Included is a state-of-the-field piece about disability in antiquity (open access), which I co-wrote with @horusofnekhen.bsky.social and @tibg1312.bsky.social. See where we're at with this subfield!
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journal cover
New issue of The Classical Review Vol. 75 , No. 2 (2025) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @universitypress.cambridge.org @debscavator.bsky.social
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Banning laptops from your classes is an accessibility issue and *forces* students with accommodations to out themselves to their peers.
If you do this, you are not an advocate for disability rights.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
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A bar graph titled "Q16 Do you feel like you belong in the field of Classical Studies?" showing data from the previous paragraph
Today on the blog, Rachel Philbrick and Zachary Quint of the SCS Data Committee share some of the results of the Census, focusing on a few salient questions and linking to further data.
www.classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/tor...
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New: Braille Resources for Reading Ancient Languages
[Photo by me. Tactile graphic by Crystal Peng.] Β I recently created a new section of my website, which provides educational resources for anyone who wants to read ancient Middle Eastern and North β¦
Today I published a new section of my website with resources for those who wish to learn, study, and/or teach ancient languages using braille. It rests on work we did over the past year to expand screen reader access to these languages through the LibLouis library. Check it out and share around!
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Poster for the Badè Museum's Fall 2025 - Spring 2026 Lecture Series for Disability in the Ancient Middle East and Mediterranean.
Starting next Thursday at 5:30pm BST (9:30am PST), the Badè Museum will kick off it's new Lecture Series. Co-sponsored by the Archaeological Research Facility @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, the Series will explore Disability in the Ancient Middle East and Mediterranean. (1/4)
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We love these events, but we could use your help to continue to do them.
Please, as Disability Pride Month comes to an end, consider donating to our cause! (2/2)
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Three CripAntiquity board members in front of a lecture hall posing with the CripAntiquity contact information.
It has been a big month for CripAntiquity!
Early in the month, three of our board members hosted a panel at the CA conference (pictured below), and just this last weekend we had our first ever annual conference, which was a great success! (1/2)
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July is Disability Pride Month, and we are so proud of our members around the world! We are now one step closer to reaching our goal of providing grants/scholarships for our members for conferences and fieldwork: you can now donate to us! paypal.com/donate/?host...
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Nondisabled researcher of disability in ancient Greece. she/her pronouns in bio. Who do you think you are? I am
News and notes relevant to the study of Greco-Roman world and its reception very broadly considered, especially notices of new journal publications
He/Him | Disabled archaeologist and curator specialising in the study of disability in antiquity. #BlackLivesMatter #FreePalestine π
she/her PhD student of gender/power in the late Roman republic/principate at CUNY GC. i drink iced coffee year-round.
Classics PhD Student at University of Washington
Latin Literature and Asexuality
Independent scholar. Receptions of Greek mythology in popular modern culture. Also cats. And macrame and crafting.
Ancient Historian. Writing a book about gladiators in greek provinces. Public history devotee. ADHD + ClusterC. Sweary. Expect typos. Birkbeck and Leicester alum
www.ancientalexandra.co.uk
https://linktr.ee/alexandrasills
Ancient history PhD at large. Accidental digital classicist / copyeditor. Expect random posts about dinosaurs. Formerly @ClassicHistGeek in the bad place.
I could not be serious any more than become immortal - (Xenophon, 'Symposium' 1.15)
Classics. TESL.
Leafs/Sens (I know...)
Formerly working w/@/for many, now writing about myth & YA @ Northwestern. Lifelong Chicagoan. Self-styled Tom Joad of Latin teachers. Immoderata mulier, proud of my alumnx, #confelicity. Reminding you to π NOW. I salt vibes.
https://linktr.ee/navacohen
Egyptologist & Disability Activist w/ CP. βΏ #DisHist of Ptolemaic Egypt & inclusive museums. Co-Founder @ukdishisthub.bsky.social. President @museumedrt.bsky.social. Co-Chair @cripantiquity.bsky.socialβ¬. New Yorker in the UK. She/Her. Opinions mine.
PhD in Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East from Brandeis, postdoc at Stanford. Interests in disability, myth, economics, and materiality. More at www.blindscholar.com.
Current Stepsay Postdoc at San Diego State University. PhD from Boston University. Researching: Diana, Augustan poetry, gender/sexuality, reception in sci-fi/fantasy, Tolkien. Disability advocate. T1D 30 years. She/her.
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