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Caroline Goodson

@cjg70.bsky.social

Early Medievalist working on Italy, Europe, Maghrib, Mediterranean and economies; at Uni Cambridge; currently at American Academy in Rome. In to: urban gardening; city cycling; swimming in the sea. Most recent book: https://tinyurl.com/mr75n

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I have just deleted my entire inbox. I'm not sure how much I want to retrieve it..... it might be a good start to the year?

05.01.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Castrum Caetani, Via Appia, 13th century (@profbernard.bsky.social bored by medieval masonry, admires ancient bits lying around)

28.11.2024 11:29 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Caserma dei Vigili del Fuoco, Via Marmorata 15 (1929)

28.11.2024 11:10 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Come to Rome! with @quidamabo.bsky.social

28.11.2024 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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 ...

Apply for the American Academy in Rome summer school, June/July 2025! aarome.org/apply/2025-c...

22.11.2024 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Brick-faced concrete ruins, pine trees

Brick-faced concrete ruins, pine trees

Rome, yesterday. Baths of Caracalla.

17.11.2024 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
rome beauty apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1896

rome beauty apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1896

rome beauty apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1896

16.11.2024 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The British School at Rome invites applications for awards tenable in 2025-2026 | H-Net The British School at RomeΒ is pleased to invite applications for the 2025-2026 academic year for the following award competitions, all with a deadline of 2 December 2024:

Come to Rome! networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

17.11.2024 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

Outstandingly fun summer school here:
bsr.ac.uk/now-open-fun...

22.03.2024 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A group of people standing in front of an ancient Roman city gate and walls. A road continues behind to a farm and church.

A group of people standing in front of an ancient Roman city gate and walls. A road continues behind to a farm and church.

Extremely happy to announce that we are once again offering a *FULLY FUNDED* student placement with the @ics.bsky.social/BSR excavations at Falerii Novi.
Thanks to the generosity of the Roman Society! πŸ‘πŸŽ‰

Happy to answer queries. Pls share.
Info+Eligibility πŸ‘‰ www.romansociety.org/Grants-Prize...

08.01.2024 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Christmas gifts from @effinbirds.com birds just placed -- UK buyers are still in time to place an order!

29.11.2023 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Solar panels are up! www.theguardian.com/education/20...

29.11.2023 11:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Come join us in Cambridge as the Mellon Professor of American History: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/43935/

12.11.2023 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An outstanding caffè napoletano in Cambridge! Grazie @fernandag !

08.11.2023 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
black and white photo of brick walls and tower

black and white photo of brick walls and tower

380 towers in the late antique walls of Rome, I think.. having just drawn them all in on a map.... (here's a nice pic of an obscure one at the Castra Pretoria)

07.11.2023 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

call me old-fashioned. I like paper and pages!

18.10.2023 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

wonderful news (and not surprising at all!)

18.10.2023 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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End of a weeklong workshop on β€˜Routes of Glass’ in the Early Medieval Mediterranean, at Fondation Les Treilles…perhaps the most delightful place to have a conference, ever.

13.10.2023 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Same in our house.

08.10.2023 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Indeed, this looks seriously cool.

05.10.2023 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Building a Potter's Kiln Interested in pottery and traditional crafts? Come and witness kiln-building in action at the Fitzwilliam Museum. Led by renown ceramicist and scholar Dr Abbas Akbari (University of Kashan), a group o...

Exciting! Kiln-building and lustre-ware firing in Cambridge at the Fitz this November 15-17 www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/build... (thanks to the efforts of the amazing Mariam Rosser Owen (www.instagram.com/mrosserowen/)

04.10.2023 10:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Delighted to see one of my favourites from the other place is here now:

29.09.2023 09:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Might mean we ought to be quite careful setting essay topics on Aethelred.....

28.09.2023 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I too was curious (about my books, not yours) but not curious enough to navigate my institutional access to The Atlantic….

27.09.2023 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Professorship of Medieval and Renaissance English. Closing date: 30 November 2023. www.hr.admin.cam.ac.uk/files/mediev...

26.09.2023 09:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just came back from this delightful evening of short nature films-- www.oceanfilmfestival.co.uk/ and feel, once again, that Cambridge is pretty far inland.

25.09.2023 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Research Associate in Early Medieval Archaeology at Cardiff University Discover an exciting academic career path as a Research Associate in Early Medieval Archaeology at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

A good opportunity to work with Andy Seaman and Charles Insley on the 'Making the March' project, www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DCX385/r...

23.09.2023 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Last couple of days to submit a proposal for Leeds IMC 2024 for our strand of sessions on 'Early medieval moral economies - c.700-c.1100'. Please do consider it!

21.09.2023 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yikes, the pressure!

20.09.2023 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Though, this time around, it's all about the money.

20.09.2023 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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