Owl of Athena
Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Podcast
NZ & Pacific
Free speech
Classics
Archive
About
The Proust of the Papuans
Are all literary cultures equal, and all cultures equally literary?
Mar 7
•
James Kierstead
1
The burdens of not-so-greatness
Why watching Canada's national hockey team is weirdly like following the All Blacks
Feb 26
•
James Kierstead
3
Is yoga Indian?
Less so, it turns out, than the Pope is Catholic
Feb 21
•
James Kierstead
3
1
Most Popular
View all
Pyramid schemes
Apr 28, 2023
•
James Kierstead
10
1
Oh, the Humanities
Sep 1, 2023
•
James Kierstead
10
2
Classics and the new research on the West
Aug 18, 2024
•
James Kierstead
5
2
1
New Zealand's Parliament has been under-sized for about 135 years years now
Jan 28
•
James Kierstead
5
7
Against Smiling
Feb 6
•
James Kierstead
6
1
Was Athenian democracy dependent on imperialism and slavery?
Apr 2, 2024
•
James Kierstead
4
Latest
Top
Discussions
Was Captain Cook Afraid of Red Bananas?
What might a popular story about Cook’s visit to Niue have to tell us about narratives of colonization?
Feb 13
•
James Kierstead
2
Against Smiling
The tide of inanity must be turned back
Feb 6
•
James Kierstead
6
1
New Zealand's Parliament has been under-sized for about 135 years years now
The number of MPs is too damn low
Jan 28
•
James Kierstead
5
7
From Saviour of Greece to 'Tyrant City'
Athens' Peculiar Path to Empire
Jan 21
•
James Kierstead
2
Why English is the lingua franca
Re-posted from the August 18th, 2023 edition of the New Zealand Initiative Insights newsletter.
Jan 10
•
James Kierstead
4
Manic compression
My latest (and last?) column for the New Zealand Initiative Insights newsletter is about my new research note on grade inflation at New Zealand…
Nov 30, 2025
•
James Kierstead
2
My Magnificent Moustache
is back
Nov 26, 2025
•
James Kierstead
3
See all
Owl of Athena
Afterthoughts about the ancient world and the modern
Subscribe
Owl of Athena
Subscribe
About
Archive
Sitemap
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts
