TLRH | The Hublic Sphere | Women in Classical Athens

Recorded April 26, 2021. Classical Athens excluded groups of people
from political power – enslaved people, metics (non-Athenian
residents) and women. In this episode, Elizabeth Foley talks with
Dr. Carrie Sawtell and Dr. Katherine Backler about women in
Classical Athens in the context and question of “power” and through
a selection of material and literary sources discusses how women
experienced and engaged with their society despite political
powerlessness. Dr. Carrie Sawtell holds an MA and PhD from the
University of Sheffield. Carrie recently held the
Macmillan-Rodewald Studentship at the British School at Athens, and
is currently training to teach secondary history Dr. Katherine
Backler is an Examination Fellow at All Souls College at the
University of Oxford where she recently defended her doctoral
thesis. Host, Elizabeth Foley, is a PhD candidate (Irish Research
Council Postgraduate Scholar) in Classics at Trinity College
Dublin. To find out more, visit: bit.ly/hublicsphere Learn more at:
https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/