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Classics and Careers is BACK!
We're kicking off a new season where the Classics Podcast host Katrina Kelly meets guests from all walks of life, from anthropologists to actuaries, producers to policy advisers, fascinating people whose connection to the ancient world has influenced their diverse careers.
Episode 1 features trained classicist Dr Sam Akbar, author of the Odyssey Mindset, and an expert in stress, resilience and trauma. Her expertise in treating refugees with PTSD provides unique insight into resilience and her book distils the wisdom of Homer's Odyssey into seven practical lessons for the modern reader.
Follow Sam and get the Odyssey Mindset: https://www.drsamakbar.com/ https://www.instagram.com/drsam_akbar/
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Part 2 is here! The Prima Porta is an exceptional piece of Roman Imperial imagery and we unpack its key features and symbolism with Dr Hannah Cornwell (University of Birmingham) in this two-part mini series, hosted by James Renshaw, perfect for those studying Ancient History or Classical Civilisation.
Timestamps:
1:00: where was Parthia and what is the historical context?
2:55: losing the Parthian standards
8:14: is this a dog? or a wolf?
10:51: is Aeneas linked to the Prima Porta?
13:16: comparing to other statues of Augustus
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We're going back to school! The Prima Porta is an exceptional piece of Roman Imperial imagery and we unpack its key features and symbolism with Dr Hannah Cornwell (University of Birmingham) in this two-part mini series, hosted by James Renshaw, perfect for those studying Ancient History or Classical Civilisation.
Give us a follow or subscribe to listen when part 2 is released.
Timestamps:
1:00: what is the Prima Porta?
3:50: were there any copies of the Prima Porta?
5:05: the adlocutio pose and what this tells us about Augustus
8:10: the decoration on the breastplate
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Academic, writer and director Dr David Bullen answers your questions - how to remember what happens in the different Electra plays, are there plays without a plot, his four favourite adaptations, dispelling myths, understanding the Dionysian, evaluating Peter Hall's Oresteia, and more...
Show Notes
The APGRD - feat. Gilbert Murray's typewriter
Actors of Dionysus
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Our new Resident Expert Dr David Bullen (Royal Holloway University of London) is a theatre director, writer, and dramaturg. He has been co-artistic director of Theatre of the Gentle Furies since 2011 and his adaptations of plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes have been performed in the UK and the US.
Listen now to discover his beef with Aristotle, his unconventional academic journey, his most underrated Greek tragedy and his answers to this episode's quick fire round!
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Show Notes
The APGRD
Edith Hall's video for the CA
Kings Greek Play
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Creator, linguist and tutor Harry Donoghue (@harryspoetryy) joins Katrina to discuss his love for ancient literature, to preview Christopher Nolan's Odyssey film, to highlight the pervading humour and relatability of Roman poets, and share whom he thinks was the best salesman in the ancient world...
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That's right, we couldn't conclude Season 3 without a bonus episode! It was a privilege to speak to eminent sculptor Eleanor Crook about her Classics degree, a life-changing experience at Hadrian's Wall, forging an unconventional career, immortalising the Queen's Lying in State, and backwards engineering the Riace Bronzes.
Read our obituary for Tony Harrison here and do get in touch with us if you'd like to work with Eleanor on a research project.
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For the final episode of this season of Classics & Careers, Katrina meets Sarah Rowley, Head of Communications at YouTube in the UK, and discovers her love for Latin (join in with 'guess the song'), how she turned a lockdown project into a brilliant book, and how ancient rhetoric plays an influential role in modern comms.
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You Talkin’ to Me? https://profilebooks.com/work/you-talkin-to-me/
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Tracy-Ann Oberman, perhaps best known for playing Chrissie Watts in EastEnders, as well as her many stage and TV roles including Monroe, Doctor Who, New Tricks, It's A Sin and more, is a self-proclaimed Classics geek! Winner of 2021 Celebrity Mastermind, her chosen topic was the Women of Imperial Rome.
In this episode, Katrina discovers Tracy-Ann's passion for Roman history and literature, her classical travel recommendations, the inspiration behind many of her plays, and which writer she turned to as a child, seeking ancient intrigue...
Show Notes
https://www.marbella-adventures.com/things-to-do/sulfur-bath
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Herod-Great-published-Watching/dp/0008732787
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We're back with Richard for part 2 in our Expert in Residence interview series - he answers your questions on Georgian caves, steppe nomads, ancient homelessness, lost heritage, the Scythians, Olbian pottery and gives some excellent PhD advice.
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Dr Richard Kendall is a Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter. He completed his doctorate, ‘Strategies of Cooperation’, at the University of Edinburgh in 2024, focusing on the meeting of Greeks, Romans and steppe nomads in the city of Olbia, in modern Ukraine, in the early centuries AD.Richard’s research focuses on the people and places often marginalised in the discipline, such as Scythians and Sarmatians, the homeless in antiquity, and the northern Black Sea and Caucasus region more widely. In 2023, he co-chaired a conference on ‘The Afterlife of the Greco-Persian Wars’ at Kyoto University, Japan, and has presented at several international conferences, perhaps most memorably in a cave in southern Georgia.
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