<p>We&#39;re back with Richard for part 2 in our Expert in Residence interview series - he answers your questions on Georgian caves, steppe nomads, ancient homelessness, lost heritage, the Scythians, Olbian pottery and gives some excellent PhD advice. </p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Classical-Olbia-Scythian-World-Proceedings/dp/0197264042 " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠David Braund book mentioned⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://classicalassociation.org/member-lectures/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠Enjoy Richard&#39;s Special Lecture for us this May⁠⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://classicalassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Classical-Association-Speaker-List.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Browse the CA Speaker List</a></p><p><br></p><p>Dr Richard Kendall is a Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/university-of-exeter/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠University of Exeter⁠</a>. He completed his doctorate, ‘Strategies of Cooperation’, at the University of Edinburgh in 2024, focusing on the meeting of Greeks, Romans and steppe nomads in the city of Olbia, in modern Ukraine, in the early centuries AD.Richard’s research focuses on the people and places often marginalised in the discipline, such as Scythians and Sarmatians, the homeless in antiquity, and the northern Black Sea and Caucasus region more widely. In 2023, he co-chaired a conference on ‘The Afterlife of the Greco-Persian Wars’ at Kyoto University, Japan, and has presented at several international conferences, perhaps most memorably in a cave in southern Georgia.</p><p><br></p><p>Podcast theme music by <a href="https://transistor.fm/?via=music" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Transistor.fm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>. Learn <a href="https://transistor.fm/how-to-start-a-podcast/?via=music" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠how to start a podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> here. </p><p><br></p><p>The views and opinions expressed are those of the speaker(s) and not necessarily those of the CA.</p>