Sapiens by the Fire: Recent Episodes
Callum Gallagher
Episode #4 Thomas Lockley author of 'Yasuke-The True Story of the Legendary African Samurai' by Callum Gallagher
iTunes: THE WEALTH OF THE PAST
Dr. Amelia R. Brown is Senior Lecturer in Greek History & Language in the Classics & Ancient History discipline of the School of Historical & Philosophical Inquiry, at the University of Queensland, Australia. She currently holds a Discovery Early Career Research Award from the ARC to research the impact of sailors and travellers on the development of ancient Greek religion and identity. Before coming to UQ in 2010, she was Hannah Seeger Davis Fellow in Hellenic Studies at Princeton University. In 2008 she received her PhD in Ancient History & Mediterranean Archaeology from the University of California at Berkeley, with a dissertation on the history of Corinth in Late Antiquity. Her current research focuses on Late Antiquity, Greek religion and Mediterranean maritime history, particularly in Roman Corinth, Thessaloniki and Malta. 'She has excavated at Halasarna (Kos), Polis (Cyprus), Ancient Messene and Corinth, and is currently completing books on Corinthian history and Mediterranean Maritime Religion.
SHOW NOTES
Dr Amelia R. Brown
https://hapi.uq.edu.au/profile/333/amelia-brown
https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/2277
http://uq.academia.edu/AmeliaRBrown
Corinth in Late Antiquity: A Greek, Roman and Christian City (Dr Amelia R. Brown’s new book)
https://www.amazon.com/Corinth-Late-Antiquity-Christian-Classical/dp/178453823X
Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) https://www.archaeological.org/
Archaeological Site of Troy-UNESCO World Heritage Centre https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/849
Heinrich Schliemann https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Schliemann
Frank Calvert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Calvert
Dionysia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysia
Aristophanes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristophanes
The Trojan Women https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trojan_Women
Siege of Melos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Melos
The Melian dialogue https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/students/modules/introhist/usefuldocuments/thucydides_v.84-116.pdf
The Illiad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad
The Odyssey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey
Aeneid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneid
Homeric Hymns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeric_Hymns
Podcasts
Great podcast detailing the Melian dialogue—> Daniele Bolelli’s ‘History on Fire’ Episode 43 (available on iTunes)
http://historyonfirepodcast.com/episodes/2019/1/20/episode-43-the-melian-dialogue-the-peloponnesian-war-and-morality-in-history
Dan Carlin’s ‘Hardcore History’ (available on iTunes)
https://www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/
Movies
Troy (2004) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0332452/
Gladiator (2000) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0172495/
Hercules (1997) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119282/
A funny thing happened on the way to the forum (1966) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060438/
Youtube
What Is Myth? Crash Course World Mythology #1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeX6CX5LEj0&t=27s
