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Society for the Study of the Past – Annual Meeting – Call for Papers Society for the Study of the Past – Annual Meeting – Call for Papers ‘Beyond Methodological Nationalism’ Methodological nationalism – or the idea that “the nation/state/society is the natural social a...

Don’t forget today is the last day you can submit your abstracts for our first ever conference! Want to be part of a new way of studying the past in solidarity with the occupied and the oppressed? 🍉 Join us!

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next up will be some classics drag stuff, so stay tuned for that!

Miles erat Phoebes Thoughts and ephemera from an independent Classicist and educator.

hi friends! i've been working for a bit on a little blog to share various bits and pieces on classics and it's finally live! first article focuses on, you guessed it, my favorite phrase in the latin corpus: miles erat phoebes 🐻 mileseratphoebes.wordpress.com

A presentation slide that reads, "'When Bear Left Bear': Queer Ursine Assemblages in Ovid's Metamorphoses 2 and Joanna Newsom's 'Monkey and Bear.' Izzy Levy, Independent researcher." To the left is an image of an ancient vase painting showing a woman being metamorphosed into a bear.

it's been a minute since i've posted on here, but i'm really excited to share that i'll be bringing some callisto to the classical association conference this weekend! i'll be on the queer 1 panel, bright and early friday morning. drop me a line if you'll be there!

Mob linguist threatening to break your legs unless you pay back your loanwords

Win 2 tickets to a preview screening of THE RETURN at the British Museum, Wednesday, 9 April. To enter: Like and re-skeet this post and follow us before 8pm UK time on Monday 7th April.

thank you!!!! wow, excited to get both a tragic excerpt *and* a grammatological tidbit to unpack hahaha

A lenghtly call for papers for an edited book drawn together by myself and Robert Spinelli. We're looking for discussions on all the different ways pseudoarchaeology can be used, or how it appears, for example its appearance on social media or in pop culture, how it is used towards far-right extremism, pseudoarchaeological explanations of human origins, etc. We are not looking for strictly debunking chapters, we are more interested in looking beyond debunking. Email myself at halmhofe@ualberta.ca or Robert at rspinelli@ncis.org for more questions or submissions. 250 word Proposals and short author bios due by May 5, with selected authors contacted by June 5. Chapters of 5000-7000 words due Dec 31st.

New CfP: @librarianchef.bsky.social and I are looking to draw together a variety of folks (not limited to just archaeologists) who are interested in writing about pseudoarchaeology & the ways pseudoarch is used/appears in the world! See our call below, dm or email me or Robert with any questions! 🏺

text reading: Note: in the plural the masculine is used for common gender, as in οἱ σοφοί, the wise. This is called the generic masculine. In tragedy even a woman speaking of herself in the plural will use the masculine.

tragedyheads of bluesky, please lend me a hand tracking down an example of this tantalizing statement from luschnig's introduction to ancient greek textbook!! i have a student who is interested in women in tragedy and i'd love to locate a citation or two for us to discuss

Alumni Letter to the CU Trustees TO SIGN THIS LETTER PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO SIGN UP GOOGLE FORM - WE WILL UPDATE LIST OF SIGNATORIES EVERY 4 HOURS UNTIL DELIVERY https://forms.gle/pT4JjDP4H8SJwRHp8 Columbia University in the Ci...

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Call for Contributions - Sensing the Sacred: Proprioception and Kinesthesia in Ancient Greek Religion This collection seeks to explore the underappreciated roles of proprioception, the body’s knowledge and awareness of movement, posture, and spatial orientation, and kinesthesia, the body’s...

REMINDER: submit to my edited collection pals.
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Call Congress: Demand the release of student activist Mahmoud Khalil. - JVP A permanent resident of the United States could face imminent deportation because he stood up for Palestinian rights. We must act now.

Jewish Voice for Peace has a really useful tool/script that makes it simple to call your reps about Mahmoud Khalil's chilling arrest

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#CFP #APGRD Annual Joint Postgraduate Symposium. Theme: "Ecologies and Futures in the Theory and Practice of Greek and Roman Performance and its Reception(s)" - July 3-4, 2025 - Oxford/London www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2025/... Due by April 25. @apgrd.bsky.social

Ancient Pasts for Modern Audiences: Public Scholarship and the Mediterranean World This volume brings together specialists from a broad demographic and professional range – academics, museum curators, students, and content creators – to discuss case studies, challenges, and potentia...

Open access! www.routledge.com/Ancient-Past...

Columbia University is being made a test case for the detention of activists and — with announced funding cuts — for the decimation of higher education in the U.S. It is distressing and dangerous that university administrations are capitulating to disingenuous narratives. We need them to commit to keeping our community safe from illegal show detentions such as Khalil’s. If a green card holder can be threatened with deportation, we are all unsafe: undocumented students and international students, faculty and staff on visas, and permanent residents alike.

Please read my friend Marianne Hirsch’s new piece in the Forward forward.com/opinion/7035...

Hi everyone,

We aren’t receiving funds quickly enough for our current spending. Remember: if we do not raise enough, we will have to potentially cut thousands of people off from the Internet, during Ramadan. Let’s not let this happen.

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#ConnectingGaza

Marble relief commemorating either the release from service or the discharge after a draw of two female gladiators, Amazon and Achillia. They are armed, and advancing to attack, with swords and shields. The figure on the right is missing the head. They stand on a platform, and below on each side is the head of a spectator. Inscribed above and on the platform. They are shown with the same equipment as male gladiators, but without helmets.

In honor of #InternationalWomensDay, our #ImageOfTheMonth is a marble relief commemorating two female gladiators —Amazon and Achillia.
Found in Halicarnassus, this relief was acquired through donation by the British Museum (1847,0424.19) in 1846, but prior provenience is murky.

Bursaries for Teachers at the Roman Society - The Classics Library Bursaries up to a maximum of £100 are available for teachers who wish to attend a Latin language course at a Summer School. Download an application form here. The deadline is 31 May in any year.

Bursaries for Teachers at the Roman Society

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Intermediate Phoenician and Punic – Inscriptions

#ResearchTraining

The ICS are offering two free, online semi-intensive courses in #Phoenician from 15 April - 26 April.

Elementary level: ics.sas.ac.uk/events/eleme...
Intermediate level: ics.sas.ac.uk/events/inter...

Applications close on 22 March

Digital Classicist London 2025 call for papers

Digital Classicist London 2025 call for papers
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every day i think more of making a website to bring together all of my little projects, do people have any platforms they most recommend? tragically the vast majority of my blogging experience has been on tumblr

BlueSky, help me to spread the word!
--> Abstract submissions are now open for the ASOR Panel on "Pop Culture and Near Eastern Archaeology" for the 2025 Annual Meeting in Boston (hybrid) - November 19-22, 2025!
"The papers in this session represent a multidisciplinary discussion of approaches to

Please take a moment to read about the GAZAMAP Project and its important work documenting and protecting cultural heritage as well as training and supporting heritage students in Gaza ❤️

#PeoplingThePast #CulturalHeritage #MaritimeArchaeology #GAZAMAP

A sculpture head of a bearded man with his eyes cast down. He has light brown skin and grey hair.

Our #imageoftheweek today is this beautiful sculpture head from Gandhara (3rd-4th c. CE), representing either Hercules or the bodhisattva Vajrapani. Iconography of Vajrapani in Gandhara was heavily influenced by Greek imagery of Hercules, leading him to be depicted as a muscular man with a club.

actually to be completely honest the first volume of the inuyasha manga might have to be in here over gender trouble. imitation and gender subordination was bigger for my self-conception anyhow

four books that shaped me #WorldBookDay

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Parody of Norman Rockwell's Freedom Of Speech. Has the characters of The Wicker Man. With the text : Killing me will not bring back your apples.

YouTube video by Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama The Art of Filmed Theatre: Greek Tragedy captured by the National Theatre

🎥 Our recording of last month's event 'The Art of Filmed Theatre: Greek Tragedy captured by the National Theatre' with Erin Lee (NT Head of Archive) and Jess Richardson (Head of Production and Content) is now available to watch online!🍿 @nationaltheatre.org.uk @apac-ssn.bsky.social shorturl.at/k3nnh

📣 CFP now live for our annual joint postgraduate symposium with Royal Holloway Drama! 3 & 4 July, Oxford/London! More details here www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/events/2025/...

The reconstructed 6th c. BCE Etruscan Monteleone chariot, on display at the Met Museum. Here we see the front bronze panel, one of three worked in repoussé to create low relief characters. It depicts the sea nymph Thetis giving a new helmet and shield to her son, Achilles. The oblong shield has a stunning Gorgon face at the top and a cat-like face at the bottom. Achilles looks quite Greek, with a pointed beard and long plaited hair. The repoussé panels may have been produced in one of the important metal-working centers such as Vulci by a local craftsman well familiar with Greek art or possibly by an immigrant bronze-worker. Met Museum, New York (03.23.1)

#ReliefWednesay: a shot of the front of the #Etruscan bronze Monteleone chariot. It depicts the nereid Thetis giving her son Achilles new armor, fashioned by Hephaestus. The shield - with its apotropaic head of Medusa and a feline face - is remarkable. The provenance is disputed. 🏺

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