Leah B.-C.

Many congratulations and thanks are owed to all of the authors and to the rest of the editorial team! I am so grateful to Peter, Tobias, and Francesco for the opportunity to collaborate with them.

Remember this? Our co-edited volume of most of the papers from this panel is now available via open access!

Trans-Adriatic Dynamics: Late Bronze to Early Iron Age Matt-Painted Pottery in the Southwestern Balkans and Southern Italy

studiahercynia.ff.cuni.cz/en/magazin/2...

#PublicationDay

Well, I think it's beautiful! And how gorgeous are those figures - I love the unrolled view! (Although the link to the 3D model isn't working for me...)

Can't wait to read the full article - congratulations :) Your work is really excellent!

This is a beige vessel known as an askos. It has a central mouth, two smaller lateral spouts, and two horizontal handles. It features a painting in a darker shade of brown. This painting features various ornaments, as well as human figures in a procession and a body lying in state, accompanied by musicians and mourners.

Admittedly, it is not the most beautiful of vessels. However, by depicting a funerary procession and rituals, the Catarinella Askos is one of the most fascinating painted pots from ancient southern Italy. It was quite fun to write about it. doi.org/10.1017/S104... #Archaeology 🏺

Webinar: Navigating Publishing and Academia as a FirstGen Scholar Hear career and publishing insights from FirstGen authors and UC Press staff at our upcoming FirstGen webinar!

Hey FGLIF Community! Check out this upcoming event from the University of California Press!

Navigating Publishing and Academia as a FirstGen Scholar
March 18, 2026, 11am-12:30pm PST

www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/w...

You probably know that ICE agents shot Renee Good.

You should also know what happened next.

🚨 SAVE CLASSICS AND MEDIEVAL STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY! 🚨
University leadership has rejected an innovative new program developed by faculty in good faith, citing budget constraints.
This decision would eliminate the Classics major at Calgary!

Read more : 👉 www.cac-scec.ca/2026/01/supp...

Tom Morello live in Minneapolis

Italy, Yugoslavia, and the Controversy over the Adriatic Region, 1915-1920: Strategic Expectations and Geopolitical Realities in the Aftermath of the Great War This book explores the path that led to the Treaty of Rapallo (1920) between Italy and the new Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, later the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, in the aftermath of the First...

Happy belated Christmas to everyone else who would be interested in reading this newly published volume!

www.routledge.com/Italy-Yugosl....

So sorry and angry to read this!!!

Opinion | ICE's violence is no accident Alan Elrod: The killing of a woman by an immigration enforcement officer in Minneapolis was the raw application of Trumpist authoritarianism.

"ICE has waged a recruitment drive drenched in war metaphors and martial imagery. The type of person sought...is someone with a fervor for guns and an eagerness to apply violence."

Good work by @aselrod.bsky.social putting shooting in context of MAGA's violent ethos:
www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...

Final Reminder!

The deadline for three different Calls for Papers (and panels/workshops/posters) for the Annual Meeting of the CAC, to be held at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada, on 5-7 May 2026, is today, 5 January 2026.

Visit www.queensu.ca/cac-conferen... for full details!

(I owe BMCR a review... it's the next thing on the list!!)

The only less productive break was last year, after my father's passing - but that obviously was not restful. After a couple of weeks tackling things I put off for literal YEARS, I feel accomplished, happy, and most importantly - ready to tackle the rest of that to do list gradually and happily!

I had many big plans for this winter break, but there is a lot that did not get done. I realize that if I had done all of those things, I would have had a winter break like many previous - one that was not a break at all. My to do list is long but I actually feel rested for the first time in years.

👀

A big crowd clustered around a display of ancient columns

A display of pottery sherds in stratigraphic order, next to an explanation entitled “Down the Well”

Families looking into circular displays of finds from wells. A glowing map and lights imitating the wells are part of the display

Ruins of an ancient structure inside an underground space, with people looking into it. The display is titled “A Window on History”

The new Colosseo Metro C station is a true feat of public archaeology. I’ve never seen so many people clamoring to see archaeological remains, and everything is so engagingly and beautifully presented. I spent over an hour just exploring the station, and the whole place was buzzing!

as we start to look towards the new year (!): abstracts for #ResDiff7 are due 12th Jan

Everyday Orientalism’s Top 15 of 2025 As 2025 comes to an end, we are sharing our 15 most-viewed publications of the year. Huge thanks to all the guest contributors for their trust and voices, as well as to all who read, watched, taugh…

As 2025 comes to an end, we are sharing our 15 most-viewed publications of the year. Huge thanks to all the guest contributors for their trust and voices, as well as to all who read, watched, taught and engaged with us!
everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/e...

A hand-coloured engraving of a detail from a mosaic showing a crab set diagonally with claws pointing towards upper right. Between the claws are two features like eyes, while the curved lines of tesserae on the body make it look as if the crab is smiling, with the 'mouth' left uncoloured.

This charming crab is waving goodbye to 2025. One of many marine images around a lost figure of Neptune (a wheel from his chariot survived) under what is now Gloucester House in Dyer Street, Cirencester. This image was the most popular of my #MosaicMonday offerings this year!
#AncientBlueSky 🏺

It kind of does look like them....

V proud of all the work we at @fglif.bsky.social have been doing! We've got a panel coming up at #AIASCS and we'd love to have people join us and pre-submit questions to our wonderful panelists!

I sadly won't be in attendance - but we have a full slate for the conference! fglif.org/2025/11/30/f...

For over 20 years, this system has regulated labour migration to #Italy while simultaneously enabling the structural exploitation of migrant workers.

My self-sabotage used to be arriving with a finished paper, hearing one day of great papers, panicking, staying up all night, and fully rewriting my paper... the first version was always, in retrospect, just fine. Found myself wishing I'd always be first day on the program so I couldn't do this!

Reading this late... thank goodness for this medical team! So glad your father is on the mend!

Really want to read more for pleasure in 2026, but my pleasure-leisure time in 2025 was very focused on knitting... which also brings me great joy. I struggle a bit with audiobooks, but maybe it's the way to do both. Any tips for someone adjusting to audiobooks for the first time??

Reminder! The deadline for all CFPs is coming up on January 5th, 2026!

Yes I can see because you tagged me and I have no idea why you tagged me in this.

who are you talking to?

I am so nervous about starting and messing up...!! But I guess with stranded colourwork it's pretty forgiving unlike with lace, etc.! I have a dream of a sweater or socks with ceramica listata motifs...