Guests

Dr. Carolyn Willekes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of General Education at Mount Royal University. Her research examines human-animal interactions in the ancient Mediterranean world. Carolyn’s main focus is on equids, and her work explores the social, cultural, and economic role of equ...

Tom Horne is an archaeologist, author, editor, historical consultant, podcaster, guide, and heritage-focused social media and communications manager. He earned his PhD at the University of Glasgow and is an expert on the Vikings, with a specific focus on Viking-Age trade and silver bullion economies...

Damián Fernández is a historian of Late Antiquity and Associate Professor at Northern Illinois University. He is currently working on two different projects related to Late Antique and Early Medieval Iberia. The first project is a monographic study of rebellions and coups in the Visigothic Kingdom b...

Dr Tom Morcom is Associate Lecturer in Old Norse Language and Literature at University College London. His research specialism has been primarily in saga literature, with a particular focus on narratological engagements with the structure and style of Norse texts. His most recent articles 'Dreams, S...

Magnus Bruun is a Danish actor known for a variety of roles across film and television. He is perhaps most recognized for his portrayal of Cnut in The Last Kingdom (2018-2020) and Eivor in Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla (2020), where he provided the lead male voice and motion capture work for all iterat...

Christian Rollinger is Senior Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Trier, Germany. His research interests include late antique (ca. AD 400-640) imperial ideology and aulic ceremonial, the social and cultural history of the late Roman republic, Roman economic history, late Roman political...

Joel Christensen (he/his) is Professor of Classical and early Mediterranean Studies at Brandeis University where he also serves as Senior Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs. Previously Joel served as Chair of Classical Studies and Chair of the Brandeis Faculty Senate. Joel previously taught for n...

Clare Downham studied at St Andrews and Cambridge. She worked as a research scholar in Dublin and as a lecturer in Celtic and History in Aberdeen before starting at Liverpool in 2010. Her publications have focused on Viking Age history and contact across the Irish Sea in the Middle Ages. Her most re...

Originally from Glasgow, Scotland, Hannah Čulík-Baird received her BA in Literae Humaniores from Oxford University in 2011 and her Ph.D. in Classics at the University of Southern California in 2017. Her research aims to address issues of epistemic and racial injustice in antiquity. In several articl...

Hans Bork earned his PhD at UCLA. His research specialties concern Latin language and literature from often overlooked time-periods or genres: Archaic and Old Latin epigraphy; Latin comedy, especially Plautus; non-standard Latin of all periods; Late Latin and Proto-Romance. His other speciality area...

Christopher Tin is a two-time Grammy-winning composer of concert and media music. His music has been performed and premiered in many of the world's most prestigious venues: Royal Albert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Hollywood Bowl, the United Nations and Carnegie Hall.
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Dr. Carolyn Willekes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of General Education at Mount Royal University. Her research examines human-animal interactions in the ancient Mediterranean world. Carolyn’s main focus is on equids, and her work explores the social, cultural, and economic role of equ...