Coffee and Circuses

Coffee and Circuses

By David WalshSociety & CultureDocumentaryHistory
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Coffee and Circuses episodes

  • 3: Zena Kamash (Royal Holloway)

    Zena chats about the heritage of the Near East and her family connection to the region, the 3D re-construction of the Palmyra Arch in Trafalgar Square, and the recent documentary film the 'Destruction of Memory'. We also talk about how monuments are recorded via photographs, and what this means in the age of Tripadvisor, Instagram, and even Tinder..., as well digging at Silchester, Roman toilets, and how Zena thinks archaeologists can make Twitter more inclusive.

    Zena Kamash is Senior Lecturer at Royal Holloway, London. She has her own blog at: https://notallarchaeologistshavebeards.wordpress.com/

    Theme tune: 'La Calahorra' by Rolemusic (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/~/calahorra)


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    56 min
  • 2: Greg Woolf (Institute of Classical Studies)

    Greg Woolf chats about how he got into studying the ancient world, getting out of the ancient history bubble to talk to people in other disciplines, whether scholarship is a product of its time, diversifying the study of ancient history, and what events the Institute of Classical Studies has got coming up. We also cover how useful social media is for reaching out to people, whether you're always tied to your 'landmark' publications, and why David prefers to avoid his students at the gym.

    Greg Woolf is Director of the Institute of Classical Studies in London. To find out what is going on at the ICS: https://ics.sas.ac.uk/

    Theme tune: 'La Calahorra' by Rolemusic (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/~/calahorra)


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    58 min
  • 1: Ellen Swift (University of Kent)
    Ellen Swift talks about what got her into the Romans, what she originally went to university to study before switching to archaeology, and what effect her hobbies have on her research (or the other way around). We discuss her most recent project with the Petrie Museum, which involves looking at objects from Roman Egypt and recreating (/playing) ancient instruments, while we also ponder what effect a religious background can have on research choices, the benefits of experimental archaeology, and what our ancient Egyptian Beatles tribute band would be called.

    Ellen Swift is a Professor in Archaeology at the University of Kent. For more info about Ellen's current project: https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/egypt-artefacts/

    Theme tune: 'La Calahorra' by Rolemusic (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/~/calahorra)


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    46 min

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The Roman poet Juvenal once said people are entertained as long as they have 'bread and circuses'. Now we can go one better with 'coffee and circuses'! David Walsh chats to a range of people…