Guests

Maya Deane (she/her) is a novelist, visual artist, and avid student of all the arts of civilization attributed to Inana by the first known writer, Enheduana. She would love to talk to you about the history of forks, the history of beer (and how the only woman who became king of Sumer was a bartender...

Verity Platt is Chair of Classics at Cornell University, where she is a professor of Classics and History of Art and co-curator of the Cornell Cast Collection. She is the author of Facing the Gods: Epiphany and Representation in Graeco-Roman Art, Literature, and Religion (Cambridge 2011) and Imprint...

Aaron Irvin is an associate professor of History at Murray State University. He specializes in the ancient world, teaching courses on ancient Rome, Greece, Egypt, and the cultures of the Near East. His recent publications include Community and Identity at the Edges of the Classical World, from Wil...

Liv Albert is the host, creator, writer, editor, and producer of Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! (read: the only person involved)! Liv is a giant nerd for a great many things, though most notably, Greek & Roman mythology. She has a degree in English Literature & Classics (Classical Civilizations) from...

Briana Jackson holds a PhD in Egyptian art and archaeology from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. She has taught courses at New York University, City College New York, Manhattanville College, and (currently) Pratt Institute, Baruch College CUNY, and the University of Hartford on topic...

Nikolas Kolm entered the world of Game Development late, after taking time to figure out that neither the Army, nor Universities were working out well. After getting a Diploma in Game Art & Design, he started working in Germany for a small company called Spellbound (which promptly went under). Throu...

Dr. Jeremy J. Swist is a lecturer in the Department of Classical Studies at Brandeis University. He earned his BA in European History and Latin from the University of Maine, and his MA and PhD in Classics from the University of Iowa. His primary research areas include Greek and Latin historiography ...

Marissa Stevens is the Assistant Director of the Pourdavoud Center for the Study of the Iranian World. Trained as an Egyptologist who studies the materiality, social history, and texts of the Third Intermediate Period and Late Period, she first earned an Honors B.A. in History and Sociology from Was...

Dr. Michael Fontaine is a Latinist with broad interests in Ancient Rome, the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Enlightenment. In recent years he’s held a variety of leadership roles in Cornell's central administration. His latest work is on the effective use of humor in diplomacy. Previous books...

Liam D. Jensen is an historical archivist who specializes in historical paper collections. He has a particular interest in film and the portrayal of historical themes in popular culture. Jensen is also a 4th generation artist, whose primary media are filmmaking and graphic art. As LDJ Independent Hi...

Perrine Poiron earned her Ph.D in Egyptology and History. She specializes in pharaonic ideology during the Third Intermediate Period, in cultural memory and cultural identity and its impact inside the official protocole. She works for the Karnak Hypostyle Hall Project, a joint project between the Un...

Anastasia Giannakidou is the Frank J. McLoraine Professor of Linguistics at the University of Chicago. She is the founder and director of the Center for Hellenic Studies at the University, where she also co-directs the Center for Gesture, Sign and Language. She studied Classical Philology and Lingui...