A research & outreach project at Univ. of St Andrews, studying ancient and modern habits of visualising war and peace, and their impact on how we think/behave.
University of St Andrews
Joined October 2020
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📢 New podcast out today, discussing Long After the Labyrinth - the new play we have co-developed with @NMTAutomatics about finding peace in the wake of conflict: buzzsprout.com/1717787/episo… Set on Crete during WWII, it premieres @GatehouseLondon on 21st October!
How were war and peace experienced in ancient Mesopotamia? Tune in to our latest podcast to find out! buzzsprout.com/1717787/episo… Dr Seth Richardson uses ancient omens to explore everyday experiences of recurring insecurity - a state between war and peace.
📢 New podcast episode out today - on Troy as a place where peace was more common than war: buzzsprout.com/1717787/episo… Join us in conversation with Dr Stephan Blum from @uni_tue.
Happy to see this article out in the world! academic.oup.com/ips/article…
Do you teach ancient war or peace? If so, we'd love to hear from you! We are putting together a new Handbook for Teaching Ancient War and Peace, designed to enhance both teaching and learning experiences at all educational levels. More info here: tawp.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/202…
In London next wkend? Come and see a preview of the peace play we have co-developed with @NMTAutomatics! Blending the myth of the minotaur with 20th-century Holocaust history, it explores one woman's life-long search to build peace in the wake of conflict. apsn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/202…
A classic instance of the feedback loop between narrative and reality: theconversation.com/how-the-…
📢 New podcast! Our guest today is Dr Florence Gaub, Director of the Research Division at the @NATO Defense College in Rome. We discuss current threats, 'future shock', and the role of speculative fiction in futures thinking: buzzsprout.com/1717787/episo…
Our latest podcast has just landed! In this episode, Profs Konstantinos Nikoloutsos and Lee Brice discuss ancient warfare on film: buzzsprout.com/1717787/episo…
📢 New podcast out today! Tune in to hear Prof. John Hyland and Dr Rhyne King discussing peace in ancient Persia: buzzsprout.com/1717787/episo…
Last chance to register for our interactive drama workshop on Thursday (2.15-4.30, Arts Lecture Theatre, @univofstandrews). Join us to work with theatre-makers from @NMTAutomatics on peace storytelling and performing peace, via ancient myth! apsn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/202…
On 22nd January 2026 (2-4.30pm, @ University of St Andrews), we are running an interactive drama workshop with professional theatre company NMT Automatics - join us if you can! For more information or to register, please email: [email protected]. apsn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/202…
New podcast out now! Featuring Dr Erika Weiberg, we discuss how the trauma of female characters is represented and received in four ancient Greek tragedies about war's aftermath: buzzsprout.com/1717787/episo…
Fancy a free drama workshop? apsn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/202… On 22nd Jan 2-4.30 @univofstandrews @StA_Classics we are running an interactive drama workshop with theatre-makers @NMTAutomatics to explore the power of peace storytelling on stage. Email [email protected] to sign up!
Registration to attend our inaugural Ancient Peace Studies Network conference closes on 9th January - last chance to sign up! apsn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/eve…
📢 New podcast episode out today! Featuring Prof. Polly Low @durham_uni and Dr Hannah Cornwell @unibirmingham, it looks at ideas of peace and peacebuilding in ancient Greece and Rome: buzzsprout.com/1717787/episo…
Calling all drama professionals, drama students, and peace storytellers! We are teaming up with theatre company @NMTAutomatics to deliver a FREE interactive workshop on Jan 22nd @univofstandrews on dramatising peace! apsn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/202…
Bringing ancient and modern peace studies into dialogue... To launch the Ancient Peace Studies Network, we are hosting an inaugural workshop @univofstandrews @StA_Classics 20-22 January 2026. More info here: apsn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/eve…
Join us on Wednesday for the first in a series of three online workshops on Teaching Ancient War and Peace: arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/visual…
The Visualising War & Peace project is exploring current practice and future approaches to teaching ancient war and peace. To join our discussions, please register for our online workshops (26th Nov, 1st Dec, 10th Dec) by emailing [email protected]. arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/visual…