Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/writing-history Writing History is a podcast about the writers of ancient history and what they may have been trying to do with their writing, what prompted them to record these events, and the implicit argument they may have been making to their audiences about their past, present, and future. © 2025 David Erland Isaksen 4e6314f0-905d-551c-ad89-f52110d2b2b5 no en-gb Fri, 09 Feb 2024 12:07:26 -0800 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 13:45:18 -0800 https://img.transistor.fm/xxJQjRMcnHHrGd9HfVsqM46nULjG5ri-xTUUAp4uN2Q/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE0NTkzLzE2MDA2/ODA1NDQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg episodic David Erland Isaksen Writing History is a podcast about the writers of ancient history and what they may have been trying to do with their writing, what prompted them to record these events, and the implicit argument they may have been making to their audiences about their past, present, and future. Writing History is a podcast about the writers of ancient history and what they may have been trying to do with their writing, what prompted them to record these events, and the implicit argument they may have been making to their audiences about their past, present, and future.. history, rhetoric Enhet for digitalisering og utdanningskvalitet No No 5 5 Deciphering the Popol Vuh: The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life and the Glories of Gods and Kings full a686ab1d-94bc-4805-92ab-f839cd972781 https://share.transistor.fm/s/63ae01c3 Fri, 20 Nov 2020 14:07:40 -0800 David Erland Isaksen David Erland Isaksen 4029 Dr. Tomas Jose Barrientos Quezada, Dean of the Department of Archeology at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, joins us to discuss the "Popol Vuh: The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life and the Glories of Gods and Kings," including the evolutionary creation of humans, the hero twins who became Venus and the Sun, the dawn over all people, the god who promised fire in exchange for human blood, and the reverence in Mayan culture for nature as messengers of the Father and Mother of Creation. Dr. Tomas Jose Barrientos Quezada, Dean of the Department of Archeology at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, joins us to discuss the "Popol Vuh: The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life and the Glories of Gods and Kings," including the evolutionary creation o maya, history, popol vuh, mythology, mayan cosmology, iximche, copan No 4 4 Buried Treasures of the Ancient World: Graves, Deposits, and the Social Significance of Monumental Grave Mounds full 66eeda09-824d-4a74-a382-fd99518e1382 https://share.transistor.fm/s/52e15f8b Fri, 06 Nov 2020 06:30:45 -0800 David Erland Isaksen David Erland Isaksen 4558 Archeologist Christina Leverkus from Midgard Viking Centre joins us for a discussion about buried treasures mentioned in ancient texts and archeological discoveries at Borre, which has the largest gathering of monumental mounds in Northern Europe. What do these burial mounds tell us about the people who made them and their societies? Learn more about the Midgard Viking Center here https://vestfoldmuseene.no/en/midgard-viking-centre/ Archeologist Christina Leverkus from Midgard Viking Centre joins us for a discussion about buried treasures mentioned in ancient texts and archeological discoveries at Borre, which has the largest gathering of monumental mounds in Northern Europe. What do Borre, viking, burial mounds, history, buried treasures, goths, georgian No 3 3 Rewriting History for Peace: Reading Jordanes' "Getica - Origin and Deeds of the Goths" as a Rhetorical Intervention to End a War full 71f2cbfd-8bcf-49c0-b64a-ba1c4d7829cc https://share.transistor.fm/s/8c1ba17e Tue, 27 Oct 2020 02:22:21 -0700 David Erland Isaksen David Erland Isaksen 5989 Dr. Brian Swain, Assistant Professor of History, joins Dr. Isaksen to discuss Jordanes' "Getica: Origin and Deeds of the Goths" and how it might have been written as a rhetorical intervention to reconcile the Romans and the Goths and end the war that had been going on for 17 years. Dr. Brian Swain, Assistant Professor of History, joins Dr. Isaksen to discuss Jordanes' "Getica: Origin and Deeds of the Goths" and how it might have been written as a rhetorical intervention to reconcile the Romans and the Goths and end the war that had jordanes, getica, goths, the goths, barbarians, huns, roman empire, theoderic, alaric, justinian, byzantine empire, belisarius No 2 2 The Kingdom of Georgia and the Kingdom of God: Independence and Religion in The Georgian Chronicles full 59f6eed8-7872-4734-88ba-6f1b5d90c0bb https://share.transistor.fm/s/187ef201 Natia Kvachakidze, Associate Professor of Literature at Akaki Tsereteli State University, joins Dr. Isaksen to discuss The Georgian Chronicles and it's twin themes of the quest for national and religious identity and independence from the tower of Babel to the death of King David the Builder.

]]> Natia Kvachakidze, Associate Professor of Literature at Akaki Tsereteli State University, joins Dr. Isaksen to discuss The Georgian Chronicles and it's twin themes of the quest for national and religious identity and independence from the tower of Babel to the death of King David the Builder.

]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2020 01:40:57 -0700 David Erland Isaksen David Erland Isaksen 3901 Natia Kvachakidze, Associate Professor of Literature at Akaki Tsereteli State University, joins Dr. Isaksen to discuss The Georgian Chronicles and it's twin themes of the quest for national and religious identity and independence from the tower of Babel to the death of King David the Builder. Natia Kvachakidze, Associate Professor of Literature at Akaki Tsereteli State University, joins Dr. Isaksen to discuss The Georgian Chronicles and it's twin themes of the quest for national and religious identity and independence from the tower of Babel t history, rhetoric No 1 1 State Power and the Battle of the Gods in Heimskringla or the History of the Norwegian Kings, by Snorre Sturlason full b3d88150-83b6-4640-83a6-54435eb95533 https://share.transistor.fm/s/2fc885cc David Isaksen and Jens Johan Hyvik, who have doctorates in rhetoric and history, discuss Snorre Sturlason's Heimskringla and the argument Snorre may have been making to his contemporary audience about the power of kings, the role of violence, and the victory of Christianity over the Norse Gods.

]]> David Isaksen and Jens Johan Hyvik, who have doctorates in rhetoric and history, discuss Snorre Sturlason's Heimskringla and the argument Snorre may have been making to his contemporary audience about the power of kings, the role of violence, and the victory of Christianity over the Norse Gods.

]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2020 02:36:22 -0700 David Erland Isaksen David Erland Isaksen 2345 David Isaksen and Jens Johan Hyvik, who have doctorates in rhetoric and history, discuss Snorre Sturlason's Heimskringla and the argument Snorre may have been making to his contemporary audience about the power of kings, the role of violence, and the victory of Christianity over the Norse Gods. David Isaksen and Jens Johan Hyvik, who have doctorates in rhetoric and history, discuss Snorre Sturlason's Heimskringla and the argument Snorre may have been making to his contemporary audience about the power of kings, the role of violence, and the vict history, rhetoric No