A landlady whose miniature silt island was at the centre of an Anglo-French territorial spat. The Scottish noblewoman who freed her kidnapped husband by masterminding an abduction of her own. The Greeks who reach back in time to memories of famine to understand the financial crisis. The ancient potter whose thumbprint has survived the ages. And the temptation of the box marked ‘Happiness’. Join Dr Huw Halstead, Prof. Kate Ferris and Prof. Claire Langhamer for this edited recording of our live podcast at the 2020 Being Human Festival, and dive into these miniature worlds with special guests Dr Akhila Yechury (University of St Andrews), Dr Daniel Knight (University of St Andrews), Dr Amy Blakeway (University of St Andrews), and Prof. Rebecca Sweetman (University of St Andrews).
This podcast was recorded at the Being Human Festival in November 2020, and was originally published on 7th October 2020 as part of the ERC research project ‘Dictatorship as experience: A comparative history of everyday life and the ‘lived experience’ of dictatorship in Mediterranean Europe (1922-1975)’ led by Prof. Kate Ferris at the University of St Andrews. To learn more about the wider project, visit: arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/everyday-dictatorship/
Hosted by: Dr Huw Halstead
Produced by: Dr Huw Halstead
Music by: Oi Palaiológoi (Violin - Roddy Beaton, Outi - David Hughes)