Talking About Women’s History: Three Questions and an Answer with the Hosts of Women Who Went Before

Rebekah Haigh and Emily Chesley host and produce Women Who Went Before, a gynocentric podcast on the ancient world. Both are PhD candidates at Princeton University. Rebekah specializes in Religions of Mediterranean Antiquity and is writing a dissertation that explores gendered piety and violence in the Dead Sea Scrolls and ancient Judaism. Emily researches late…

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Talking About Women’s History: Three Questions and an Answer with the Creative People Responsible for The Dead Ladies Show

March 8 is International Women’s Day,* which makes it an appropriate day to interview the three people behind the Berlin-based The Dead Ladies’ Show, which celebrates amazing women of the past with live-on-stage history storytelling and a monthly podcast. I am a huge fan of their work. In fact, attending a live performance of The…

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