Nic Baker-Brian

Please consider signing this petition to preserve the study of the ancient world at uOttawa. There’s a rich legacy of scholarship and teaching here which we can’t afford to lose.

Robert Redford… I mean, no, really!?! Come on …

What have the Carthaginians ever done for us?

Upcoming #Carthage book events:

Sept. 5th @londonpodfest live with @ancientstristan (tickets shop.kingsplace.co.uk/31650/31654)

Sept. 10th @nomad_books 781 Fulham Road, London 6.30-8.30pm

Oct 2nd in conversation @maimusie at @waterstones Gower St at 6.30pm
(www.waterstones.com/events/searc...)

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Glad to hear you’re back on track!

Another added bonus!

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And the Senedd doesn’t have a clue what to do or aren’t interested in helping out. Hard to tell which one!

At least two Cardiff University ‘in scope’ historians boiling in the Cypriot heat.

Inside account of meeting at which not a single member of Cardiff University's Senate backed cuts plan Martin Shipton A member of Cardiff University’s Senate has provided Nation.Cymru with notes of a highly charged and – for the university – devastating meeting at which not a single member of the body ...

Notes from a highly charged and devastating meeting show not a single member of Cardiff University’s senate body backed the latest cuts plans ✍️ Martin Shipton

Rylands BlogFar from Being in the ‘Most Useless’ Place: Linking John Rylands Coptic Manuscripts with the Coptic Community Dr Sarah Parkhouse and Professor Peter Oakes write about their pilot project exploring the treasure trove of Coptic manuscripts at the John Rylands Library.

Peter Oakes and I have written about our Coptic Manuscripts & Community pilot project @thejohnrylands.bsky.social, where we share initial insights on how the manuscripts came to be in Manchester & how we might connect these ancient artefacts with folks today. rylandscollections.com/2025/06/13/f...

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Yes, misleading journalism.

Personally I would favour the opportunity to perform an interpretive dance.

Cardiff University backtracks on plans to cut music and languages Music and modern languages will still be offered at Cardiff University, the vice chancellor says.

Latest news, announced yesterday: Music and *some* Modern Languages provision to continue, while Ancient History, Religion and Theology still for the chopping board with no evidence to support the decision shown to staff. 1/6

The House of Sleep Yesterday, the management of my university announced that it ‘would not revisit’ its proposals to cease offering degrees in Ancient History and in Religion and Theology. While this was …

Because reading and writing have lways been my way to cope, here are some musings: ancientrecipes.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/t...

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Contracted volumes include: Race and Empire; War and Warfare; Education and Identify

Cardiff University’s group of teachers in Late Antique and Byzantine Studies recently established a new series, Critical Debates in Global Late Antiquity, with Routledge. Proposals are welcome on a variety of topics about which see below
www.routledge.com/Critical-Deb...

Very bleak time in Labour’s history

For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper by Joseph Fasano Now I let it fall back in the grasses. I hear you. I know this life is hard now. I know your days are precious on this earth. But what are you trying to be free of? The living? The miraculous task of it? Love is for the ones who love the work.

It's final paper season.

The Torygraph. Keeping people in their place since 1855.

Don’t usually post personal stuff but wanted to note a momentous day. My son is now a school leaver, finishing secondary school. He’s coped with Covid, lockdowns and his mum going through cancer (x2). He is very irritating sometimes but also very loveable and I am very proud of him today.

What many students don’t understand is humanities profs don’t assign writing to get the product. We are extending invitations to know yourself. If you conjure AI, it doesn’t impact us. You cheat only yourself. And knowing yourself today is the best defense you’ve got against fascism.

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Specifically for my Gospel of Mary student

The existential threat to the study of Theology in a secular Welsh university context is a major issue and one which Cardiff has yet to address. Wales should not have to rely on English institutions for this provision.

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