Sabrina Higgins

Someone Donated These Mysterious Artifacts to a Thrift Shop. Experts Think They Might Date to Medieval Times A shopper who said he was an archaeologist spotted the 11 rings and two medallions and alerted a volunteer

Keep an eye out at your local thrift shop - you never know what you will fine! SNF Centre Director Dr. Sabrina Higgins is in
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with the her amazing new project - found in a Chilliwack thrift store!

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08.10.2025 19:30 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Looking forward to giving this talk at the University of Ottawa next week to the department where my public scholarship journey began.

26.09.2025 15:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Two stone tablets inscribed with Greek text.

In today’s #PeoplingBlog we continue our “Unknown Peoples” Series! Read on as Goran Sanev takes us through the historical and archaeological evidence for the Paeonians, one of the oldest proto-historical communities in the Central Balkans: peoplingthepast.com/2025/09/26/b... /1

26.09.2025 14:48 — 👍 9    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

An image of two small bronze discs with elephants as the decoration.

On today’s new #PeoplingBlog, @lylaahlb.bsky.social takes us through her research on elephants and how they, and their accompanying peoples, served as vehicles for cultural exchange and transmission of knowledge as they traversed land and sea in antiquity:
peoplingthepast.com/2025/09/12/b... /1

12.09.2025 14:50 — 👍 20    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 1

@sfu.ca students Diego Barrios-Stewart, Citlalli Gonzalez, and Nick Parker along with alumni Sarah Grenier and Madison Poole visiting the site of Stobi in North Macedonia alongside @sabrinahiggins.bsky.social. They are currently working on the excavations at Golemo Gradiste. @sfufass.bsky.social

25.06.2025 16:06 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

We recently teamed up with Pasts Imperfect to discuss all things Peopling the Past! Read our contribution (and subscribe to this fantastic newsletter!) here 👇🏻

03.04.2025 11:25 — 👍 29    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0

The first spotting of Ancient Pasts for Modern Audiences in the wild! We can’t wait for all of you to get your hands on this volume!

18.03.2025 22:27 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m so happy that you’ve received your copy. I’m still anxiously waiting by the mailbox for mine! It’s so wonderful to see it out in the world though! Thanks again for a really wonderful contribution to the book.

18.03.2025 22:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It’s not often that I’m social media these days, but when I am, it’s to share that Chelsea and I’s co-edited volume has been published with Routledge. The Open Access version is available for immediate download on Routledge’s website! We can’t wait for you to read all of the incredible contributions

10.03.2025 17:09 — 👍 8    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby!: A Conversation with Liv Albert Presenting popular podcast host, Liv Albert

We’re thrilled to have @mythsbaby.bsky.social join us this Friday for the SNF Seminar Series. Register at the link below to join us in person or virtually as we chat all things Greek Myth.
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26.09.2023 15:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Blog Post #83: Graduate Student Feature with Dora Gao In this week’s blog post, we interview Dora Gao, a Ph.D. Candidate in the Interdepartmental Program in Ancient History (IPAH) at the University of Michigan, who takes us through their research on re...

Today’s Peopling Blog is another exciting Grad Student Feature! Read on as we interview Dora Gao, who takes us through their research on religious kinship, affect, and belonging in Ptolemaic Egypt with a particular focus on marginalized populations: peoplingthepast.com/2023/09/22/b... /1

22.09.2023 15:49 — 👍 19    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 3