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@shona22.bsky.social

Classics MPhil University of Adelaide | Ovid | gender in Latin lit | killjoy feminist | youth cancer & disability advocate | 🌈

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πŸ“œAustralasian #Ovidian Society upcoming meeting

Join us next week, & check out the full program on our flyer!✨

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πŸ“ŒI'll be presenting this month on #Ovid Heroides 7
πŸ—“15 Sept, 5PM AEST
πŸ“– The Dido Project: Creative Research Practice as Critical Resistance

08.09.2025 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One $50 visa gift card is available to win.

To register your interest and/or find out more, please use this link:
qualtrics.flinders.edu.au/.../SV_6FPWt...

02.09.2025 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(cont.)
- Identify with having a cancer-related impairment or disability that restricts or limits you in some way
- Are not currently on 'active' cancer treatment
- Have not engaged in a Canteen service in the past two years

02.09.2025 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You are eligible to take part if you:
- Are currently aged between 18-55, living in Australia
- Received a cancer diagnosis between the ages of 15-39 and it has been at least one year since your diagnosis
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02.09.2025 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Participation involves a confidential online questionnaire and an interview of approx. 60 minutes, conducted online (nation-wide) or in person (central Adelaide location only), answering questions relating to the psychological impact of your cancer-related restriction(s)/limitation(s).

02.09.2025 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Call for research participants:

Do you identify as having a cancer-related impairment or disability? We want to hear from you!

One $50 visa gift card is available to win.

To register your interest and/or find out more, please use this link:
qualtrics.flinders.edu.au/.../SV_6FPWt...

#Cancer

02.09.2025 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“œAustralasian #Ovidian Society upcoming meetings

Join us TOMORROW Friday 15th, and check out the full program on our flyer!✨

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πŸ“ŒDon't miss our August meeting with Prof. Peter Davis (University of Adelaide)
πŸ—“15 August, 2PM AEST
πŸ“– A New Commentaty on #Ovid Heroides

14.08.2025 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This #Ovid meeting is coming up this Friday 18th July!

Want to join our AOS mailing list and get the Zoom links? Send me a message!

#Classics #Ancient #AncientWorldStudies

16.07.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“œAustralasian #Ovidian Society upcoming meeting

We’ve got lots of exciting works in progress, check out the full program on our flyer!✨

πŸ“ŒDon't miss our June meeting with Emily Morgan (University of Melbourne)
πŸ—“25 June, 2PM AEST
πŸ“–#Ovid witches and magic!

23.06.2025 04:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Youth Cancer SA's Biggest Morning Tea Join me at my Biggest Morning Tea or donate online to help me reach my fundraising goal! Together, we can help Cancer Council raise much needed funds.

If you can't make it but would like to contribute to our fundraiser, we are already halfway to our goal!

Donate here to Cancer Council SA essential support services: www.biggestmorningtea.com.au/fundraisers/...

Scroll down to the bottom to see how these funds are used

17.06.2025 06:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Youth Cancer SA's Biggest Morning Tea Join us for our Biggest Morning Tea, hosted by youth cancer patients based in South Australia! Games, hearing stories, and yummy baked goods.

I'm in a group of youth cancer patients who is running a Biggest Morning Tea Sun 29th June 10am-12pm at Goodwood Community Centre, Adelaide - if cancer has touched your life, join us for a day of community, fundraising, delicious cakes and storytelling!

Rsvp: events.humanitix.com/youth-cancer...

17.06.2025 04:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“œAustralasian #Ovidian Society upcoming meetings #AOS

We’ve got lots of exciting works in progress, check out the full program on our flyer!✨

πŸ“ŒDon't miss our July meeting with Dr Rebecca Menmuir (University of Oxford)
πŸ—“18 July, 4PM AEST
πŸ“– #Ovid & his exile in the Middle Ages

#Classics #Ancient

11.06.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Membership Australasian Women in Ancient World Studies (AWAWS) is a professional organisation established for women and men committed to gender equality and diversity in ancient world studies including classics,...

And join Australasian Women in Ancient World Studies today: awaws.org/become-a-member

There are always several Zoom events on the calendar and it is a great way to stay connected

20.05.2025 08:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join the AWAWS Reading Group this Fri 23rd May 2.30pm AEST - we're reading the intro to Umachandran & Ward 2023 'Critical Ancient World Studies: The Case For Forgetting Classics'

Join the reading group: awaws.org/reading-group

#Classics #AncientWorldStudies #ClassicalStudies
@awaws.org

20.05.2025 08:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Don't miss the chance to submit your abstract to Amphorae!!

#classics #ClassicalStudies #AncientWorldStudies #AncientHistory #Postgraduate #Conference

20.05.2025 07:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot from the blog post: "Our work is a response to the wave of political science scholarship which appeared after Donald Trump's first election to the US Presidency in 2016, which dealt with the broad concept of "democratic decay" I As historians of Rome, we read that scholarship and saw a lot in it that looked like the Late Roman Republic and the early Augustan monarchy (conventionally dated to 133 BCE - 14 CE): terms like constitutional rot, autocratic legalism, and democratic breakdown are
all easily applicable to Rome. Of course, it's not new to compare modern democracies to Rome, especially the United States of America. One problem is that these comparisons are often pretty superficial, and we didn't want to do that: nothing in this book is as 'clickbaity' as "This Is Why Bernie Sanders Is Like The Gracchi", Or "How Donald Trump is Like Sulla, Julius Caesar, and Augustus". There is an understandable scholarly scepticism about comparing the Roman political system to modern systems: are they not just too different? But, as we editors argue in the first chapter ("New Perspectives on Old Problems/Old Perspectives on New Problems"), comparisons can be made responsibly-if due care is taken. If we are interested in the struggle for power among institutions (and this is what contemporary democratic decay scholarship is largely about), then Rome was a suitably complex
institutional environment. More complex than many modern..."

Screenshot from the blog post: "Our work is a response to the wave of political science scholarship which appeared after Donald Trump's first election to the US Presidency in 2016, which dealt with the broad concept of "democratic decay" I As historians of Rome, we read that scholarship and saw a lot in it that looked like the Late Roman Republic and the early Augustan monarchy (conventionally dated to 133 BCE - 14 CE): terms like constitutional rot, autocratic legalism, and democratic breakdown are all easily applicable to Rome. Of course, it's not new to compare modern democracies to Rome, especially the United States of America. One problem is that these comparisons are often pretty superficial, and we didn't want to do that: nothing in this book is as 'clickbaity' as "This Is Why Bernie Sanders Is Like The Gracchi", Or "How Donald Trump is Like Sulla, Julius Caesar, and Augustus". There is an understandable scholarly scepticism about comparing the Roman political system to modern systems: are they not just too different? But, as we editors argue in the first chapter ("New Perspectives on Old Problems/Old Perspectives on New Problems"), comparisons can be made responsibly-if due care is taken. If we are interested in the struggle for power among institutions (and this is what contemporary democratic decay scholarship is largely about), then Rome was a suitably complex institutional environment. More complex than many modern..."

We have a blog post up on our new Open Access book "How Republics Die: creeping authoritarianism in ancient Rome and beyond". Find the post here: doi.org/10.58079/13xuq and the book itself (with all the chapters in downloadable PDF) here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

17.05.2025 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

To think that there are parentsβ€”parents!!β€”who make excuses for or outright support the starvation of children

it boggles the mind and breaks my heart

17.05.2025 05:49 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
promo picture for AWAWS zoom equity and inclusion workshop "Can Classicists Be Queer? with Irene Salvo" happening Thursday May 15, 5pm AEST

promo picture for AWAWS zoom equity and inclusion workshop "Can Classicists Be Queer? with Irene Salvo" happening Thursday May 15, 5pm AEST

Don't miss the second session in our Equity and Diversity Workshop Series: Can Classicists Be Queer? With Irene Salvo.
Over Zoom May 15 @5PM AEST! More info and register here: tinyurl.com/37hth7s2

29.04.2025 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I will be there on Friday - join us so I can tell you all about plans for a Biggest Morning Tea run by local youth cancer patients!

13.05.2025 05:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

AMPHORAEXIX Postgrad Classics conference in Adelaide, Australia - Keynote announcement!

We are honoured to be joined by Professor Wendy van Duivenvoorde of Flinders University for the keynote, 'Sailing through the Hellenistic World: The Archaeological Legacy of the Kyrenia Ship'

13.05.2025 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Amphorae XIX Registration The 19th annual AMPHORAE conference for post graduate students in Ancient World Studies will be held at the University of Adelaide from August 25-29, 2025.

AMPHORAE XIX postgraduate Classics conference in Adelaide, Australia - Registration is now open!

Register to attend online or in-person here: events.humanitix.com/amphorae-xix...

13.05.2025 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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AMPHORAE XIX AMPHORAE XIX Conference, 25-29 August 2025 at the University of Adelaide

AMPHORAE XIX gives postgraduate students across Australasia and our friends overseas from Honours to PhD level a platform to explore their research alongside their peers in a supportive and welcoming environment.

Read more at our website here: amphorae-conference.weebly.com

13.05.2025 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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AMPHORAE XIX CFP DEADLINE APPROACHING

The Australasian postgrad conference will run hybrid in Adelaide Aug 25-29, 2025 - amphorae-conference.weebly.com

Send in your abstracts to our #CFP by **31st May**

#Classics #AncientWorldStudies

13.05.2025 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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AMPHORAE XIX is coming!
The 19th Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in Hellenic or Roman Antiquity and Egyptology (AMPHORAE) will run hybrid in Adelaide Aug 25-29, 2025 - amphorae-conference.weebly.com

Send in your abstracts to our #CFP by 31st May

#Classics #ClassicalStudies #AncientWorldStudies

22.04.2025 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'll be there for coffee!

09.04.2025 08:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The zoom link for our meeting of the Australasian Ovidian Society has been sent out!

Want to get on the list? Send me a message!

#Ovid #classics #ancientworldstudies

03.04.2025 04:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Please join the Australasian Ovidian Society (AOS) for our first online meeting on Monday
7th April 2025!
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Meeting via Zoom at 2pm AEST/ 4pm NZT.
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We look forward to meeting each other & briefly sharing our ongoing research
projects & other WIP

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24.03.2025 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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I'm obsessed with our logo art courtesy of @gemmaneall.bsky.social - get ready for the most stylish AMPHORAE conference yet

19.03.2025 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
A stylised ancient greek amphorae jar which says 'Adelaide Amphorae XIX' and has iconic Adelaide city imagery decorating its sides, including the red desert pea, the rocking horse, frog cakes and grapes for the wineries.

A stylised ancient greek amphorae jar which says 'Adelaide Amphorae XIX' and has iconic Adelaide city imagery decorating its sides, including the red desert pea, the rocking horse, frog cakes and grapes for the wineries.

AMPHORAE XIX is coming!
The 19th Annual Meeting of Postgraduates in Hellenic or Roman Antiquity and Egyptology (AMPHORAE) will run hybrid in Adelaide Aug 25-29, 2025 - www.amphorae-conference.com

Send in your abstracts to our #CFP by 31st May

#Classics #ClassicalStudies #AncientWorldStudies

19.03.2025 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Registration for #ResDiff6 is now available: resdifficiles.com/res-diff-6-2...

13.02.2025 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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