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Dr Nicola Holm

@nrholm.bsky.social

Postdoc at the University of Warsaw working on fourth-century Antioch. PhD on the sons of Constantine and church politics from Exeter. πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί in πŸ‡΅πŸ‡± She/her.

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See you all at IMC next year! Come along to the Civic and Personal Competition in the Roman East panels organised by myself and Yannis Brichant!

28.11.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
LISTSERV 16.5 - CLASSICISTS Archives

Research funding including #classicalreception: Institute of Classics, Jagiellonian University in KrakΓ³w through The Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange - 2–4 year research stays in Poland for international scholars/ research group - see listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A...

23.11.2025 11:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Warsaw Late Antique Seminar on 6 November: David Addison (University of Liverpool), "Extraneae Feminae: Women, the Clerical Household, and the Legacy of Nicaea". In person and online, as always.

03.11.2025 08:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The deadline on this PhD scholarship on ancient monarchy at ANU has been extended until November 28. Full details here: study.anu.edu.au/scholarships...

03.11.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CfP for a proposed strand β€˜Civic and Personal Competition in the Late Roman East’ at next year’s @imc-leeds.bsky.social!

21.08.2025 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Take a look at the programme of our workshop on the subject of Elite Women and Systems of Dependency in Late Anitquity organised by Grace Stafford and yours truly, which will take place at the @dependencybonn.de next month.

07.08.2025 10:40 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Hey kids! First time at the #IMC2025 @imc-leeds.bsky.social?

Here are some of Old Man Kramer's Hot Tips!

#medievalsky

03.07.2025 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 13
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With @imc-leeds.bsky.social fast approaching, here’s a look at the β€šUrban Dynamics’ in the Late Roman East panels!

30.06.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tomorrow I'll be presenting a paper in the First St Andrews Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Workshop in Late Antique and Early Medieval Studies at the @staclassics.bsky.social I'm looking forward to this great initiative!

30.06.2025 09:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am so sorry, Laurence. Thinking of all the brilliant people at Cardiff. Such a shortsighted decision 😞

19.06.2025 09:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Why Monarchy Endures: Answers from the Ancient Mediterranean World PhD Scholarship | The Australian National University Why Monarchy Endures: Answers from the Ancient Mediterranean World PhD Scholarship, Applications are invited for two PhD scholarships in monarchy and government in the Ancient Mediterranean world (c. ...

Applications now open for 2 PhD scholarships at ANU as part of my ARC Future Fellowship Project, 'Why Monarchy Endures: Answers from the Ancient Mediterranean World'. Open to both Aus & international candidates. Informal inquiries to brainstorm topics very welcome! study.anu.edu.au/scholarships...

18.06.2025 10:13 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations!!!

23.05.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tobi providing excellent help in writing this article! He is apparently very interested in Constantinian dynasticism too!

19.05.2025 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She is so precious!

13.05.2025 08:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have real soft spot for Cyprus so really hoping they manage to Q!!! Otherwise, completely agree with your list :)

13.05.2025 08:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This was a wild ride, and I loved it!

30.04.2025 08:20 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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MQ Stop Cuts Petition - Better Workplaces = Better Universities Be part of National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) member' enterprise bargaining campaign and help create better workplaces and better universities.

Down under, Macquarie University is proposing to crease all ancient language teaching and to cancel the archaeology and ancient history degrees in favour of a "BA in History". A petition against the cuts below.

betteruniversities.work/stop-mq-cuts?

30.04.2025 06:24 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Thank you for coming! 😊

13.03.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What a joy to present some of my PhD work for the Ewa Wipszycka Late Antique Seminar today πŸ₯° Truly lucky to be in such a wonderful department!

13.03.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations! Looking forward to this a lot!

13.03.2025 10:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Absolutely! Our Tobiasz has his favourite on different days and some days is a major snugglebug and then others he’s hunting us both constantly! Loving the Boone content, she’s perfect πŸ₯°

11.03.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Where to no-one's surprise I'll be talking about Constantius and a bunch of cranky bishops!

10.03.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This looks so useful and interesting! Congratulations! :)

09.03.2025 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Seen on Facebook this morning. Never change, Brisbane, never change!

05.03.2025 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Please stay safe Brisbane and QLD friends!

04.03.2025 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The cover of the volume "Boundaries of Holiness, Frontiers of Sainthood:
Negotiating the Image of Christian Holy Figures and Saints in Late Antiquity" (ed. Julia Doroszewska, Mateusz Kusio, Brepols, 2025), including a detail from the painting "Project of an Icon" by Jerzy Nowosielski

The cover of the volume "Boundaries of Holiness, Frontiers of Sainthood: Negotiating the Image of Christian Holy Figures and Saints in Late Antiquity" (ed. Julia Doroszewska, Mateusz Kusio, Brepols, 2025), including a detail from the painting "Project of an Icon" by Jerzy Nowosielski

Very glad to see this volume, which I had the honour and the pleasure of co-editing with Julia Doroszewska, the prime mover of the project, from the Faculty of History of the University of Warsaw, being released today by @brepols.bsky.social

28.02.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

'You have all the grace and decorum of a reversing dump-truck.'

Absolute classic.

28.02.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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...and let me repost the full Warsaw Late Antique seminar programme. Also, take a look at our website: lateantiqueseminar.historia.uw.edu.pl

18.02.2025 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The chariot of dreams!

17.02.2025 10:36 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s been a pretty wild start to my week, absolutely thrilled to have been awarded an MSC fellowship at Warsaw for the next couple of years to keep working on late antique Antioch 😊

10.02.2025 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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