@corabeth.bsky.social
Autistic Geordie illustrator and classicist. Assoc Lecturer at The Open University. National Teaching Fellow. Working class/first gen/book addict.
Time for the Superb owl #superbowl
Votive Pot, Vindolanda Owl – PottedHistory share.google/AjODzECExGMo...
Great to see Brick Classicists Empire here, and gearing up for International LEGO Classicism Day later this month! 🎉 Do follow them if you're interested in Lego and the Ancient World!
08.02.2026 09:06 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Your periodic reminder that you can start learning ancient Greek right now, free of charge!
05.02.2026 12:30 — 👍 124 🔁 57 💬 1 📌 3Where else could you listen to over 188 hours of ancient Roman history (and counting!)? We’ve been podcasting for many years and we’re thrilled to be still enjoying ancient Rome together and sharing it with you ☺️
#AncientRome #History #Podcast 🏺🎙️
Women villa della Pisanella Pompeii Museum Boscoreale. Fragment of a fresco wall decoration from the upper floor of the "Villa Pisanella", featuring a woman on a black background presenting fruits. End of the second style, beginning of the third, (40 - 20 BCE)
What happened with #WCCWiki in 2025? How are women and non-binary classicists looking on #Wikipedia?
Here's a thread to wrap-up last year, and to forge a path for 2026 ...
*gasps*
19.01.2026 15:53 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Here's a link to the first puzzle distributed by @classicsforall.bsky.social
Why not give it a go and see how high you can get on the leaderboard? (You may have to register first before this will work for you.)
puzzel.org/en/crossword...
Ohhh this would be fun...
16.01.2026 19:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Peopling Podcast logo with additional text reading "Season 5: Call for Contributors"
Peopling the Past is planning Season 5 of our podcast! We are looking for folks who are interested in appearing as episode guests: the theme of Season 5 will be the relevance of the ancient world to our understanding of important but challenging contemporary issues
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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International Fellowships 2026 The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for two years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce. Funding status Open for applications Career stage Early-career
Please help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research.
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
📣 Places on @jactdurham.bsky.social are filling up fast 📣
Join us in July at St John’s College, Durham University for a week of #Latin and/or #AncientGreek! New for 2026: Classical Civilisation - Women: The Reality Behind the Myth!
Register online: www.durhamglss.org
I am delighted to be part of this new venture and hope very much that you will be too!
Do please sign up.
Humbled and delighted to officially receive the 2025 Forum Prize. Filled with so much gratitude to all of the wonderful friends and colleagues in Classics and beyond for being a part of this podcast journey. It wouldn’t be what it is today without you. Thank you so much. Much love, X
10.01.2026 08:30 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A first for me: hearing one of my students talking about their MA dissertation on a podcast with @wmarybeard.bsky.social! Congratulations to the fabulous @naomialderman.bsky.social on her first official outing as a Classicist with Opinions! 🎉
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/u...
this was a VERY GOOD WAY to celebrate my MA thesis: I was the first guest on the brilliant podcast Instant Classics with Mary Beard and Charlotte Higgins, talking about women wearing the toga in Ancient Rome:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/u...
🚨NEW SERIES ALERT‼️
You’re Dead To Me is back for series 11, and to launch us off I’m joined by the brilliant classicist @wmarybeard.bsky.social and the hilarious comedian @pattonoswalt.bsky.social
to discuss the controversial life & reputation of Roman Emperor Nero
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
It's been quite a year! Here's to a super year ahead. 🥳
02.01.2026 20:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I can confirm that it is no longer spare. 😁
30.12.2025 20:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Family stopping by to drop off 'spare Christmas cheese'. #TinyJoys
30.12.2025 16:38 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0
A Christmas surprise: if you want to download the open access copy of Stealing from the Gods, you now can... The official birthday is in a couple of weeks, but time is an arbitrary construct. (Oh, and we'll be PA6029.T46 K67 2026 at the library. An actual real call number!)
25.12.2025 16:38 — 👍 54 🔁 16 💬 3 📌 2
So thrilled to find an actual independent bookshop in my town - the first in over 100 years! 🥳
Please share to help get the word out, and do visit if you're ever in South Shields...
Electric Beacon Books Bookshop UK share.google/C6sYwxZGUgje...
Today’s episode of BBC #DeadFunnyHistory is all about Hadrian’s Wall!
Tell your kids! It’s a fun romp through 200 years of Roman Britain’s history
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Glad you're taking a year to look after yourselves and enjoy life a bit! x
14.12.2025 12:03 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our video is a bit long for Bluesky, but we have an announcement to make.
youtu.be/7JKUlvCq3m0?...
That may even be BETTER THAN A DISTINCTION.
10.12.2025 22:03 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0She knows a solid argument when she sees one! You've got something there which properly adds to the academic debate - so just give me a shout if I can help at all with finding a home for it!
(so excited that you and MARY BEARD have been talking about your MA dissertation!!)
but also Cora Beth is definitively the best tutor.
10.12.2025 21:35 — 👍 17 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0To be fair, this year you all made the job extremely easy!
10.12.2025 21:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Listen to Liz, who knows many things...
10.12.2025 21:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Oof! Something must be done...!
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