Office Hours: Siena Shenanigans with Nora Donoghue

In this bonus episode of Office Hours, host Priscilla Lee '25 is joined by archaeologist Nora Donoghue as they discuss all the things you never knew you wanted to know about the historic Italian city of Siena.

Office Hours: Siena Shenanigans with Nora Donoghue
Graphic courtesy of Nina Aagaard ’26.

Stories of post-race piazza brawls, saints falling down stairs, jockey bribery, Etruscan cowboys, terracotta workshop mishaps, and other historical shenanigans are told by archaeologist Nora Donoghue with Priscilla Lee ’25 in this fun, end-of-year episode all about the city of Siena (which is way cooler than Florence).

Episode notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1badNruC9mEk0PrpWSjf3n86W2RFBuY2z7L0L0YSEhj8/edit?usp=sharing