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 • 44 episodes
Lesche: Ancient Greece, New Ideas
Latest Episodes
(Translating) the Scholia to the Iliad
Bill Beck joins me in the Lesche to discuss his new translation of the vetera scholia to Iliad Book 1-2: The Ancient Scholia to Homer's Iliad: A Translation, Volume 1 (Cambridge 2025). The book is the first in a series dedicat...
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Season 2
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Episode 39
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48:13
Seal-Impressions (typoi) and Ancient Image Making
Art historian Verity Platt joins me in the Lesche to discuss her much-anticipated new book Epistemic Impressions: Making and Mediating Classical Art and Text (Oxford 2026).On May 11, the Queen Mary University of London Imaginati...
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Season 2
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Episode 38
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50:52
Time and Ancient Textiles
Marie-Louise Nosch, former director of the Centre for Textile Research at the Saxo Institute of the University of Copenhagen, joins me in the Lesche to discuss her new book Time of Textiles in Ancient Gr...
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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52:22
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