How can HMML support your research? Apply for a fellowship to fund your visit to HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota.
Now accepting applications for research residencies to be completed between January 1 and June 30, 2026.
Application deadline: October 15
Learn more: hmml.org/research/fellowships
03.09.2025 14:41 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
🎉 Happy new (academic) year, and welcome to three new colleagues!
💻 We are joined today by Dr Chiara Palladino and Dr Thea Sommerschield, both as Assistant Professors in Digital Humanities and the Ancient Greek World.
👩🏫 Dr Ilaria Bucci joined us back in May as Leverhulme Early Career Fellow.
01.09.2025 07:01 — 👍 21 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 2
Riley Snyder Best Article of the Year - Durham University
Congratulations to Dr Riley Snyder, awarded Best Article of the Year by 'Studies in Late Antiquity'!
Titled: 'Beyond Urban Planning: Challenges of Resource Management in the Construction of Late Antique Capital Cities'
Learn more: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
#archaeology #research #DurhamUni
19.08.2025 09:03 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The Pearlsong has been out for just over a month. The PDF is (and will be) freely available at the link.
For $40, "wherever books are sold," you can enjoy it materially, with beautiful paper and a snake-&-pearl cover.
⬇️ A quick rundown of the book, and why you might be interested in it:
15.08.2025 13:29 — 👍 13 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
We have extended the call for applications to July 30th for a post-doc position in the Frankfurt-Leuven Project “Commentary on the Ecclesiastical History of John of Ephesus.” The successful candidate would not necessarily need to move to Frankfurt to take up this position.
22.07.2025 11:35 — 👍 16 🔁 23 💬 0 📌 0
White banner with an image of a person speaking in front of an audience during a presentation. The words 'Mid-Career Fellowships' are written on the right-hand side.
Applications are still open for the Mid-Career Fellowships. The scheme allows UK-based researchers in the humanities and social sciences to complete a major project and share their insights with the wider public. Apply now: buff.ly/VOWVPuC
18.07.2025 14:31 — 👍 7 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 2
Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow (Early Christianity) - Vacancy Details
I am delighted to announce the IRCI has 2 job openings in early Christianity (specialisation open, research-focus, early career). Closing date 15 Aug. Contact me with any questions. We hope you'll consider joining our excellent group of scholars!
candidate.aurion.cloud/acu/producti...
03.07.2025 08:47 — 👍 26 🔁 35 💬 0 📌 3
Congratulations!!
08.07.2025 13:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The Pearlsong — Harvard University Press
The Pearlsong is an ancient poem that recounts the story of a Parthian prince sent by his parents on a mission to Egypt to retrieve a pearl from the clutches of a giant serpent. Along the way, the pri...
It's publication day for the Pearlsong! Syriac and two Greek texts, each w/ Eng. tr., + glossaries and commentary.
Just $40! The paper, cover & jacket, and printing are fabulous!
If you read it, I hope you have as much fun with it as I did writing it!
08.07.2025 12:59 — 👍 37 🔁 13 💬 3 📌 2
Established in 1925, the Trust has been supporting new ideas and research that benefits society for 100 years. In this podcast, Professor @annavignoles.bsky.social speaks about committing a further £100m during the Trust’s centenary year.
Listen now: 🎙️ media.leverhulme.ac.uk/podcast/leve...
08.07.2025 09:00 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Career Development Fellow in New Testament (3 Years)
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
The 3 year post funded by my @leverhulme.ac.uk Major Research Fellowship is now being advertised, now that the transfer of the grant to @durham-university.bsky.social @durhamtheology.bsky.social has been completed. Please share with exceptional candidates. durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
03.07.2025 07:47 — 👍 12 🔁 15 💬 1 📌 0
Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow (Early Christianity) - Vacancy Details
Job No: APTAV119903#005
Research fellowships in Early Christianity at ACU in Melbourne: an opportunity to work with a fantastic team!
candidate.aurion.cloud/acu/producti...
04.07.2025 06:18 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
I am happy to share an advertisement for a post-doc position in the Frankfurt-Leuven project "Commentary on John of Ephesus's Ecclesiastical History." The deadline is 23 July 2025, and the position is to be filled from 1 October 2025. Please feel free to contact me or Hartmut Leppin with questions.
02.07.2025 08:34 — 👍 10 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 3
Today!
19.06.2025 09:45 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Shelves full of red and green Loeb Classical Library books.
A pair of hands holding open a Loeb Classical Library edition of Lucretius ahead of a shelf full of red Latin LCL books.
Gaudeat emptor: Our Loeb summer sale is on.
Now through 6/30, enjoy 30% off all Loeb Classical Library books with the code LCL30. There's no better time to brush up on your Greek and Latin. 📗📕 ⤵️
06.06.2025 19:18 — 👍 20 🔁 8 💬 3 📌 0
The Pearlsong — Harvard University Press
The Pearlsong is an ancient poem that recounts the story of a Parthian prince sent by his parents on a mission to Egypt to retrieve a pearl from the clutches of a giant serpent. Along the way, the pri...
My book on the Pearlsong, inaugurating a new series (4T), is available for pre-ordering 😎
Has (vocalized) Syriac and 2 Greek texts w/ facing English translations, glossaries, and a wide-ranging commentary.
Come for the story, Syriac, and Greek — stay for the Coptic, Mandaic, Parthian, and more!
23.05.2025 10:26 — 👍 30 🔁 17 💬 2 📌 0
AHRC and German Research Foundation renew research partnership
AHRC and DFG have extended their bilateral funding agreement for a further five rounds.
I am delighted that AHRC and DFG have renewed our prestigious partnership.
This symbolises the determination of our countries to stand side by side in facing the future, committed to peace, prosperity & the flourishing of all humanity
www.ukri.org/news/ahrc-an...
08.05.2025 10:10 — 👍 23 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1
🎉 New Spotify podcast has just dropped!
🎙️ Listen to @mara-nicosia.bsky.social (recently completed @britishacademy.bsky.social fellow) about her new book @gorgiaspress.bsky.social
🔗 open.spotify.com/episode/3cT2...
25.04.2025 07:02 — 👍 14 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
New Academy Members
Elected in 2025
Congratulations to all of the newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts of Sciences. Particularly the brilliant David Brakke.
www.amacad.org/new-members-...
23.04.2025 16:33 — 👍 21 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
Cultural historian working on the ancient Mediterranean and Greek epigraphy
Scribbler. Working on Prosopography in the 3rd Century Roman Empire. Late Roman Empire/Late Antiquity/Early Middle Ages enjoyer. North Carolina expat in California. Appalachian and old man undergrad.
Co-Creating Ireland's Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap
ENGAGED is building a national roadmap to shape public involvement in open research in Ireland. We believe that research can and does play an important role in tackling societal challenges.
Him off of @Wonkhe. Sky Cards Rare Master.
Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University.
https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/theology-religion/
News about Classics, Antiquity and Religious Studies in Ottawa and beyond.
Actualités sur les études anciennes et les sciences des religions à Ottawa et ailleurs.
History Prof @ Durham University | STS | HPS | Book: Media and the Mind: Art, Science, and Notebooks as Paper Machines (Chicago: 2023) | Current Projects: Science, Race and Statistics in the British Empire; The Enlightenment and Its Informatic Afterlives
Technology, Software, Policy, Security, Universities, Art, Antiques, Cats. https://finkelstein.uk
Classical Studies, UNAM | Digital Humanities | Admin of Desde Themyscira: desdethemysciraffyl.mx | Admin of EPN, UNAM: iifilologicas.unam.mx/pnovohispano | https://alejandragj.com/
Historian at CCCU: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8378-4968
Recovering Course Director (22-25). Research unit lead. RHS council; SHS; EHS.
Currently: "Dying Homeless, 1600-2013",
Soon: 'The Ends of Poverty in the British Atlantic'. He/him.
nerd, unionist, heist enthusiast
http://www.annakornbluh.com
President,The British Academy.
Writes about housing and economic inequality.
Life Fellow at Girton College, Emerita Honorary Professor in the Dept of Geography, Cambridge University, UK.
(Views my own).
Inspiring the extraordinary.
Official Durham University Bluesky account.
He/Him
Phd Candidate Classics at University of Warwick
Roman Identity
Chancellor's International Scholarship
Previously at @rhulclassics.bsky.social
and @leidenhumanities.bsky.social
PhD-Candidate Charles University | Historian of Medicine | First Faculty of Medicine, Institute for History of Medicine and Foreign Languages | Ritual Dynamics within the Christianisation of Temple Sleep in 200-700 | Directeur @kleiohistoria.bsky.social
News from the Classical, Ancient Near Eastern & Egyptian Studies department at De Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. Posts by our editors.
Teacher-scholar of religion and ancient Christianities. Coptic language lover. Fighting for the Undercommons. Currently @ Spelman College | https://lcbmphd.com/
+ Freelance copyeditor for hire. Inquire for rates and availability!
The account of Syriaca.org. Syriac Studies, Digital Humanities, Linked Open Data, Digital Cultural Heritage Preservation.
Associate professor of European politics & society, @unigroningen.bsky.social | PI of @regroup-horizon.bsky.social | Theme director at @agricolaschool.bsky.social
