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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...

Mel MacCoubrey is a Canadian game developer. Trained and experienced in creative writing, improvisation, theater, and public speaking, she holds a Bachelor's Degree in English Literature and Drama from Bishop's University. In her spare time she likes to do mixed media arts and crafts, bake, read, an...

Emily Austin's first love is Homer, especially the Iliad. Her scholarship focuses on the interplay of language and meaning in the Homeric poems and Greek poetry more generally. Her recent book, Grief and the Hero: the Futility of Longing in the Iliad (Michigan 2021), explores the nexus of grief, lon...

Dr. Kara Cooney is a professor of Egyptian Art and Architecture and Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA. Cooney’s research in coffin reuse, primarily focusing on the 21st Dynasty, is ongoing. Her research investigates the socioeconomic and political turmoil that ha...

Natalie Haynes is a writer and broadcaster and – according to the Washington Post – a rock star mythologist. Her first novel, The Amber Fury, was published to great acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic, as was The Ancient Guide to Modern Life, her previous book. Her second novel, The Children of Jo...

Dr. Kathleen M. Lynch is Professor of Classics at the University of Cincinnati, where she teaches courses in Greek archaeology and mythology. Her research studies Greek ceramics from archaeological excavations, especially figure-decorated pottery made in Athens. Her book, The Symposium in Context: P...