Prof. Owen Hodkinson (he/him)
@owenhodkinson
Professor of Greek Literature & Classical Reception Studies at Leeds Uni (Philostratus / Letters / Classical Receptions in Children's Literature) Bassoonist, cricket fan, boardgamer
This Sunday! Inside the venue will be one of the coolest places to be in Leeds on the day. Also some great music and a fabulous pair of soloists who play in @operanorth.co.uk's orchestra!
Leeds Haydn Players' summer concert! A very nice and varied programme (and feat. me as second bassoon, but don't let that put you off).
My own paper "Colonialism and erasure in classical board games".
Matt Coward-Gibbs @mattcowardgibbs.bsky.social co-leading the afternoon's workshop "Hacking colonial themed games" along with Izzy Bartley, using the game boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/19...
Gianluca Raccagni of Edinburgh History & Games Lab historyandgames.shca.ed.ac.uk speaking on designing a game based on the extraordinary journeys of Harald Hardrada: "The Making of 'A Viking in the Sun': Between Research-Informed Game Design and Game Design-Informed Research."
Now Izzy Bartley ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/pgr..., PhD candidate at Leeds and Leeds Museums and Galleries employee, talking about "Playing colonial themed board games as decolonising work".
Followed by Jenny Cromwell @jennycromwell.bsky.social on historical pedagogy through gameplay and game design: "Introducing ‘Qadesh: A Soldier’s Journey’: a TTRPG set in ancient Egypt".
Kicking off our 'Games through History and History through Games' Colloquium @universityofleeds.bsky.social in fine style with @emmacayley.bsky.social 's talk about the journeys of playing cards - "Lost in the Shuffle: The Interconnected Histories of Playing Cards and Books".
This episode has been released today! Listen to me with host @k8lister.bsky.social on the history of love letters and erotic letters, primarily in antiquity but looking at modern developments too. The episode is titled "The Origins of Sexting": listener discretion is advised!
Just had a great conversation with @k8lister.bsky.social for the #BetwixtTheSheets podcast about the history of erotic letters and love letters, starting with the Greeks and Romans! The episode will probably be out later in January - watch this space! #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky