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 • 45 episodes

Lesche: Ancient Greece, New Ideas

Latest Episodes

A Social and Economic History of the Theater to 300 BC

Eric Csapo and Peter Wilson join me in the Lesche to discuss their three-volume A Social and Economic History of the Theatre to 300 BC (Cambridge University Press). Volume 1, The Theatre Festivals of Athens: Do...

April 22, 2026 • 59:41

(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...

April 08, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 39 • 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...

March 25, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 38 • 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...

March 11, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 37 • 52:22

The Doloneia (Iliad Book 10)

Christos C. Tsagalis joins me in the Lesche to discuss the Doloneia, i.e., Iliad 10, which is the topic of both Christos' monograph The Homeric Doloneia: Evolution and Shaping of Iliad 10 (Oxford 2024) and his chapter in Jonathan Ready...

February 25, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 36 • 48:07

See All Episodes