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How do war stories work? And what do they do to us? Join University of St Andrews historian Alice König and colleagues as they explore how war and peace get presented in art, text, film and music. With the help of expert guests, they unpick conflict stories from all sorts of different periods and places. And they ask how the tales we tell and the pictures we paint of peace and war influence us as individuals and shape the societies we live in.
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Nolan's Odyssey under the microscope
Given our interest in war and peace storytelling, it was only a matter of time before we turned our attention to Christopher Nolan’s film version of The Odyssey. In this episode, Alice asks two guests for their reactions. Dr Emily Hauser (h
Long After the Labyrinth - a peace play
In this episode, Alice interviews theatre makers Jennie Dunne and Jonathan D'Young about their new play, Long After the Labyrinth (https://apsn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/12/08/rena-in-the-wake-of-war/), which draws on ancient myth to explore
Hybrid peace in ancient Mesopotamia - what omens can tell us
In this episode Alice interviews Dr Seth Richardson, who is based at the University of Chicago and Managing Editor of the Journal of Near Eastern Studies. Seth’s research focuses on ancient Mesopotamia, and ranges widely over political and
Visualising Troy beyond the warfighting
In this episode Alice interviews Dr Stephan Blum, a Research Associate at the Institute for Prehistory, Early History and Medieval Archaeology, at the University of Tübingen (https://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-tubingen-1
Speculative Fiction: NATO 2099
In this episode, Alice interviews Dr Florence Gaub (https://www.ndc.nato.int/research/researchers/florence-gaub/), Director of the Research Division at the NATO Defense College in Rome. A security expert and futurist, she has held key posit
Ancient Warfare on Film
In this episode, Alice interviews Professor Konstantinos Nikoloutsos (https://directory.sju.edu/konstantinos-p-nikoloutsos), based at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, and Professor Lee Brice (https://wiu.academia.edu/LeeLBrice), f
Peace and Peacebuilding in ancient Persia
In this episode, Alice interviews two academics who are part of the newly-founded Ancient Peace Studies Network (https://apsn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk): Professor John Hyland (https://cnu.edu/faculty/johnhyland.html) and Dr Rhyne King (https://w
Bearing witness to women's war trauma in ancient Greek tragedy
In this podcast, Alice interviews Dr Erika Weiberg, Assistant Professor of Classical Studies and Theater Studies at Duke University. Erika has recently published a book called Demanding Witness: Women and the Trauma of Homecoming in Greek T
Peace and Peacemaking in ancient Greece and Rome
This episode dives deep into ancient peace history, as Alice interviews Professor Polly Low, from Durham University, and Dr Hannah Cornwell, from the University of Birmingham. Polly is a historian of ancient Greece, with a particular intere
'Small' violence at the threshold of war and peace, with Lauren Benton
In this episode, Alice interviews Lauren Benton (https://history.yale.edu/people/lauren-benton), Professor of History and Law at Yale University. Prof Benton specialises in global legal history and the history of European empires. She has a
New Perspectives on WarTIME with Beryl Pong
In this episode, Alice interviews Dr Beryl Pong, an expert on 20th-century and contemporary war. Beryl is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Future of Intelligence. An affiliated lecturer in the Fac
Introducing the Ancient Peace Studies Network
In this episode of the Visualising War and Peace podcast, guest-host Zofia Guertin speaks with Prof. Alice König about her work expanding the Visualising War project to include peace studies. In this conversation, Alice unveils the groundbr
Ancient war stories and their real-world ramifications
In this episode, Zofia Guertin interviews Alice König (https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/classics/people/arw6/) about her recent research on ancient habits of visualising war and peace. Alice has recently co-edited a new book with Nicolas Wiater
The End of Peacekeeping with Marsha Henry
In this episode, Alice interviews Professor Marsha Henry (https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/marsha-henry), the Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton Chair in Women, Peace, Security and Justice at the Mitchell Institute, at Queen’s University Bel
Curating Peace: the role of museums
In this episode, Alice interviews two guests about the 'peace knowledge' produced by different museums. Charlotte Houlahan joins us from Yorkshire, where she is principal curator at The Peace Museum (https://www.peacemuseum.org.uk) in Salta
Narrative Transformation: storytelling for peace
In this episode, Alice interviews Solon Simmons and Audrey Williams who respectively direct and manage The Narrative Transformation Lab (https://tntlab.carterschool.gmu.edu). Based at the Carter School, their mission is ‘to reflect on and e
Between war and peace: military involvement in peacebuilding
In this episode, Visualising Peace student Teddy Henderson interviews Lieutenant Colonel Henderson and Major McCord MBE about their experiences and understanding of Peace Operations within the British Military. Lt Col Henderson is currently
Peace and Politics with Lord Jim Wallace
In this episode, Visualising Peace researcher Harris Siderfin interviews Lord Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness, about his career and the relationship between peace and politics in the UK. Lord Wallace is a Scottish Liberal Democrat
Children, Childhoods and Child-Soldiering: critical lenses on war
In this podcast Alice interviews Dr Jana Tabak (https://sportsinbrazil.academia.edu/JanaTabak), an Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations at the State University of Rio de Janeiro. Jana’s work focuses on children’s
Transitional place-making: Palestinian refugee experiences in Lebanon
This episode is a follow-up to an earlier conversation with Anne Lene Stein (https://www.svet.lu.se/en/anne-lene-stein) which focused on peace activism in Israel and Palestine (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1717787/14135956). We invited her ba
AI-enabled military technologies: technology, ethics, trust, storytelling
In this podcast Alice interviews two guests, both based at the US Army War College and both researching AI-enabled military technologies. LTC Dr Paul Lushenko is the Director of Special Operations and a Faculty Instructor in the U.S. Army W
Visualising action: pre-battle speeches in ancient Judaism
In this episode, Alice interviews Dr Joseph Scales (https://www.uia.no/en/kk/profil/josephsc), a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow in the department of Religion, Philosophy and History at the University of Agder in Norway. This podcast is the
Conflict and Identity in ancient Judaism
In this episode, Alice interviews Dr Joseph Scales (https://www.uia.no/en/kk/profil/josephsc), a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow in the department of Religion, Philosophy and History at the University of Agder in Norway. Joe’s doctoral rese
Visualising a Sustainable Future through Gaming with Mark Wong
In this episode, Visualising Peace student Madighan Ryan interviews Dr. Mark Wong (https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/staff/markwong/#biography), a Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Research Methods, and the Deputy Head of Urb
Peace activism in Israel and Palestine
In this episode, Alice interviews Anne Lene Stein (https://www.svet.lu.se/en/anne-lene-stein), a PhD Student in the Department of Political Science at Lund University, in Sweden. With a background in both social anthropology and peace-and-c
Visualising peace and conflict with J.R.R. Tolkien
In this episode, Visualising Peace student Albert Surinach I Campos interviews Prof. Giuseppe Pezzini (https://www.classics.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-giuseppe-pezzini), Associate Professor of Latin Language and Literature at Corpus Christi
Principled Impartiality and Accompaniment in Peacebuilding
In this episode, Visualising Peace student Robert Rayner interviews Debby Flack. Debby served as an Ecumenical Accompanier (EA) with EAPPI in Palestine and Israel. EAPPI (https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww
War-to-Peace transitions with Jaremey McMullin
In this episode, Alice interviews Dr Jaremey McMullin (https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/persons/jaremey-mcmullin), a Senior Lecturer in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews. Jaremey’s research spa
Visualising the Thirty Years' War with Steve Murdoch
In this episode, Alice interviews Prof. Steve Murdoch (https://fhs.academia.edu/SteveMurdoch), Head of Military History at the Swedish Defence University. Before taking up that role, Steve was a professor of military history at the Universi
Peace and post-trauma recovery in Northern Ireland
In this episode, Visualising Peace students Otilia and Harris interview Johanna McMullan and Paul Gallagher who are trained educators at the Widows Against Violence Empowerment (WAVE) Centre. WAVE (https://wavetraumacentre.org.uk/) is the l
