Savinay Sood

s.sood.1@research.gla.ac.uk

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0009-0003-1306-1347

Research title: Press X to Interact: Developing a framework to improve archaeological communication with the producers and consumers of Classical Video Games

Research Summary

My research focuses on the ways in which the classical past is mediated through mass culture, specifically video games.

Video games are one of the main ways members of the public engage with, and understand the classical past. It is therefore important to engage with what they are communicating as well as what audiences learn about the past from games. 

My PhD includes the practice based element of protoyping a video game that aims to highlight different aspects of the classical past than are conventionally shown.

Supervisors

Grants

- The Nan Dunbar-Jane Gardner Memorial Scholarship in Classics (2025-2028)

- Wadham College Scholarship (2022/3)

- Wadham College Exhibition (2021/2)

Teaching

University of Glasgow

- 2026 - Graduate Teaching Assistant: Classical Civilisation 1B: Augustan Rome: From Republic to Empire CLASSIC1002

- 2026 - Graduate Teaching Assistant: Classical Civilisation 2B: Empire and Identity CLASSIC2002

University of Oxford

- 2024 - Guest Lecturer for Wadham College Summer School: Women's Healthcare in Classical Greece

Additional Information

I am a team member on Dr Alex Antoniou's Emperor Worship project, digitising and translating inscriptions. 

In addition to my academic work, I run Musketeer Productions, an Off-West End award winning theatre company.

 


Photograph of Sav Sood. They are smiling and holding a Greek style mini amphora.