Dr Lewis Webb

Many thanks! :)

That’s so generous, Sandy! It was lovely to study Classics with you.

Nice to share the screen with you both :).

Honoured to share the screen with fabulous scholars like Peta Greenfield, Shushma Malik, and Fiona Radford, as well as other luminaries like Corey Brennan, Kathleen Coleman, and Jerry Toner.

Excited to share that I am one of the ‘talking heads’ for the National Geographic series ‘Gladiators: Warriors of the Ancient World’. The series airs on National Geographic TV (US), but the first episode is on YouTube: youtu.be/9ssD7rNNv88?... #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

Multas gratias tibi!

Many thanks, Peter. I’m really glad research on Roman women is firmly in the spotlight!

Many thanks, that's very kind of you! :)

Thanks, Ben, that's very kind!

For those interested in the article: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... Please do let me know by DM or email (lewis.webb@gu.se) if you would like a copy.

Multas gratias to my dear friends and colleagues who generously read drafts, to Harriet Flower and Josiah Osgood for their editorial encouragement and feedback, to Amy Richlin, Amy Russell, and Kathryn Welch for inspiring the study, and to my Doktormutter Ida Östenberg for her constant support.

I am deeply honoured that the American Journal of Philology awarded my article 'Spectatissima femina: Female visibility and religion in urban spaces in Republican Rome' the AJP Best Article Prize for 2024.

Citation: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

#AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

My pleasure!

I work on Roman drama, in which female speech is often characterized by terms of endearment and diminutives. So you might want to look at gendered speech too.

Diminutives and terms of endearment appear frequently in drama. On AG diminutives: www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1... and doi.org/10.1075/slcs... On terms of endearment: library.oapen.org/handle/20.50..., onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/..., and onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

I can envision caps, t-shirts, mugs…

This thanks to @lewismarkwebb.bsky.social who demonstrated that drunk women just love fomenting conspiracies!

To this list of dramatic drinking terms should be added COMPOTRIX, a female drinking companion (Ter. Andr. 232). A key member of any good party (or conspiracy!). #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky

A real pleasure to host a panel with Dr Sara Borrello on ‘Coniuratio muliebris: Women, conspiracies, and memory in Ancient Rome’ at the 16th CCC in Coimbra. Details: drive.google.com/drive/folder... #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky

As if Livy or his /exemplary/ history were apolitical…

Thank you so much, Sissel! Lovely to be back in Scandinavia.

Thank you so much, Hannah! I am very glad to have some time to think and write.

Thank you so much!

Thanks so much Ellie. I recognize how fortunate I am in this job climate. I hope I can do my best for others now.

Thank you! As part of the fellowship, i will stay at SCAS for a year in Uppsala, which will enable me to share and challenge my ideas with scholars in other fields. I am very much looking forward to it.

My focus will be on religious inscriptions, drama (e.g., comedies, tragedies, and historical plays), and historical narratives. I am fundamentally interested in whether, and how, religious activity affects people's capacity to cope during crises.

My research project is entitled ‘Enduring Uncertain Futures: Constant Crisis, Religious Coping Practices, and Social Resilience in Roman Republican Italy.’
Drawing on anthropology and psychology, I will examine the dynamics of religious crisis management in ancient Italian communities.

I am deeply grateful to my department for nominating me for this fellowship, for their generous support throughout the process, and for the opportunity to return to such a vibrant workplace: www.gu.se/en/historica...

This five-year research fellowship is tenure-track, granting me a position as Lecturer in Ancient History at the Department of Historical Studies, University of Gothenburg: www.gu.se/en/about/fin...

Six Talented Early-Career Scholars Appointed Pro Futura Scientia XIX Fellows SCAS is now pleased to present the next generation of talented early-career scholars who have been admitted to the prestigious Pro Futura Scientia programme.

I am delighted to share that I have been appointed a Pro Futura Scientia XIX Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) and the University of Gothenburg, funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond: www.swedishcollegium.se/archives/new...