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News about Classics, Antiquity and Religious Studies in Ottawa and beyond.
Actualités sur les études anciennes et les sciences des religions à Ottawa et ailleurs.
Actualités sur les études anciennes et les sciences des religions à Ottawa et ailleurs.
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Glad to see an in-depth article on the wider problems in the Faculty of Arts at the university in the Fulcrum, the student newspaper, thefulcrum.ca/news/arts-in...
Arts in crisis - The Fulcrum
Reading Time: 8 minutesThe faculty of arts is one of the largest faculties at the University of Ottawa. But students, both undergraduate and graduate, have been plagued by budget cuts, poor course av...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Glad to see an in-depth article on the wider problems in the Faculty of Arts at the university in the Fulcrum, the student newspaper, thefulcrum.ca/news/arts-in...
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It’s next week!!! Mark your calendars!! #Classicsblusky#Blueskyclassics #AncientBlueSky
November 13, 2025 at 6:35 AM
It’s next week!!! Mark your calendars!! #Classicsblusky#Blueskyclassics #AncientBlueSky
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The CAC is accepting applications from members for the Mark Golden Book Award.
Applications are due December 15th. See our website for full details: www.cac-scec.ca/2025/11/gold...
#AncientBlueSky
Applications are due December 15th. See our website for full details: www.cac-scec.ca/2025/11/gold...
#AncientBlueSky
The Mark Golden Book Award/ Le Prix du Livre Mark Golden (Deadline December 15) - The Classical Association of Canada
Sign up for our newsletter to receive updates! Nous vous invitons à vous inscrire à notre newsletter afin de recevoir les mises à jour! First name Last name Email Institution/ Organization All subscri...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The CAC is accepting applications from members for the Mark Golden Book Award.
Applications are due December 15th. See our website for full details: www.cac-scec.ca/2025/11/gold...
#AncientBlueSky
Applications are due December 15th. See our website for full details: www.cac-scec.ca/2025/11/gold...
#AncientBlueSky
When universities shrink their vision, students pay the price. The crisis is real. Quand les universités rétrécissent leur vision, ce sont les étudiants qui en paient le prix. La crise est réelle. buff.ly/0UIqjXf #uOttawa #ottawa #SOSClassicsUO #SOSÉtudesAnciennes
Arts in crisis
<span class="span-reading-time rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time"> 8</span> <span class="rt-label…
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November 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
When universities shrink their vision, students pay the price. The crisis is real. Quand les universités rétrécissent leur vision, ce sont les étudiants qui en paient le prix. La crise est réelle. buff.ly/0UIqjXf #uOttawa #ottawa #SOSClassicsUO #SOSÉtudesAnciennes
Supporting Greek & Roman Studies and ancient languages at UOttawa. Here's what supporters are writing to the university administration. #SOSClassicsUO #AncientBluesky #AncientHistory #SaveTheHumanities #ONfr buff.ly/PKodcK2
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Supporting Greek & Roman Studies and ancient languages at UOttawa. Here's what supporters are writing to the university administration. #SOSClassicsUO #AncientBluesky #AncientHistory #SaveTheHumanities #ONfr buff.ly/PKodcK2
Prof.Jitse Dijkstra (UOttawa), talks to the Royal Society of Canada about his groundbreaking work on the shift from ancient religions to Christianity in Late Antiquity ahead of his induction tomorrow. Congratulations! #LateAntiquity #SOSClassicsUO #AncientBluesky #Ottawa
Jitse Dijkstra | 2025 New RSC Fellow | University of Ottawa
Jitse Dijkstra is an internationally renowned specialist of the transformation from ancient religions to Christianity in Late Antiquity, in particular in Egypt, where he has conducted fieldwork for…
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November 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Prof.Jitse Dijkstra (UOttawa), talks to the Royal Society of Canada about his groundbreaking work on the shift from ancient religions to Christianity in Late Antiquity ahead of his induction tomorrow. Congratulations! #LateAntiquity #SOSClassicsUO #AncientBluesky #Ottawa
Supporting Greek & Roman studies and ancient language at uOttawa. Here's what people are saying online about the proposed cuts. Sign the petition: buff.ly/PKodcK2 #SOSClassicsUO #SaveTheHumanities #AncientBluesky #uOttawa #Ottawa
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Supporting Greek & Roman studies and ancient language at uOttawa. Here's what people are saying online about the proposed cuts. Sign the petition: buff.ly/PKodcK2 #SOSClassicsUO #SaveTheHumanities #AncientBluesky #uOttawa #Ottawa
Tomorrow on Zoom: Weds, Novs 12, 2025, 8:00 p.m. Eastern. Dr. Alison Futrell (University of Arizona), "The People's Arena." Mass events in the Colosseum were highly visible performances of Rome’s imperial power. But what about the ordinary individuals in the stands..? buff.ly/EcgzEam #Archaology
AIA Event Listings - AIA Archaeology Hour November 2025: The People's Arena - Archaeological Institute of America
Archaeological event listing for Archaeological Institute of America
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November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Tomorrow on Zoom: Weds, Novs 12, 2025, 8:00 p.m. Eastern. Dr. Alison Futrell (University of Arizona), "The People's Arena." Mass events in the Colosseum were highly visible performances of Rome’s imperial power. But what about the ordinary individuals in the stands..? buff.ly/EcgzEam #Archaology
NB: Friday Nov, 14th! (not Saturday as stated below 😜)
Ottawans! Don't forget Greek Trivia Night on Saturday Nov, 14th. Today's the deadline for tickets, so get in now. Free for students!
#Ottawa #AncientGreece #GreekCommunityOttawa
#Ottawa #AncientGreece #GreekCommunityOttawa
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
NB: Friday Nov, 14th! (not Saturday as stated below 😜)
Tomorrow! "Bards and Big-Men in the Aegean: Ethnographic Answers to Homeric Questions" with Emily Varto (Dalhousie Uni) November 12 at 11:00 (CRX C307, Learning Crossroads building, uOttawa) All welcome!
#Homer #AncientGreece #Ethnography #Classics #AncientHistory #AncientBluesky
#Homer #AncientGreece #Ethnography #Classics #AncientHistory #AncientBluesky
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Tomorrow! "Bards and Big-Men in the Aegean: Ethnographic Answers to Homeric Questions" with Emily Varto (Dalhousie Uni) November 12 at 11:00 (CRX C307, Learning Crossroads building, uOttawa) All welcome!
#Homer #AncientGreece #Ethnography #Classics #AncientHistory #AncientBluesky
#Homer #AncientGreece #Ethnography #Classics #AncientHistory #AncientBluesky
Ottawans! Don't forget Greek Trivia Night on Saturday Nov, 14th. Today's the deadline for tickets, so get in now. Free for students!
#Ottawa #AncientGreece #GreekCommunityOttawa
#Ottawa #AncientGreece #GreekCommunityOttawa
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Ottawans! Don't forget Greek Trivia Night on Saturday Nov, 14th. Today's the deadline for tickets, so get in now. Free for students!
#Ottawa #AncientGreece #GreekCommunityOttawa
#Ottawa #AncientGreece #GreekCommunityOttawa
How can sacred stories inform our self-reflection on the climate crisis? UOttawa master's student Lucia tells us more. #uOttawa #Ottawa #ReligiousStudies #SacredStories
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
How can sacred stories inform our self-reflection on the climate crisis? UOttawa master's student Lucia tells us more. #uOttawa #Ottawa #ReligiousStudies #SacredStories
🎧 Podcast fascinant sur le pillage du patrimoine syrien après des décennies de guerre et de dictature. Entre trafics d’antiquités et espoir de préservation, un regard poignant sur l’héritage millénaire de la Syrie. buff.ly/T4Rk2rz #Archéologie #Patrimoine #Syrie #HistoireAncienne
Syrie : sur la trace des passeurs d’antiquités
Des décennies de dictature, puis la guerre, puis Daech, ont mis à sac le patrimoine archéologique syrien. Mais depuis la chute d’Assad, les pillages continuent : trafics, fouilles clandestines et…
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November 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🎧 Podcast fascinant sur le pillage du patrimoine syrien après des décennies de guerre et de dictature. Entre trafics d’antiquités et espoir de préservation, un regard poignant sur l’héritage millénaire de la Syrie. buff.ly/T4Rk2rz #Archéologie #Patrimoine #Syrie #HistoireAncienne
Another Latin inscription at uOttawa, where teaching ancient languages is now under threat. Again, the irony... Un autre exemple d'inscription latine de l'UOttawa, où l'enseignement des langues anciennes est actuellement menacé. L'ironie! #SOSClassicsUO #SOSÉtudesAnciennesUO #onfr #ottawa
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Another Latin inscription at uOttawa, where teaching ancient languages is now under threat. Again, the irony... Un autre exemple d'inscription latine de l'UOttawa, où l'enseignement des langues anciennes est actuellement menacé. L'ironie! #SOSClassicsUO #SOSÉtudesAnciennesUO #onfr #ottawa
Prof. Susan Downie (Carleton University) presents "Sparta & Totalitarianism" on Sunday Nov, 9th, 2pm. buff.ly/VqH87E6 #AncientGreece #AncientHistory #sparta #AncientBluesky #Ottawa
AIA Event Listings - Sparta and Totalitarianism - AIA-Ottawa Society
Archaeological event listing for AIA-Ottawa Society
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November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Prof. Susan Downie (Carleton University) presents "Sparta & Totalitarianism" on Sunday Nov, 9th, 2pm. buff.ly/VqH87E6 #AncientGreece #AncientHistory #sparta #AncientBluesky #Ottawa
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Nouvel épisode en ligne : 408 L'Antiquité au pluriel avec Josephine Quinn.
Un entretien en anglais sur son parcours et son dernier livre, qui remet en cause la division de l'histoire antique en "grandes civilisations" (Égypte, Grèce, Rome...).
Have a good listen !
parolesdhistoire.fr/index.php/20...
Un entretien en anglais sur son parcours et son dernier livre, qui remet en cause la division de l'histoire antique en "grandes civilisations" (Égypte, Grèce, Rome...).
Have a good listen !
parolesdhistoire.fr/index.php/20...
November 3, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Nouvel épisode en ligne : 408 L'Antiquité au pluriel avec Josephine Quinn.
Un entretien en anglais sur son parcours et son dernier livre, qui remet en cause la division de l'histoire antique en "grandes civilisations" (Égypte, Grèce, Rome...).
Have a good listen !
parolesdhistoire.fr/index.php/20...
Un entretien en anglais sur son parcours et son dernier livre, qui remet en cause la division de l'histoire antique en "grandes civilisations" (Égypte, Grèce, Rome...).
Have a good listen !
parolesdhistoire.fr/index.php/20...
Coming up next week, "Bards and Big-Men in the Aegean: Ethnographic Answers to Homeric Questions" with Emily Varto (Dalhousie Uni) November 12 at 11:00 (CRX C307, Learning Crossroads building, uOttawa) All welcome!
#Homer #AncientGreece #Ethnography #Classics #AncientHistory #AncientBluesky
#Homer #AncientGreece #Ethnography #Classics #AncientHistory #AncientBluesky
November 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Coming up next week, "Bards and Big-Men in the Aegean: Ethnographic Answers to Homeric Questions" with Emily Varto (Dalhousie Uni) November 12 at 11:00 (CRX C307, Learning Crossroads building, uOttawa) All welcome!
#Homer #AncientGreece #Ethnography #Classics #AncientHistory #AncientBluesky
#Homer #AncientGreece #Ethnography #Classics #AncientHistory #AncientBluesky
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Mamdani got a humanities degree.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Mamdani got a humanities degree.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.
Historian and Novelist Adrian Goldsworthy in conversation with Prof. Geoffrey Greatrex of Ottawa University. Procopius, Justinian, Belisarius... oh, and the small matter of threats to Classics programmes. #AncientBluesky #AdrianGoldsworthy #Ottawa #uOttawa #LateAntiquity
My recent on-line discussion with my friend, the writer Adrian Goldsworthy (75 mins.), www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kht...
Geoffrey Greatrex - Procopius, Justinian and Belisarius
YouTube video by Adrian Goldsworthy. Historian and Novelist
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November 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Historian and Novelist Adrian Goldsworthy in conversation with Prof. Geoffrey Greatrex of Ottawa University. Procopius, Justinian, Belisarius... oh, and the small matter of threats to Classics programmes. #AncientBluesky #AdrianGoldsworthy #Ottawa #uOttawa #LateAntiquity
CBC reports on suspension of Classics programme at the University of Ottawa, "With admission to the bilingual program on pause, students wanting to study in French will have to look outside the province." (Jayden Dill, CBC News) buff.ly/g8Mjg5J (Petition buff.ly/1azgdKV) #SOSClassicsUO #Ottawa
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November 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
CBC reports on suspension of Classics programme at the University of Ottawa, "With admission to the bilingual program on pause, students wanting to study in French will have to look outside the province." (Jayden Dill, CBC News) buff.ly/g8Mjg5J (Petition buff.ly/1azgdKV) #SOSClassicsUO #Ottawa
📻 Entrevue avec le Professeur Dominique Côté, qui explique pourquoi cette décision nuit au recrutement et pourquoi les humanités classiques restent essentielles. « Ce n'est pas un problème d'argent, c'est un problème de vision. » #SOSÉtudesAnciennesUO #Ottawa
L’université d'Ottawa suspend les inscriptions aux études sur l’Antiquité | OHdio | Radio-Canada
Écoutez l’extrait de l’émission Les matins d'ici : L’université d'Ottawa suspend les inscriptions aux études sur l’Antiquité
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November 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
📻 Entrevue avec le Professeur Dominique Côté, qui explique pourquoi cette décision nuit au recrutement et pourquoi les humanités classiques restent essentielles. « Ce n'est pas un problème d'argent, c'est un problème de vision. » #SOSÉtudesAnciennesUO #Ottawa
Félicitations au professeur Jitse Dijkstra (UOttawa), nouvellement élu membre de la Société royale du Canada! Il fait partie des rares classicistes canadiens à recevoir cet honneur, aux côtés de son collègue Richard Burgess. #SOSÉtudesAnciennesUO #Antiquité #Ottawa #AntiquitéTardive
November 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Félicitations au professeur Jitse Dijkstra (UOttawa), nouvellement élu membre de la Société royale du Canada! Il fait partie des rares classicistes canadiens à recevoir cet honneur, aux côtés de son collègue Richard Burgess. #SOSÉtudesAnciennesUO #Antiquité #Ottawa #AntiquitéTardive
Professor Jitse Dijkstra (UOttawa), has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He is among the few Classicists in Canada to have attained this honour! (alongside colleague Richard Burgess.) buff.ly/8F1N2Q8
#SOSClassicsUO #Classics #Ottawa #uOttawa #AncientHistory
#SOSClassicsUO #Classics #Ottawa #uOttawa #AncientHistory
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Professor Jitse Dijkstra (UOttawa), has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He is among the few Classicists in Canada to have attained this honour! (alongside colleague Richard Burgess.) buff.ly/8F1N2Q8
#SOSClassicsUO #Classics #Ottawa #uOttawa #AncientHistory
#SOSClassicsUO #Classics #Ottawa #uOttawa #AncientHistory
CBC is reporting today on the threats to uOttawa classics and ancient language courses; buff.ly/09naOv0 Look out for a report on this evening's 6pm news. And don't forget to sign and share the petition! buff.ly/1azgdKV #SOSClassicsUP #CBC #AncientHistory #AncientGreek #Latin
U of O suspends honours program in Greek and Roman studies | CBC News
The University of Ottawa is suspending its honours program in Greek and Roman studies, a move the department's head fears could signal the beginning of the end for classical language study at the school.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
CBC is reporting today on the threats to uOttawa classics and ancient language courses; buff.ly/09naOv0 Look out for a report on this evening's 6pm news. And don't forget to sign and share the petition! buff.ly/1azgdKV #SOSClassicsUP #CBC #AncientHistory #AncientGreek #Latin
An excellent Halloween-themed workshop hosted by the Museum of Classical Antiques last Friday on magic in the ancient world. Thanks to the amazing presenters: Isabelle Guérin and Grace Buchardt. #Halloween #Ottawa #HistoireAncienne #Antiquité
November 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
An excellent Halloween-themed workshop hosted by the Museum of Classical Antiques last Friday on magic in the ancient world. Thanks to the amazing presenters: Isabelle Guérin and Grace Buchardt. #Halloween #Ottawa #HistoireAncienne #Antiquité