Lesche: Ancient Greece, New Ideas
In Greek antiquity a lesche (λέσχη) was a spot to hang out and chat. Here Brown University professor Johanna Hanink hosts conversations with fellow Hellenists about their latest work in the field.
Podcasting since 2024 • 35 episodes
Lesche: Ancient Greece, New Ideas
Latest Episodes
Book reviewing in Classics, with Clifford Ando (BMCR) and Mary Beard (the TLS)
Mary Beard, Classics editor at the Times Literary Supplement, and Clifford Ando, senior editor of the Bryn Mawr Classical Review, join me in the Lesche to discuss the state of Classics reviewing today. How do ...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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59:57
The Ancient Shore
Harvard University historian Paul Kosmin joins me in the Lesche to discuss his recent book The Ancient Shore (Harvard University Press 2024), winner of the American Historical Association's 2025 Prize in History Prior to CE 1000. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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54:28
The Life of Demosthenes
James Romm joins me in the Lesche to discuss his new biography Demosthenes: Democracy's Defender. The book is a part of Yale University Press's Ancient Lives series, of which James is also the editor.
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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51:31
"Bilingual" Ionic Column Capitals
Sam Holzman joins me in the Lesche to discuss "bilingual" Ionic column capitals (i.e., column capitals that combined an archaic convex style of relief carving with a more modern concave style). These are the subject of his book Retrospectiv...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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48:36
Classicism and Other Phobias, with Dan-el Padilla Peralta
Dan-el Padilla Peralta joins me in the Lesche to discuss the critique of classicism that he articulates in his recent book Classicism and Other Phobias (PUP 2025).Works mentioned (select)Adeshei Carter, Jacoby...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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1:20:45
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