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Reaches Leuven now. Preparing for second conference, this time on “East meets West”. My latest (last) take on Eunapius. Good food too.

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A little boost for the day: 1,500 reads of my book on the Peripatetics reached
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Winter in Adelaide. A rose is a rose is a rose.

Extended deadline for #AMPHORAE XIX in Adelaide, South Australia & online - #CFP now closing June 8th - see amphorae-conference.weebly.com

After a semester with the heady mix of teaching, curriculum development for 2026 and my head of dept chores, I am looking forward to the last week. Time for chocolate and a (brief) rest!

Glorious dawn to get ‘fired up’ for the day 😏

Job: university of Groningen. Professor of the Reception of Classical Antiquity. For a job description contact Ms T. Oosterman, e-mail: t.e.oosterman@rug.nl. More information on Rijksuniversiteit Groningen: www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...

The 2025 Terry Lectures with Peter Adamson: Believe It... Or Not: Religion and Skepticism in Global Philosophy - Office of the Secretary and Vice President for University Life It is nowadays typically assumed that religious belief is defined by faith, and that a skeptical attitude is more characteristic of those who reject religion. These lectures will argue that, at lea...

If you're near New Haven this April please come along to hear me deliver the Terry Lectures!

The topic is "Believe It...Or Not: Religion and Skepticism in Global Philosophy."

And the lectures are all written now, which is a relief!

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Golden dome? Neronic fantasy

HoP 464 Howard Hotson on the Republic of Letters Podcast Episode · History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps · 02/03/2025 · 42m

podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/h... great interview with expert Howard Holton on the Respublica Litteraria

Lancelot and Leda?

Kleine Schriften X Band X der Kleinen Schriften des Zürcher Altphilologen und Religionswissenschaftlers Walter Burkert ergänzt die bisher erschienenen Bände um Artikel zu Philologica, Lexikonbeiträge, Nachrufe und um Ge...

Walter Burket's Kleine Schriften X Varia / Christoph Riedweg (Ed.) www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/themen-entde... #openaccess

Coming up tomorrow on #HoPWaG, we start to dig into early modern philosophy by considering the pan-European phenomenon of the "Republic of Letters," focusing on figures including Mersenne, Leibniz, Pereisc, and Calvet. Will be up early Sunday morning for your listening pleasure!

#philsky #podcasts

Scorcher today. Staying inside is the best option

First glimpse inside burnt scroll after 2,000 years The document charred by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is being 'unwrapped' using X-ray scans and AI.

👀 Herculaneum: First glimpse inside burnt scroll after 2,000 years.

🏺 #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics #AncientBluesky 🏛️

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Returned from a fabulous conference at ANU. Slightly delayed flight but good to be home

I have struggled with my role is as an Arabic speaker with a platform, in the face of the need in Gaza. I have decided to start a series I'm calling “Voices of Gaza” that tells a fuller story of people’s lives and dreams beyond victimhood.

I hope you'll help amplify.

Does anyone else keep thinking of Tac. Agric. 30-32 “Ubi solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant” when news about Israel and Gaza comes in?

A Cultural History of Love What role has love played in social, political and cultural life over the centuries? How have normative values and beliefs about love affected different social…

Just out:
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Made it to the Institute for lunch today. Good atmosphere and a nice office. The court yard in front of my window (left) 👌

Is it good by itself, Socrates, or because these books fill its shelves? 😉

American University of Paris, France, has an opening for an Assistant Professor of Philosophy with specialization in ancient philosophy and competence in theoretical philosophy.

For more information, see here: philjobs.org/job/show/26670.

Four PhDs positions university of Ghent

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attn scholarly organizations, this is now considered best practice

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New issue of Mnemosyne Vol. 77, No. 4 (2024) brill.com/view/journal... @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

Come and celebrate our 150th year. Explore our events, our history, and the foundation we’ve built for the future.

Full professor position in history advertised at university of Adelaide: deadline August 6. careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...

another postgrad and I are close to a full draft of “Physiologies of Blood” for the Cultural History of Blood. (Though marking of papers still in train)

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New issue of Journal of Early Christian Studies Vol. 32, No. 2 (2024) muse.jhu.edu/issue/52675 @hopkinspress.bsky.social

Postgrad and I hoping to finalise a chapter for the Cultural History of Gender, “Gender and (ancient) medicine” which the editors said they loved

For whoever is lucky enough to be in Paris end of May