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Peter Stewart

@petercnstewart.bsky.social

Professor of Ancient Art. Director of the Classical Art Research Centre at Oxford University @carcoxford.bsky.social. Chair of Trustees at The Brooking @thebrooking.bsky.social. Antiquity, modernism, arts.

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One of the conspirators who helped Gavrilo Princip shoot Archduke Franz Ferdinand survived to see the breakup of Yugoslavia. He could conceivably have watched the Neighbours episode where Scott and Charlene got married

08.10.2025 05:17 β€” πŸ‘ 210    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 9
20th Anniversary Oxford Martin School Impact Story: Professor Arjune Sen, Global Epilepsy Programme
One in 20 people will have a seizure in their lifetime and over 50 million people have epilepsy worldwide. Over 85% of people with epilepsy live in low- and ... 20th Anniversary Oxford Martin School Impact Story: Professor Arjune Sen, Global Epilepsy Programme

20 Years of Impact: Breaking barriers to epilepsy diagnosis.
For 50 million people with epilepsy, access to care can transform lives.
Our researchers are rethinking diagnosis through affordable tools and training in low-resource settings.
Watch here:

07.10.2025 09:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hogarth masterpieces restored at Barts Hospital open to public The restoration of the north wing has

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06.10.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lycian Votive Relief: Twelve Gods | Harvard Art Museums 101 Lycian Votive Relief The right upper corner is broken away, with the head of three and the upper bodies of two (at the extreme right) missing. There are other minor chippings around the edges. ...

Twelve gods and twelve dogs: Roman votive relief from Lycia, ca. 2nd to 3rd century in Harvard Arts Museums harvardartmuseums.org/collections/...

06.10.2025 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's wonderful to see @thebrooking.bsky.social launch its social media content across platforms. If you love historic buildings and architecture please follow and spread the word!

01.10.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Not everyone’s architectural cup of tea (I’d be more of a Casson & Conder man myself) but it’s lovely to see the new Schwarzman Centre for humanities subjects open @ox.ac.uk

30.09.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Funds still needed for Oxfordshire museum to keep Henley Iron Age hoard A metal detectorist discovered the hoard found inside a pot buried in a field five years ago.

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26.09.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Samira Ahmed, Twentieth Century woman The broadcaster and new president of the Twentieth Century Society talks to Arjun Sajip about conserving the built environment and making people feel it matters

The broadcaster Samira Ahmed was recently appointed president of the Twentieth Century Society. She talks to Apollo about conserving the built environment and making people feel that it matters

26.09.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A 20 (twenty) horse chariot - presumably emblematic of lots of success-bringing horsepower - on an electrotype replica of a Roman gem @carcoxford.bsky.social (original in Paris @labnf.bsky.social)

19.09.2025 10:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New issue of Journal of Roman Archaeology Vol. 28, No. 1 (2025) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org @dominik-hagmann.bsky.social @lsnasrallah.bsky.social

16.09.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh. 😐

16.09.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you are not attracted to Gandharan sculptures ('ex Private Collection, Japan, before 1990') in Christie's current Asian art online auction, you could bid for a replica Bimaran Casket! onlineonly.christies.com/s/indian-him...

16.09.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PostDoc-position in Classical / Roman Archaeology The Chair of Classical Archaeology / Institute of Archaeological Sciences seeks to fill in a PostDoc-position in Classical/Roman Archaeology.

PostDoc-position in Classical / Roman Archaeology
www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

09.09.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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One of the world's most sacred places is being turned into a mega-resort Egypt faces blacklash over a plan to turn Mount Sinai, a biblical site and home to the Bedouins, into hotels and villas.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

07.09.2025 06:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Assistant Professor - College Park, Maryland (US) job with University of Maryland - College Park | 37879935 Department of Classics University of Maryland, College Park Assistant Professor, Classics The Department of Classics at the University of Maryland,...

Assistant Professor job with University of Maryland - College Park | 37879935
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04.09.2025 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nobody who voted to confirm RFK is fit to hold public office

04.09.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 15958    πŸ” 3033    πŸ’¬ 237    πŸ“Œ 144
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Project Curator: Greek and Roman Provincial Collections Money and Medals Full-time, 41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break) Fixed term for 12 months Β£36,396 per annum Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on Wednesday 17thΒ SeptemberΒ 2025

A tremendous numismatic project curator role @britishmuseum.bsky.social bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com/templates/CI...

04.09.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

30.08.2025 07:33 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
A photograph of a weathered bronze statuette of an animal attacking a centaur with a man riding on his back

A photograph of a weathered bronze statuette of an animal attacking a centaur with a man riding on his back

A curious sea-battered #Roman copper alloy statuette found on Sidmouth Beach #Devon in 1840

Featuring a man (Achilles?) riding on the back of a centaur (Chiron?) at the moment both are attacked by a wild animal

An enigmatic object now on display @rammuseum.bsky.social

πŸ“· May 2025

#FindsFriday

25.07.2025 05:38 β€” πŸ‘ 153    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

I am actually a believer in the importance of branding, but it will be fascinating to see whether the reputational damage from the University of Warwick’s risible exercise leads to net harm. It’s possible that it won’t.

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This very fine book has its own care instructions on the cover.

22.07.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œGandhara Uncovered” - at Lahore Museum and online tomorrow 21 July

20.07.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Spotted this extraordinary comparandum on the Twitter account of @persiaantigua.bsky.social

19.07.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Full Professor, Greek History, Antiquity and Epigraphy, University of Vienna, Austria (Deadline September 17) - The Classical Association of Canada
www.cac-scec.ca/2025/07/vien...

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Les MisΓ©rables 85th Academy Awards rehearsal
YouTube video by Michael A Le Poer Trench Les MisΓ©rables 85th Academy Awards rehearsal

Annual re-post of the best rehearsal video of all time: youtu.be/PfZgOV4UHBU?.... Cameron Macintosh: 'Good.'

30.06.2025 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kazakh Archaeologists Uncover Scythian-Era Treasures - The Times Of Central Asia Archaeologists from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University have uncovered artifacts from the Scythian era in Kazakhstan’s Almaty region, including a rare gold

Kazakh Archaeologists Uncover Scythian-Era Treasures - The Times Of Central Asia
timesca.com/kazakh-archa...

26.06.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A rare opportunity for a permanent lectureship in German in our fabulous School! Please circulate to your networks. @ucfl-eca.bsky.social @ucflangs.bsky.social

26.06.2025 09:17 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Beloit, WI revitalized its waterfront and chose this way to celebrate it: by bringing to life Georges Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte."

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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

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tenture DΓ©cor : poisson ; eau ; bandes

Fragment of Roman woollen fish tapestry from Antinoopolis #LouvreCollections collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/5335...

19.06.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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