Name: My Mum by Migration Museum
Duration: 2 min 57 s
Description: These audio files are part of MATERIAL MEMORIES display by Muna White. As part of Muna's exploration of her Palestinian heritage she interviewed her Jiddou (grandfather) and her mother. She also wrote and performed a poem called 'Green, Black, White and Red'.

These audio files are part of MATERIAL MEMORIES display by Muna White. As part of Muna's exploration of her Palestinian heritage she interviewed her Jiddou (grandfather) and her mother. She also wrote and performed a poem called 'Green, Black, White and Red'.

My Mum

Welcome to this new podcast series featuring the research of UCL's staff and students on fascinating topics relating to the ancient world.

In this episode Mateen speaks about the relationships between Greece and Persia during the Persian Wars, particularly focusing on the role played by religion.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/classics/ancient-world-new-voices 

Transcription link: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/classics/sites/classics/files/episode_1_ucl_podcast_otter.ai_1.docx

Date of episode recording: 2021-03-11T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:20:13
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Giovanna Di Martino
Guests: Mateen Arghandehpour
Producer: Giovanna Di Martino

Season 1: Culture and Politics of the Achaemenid Empire

In this episode Sofia takes us on a journey through the world of Seneca's tragedies. 

Transcription link: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/classics/sites/classics/files/episode_2_ucl_podcast.docx

Date of episode recording: 2021-04-28T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:23:42
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Mateen Arghandehpour
Guests: Sofia Bongiovanni
Producer: Sofia Bongiovanni

Season 1: Violence in Seneca the Younger

In this episode, Melissa explores the reception of Homer and Virgil, and the concept of 'family' in their epics, in 20th-century Germany and France.

Transcription link: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/classics/sites/classics/files/family_in_broch_and_giraudouxs_receptions_of_the_homeric_and_virgilian_epics_transcript.docx

Date of episode recording: 2021-06-28T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:20:43
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Sofia Bongiovanni
Guests: Melissa Pires da Silva
Producer: Sofia Bongiovanni

Season 1: 'Family' in Broch and Giraudoux's receptions of the Homeric and Virgilian epics

In this episode, Marta speaks about the political dimensions and implications, past and present, of Lucretius' poem On the Nature of Things.

Transcription link: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/classics/sites/classics/files/marta_podcast_transcription_revised.docx

Date of episode recording: 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:20:06
Language of episode: 00:20:06
Presenter:Giovanna Di Martino
Guests: Marta Martín Díaz
Producer: Sofia Bongiovanni

Season 1: Lucretius' De Rerum Natura

(Mis)understanding heroes: from Achilles to Superman In this episode, we embark on an exciting journey as Antony bills Achilles alongside Superman.

Transcript link: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/classics/sites/classics/files/makrinospodcasttranscript.docx

Date of episode recording: 2021-11-25T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:30:11
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Mateen Arghandehpour
Guests: Dr. Antony Makrinos
Producer: Sofia Bongiovanni

Season 1: (Mis)understanding heroes: from Achilles to Superman

Season Two begins with a discussion with Prof. Phiroze Vasunia who talks about his new inter-institution research project ‘Comparative Classics, Greece, Rome, and India’. You can see more about Prof. Vasunia at the Departmental People page and more on the project is situated on the Departmental Research pages. 

Transcript link: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/classics/sites/classics/files/phiroze_podcast_transcript.docx

Date of episode recording: 2022-01-13T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:30:14
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Mélissa Pires Da Silva
Guests: Prof. Phiroze Vasunia
Producer: Giovanna Di Martino

Season 2: Comparative Classics: Greece, Rome, and India

In the Second Episode of Season Two Professor Mark Weeden talks about his current research across the Cuneiform World from hieroglyphic inscriptions discovered in Turkey to cuneiform tablets found in Iraq. You can see more about Prof. Weeden at the Departmental People page.

Transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/classics/sites/classics/files/markweedentranscript.docx

Date of episode recording: 2022-03-13T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:27:20
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Sofia Bongiovanni
Guests: Dr. Mark Weeden
Producer: Mélissa Pires Da Silva

Season 2: The History and Literature of the Cuneiform World

Maddalena Italia & Mélissa Pires Da Silva: On Sanskrit Erotic Poetry 

Date of episode recording: 2023-11-23T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:29:32
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Melissa Pires Da Silva
Guests: Maddalena Italia
Producer: Melissa Pires Da Silv

Season 2: Maddalena Italia & Mélissa Pires Da Silva: On Sanskrit Erotic Poetry

Maddalena Italia & Mélissa Pires Da Silva: On Sanskrit Erotic Poetry 

Date of episode recording: 2023-11-23T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:29:32
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Melissa Pires Da Silva
Guests: Maddalena Italia
Producer: Melissa Pires Da Silva

Welcome to one of two SoundCloud pages for the Migration Museum. You can find more of our audio here: https://soundcloud.com/migration-museum-project2

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