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Visualising War and Peace

Hosted by The University of St Andrews · arts · EN-GB

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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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What is Visualising War and Peace about?

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.

What has Visualising War and Peace covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Nolan's Odyssey under the microscope" (22 October 2026, 63 minutes), "Long After the Labyrinth - a peace play" (12 October 2026, 44 minutes), and "Speculative Fiction: NATO 2099" (15 March 2026, 52 minutes).

How often does Visualising War and Peace publish?

Visualising War and Peace publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 57 minutes across 98 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Visualising War and Peace?

Booking probability for Visualising War and Peace is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Visualising War and Peace requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Visualising War and Peace's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch Visualising War and Peace?

The strongest fits for Visualising War and Peace are Universities & Colleges and Artists, Writers & Performers. Visualising War and Peace has an arts audience.

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Visualising War and Peace is an arts podcast with 98 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Episode #97

    Nolan's Odyssey under the microscope

    Oct 22, 20261h 3mS1

    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...

  • Episode #98

    Long After the Labyrinth - a peace play

    Oct 12, 202644 minS1

    In this episode, Alice interviews theatre makers Jennie Dunne and Jonathan D'Young about their new play, Long After the Labyrinth , which draws on ancient myth to explore post-conflict recovery and peacebuilding today...

  • Episode #94

    Speculative Fiction: NATO 2099

    Mar 15, 202652 minS1

    In this episode, Alice interviews Dr Florence Gaub , Director of the Research Division at the NATO Defense College in Rome. A security expert and futurist, she has held key positions such as deputy director at the EU...

  • Episode #93

    Ancient Warfare on Film

    Mar 8, 20261h 8mS1

    In this episode, Alice interviews Professor Konstantinos Nikoloutsos , based at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, and Professor Lee Brice , from Western Illinois University. Konstantinos’ research focuses on...

  • Episode #92

    Peace and Peacebuilding in ancient Persia

    Feb 9, 20261h 6mS1

    In this episode, Alice interviews two academics who are part of the newly-founded Ancient Peace Studies Network : Professor John Hyland and Dr Rhyne King . John is a professor of ancient history at Christopher Newport...

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  • Episode #91

    Bearing witness to women's war trauma in ancient Greek tragedy

    Jan 12, 202646 minS1

    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...

  • Episode #90

    Peace and Peacemaking in ancient Greece and Rome

    Dec 18, 20251h 9mS1

    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...

  • Episode #89

    'Small' violence at the threshold of war and peace, with Lauren Benton

    Aug 1, 202553 minS1

    In this episode, Alice interviews 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 raft of publications to...

  • Episode #88

    New Perspectives on WarTIME with Beryl Pong

    Jul 8, 202551 minS1

    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...

  • Episode #87

    Introducing the Ancient Peace Studies Network

    Mar 19, 20251h 2mS1

    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...

  • Episode #86

    Ancient war stories and their real-world ramifications

    Feb 12, 20251h 4mS1

    In this episode, Zofia Guertin interviews Alice König about her recent research on ancient habits of visualising war and peace. Alice has recently co-edited a new book with Nicolas Wiater, on ancient conflict...

  • Episode #85

    The End of Peacekeeping with Marsha Henry

    Dec 20, 20241h 8mS1

    In this episode, Alice interviews Professor Marsha Henry , the Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton Chair in Women, Peace, Security and Justice at the Mitchell Institute, at Queen’s University Belfast. Over the course of an...

  • Episode #84

    Curating Peace: the role of museums

    Nov 27, 202438 minS1

    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 in Saltaire, near...

  • Episode #83

    Narrative Transformation: storytelling for peace

    Oct 9, 20241h 7mS1

    In this episode, Alice interviews Solon Simmons and Audrey Williams who respectively direct and manage The Narrative Transformation Lab . Based at the Carter School, their mission is ‘to reflect on and experiment with...

  • Episode #82

    Between war and peace: military involvement in peacebuilding

    Apr 24, 202456 minS1

    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...

  • Episode #81

    Peace and Politics with Lord Jim Wallace

    Mar 27, 202447 minS1

    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...

  • Episode #80

    Children, Childhoods and Child-Soldiering: critical lenses on war

    Feb 21, 202453 minS1

    In this podcast Alice interviews Dr Jana Tabak , an Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations at the State University of Rio de Janeiro. Jana’s work focuses on children’s experiences of conflict...

  • Episode #79

    Transitional place-making: Palestinian refugee experiences in Lebanon

    Feb 14, 202446 minS1

    This episode is a follow-up to an earlier conversation with Anne Lene Stein which focused on peace activism in Israel and Palestine . We invited her back onto the podcast to share another important strand of research...

  • Episode #78

    AI-enabled military technologies: technology, ethics, trust, storytelling

    Jan 31, 20241h 18mS1

    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...

  • Episode #77

    Visualising action: pre-battle speeches in ancient Judaism

    Jan 24, 202452 minS1

    In this episode, Alice interviews Dr Joseph Scales , a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow in the department of Religion, Philosophy and History at the University of Agder in Norway. This podcast is the second part of a...

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