics.uchicago.edu/people/emily-austin

Check out Dr. Austin’s new book Grief and the Hero: https://www.press.umich.edu/11647876/grief_and_the_hero 

Check out Lexie’s favourite translation of the Iliad: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-iliad-homer/1122160067 

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

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World renowned Egyptologist Dr. Kara Cooney, a professor of Egyptian Art & Architecture at UCLA, joins Lexie to talk about the future of Egyptology, how to get involved in the field without earning a PhD, required writing & languages as a form of gatekeeping, and dealing with pressure to love your work even if it makes you miserable. 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 April 14, 2021.

Read the article by Prof. Dan-el Padilla Peralta that Kara mentioned: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/magazine/classics-greece-rome-whiteness.html

Learn more about Dr. Cooney: https://nelc.ucla.edu/person/kara-cooney/

Listen to Kara's podcast "Afterlives with Kara Cooney": https://karacooney.squarespace.com/podcast-afterlives

Follow Kara on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karacooneyegyptologist/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karacooney/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/KaraCooney

Buy Kara's new book "The Good Kings": https://www.booksoup.com/pre-order-signedpersonalized-copy-good-kings-kara-cooney

Buy Kara's previous books "When Women Ruled the World" & "The Woman Who Would Be King": http://karacooney.squarespace.com/when-women-ruled-the-world & http://karacooney.squarespace.com/the-woman-who-would-be-king

Find all of Kara's other podcast/media appearances on her website: http://karacooney.squarespace.com/podcast-appearances

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

Want a transcript of the episode? Email us at [email protected] and we can provide one.

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Feed swap! This is episode 4 of Afterlives with Kara Cooney and part 2 of their "Demystifying Academia" series. The next feed drop on December 29 will feature part III, though for anyone eager to listen to it, you can find it on their official podcast feed. Ancient Office Hours will continue to post new, regular podcast episodes every two weeks, but will also be adding more bonus content during our usual 'off' weeks to share some things we think you'll love. If you are interested in a feed swap, please let us know via our socials or email us at [email protected]. If you like our content and can help us, please consider leaving us a review on Itunes. Note: You don't need to be an Itunes listener, but this is one of the most referenced review spots, so posting there helps boost our show.

About Afterlives with Kara Cooney & show notes

The afterlives of history echo throughout contemporary society, politics, and culture—we live with them everyday. Join Egyptologist Kara Cooney and her co-host Jordan Galczynski as they discuss ancient Egyptian history and society, the ancient world, current events, and offer a new understanding of the past and how it defines the future. Now on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, and Stitcher!

In Part 2, Kara and Jordan discuss what the graduate student experience is like, graduate student funding, comprehensive exams, the dissertation process, dissertation defenses, and dissertation committees.

• IRS tax information on Scholarships, Fellowship Grants, and Other Grants
• Eric Cline, 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed
• Madeline Miller, Circe
• Learn more about the photo database software Tropy here: https://tropy.org

Follow Kara on social media:

Facebook: Kara Cooney – Egyptologist

https://www.facebook.com/karacooneyegyptologist

Instagram: @karacooney

Twitter: @karacooney

YouTube: https://youtu.be/TrS5Uo_SgtU

Follow Jordan on Twitter: @JAGalczynski 

https://jagalczynski.squarespace.com

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Writer, broadcaster, and comedian Natalie Haynes joins Lexie to discuss learning how to mix stand-up comedy with Classics into a unique path, why academic writing is often bad, boring, and made to be inaccessible to a wider audience, and learning rules in order to break them. 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 6, 2021.

Note: Apologies, but my normal mic died toward the end of the recording so I was forced to record using my headphones and thus my audio quality isn’t the best in the last 15-ish minutes.

Learn more about Natalie: https://nataliehaynes.com 

Order a copy of A Thousand Ships: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-thousand-ships-natalie-haynes/1137077161 

Order a copy of Pandora’s Jar: https://www.waterstones.com/book/pandoras-jar/natalie-haynes/9781509873142 

Listen to her radio show Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/b077x8pc 

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

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Dr. Kathleen Lynch, a professor of Classical Archaeology at The University of Cincinnati, joins Lexie to chat about building and maintaining good relationships in and outside the field of Classics, methods of finding a good dissertation topic, Harry Potter as the ideal Greek mythological hero, and how archaeogaming transforms STEM into STEAM. 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 13, 2021.

Learn more about Dr. Lynch: https://researchdirectory.uc.edu/p/lynchkn 

Watch Dr. Lynch’s Assassin’s Creed Odyssey reaction video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDFMYkCTNu4 

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

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Feed swap! This is episode 3 of Afterlives with Kara Cooney and part 1 of their "Demystifying Academia" series. The next feed drop on December 15 will feature part II, though for anyone eager to listen to it, you can find it on their official podcast feed. Ancient Office Hours will continue to post new, regular podcast episodes every two weeks, but will also be adding more bonus content during our usual 'off' weeks to share some things we think you'll love. If you are interested in a feed swap, please let us know via our socials or email us at [email protected]. If you like our content and can help us, please consider leaving us a review on Itunes. Note: You don't need to be an Itunes listener, but this is one of the most referenced review spots, so posting there helps boost our show.

About Afterlives with Kara Cooney & show notes

The afterlives of history echo throughout contemporary society, politics, and culture—we live with them everyday. Join Egyptologist Kara Cooney and her co-host Jordan Galczynski as they discuss ancient Egyptian history and society, the ancient world, current events, and offer a new understanding of the past and how it defines the future. Now on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, and Stitcher!

Kara and Jordan chat about their paths into academia and the process of getting into graduate school and in particular Egyptology or ancient history programs.

• The FAQ section on Kara’s website is excellent, and offers practical advice and suggestions to students at the high school, undergraduate, and graduate level who are interested in pursuing the study of ancient Egypt: https://karacooney.squarespace.com/faq
• On the subject of the choice to enter graduate school in the Humanities and the topic of student debt see the following articles:
• “Graduate School in the Humanities: Just Don’t Go” in The Chronicle of Higher Education (January 30, 2009) by Thomas H. Benton
• “Master’s Degrees Saddle Graduates with Debt” (August 2, 2021) by Mark J. Drozdowski
• “Graduate programs have become a cash cow for struggling universities. What does that mean for students?” PBS.org (September 18, 2017)

Follow Kara on social media:

Facebook: Kara Cooney – Egyptologist

https://www.facebook.com/karacooneyegyptologist

Instagram: @karacooney

Twitter: @karacooney

YouTube: https://youtu.be/TrS5Uo_SgtU

Follow Jordan on Twitter: @JAGalczynski 

https://jagalczynski.squarespace.com

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Dr. Jeffrey Stevens, an Ancient History professor at The University of Missouri, joins Lexie to discuss his unconventional path into ancient history, his experience being a historical consultant for Spartacus, and how to educate people who misappropriate or misunderstand ancient Roman symbols. 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 April 16, 2021.

Learn more about Dr. Stevens: https://history.missouri.edu/people/stevens

Watch the Spartacus series Dr. Stevens consulted on for STARZ: ​​https://www.netflix.com/title/70136152 or https://www.starz.com/us/en/series/spartacus/5972

Watch the Roman Empire series Dr. Stevens consulted on for Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80096545

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

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Happy Halloween! Dr. Radcliffe Edmonds, a professor of Classics at Bryn Mawr College, and expert on Greek imaginings of death, afterlife, and on the discourse of magic in the ancient world joins Lexie for this spooktacular bonus episode! This discussion about the representation of the Underworld in Rick Riordan’s Heroes of Olympus book series and why death & the afterlife are considered taboo in modern society, was actually cut from an earlier episode. If you would like a refresher on that conversation, we recommend listening or re-listening to episode 8. Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram or visit our website www.theozymandiasproject.com!

Originally recorded January 11, 2021.

Learn more about Dr. Edmonds: https://www.brynmawr.edu/people/radcliffe-edmonds 

About “The House of Hades” by Rick Riordan: https://rickriordan.com/book/the-house-of-hades/ 

Buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/House-Hades-Heroes-Olympus-Book/dp/1423146727 

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

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Dr. Young Richard Kim, a Classics and History professor at UIC, joins Lexie to talk about the dignity of work, the intersection of personal religion and the academic study of ancient religion, being Asian in Classics, and drops some hot takes on how to change the way we teach US/ancient world history in high schools. 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 22, 2021.

Learn more about Dr. Kim: https://clasmed.uic.edu/profiles/kim-young/

Follow Dr. Kim on Twitter: @YoungRichardKim 

Check out the Asian and Asian American Classical Caucus: https://www.aaaclassicalcaucus.org 

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

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