Evan Jewell

New reads for the very long “to read” list!

For some reason I thought I'd done it successfully using ILS in the past, but I'm probably wrong.

Historians of New World / Black Atlantic / Transatlantic slavery --any good pieces of conceptualization of enslaved people as "thinking tools" at all (or even just as "akin to tools")? (Lots for the Greek and Roman worlds, but wondering if these notions made their way over into this later period).

yes, it's very frustrating! Apparently I have to search for ILS using "D" as an abbreviation -- I emailed them for guidance!

what do we think of the new Clauss-Slaby resdesign? I am finding searching by publication tricky (CIL is fine, but it doesn't seem to work well for ILS, for example).
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Is it no surprise that the one classicist that pops up in the Epstein files database is none other than Thomas Hubbard, soliciting money for a conference on sexual consent and Title IX? And this was in 2015, well after his conviction...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

Antichthon Vol. 58 (2024) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @selsvold.bsky.social @quidamabo.bsky.social @stephanieframpton.bsky.social @catharineedwards.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org

That feeling when the final pieces for a 40 chapter volume you've been co-editing for years and years with six other editors are finally in and ready to go to proofs... phewwwww. Ok, now a moratorium on editing anything for at least 5 years I think.

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Historia Vol. 75, No. 1 (2026) biblioscout.net/journal/hist... @quidamabo.bsky.social

Unintentionally I managed to publish an article about turning 36 as the end of one's youth (adulescentia) while still in my own 36th orbit around the sun! (This is the companion piece to the MAAR article that came out last week).
biblioscout.net/article/99.1...

Writing about "Slavery"? This Might Help Writing About Slavery? Teaching About Slavery? Senior slavery scholars of color community-sourced this short guide to share with and be used by editors, presses, museums, journalists and curricular ...

As I'm teaching my first class semester class devoted to Roman slavery (in comparative study with transatlantic slavery), this primer on terminology from P. Gabrielle Forman remains indispensable, not least to get your students thinking about the terms they use: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

My article, "Of Aediles and Villas: Aedilician Presences and Absences in Varro’s De re rustica" is now published in MAAR vol.70 (70pp. in 70!). Open access! Many amazing pieces in this very meaty volume--with great thanks to Peg Laird for helming this volume & MAAR!

www.jstor.org/stable/27442...

I do not recommend writing long articles (25K+ words) if you can help it. Because then you must read over said article's copy-edits, and then proofs, multiple times. That said, I'm glad that some journals still publish long pieces!

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I need to read your piece! Thanks for bringing it to my attention--looking forward to digging in and reading once I emerge from grading and deadline craziness.

Open Positions The American Academy in Rome is seeking candidates for Chief Operating Officer and Director of the American Academy in Rome Classical Summer School.

The search for the next director of the Classical Summer School at the AAR, to start in 2027-28, is now open.
Be my successor!
www.aarome.org/about/open-p...
Please share with anyone who might be interested in applying. You’d get to shadow me for a week in 2026. Happy to answer any questions!

Did this program about a decade ago, in grad school, and it was one of the best learning experiences I’ve had. If you, try to go.

I went as a grad student, and not only did I leave with a vastly new appreciation for Etruscan water management systems (and hate for Mussolini), it was a great way to interact with other classicists at all levels and directions in their careers. Highly recommended if you can swing it.

I did this back in 2000 and it was one of the best experiences of my career

A reminder: we are very interested in having *school teachers* apply for the Classical Summer School, in addition to graduate students. Please pass this along to any teachers you may know!

Discovery Suggests That the House of the Thiasos and Other Domus in Pompeii May Have Had Observation Towers The mental image of the city of Pompeii, crystallized by the mold of ash and lapilli that preserved its ground level for centuries, may be about to acquire a new vertical dimension. A digital archaeol...

Thinking about the recent research on towers in rich houses in Pompeii in relation to Evan Jewell's (@quidamabo.bsky.social) excellent article on wayfinding, and his point that the rich had sweeping views of the city while the poor did not
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/10/d...

so what conclusions should we come to when BMCR publishes a review of a scholar removed from his post for sexual harassment, followed by this review just days later?

if you are looking to send your book review to an outlet with editorial ethics (and also open access), I’d suggest NECJ crossworks.holycross.edu/necj/

I'm glad you found it useful!

Classical Summer School This five-week program is designed to provide participants with a well-founded understanding of the growth and development of the city of Rome through a careful study of material remains and literary ...

Please spread the word: the 2026 application cycle for the Classical Summer School of the American Academy in Rome is now live! (Yours truly as Director for my final year). www.aarome.org/apply/2026-c...

Lately I've been mulling over lots of questions re: wayfinding in the Subura and how demolition affected this process... Imagine my happy surprise when I discovered that @quidamabo.bsky.social published a fantastic article on wayfinding and subaltern Romans just last month! 👏👏

aww thank you! I've been off of here, so it's nice to come back and see this!

Ok, talked about controversial things and it seemed to go well? Phew. Such a great audience and great questions.

For all of the handwringing over the falling quality of students, we should always be willing to be surprised by every new cohort. I currently think I am teaching some of the best Roman history students I've ever had and it's their first ever Roman history class.

My article, "The Life of Terence, Revisited," has now been published open access in NECJ. I discuss how classicists have historically denied Terence’s blackness out of a belief that “humanistic” or linguistic excellence could not be reconciled with blackness. crossworks.holycross.edu/necj/vol52/i...