@ancienthistgeek.bsky.social
Ancient history PhD at large. Accidental digital classicist / copyeditor. Expect random posts about dinosaurs. Formerly @ClassicHistGeek in the bad place.
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Them: Life's ambition?
Me: Built-in bookcases.
Me: Built-in bookcases.
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The latest Pasts Imperfect is out! @curtisdozier.bsky.social discusses the ways that Classics is instrumentalized. Then, the role of Blackness in medieval imagery, a new Edmonia Lewis retrospective, repatriating the Benin Bronzes, new ancient world journals via @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & more.
Pasts Imperfect (2.19.26)
This week, classicist Curtis Dozier discusses new books—including his own—that critique Classics and the ways it is instrumentalized. Then, the role of Blackness in the imagery of the Middle Ages, an ...
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February 19, 2026 at 12:06 PM
The latest Pasts Imperfect is out! @curtisdozier.bsky.social discusses the ways that Classics is instrumentalized. Then, the role of Blackness in medieval imagery, a new Edmonia Lewis retrospective, repatriating the Benin Bronzes, new ancient world journals via @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & more.
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Here’s a lovely 4K video clip from this week’s episode of You’re Dead To Me on the BBC — here I am chatting about the epic of Gilgamesh with comedian @marjoleinrobertson.bsky.social and expert Assyriologist @moudhy.bsky.social. Listen to the full podcast on BBC SOUNDS
February 19, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Here’s a lovely 4K video clip from this week’s episode of You’re Dead To Me on the BBC — here I am chatting about the epic of Gilgamesh with comedian @marjoleinrobertson.bsky.social and expert Assyriologist @moudhy.bsky.social. Listen to the full podcast on BBC SOUNDS
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This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal
February 18, 2026 at 5:48 PM
This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal
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I got to do an interview about my book which focused on the nomadic and pastoralist cultures I wrote about! Give it a listen below.
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
I talked to Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social about his book 'The Far Edges of the Known World.'
What was life like for the 'barbarians' on the margins of the ancient Greek & Roman worlds? How did they interact with and mutually influence Greeks/Romans?
Listen below to find out! ⬇️
I talked to Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social about his book 'The Far Edges of the Known World.'
What was life like for the 'barbarians' on the margins of the ancient Greek & Roman worlds? How did they interact with and mutually influence Greeks/Romans?
Listen below to find out! ⬇️
The Far Edges of the Known World: Life Beyond the Borders of Ancient Civilization - New Books Network
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February 17, 2026 at 4:20 PM
I got to do an interview about my book which focused on the nomadic and pastoralist cultures I wrote about! Give it a listen below.
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I'm told that one or two spaces have just become available on the ICS Summer School in 3D Imaging and Modelling for Cultural Heritage: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
If you're interested in learning photogrammetry, RTI, 3D design, 3D printing, paradata and heritage ethics, join us!
If you're interested in learning photogrammetry, RTI, 3D design, 3D printing, paradata and heritage ethics, join us!
3D Imaging and Modelling for Cultural Heritage
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February 17, 2026 at 12:24 PM
I'm told that one or two spaces have just become available on the ICS Summer School in 3D Imaging and Modelling for Cultural Heritage: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
If you're interested in learning photogrammetry, RTI, 3D design, 3D printing, paradata and heritage ethics, join us!
If you're interested in learning photogrammetry, RTI, 3D design, 3D printing, paradata and heritage ethics, join us!
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There is a fab new book out about the 2022 polychromy exhibition at the Met. It underscores 38 scholars who are the 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 experts in polychromy today. Coming out of polychromy retirement to review _Chroma: Sculpture in Color from Antiquity to Today_ for @hyperallergic.com (edited by Natalie Haddad).
How White Elites Drained Ancient Art of Its Color
The publication of “Chroma” represents an important shift by museums toward recognizing polychromy and its entanglement with white supremacy.
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February 16, 2026 at 9:15 PM
There is a fab new book out about the 2022 polychromy exhibition at the Met. It underscores 38 scholars who are the 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 experts in polychromy today. Coming out of polychromy retirement to review _Chroma: Sculpture in Color from Antiquity to Today_ for @hyperallergic.com (edited by Natalie Haddad).
Given the news re: ReaderLink, can we now have a serious discussion about how ridiculously oversized US hardbacks are? 8.5 x 11 in. is not viable in today’s era of Absolute Unit novels—top heavy and too difficult to hold for extended periods of time.
February 15, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Given the news re: ReaderLink, can we now have a serious discussion about how ridiculously oversized US hardbacks are? 8.5 x 11 in. is not viable in today’s era of Absolute Unit novels—top heavy and too difficult to hold for extended periods of time.
Just rewatched ST:SNW S2E9 “Subspace Rhapsody,” and how I wish they’d done a full music video with the Klingons over the credits. It would have been Epic.
February 15, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Just rewatched ST:SNW S2E9 “Subspace Rhapsody,” and how I wish they’d done a full music video with the Klingons over the credits. It would have been Epic.
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Happy Valentine’s Day, I got you this rather pedestrian perfume bottle in the shape of a foot with painted sandals and white toenails from the 6th century BCE. 👣 You’re welcome.
February 14, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Happy Valentine’s Day, I got you this rather pedestrian perfume bottle in the shape of a foot with painted sandals and white toenails from the 6th century BCE. 👣 You’re welcome.
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Legendary founder of NPR programming Bill Siemering is enjoying Zoom visiting with students so much that he's asked me to put a second call out. No honorarium necessary. Any takers?
Bill Siemering, founding program director of NPR, author of its mission statement, has asked me to inquire if any profs might be interested in a Zoom class visit? No honorarium necessary. Bill founded All Things Considered, Fresh Air, won a MacArthur, etc.
A Founding Father of NPR Worries About Its Fate
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February 14, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Legendary founder of NPR programming Bill Siemering is enjoying Zoom visiting with students so much that he's asked me to put a second call out. No honorarium necessary. Any takers?
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An undeniably emotional experience seeing the other half of the ‘peacock room’ in Oplontis being excavated and meeting their counterparts: the two peahens that graced the facing wall. What a delightfully playful idea by the artist.
Compliments to my colleagues, excavators & conservators. Spectacular
Compliments to my colleagues, excavators & conservators. Spectacular
February 13, 2026 at 5:22 PM
An undeniably emotional experience seeing the other half of the ‘peacock room’ in Oplontis being excavated and meeting their counterparts: the two peahens that graced the facing wall. What a delightfully playful idea by the artist.
Compliments to my colleagues, excavators & conservators. Spectacular
Compliments to my colleagues, excavators & conservators. Spectacular
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It is my pleasure to announce the program for #ResDiff7 (March 13, 2026), an annual digital conference addressing inequity in classics, co-organized with Elke Nash. Keynote: Samuel Agbamu (@samagbamu.bsky.social). Registration is now open: resdifficiles.com/res-diff-7-2...
Res Diff 7 2026
The 2026 Res Difficiles conference will take place on March 13th. Register for the conference here. Res Difficiles: A Conference On Challenges and Pathways for Addressing Inequity In Classics. …
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February 13, 2026 at 6:19 PM
It is my pleasure to announce the program for #ResDiff7 (March 13, 2026), an annual digital conference addressing inequity in classics, co-organized with Elke Nash. Keynote: Samuel Agbamu (@samagbamu.bsky.social). Registration is now open: resdifficiles.com/res-diff-7-2...
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Minneapolis was economically devastated by Operation Metro Surge, writes James Beard-winning Oglala Lakota chef Sean Sherman, suffering $10-$20 million in weekly losses.
"This isn't just immigration enforcement. This is economic sabotage wrapped in racism."
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/congres...
"This isn't just immigration enforcement. This is economic sabotage wrapped in racism."
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/congres...
Congress, Don’t Give DHS a Blank Check to Undermine Our Local Economies
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February 12, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Minneapolis was economically devastated by Operation Metro Surge, writes James Beard-winning Oglala Lakota chef Sean Sherman, suffering $10-$20 million in weekly losses.
"This isn't just immigration enforcement. This is economic sabotage wrapped in racism."
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/congres...
"This isn't just immigration enforcement. This is economic sabotage wrapped in racism."
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/congres...
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Applications now open!
William Ritchie Research Scholarship in Classics
A postgraduate research scholarship
For MA (research), PhD students, and academics planning to travel to the University of Cambridge to undertake research in the Classics.
www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
William Ritchie Research Scholarship in Classics
A postgraduate research scholarship
For MA (research), PhD students, and academics planning to travel to the University of Cambridge to undertake research in the Classics.
www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
William Ritchie Research Scholarship in Classics
Provides financial assistance to research students, recent PhD recipients, post-doctoral researchers and academics planning to travel to the University of Cambridge to undertake research in the Classi...
www.sydney.edu.au
February 10, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Applications now open!
William Ritchie Research Scholarship in Classics
A postgraduate research scholarship
For MA (research), PhD students, and academics planning to travel to the University of Cambridge to undertake research in the Classics.
www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
William Ritchie Research Scholarship in Classics
A postgraduate research scholarship
For MA (research), PhD students, and academics planning to travel to the University of Cambridge to undertake research in the Classics.
www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
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Excited to be giving a [virtual] talk at the Rutgers "A.I. and the study of antiquity" March 13. I'll mostly be talking about NLP for improving accessibility in ANS digital projects as well as some other computer vision projects for die linking and classification.
February 9, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Excited to be giving a [virtual] talk at the Rutgers "A.I. and the study of antiquity" March 13. I'll mostly be talking about NLP for improving accessibility in ANS digital projects as well as some other computer vision projects for die linking and classification.
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Sunoikisis Digital Classics: Working with Indigenous Heritage, Paula Granados García (British Museum), Nicole Iu (University of Ottawa), Paula Rauhala (RiddoDuottarMuseat). Thursday 26th February 2026. 16:00-17:30 GMT ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Sunoikisis Digital Classics: Working with Indigenous Heritage
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February 9, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Sunoikisis Digital Classics: Working with Indigenous Heritage, Paula Granados García (British Museum), Nicole Iu (University of Ottawa), Paula Rauhala (RiddoDuottarMuseat). Thursday 26th February 2026. 16:00-17:30 GMT ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Faculty at the University of Calgary report potential room for compromise with administration to save Classics and Medieval Studies. They thank everyone for support and request a temporary pause in the letter-writing campaign.
Read more: www.cac-scec.ca/2026/02/ucal...
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URGENT UPDATE: Classics and Medieval Studies at the University of Calgary, Call for a Pause | Mise à jour URGENTE : Études classiques et médiévales à l'Université de Calgary, Appel à une pause - The C...
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February 8, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Faculty at the University of Calgary report potential room for compromise with administration to save Classics and Medieval Studies. They thank everyone for support and request a temporary pause in the letter-writing campaign.
Read more: www.cac-scec.ca/2026/02/ucal...
Share widely!
Read more: www.cac-scec.ca/2026/02/ucal...
Share widely!
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Q: What time is kickoff?
A: The Bad Bunny concert kicks off around 8:00 or 8:30 p.m., but there will be pre-concert entertainment starting at 6:30 p.m. from one group called the “New England Patriots” and another called the “Seattle Seahawks.”
A: The Bad Bunny concert kicks off around 8:00 or 8:30 p.m., but there will be pre-concert entertainment starting at 6:30 p.m. from one group called the “New England Patriots” and another called the “Seattle Seahawks.”
FAQs for This Weekend’s Bad Bunny Concert Featuring Football
What time is kickoff? The Bad Bunny concert kicks off around 8:00 or 8:30 p.m., but there will be pre-concert entertainment starting at 6:30 p.m. f...
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February 7, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Q: What time is kickoff?
A: The Bad Bunny concert kicks off around 8:00 or 8:30 p.m., but there will be pre-concert entertainment starting at 6:30 p.m. from one group called the “New England Patriots” and another called the “Seattle Seahawks.”
A: The Bad Bunny concert kicks off around 8:00 or 8:30 p.m., but there will be pre-concert entertainment starting at 6:30 p.m. from one group called the “New England Patriots” and another called the “Seattle Seahawks.”
Don’t recall if Nemesis appears in the Percy Jackson series, but she would 💯 be a Canada Goose.
For some reason as I glance at the news headlines today, I am thinking of the Greek goddess of retribution, Nemesis. Bonus fact: sometimes she takes on the form of a goose (which is just another reason to be cautious around geese) 🪿
February 6, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Don’t recall if Nemesis appears in the Percy Jackson series, but she would 💯 be a Canada Goose.
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Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
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In less than a week the Kennedy Center has effectively closed and our local DC paper has been gutted, both by billionaires.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
February 4, 2026 at 5:38 PM
In less than a week the Kennedy Center has effectively closed and our local DC paper has been gutted, both by billionaires.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
I don’t think immigrants are our problem in this country.
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Feb 6 deadline #CFP [book/journal special issue chapters] Classics and Africa (for _Res Difficiles_ & another publication opportunity) resdifficiles.com/classics-and...
Classics and Africa CFP
As members of a global collaborative project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Classics at the Crossroads: Partnership, Mobility, and Exchange Between Ghana, …
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February 3, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Feb 6 deadline #CFP [book/journal special issue chapters] Classics and Africa (for _Res Difficiles_ & another publication opportunity) resdifficiles.com/classics-and...