The 2 Best Peopling the Past Podcast Episodes
1) How do you Solve a Problem like Cleopatra? : Shelley Haley and the last Egyptian Pharoah
For the final episode of our season on women in the ancient Mediterranean, we feature the most famous woman in antiquity: Cleopatra! Dr. Shelley Haley joins Chelsea and Melissa to untangle the image o...Show More
2) These Boots were Made for Walking: Women's Mobility and Migration in the Roman Empire with Marie-Adeline Le Guennec
Travel, displacement, religious pilgrimage - these are just some of the motivations for ancient migration, but how and why did people move from one place to another in antiquity? This week, Chelsea an...Show More
3) Looking Forward: Ethical Futures for Archaeological Practice with Yannis Hamilakis
Join us for the final episode of season 4, featuring Dr. Yannis Hamilakis, who talks to Chelsea and Melissa about his vision for a decolonial future for ancient archaeology. Listen in as Yannis tells ...Show More
4) Protecting Heritage in Times of Conflict with Isber Sabrine
In times of ongoing war, how can antiquities be protected from damage and looting? On today's episode, Dr. Isber Sabrine, the co-founder of Heritage for Peace, joins us to talk about his work preservi...Show More
5) Between the Tigris and the Thames: Heritage Practice with Zena Kamash
How can archaeologists connect to the communities that share the cultural heritage they work on? Dr. Zena Kamash joins Chelsea and Melissa this week to discuss her work with Iraqi communities in the U...Show More
6) Critical Futures for Ancient Studies with Mathura Umachandran
How should we confront modern inequities in ancient Mediterranean studies? Is it possible to reenvision the place of Greece and Rome in the ancient world overall? In this week's episode, Dr. Mathura U...Show More
7) Selective Salvage: Archaeology and Hydropolitics
What happens to people and antiquities when giant dams are built and lands are flooded? In this week's episode, Dr. William Carruthers joins Chelsea and Melissa to talk about the construction of dams ...Show More
8) Hired Hands, Silenced Voices: Archaeology and Local Communities with Allison Mickel
Who counts as an archaeologist? Contrary to images from popular culture, excavation teams are a diverse group working to produce knowledge of the past. In this week's episode, Dr. Allison Mickel speak...Show More
9) Classics, the Grand Tour, and Invented Legacies with Hardeep Dhindsa
What makes Classics classic? How did members of elite British society use ancient Greek and Roman culture to shape their own identities on the Grand Tour? In this episode, Hardeep Dhindsa joins Chelse...Show More
10) Naturalizing Inequalities: The Colonial Museum with Dan Hicks
How did objects from around the globe and across millenia end up in major museums, far from their places of origin? What role has empire played in shaping modern museums? For this episode, Chelsea and...Show More