About this episode

The episode features an interview with Dr Jess Venner discussing her book 'The Lost Voices of Pompeii' and the lives of the city's residents before the eruption.

We feel extremely fortunate to sit down and talk to Jess Venner and her debut book, The Lost Voices of Pompeii . This book takes you through the final twenty-four hours in the lives of several of the residents of the city, from slaves to politicians to business women. Dr Jess Venner Dr Jess Venner earned her PhD in Classics, Ancient History, and Archaeology from the University of Birmingham in 2018. She currently holds the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at the University of Oxford. Jess is well known for her popular outreach via her channel ‘Life in the Past Lane’, and you can check this out on TikTok, YouTube, Substack and Instagram. You can also find out more about her various achievements at her website . Thing to Look Out For: ·        The importance of material culture in understanding past lives ·        The role of critical fabulation in constructing history ·        The life of Aulus Umbricius Scaurus – The Ketchup King of Pompeii ·        The cult of Isis – we feel a serious case of Egyptomania coming on! Get…

People in this episode

Host: The Partial Historians

Guest: Dr Jess Venner

Topics covered

• Pompeii
• material culture
• critical fabulation
• archaeology
• ancient history
• survivors of the eruption

Keywords

• Pompeii
• Dr Jess Venner
• The Lost Voices of Pompeii
• archaeology
• material culture
• ancient history
• critical fabulation
• survivors
• Isis cult

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Birmingham, University of Oxford, Life in the Past Lane

Books & works: The Lost Voices of Pompeii

Places: Pompeii, Egypt

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