@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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📢 Vacancy on the Crete Subcommittee
Applications are invited from those interested in becoming a member of the Crete Subcommittee to serve for four years from 1 April 2026.
Check out our website to find out more! www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/11/07/v...
Deadline: Friday 19 December
Applications are invited from those interested in becoming a member of the Crete Subcommittee to serve for four years from 1 April 2026.
Check out our website to find out more! www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/11/07/v...
Deadline: Friday 19 December
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Vacancy on the Crete Subcommittee
Applications are invited from those interested in becoming a member of the Crete Subcommittee (https://www.bsa.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Annexe-A_ToR_Oct-2025.pdf) to serve for four years from ...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
📢 Vacancy on the Crete Subcommittee
Applications are invited from those interested in becoming a member of the Crete Subcommittee to serve for four years from 1 April 2026.
Check out our website to find out more! www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/11/07/v...
Deadline: Friday 19 December
Applications are invited from those interested in becoming a member of the Crete Subcommittee to serve for four years from 1 April 2026.
Check out our website to find out more! www.bsa.ac.uk/2025/11/07/v...
Deadline: Friday 19 December
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Students & researchers have a tough time keeping the names of Roman emperors and elites straight. But we do have a database to help name and number each. It is called the Prospographia Imperii Romani (=PIR) and has 15061 persons, of which 1932 are women. Please use the database! pir.bbaw.de#/search
Prosopographia Imperii Romani
pir.bbaw.de
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Students & researchers have a tough time keeping the names of Roman emperors and elites straight. But we do have a database to help name and number each. It is called the Prospographia Imperii Romani (=PIR) and has 15061 persons, of which 1932 are women. Please use the database! pir.bbaw.de#/search
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If you are thinking, "wow, I wish a resource like this existed for office holders in the Roman Republic" - it does, albeit in book form, as T.R.S. Broughton, Magistrates of the Roman Republic (1951, 1952, 1960) in two volumes, both hosted online: onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/...
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
If you are thinking, "wow, I wish a resource like this existed for office holders in the Roman Republic" - it does, albeit in book form, as T.R.S. Broughton, Magistrates of the Roman Republic (1951, 1952, 1960) in two volumes, both hosted online: onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/...
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My biennial Ancient Greek Myth Advent Calendar has arrived!
This year, get Sisyphus and his Rock to the top of the hill. Will he succeed?
May or may not have been inspired by the world in general at present. Available as a PDF to print and make.
greekmythcomix.gumroad.com/l/sisyphus
This year, get Sisyphus and his Rock to the top of the hill. Will he succeed?
May or may not have been inspired by the world in general at present. Available as a PDF to print and make.
greekmythcomix.gumroad.com/l/sisyphus
Make Your Own Ancient Greek Myth Sisyphus and his Rock Advent Calendar - new for 2025
Help Sisyphus push his Rock up that hill and mark the run up to the festive season in a different way!Each day of December, move Sisyphus one step closer to the summit. Will he make it?Keep Sisyphus' ...
greekmythcomix.gumroad.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
My biennial Ancient Greek Myth Advent Calendar has arrived!
This year, get Sisyphus and his Rock to the top of the hill. Will he succeed?
May or may not have been inspired by the world in general at present. Available as a PDF to print and make.
greekmythcomix.gumroad.com/l/sisyphus
This year, get Sisyphus and his Rock to the top of the hill. Will he succeed?
May or may not have been inspired by the world in general at present. Available as a PDF to print and make.
greekmythcomix.gumroad.com/l/sisyphus
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Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3
📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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November 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3
📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
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Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
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The latest Pasts Imperfect is out! @rhigarthjones.bsky.social discusses Ottoman receptions of Roman antiquity. Then, Black Death mythbusting; wampum beads in Canada; celebrating Native American Heritage Month; ancient Mexican coprolites; ancient world journals by @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & more!
Pasts Imperfect (11.6.25)
This week, historian of early Islamic material culture Rhiannon Garth Jones breaks down the reception of Roman antiquity during the Ottoman Empire. Then, dispelling myths about the Black Death; archae...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The latest Pasts Imperfect is out! @rhigarthjones.bsky.social discusses Ottoman receptions of Roman antiquity. Then, Black Death mythbusting; wampum beads in Canada; celebrating Native American Heritage Month; ancient Mexican coprolites; ancient world journals by @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & more!
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It starts now with Luis Unceta Gómez: "Classical Models for Contemporary Toxic Masculinities"
Eugesta, online meeting | Modern Masculinities and Classical Reception
🏺 Organized by Alastair Blanshard, Filippo Carlà-Uhink and Anna Chiara Corradino
📆 6-7 November 2025.
Program: eugesta-recherche.univ-lille.fr/fileadmin/us...
Abstracts : eugesta-recherche.univ-lille.fr/fileadmin/us...
🏺 Organized by Alastair Blanshard, Filippo Carlà-Uhink and Anna Chiara Corradino
📆 6-7 November 2025.
Program: eugesta-recherche.univ-lille.fr/fileadmin/us...
Abstracts : eugesta-recherche.univ-lille.fr/fileadmin/us...
November 6, 2025 at 8:12 AM
It starts now with Luis Unceta Gómez: "Classical Models for Contemporary Toxic Masculinities"
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It's Timeeeeee 🗣️
Our Holiday Sale is here! Find the perfect gift for everyone on your list with 30% + FREE US shipping on orders over $75 🙌
Start shopping 👉 uncpress.org/holiday-sale/
Our Holiday Sale is here! Find the perfect gift for everyone on your list with 30% + FREE US shipping on orders over $75 🙌
Start shopping 👉 uncpress.org/holiday-sale/
November 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
It's Timeeeeee 🗣️
Our Holiday Sale is here! Find the perfect gift for everyone on your list with 30% + FREE US shipping on orders over $75 🙌
Start shopping 👉 uncpress.org/holiday-sale/
Our Holiday Sale is here! Find the perfect gift for everyone on your list with 30% + FREE US shipping on orders over $75 🙌
Start shopping 👉 uncpress.org/holiday-sale/
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Included is a state-of-the-field piece about disability in antiquity (open access), which I co-wrote with @horusofnekhen.bsky.social and @tibg1312.bsky.social. See where we're at with this subfield!
New issue of The Classical Review Vol. 75 , No. 2 (2025) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @universitypress.cambridge.org @debscavator.bsky.social
@thedancinggrad.bsky.social @alysonroy.bsky.social @jessicamckenzie.bsky.social @pacman343.bsky.social
@thedancinggrad.bsky.social @alysonroy.bsky.social @jessicamckenzie.bsky.social @pacman343.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Included is a state-of-the-field piece about disability in antiquity (open access), which I co-wrote with @horusofnekhen.bsky.social and @tibg1312.bsky.social. See where we're at with this subfield!
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Got the editors' blessing to share this news. My chapter "National Socialist Black Metal & the Usurpation of Greece and Rome" will appear in the forthcoming volume "Abusing Antiquity? Classics and the Contemporary Far Right," edited by Helen Roche and @denisemccoskey.bsky.social!
November 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Got the editors' blessing to share this news. My chapter "National Socialist Black Metal & the Usurpation of Greece and Rome" will appear in the forthcoming volume "Abusing Antiquity? Classics and the Contemporary Far Right," edited by Helen Roche and @denisemccoskey.bsky.social!
LET THEM COOK
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
LET THEM COOK
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The Department of Classics at Mount Allison University invites applications for the 2026 season of the Torre Mordillo Archaeological Field School in Calabria, Italy.
Read more at our website!
www.cac-scec.ca/2025/10/torr...
Read more at our website!
www.cac-scec.ca/2025/10/torr...
Call for Participation – Torre Mordillo Archaeological Field School 2026 (Deadline December 5) - The Classical Association of Canada
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November 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The Department of Classics at Mount Allison University invites applications for the 2026 season of the Torre Mordillo Archaeological Field School in Calabria, Italy.
Read more at our website!
www.cac-scec.ca/2025/10/torr...
Read more at our website!
www.cac-scec.ca/2025/10/torr...
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The book I have been waiting for! So many congrats to the amazing Kim Bowes on the publication day of _ Surviving Rome: The Economic Lives of the Ninety Percent_ ⚒️💜 press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
November 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The book I have been waiting for! So many congrats to the amazing Kim Bowes on the publication day of _ Surviving Rome: The Economic Lives of the Ninety Percent_ ⚒️💜 press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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It is my pleasure to share the CFP for a special issue of #ResDiffJournal guest-edited by Yusi Liu, Chris Gipson, and Najee Olya, building on the Mountaintop Coalition's panel at the SCS earlier this year. "International Scholarship in a ‘Globalized’ World?" resdifficiles.com/internationa...
International Scholarship in a ‘Globalized’ World? CFP
At the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Classical Studies and the Archaeological Institute of America in Philadelphia, the Mountaintop Coalition sponsored the joint panel, “Internationa…
resdifficiles.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It is my pleasure to share the CFP for a special issue of #ResDiffJournal guest-edited by Yusi Liu, Chris Gipson, and Najee Olya, building on the Mountaintop Coalition's panel at the SCS earlier this year. "International Scholarship in a ‘Globalized’ World?" resdifficiles.com/internationa...
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Attention, classics and translation people! Scott McGill and I are organizing a panel for SCS 2027 called "The Indirect Method: Translations as Sources." Please read, share, and/or submit!
www.classicalstudies.org/annual-meeti...
www.classicalstudies.org/annual-meeti...
The Indirect Method: Translations as Sources (Committee on Translations) | Society for Classical Studies
Call for Abstracts: The Indirect Method: Translations as SourcesTranslation Panel, annual SCS meeting in Philadelphia, 2027Proposed by: SCS Committee on Translations of Classical AuthorsOrganizers: Sc...
www.classicalstudies.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Attention, classics and translation people! Scott McGill and I are organizing a panel for SCS 2027 called "The Indirect Method: Translations as Sources." Please read, share, and/or submit!
www.classicalstudies.org/annual-meeti...
www.classicalstudies.org/annual-meeti...
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The petition is LIVE! uOttawa suspended Greek & Roman Studies without consultation ending advanced ancient languages teaching and Ontario's only ancient languages programme in French. Please sign, share widely and follow for updates. buff.ly/hjj4J7u #SOSClassicsUO #SaveHigherEd #ONfr #Ottawa
Sign the Petition
Save Greek and Latin at the University of Ottawa!
buff.ly
October 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The petition is LIVE! uOttawa suspended Greek & Roman Studies without consultation ending advanced ancient languages teaching and Ontario's only ancient languages programme in French. Please sign, share widely and follow for updates. buff.ly/hjj4J7u #SOSClassicsUO #SaveHigherEd #ONfr #Ottawa
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Today on Ancient Office Hours, Dr. Christian Langer, a trained Egyptologist and professor in the Classics department at the University of Georgia, discusses his interest in ancient Egypt's political economy, forced migration, and issues of decolonizing academic fields such as Egyptology.
October 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Today on Ancient Office Hours, Dr. Christian Langer, a trained Egyptologist and professor in the Classics department at the University of Georgia, discusses his interest in ancient Egypt's political economy, forced migration, and issues of decolonizing academic fields such as Egyptology.
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Our countdown to Halloween continues today as we look back to our series exploring the presence of the Undead and highlight #PeoplingBlog 68: Controlling the Restless Dead in Mesopotamia with JoAnn Scurlock
peoplingthepast.com/2022/10/28/b...
peoplingthepast.com/2022/10/28/b...
October 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Our countdown to Halloween continues today as we look back to our series exploring the presence of the Undead and highlight #PeoplingBlog 68: Controlling the Restless Dead in Mesopotamia with JoAnn Scurlock
peoplingthepast.com/2022/10/28/b...
peoplingthepast.com/2022/10/28/b...
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It's that time of year again, and if you're visiting a pumpkin patch before Halloween, make sure to bag an extra one to make this belter of a Roman recipe, adapted by moi for modern cooks. This is the perfect autumnal recipe, and dangerously addictive. www.workingclassicists.com/zine/eating-...
Eating Rome: Apicius’ Alexandrian Pumpkins — Working Classicists
Reader, at several points during this recipe you may wonder if I have gone mad. Don’t worry, I did too. At various preparation stages, I wondered if Apicius was pranking me from the grave, because thi...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It's that time of year again, and if you're visiting a pumpkin patch before Halloween, make sure to bag an extra one to make this belter of a Roman recipe, adapted by moi for modern cooks. This is the perfect autumnal recipe, and dangerously addictive. www.workingclassicists.com/zine/eating-...
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In addition to the individual teaching files posted on the History for the 21st Century site, a PDF of the compiled student readings for "The Black Death: The Medieval Plague Pandemic Through the Eyes of Ibn Battuta" can be found at this DOI: doi.org/10.17613/qez.... #histmed #MedievalSky #Pandemics
October 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
In addition to the individual teaching files posted on the History for the 21st Century site, a PDF of the compiled student readings for "The Black Death: The Medieval Plague Pandemic Through the Eyes of Ibn Battuta" can be found at this DOI: doi.org/10.17613/qez.... #histmed #MedievalSky #Pandemics
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Been too long since I did a big silly ancient history 🧵so let's bring an old one back over from the Bad Place:
It's time for ::air horn:: Publius Ventidius Bassus, the coolest Roman you have never heard of and the only person to walk in a triumph first as captive, then as triumphing general. 1/
It's time for ::air horn:: Publius Ventidius Bassus, the coolest Roman you have never heard of and the only person to walk in a triumph first as captive, then as triumphing general. 1/
October 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Been too long since I did a big silly ancient history 🧵so let's bring an old one back over from the Bad Place:
It's time for ::air horn:: Publius Ventidius Bassus, the coolest Roman you have never heard of and the only person to walk in a triumph first as captive, then as triumphing general. 1/
It's time for ::air horn:: Publius Ventidius Bassus, the coolest Roman you have never heard of and the only person to walk in a triumph first as captive, then as triumphing general. 1/
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The ISAW NYU program for the Ph.D. in the Ancient World is now accepting applications for Fall 2026 enrollment. More info: isaw.nyu.edu/graduate-stu...
Recommended Deadline: December 18, 2025
Final deadline: January 4, 2026
@isawnyu.bsky.social
Recommended Deadline: December 18, 2025
Final deadline: January 4, 2026
@isawnyu.bsky.social
isaw.nyu.edu
October 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The ISAW NYU program for the Ph.D. in the Ancient World is now accepting applications for Fall 2026 enrollment. More info: isaw.nyu.edu/graduate-stu...
Recommended Deadline: December 18, 2025
Final deadline: January 4, 2026
@isawnyu.bsky.social
Recommended Deadline: December 18, 2025
Final deadline: January 4, 2026
@isawnyu.bsky.social
As someone who started on a Roman archaeology track, it seems really kinda weird that I never read Pliny’s account of the Vesuvius eruption before now.
October 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
As someone who started on a Roman archaeology track, it seems really kinda weird that I never read Pliny’s account of the Vesuvius eruption before now.