Bloomsbury Classical Studies & Archaeology
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Here you'll find posts about the latest books and authors we're publishing in classical studies & world archaeology. 🏺
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📣 Calling all Classics students! Where Is Classics Taking You next? Take our student survey and tell us about your Classics journey.
You could win a goody bag (and inspire some future Classicists)!
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You could win a goody bag (and inspire some future Classicists)!
Take our survey: bit.ly/3RIvJWN
It’s officially #OAWeek! Check out some of our open access books available to read this week (and beyond): bit.ly/3JbCXly
October 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
It’s officially #OAWeek! Check out some of our open access books available to read this week (and beyond): bit.ly/3JbCXly
It’s officially #OAWeek! Check out some of our open access books available to read this week (and beyond): bit.ly/3JbCXly
October 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It’s officially #OAWeek! Check out some of our open access books available to read this week (and beyond): bit.ly/3JbCXly
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🔓 Interested in publishing open access but not sure where to start?
This #OAWeek, we are reflecting on our role, as a publisher, in removing potential barriers and helping academics assert control over the knowledge they produce.
Explore your OA options 👉 bit.ly/4oxaANK
This #OAWeek, we are reflecting on our role, as a publisher, in removing potential barriers and helping academics assert control over the knowledge they produce.
Explore your OA options 👉 bit.ly/4oxaANK
October 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
🔓 Interested in publishing open access but not sure where to start?
This #OAWeek, we are reflecting on our role, as a publisher, in removing potential barriers and helping academics assert control over the knowledge they produce.
Explore your OA options 👉 bit.ly/4oxaANK
This #OAWeek, we are reflecting on our role, as a publisher, in removing potential barriers and helping academics assert control over the knowledge they produce.
Explore your OA options 👉 bit.ly/4oxaANK
OUT NOW: An original examination in understanding the relationship between the formerly contrasted genres epic and novel in antiquity.
Find out more about Epic, Novel and the Progress of Antiquity: bit.ly/4ncNmvt
Find out more about Epic, Novel and the Progress of Antiquity: bit.ly/4ncNmvt
September 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
OUT NOW: An original examination in understanding the relationship between the formerly contrasted genres epic and novel in antiquity.
Find out more about Epic, Novel and the Progress of Antiquity: bit.ly/4ncNmvt
Find out more about Epic, Novel and the Progress of Antiquity: bit.ly/4ncNmvt
Celebrate the bicentenary of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs' birth with the three-volume editions of 'Alaudae' edited by Llewelyn Morgan and @lombardinash.bsky.social. These new editions include the Latin text alongside a translation and contextualising notes.
Learn more: bit.ly/45Pr2SP
Learn more: bit.ly/45Pr2SP
August 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Celebrate the bicentenary of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs' birth with the three-volume editions of 'Alaudae' edited by Llewelyn Morgan and @lombardinash.bsky.social. These new editions include the Latin text alongside a translation and contextualising notes.
Learn more: bit.ly/45Pr2SP
Learn more: bit.ly/45Pr2SP
Now available in paperback 🏺
Drawing on more than 20 years of archaeological investigation at Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham, this book paints a nuanced picture of daily life not only at this military site, but also in Ramesside Egypt more broadly.
Learn more: bit.ly/4lxLNHt
Drawing on more than 20 years of archaeological investigation at Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham, this book paints a nuanced picture of daily life not only at this military site, but also in Ramesside Egypt more broadly.
Learn more: bit.ly/4lxLNHt
August 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Now available in paperback 🏺
Drawing on more than 20 years of archaeological investigation at Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham, this book paints a nuanced picture of daily life not only at this military site, but also in Ramesside Egypt more broadly.
Learn more: bit.ly/4lxLNHt
Drawing on more than 20 years of archaeological investigation at Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham, this book paints a nuanced picture of daily life not only at this military site, but also in Ramesside Egypt more broadly.
Learn more: bit.ly/4lxLNHt
How did Mnesarete, a girl from Boeotia, turn into Phryne the famous beauty, and how did she become a symbol of ancient Greek culture? In 'Phryne', @melissakafunke.bsky.social pieces together the story of the notorious fourth-century sex worker.
Now in paperback: bit.ly/47wBkbN
Now in paperback: bit.ly/47wBkbN
August 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
How did Mnesarete, a girl from Boeotia, turn into Phryne the famous beauty, and how did she become a symbol of ancient Greek culture? In 'Phryne', @melissakafunke.bsky.social pieces together the story of the notorious fourth-century sex worker.
Now in paperback: bit.ly/47wBkbN
Now in paperback: bit.ly/47wBkbN
A variety of paths can lead to studying Classics, but #WhereCanClassicsTakeYou? The 'Conversations with Classicists' series explores the exciting and diverse careers that Classics can lead to.
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Watch on YouTube:
Where Can Classics Take You? Conversations with Classicists
Whether it’s learning a classical language or studying the ancient world, classics teaches so many transferable skills that can be applied to different areas...
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August 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A variety of paths can lead to studying Classics, but #WhereCanClassicsTakeYou? The 'Conversations with Classicists' series explores the exciting and diverse careers that Classics can lead to.
Watch on YouTube:
Watch on YouTube:
In 'Winchester', Susanne Haselgrove and Katherine Barclay paint a compelling picture of the city's waxing and waning fortunes, from prehistoric origins to medieval powerhouse, and subsequent decline to rebirth in 21st-century popular culture.
Order your copy: bit.ly/3V3ymUA
Order your copy: bit.ly/3V3ymUA
August 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
In 'Winchester', Susanne Haselgrove and Katherine Barclay paint a compelling picture of the city's waxing and waning fortunes, from prehistoric origins to medieval powerhouse, and subsequent decline to rebirth in 21st-century popular culture.
Order your copy: bit.ly/3V3ymUA
Order your copy: bit.ly/3V3ymUA
Published to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of LGBT Studies founder, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, read the full Latin text of Alaudae alongside annotated, easy-to-read translations and contextualising notes across three volumes.
🌈 Learn more: bit.ly/45Pr2SP
🌈 Learn more: bit.ly/45Pr2SP
August 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Published to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of LGBT Studies founder, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, read the full Latin text of Alaudae alongside annotated, easy-to-read translations and contextualising notes across three volumes.
🌈 Learn more: bit.ly/45Pr2SP
🌈 Learn more: bit.ly/45Pr2SP
Have you studied a Classical subject or language at any level? We'd love to hear from you! Tell us why you love Classics and help us highlight the many opportunities that studying this subject can bring. #WhereCanClassicsTakeYou
Share your thought here 👉 bit.ly/3zsBBxF
Share your thought here 👉 bit.ly/3zsBBxF
August 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Have you studied a Classical subject or language at any level? We'd love to hear from you! Tell us why you love Classics and help us highlight the many opportunities that studying this subject can bring. #WhereCanClassicsTakeYou
Share your thought here 👉 bit.ly/3zsBBxF
Share your thought here 👉 bit.ly/3zsBBxF
How can we study the late ancient and Byzantine history from ecological perspectives? 'Ecologizing Late Ancient and Byzantine Worlds' explores the diverse ways in which pre-modern texts engaged with the broader natural world.
Find out more: bit.ly/4mf73Tt
Find out more: bit.ly/4mf73Tt
August 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
How can we study the late ancient and Byzantine history from ecological perspectives? 'Ecologizing Late Ancient and Byzantine Worlds' explores the diverse ways in which pre-modern texts engaged with the broader natural world.
Find out more: bit.ly/4mf73Tt
Find out more: bit.ly/4mf73Tt
In 'Winchester', Susanne Haselgrove and Katherine Barclay paint a compelling picture of the city's waxing and waning fortunes, from prehistoric origins to medieval powerhouse, and subsequent decline to rebirth in 21st-century popular culture.
Order your copy: bit.ly/3V3ymUA
Order your copy: bit.ly/3V3ymUA
August 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In 'Winchester', Susanne Haselgrove and Katherine Barclay paint a compelling picture of the city's waxing and waning fortunes, from prehistoric origins to medieval powerhouse, and subsequent decline to rebirth in 21st-century popular culture.
Order your copy: bit.ly/3V3ymUA
Order your copy: bit.ly/3V3ymUA
Our Back to University #sale is on with a 30% discount live on our website until 5th October!
Shop Classical Studies books: bit.ly/4lALU4W
Shop Archaeology books: bit.ly/4lsMNwl
Shop Classical Studies books: bit.ly/4lALU4W
Shop Archaeology books: bit.ly/4lsMNwl
August 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Our Back to University #sale is on with a 30% discount live on our website until 5th October!
Shop Classical Studies books: bit.ly/4lALU4W
Shop Archaeology books: bit.ly/4lsMNwl
Shop Classical Studies books: bit.ly/4lALU4W
Shop Archaeology books: bit.ly/4lsMNwl
From Q&A's with authors to discussions on the afterlives of ancient languages the Bloomsbury academic blog brings classics to life!
Explore timeless ideas 🏛️ bit.ly/4owYFjA
Explore timeless ideas 🏛️ bit.ly/4owYFjA
August 16, 2025 at 7:44 AM
From Q&A's with authors to discussions on the afterlives of ancient languages the Bloomsbury academic blog brings classics to life!
Explore timeless ideas 🏛️ bit.ly/4owYFjA
Explore timeless ideas 🏛️ bit.ly/4owYFjA
'Praise and Blame in Greek Tragedy' is now in paperback! 📖
@katexe.bsky.social explores the poetic use of praise and blame in Greek tragedy in relation to heroic identity and gendered speech, as well as its significant social function in classical poetry.
👉 bit.ly/46UVc8k
@katexe.bsky.social explores the poetic use of praise and blame in Greek tragedy in relation to heroic identity and gendered speech, as well as its significant social function in classical poetry.
👉 bit.ly/46UVc8k
August 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
'Praise and Blame in Greek Tragedy' is now in paperback! 📖
@katexe.bsky.social explores the poetic use of praise and blame in Greek tragedy in relation to heroic identity and gendered speech, as well as its significant social function in classical poetry.
👉 bit.ly/46UVc8k
@katexe.bsky.social explores the poetic use of praise and blame in Greek tragedy in relation to heroic identity and gendered speech, as well as its significant social function in classical poetry.
👉 bit.ly/46UVc8k
The idea of immersion is not new; art and literature have been historically theorised in terms of realism and immersion. 'Experiencing Immersion in Antiquity and Modernity' explores the links between immersion in antiquity and modernity.
Out Now: bit.ly/45td0VC
Out Now: bit.ly/45td0VC
August 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The idea of immersion is not new; art and literature have been historically theorised in terms of realism and immersion. 'Experiencing Immersion in Antiquity and Modernity' explores the links between immersion in antiquity and modernity.
Out Now: bit.ly/45td0VC
Out Now: bit.ly/45td0VC
As part of our #WhereCanClassicsTakeYou campaign, we got to spend some time at iconic production company, Hat Trick Productions!
Managing Director & Founder, Jimmy Mulville, shares his story of how he got into classics and where it's taken him so far.
Watch: bit.ly/402xrXv
Managing Director & Founder, Jimmy Mulville, shares his story of how he got into classics and where it's taken him so far.
Watch: bit.ly/402xrXv
August 14, 2025 at 8:02 AM
As part of our #WhereCanClassicsTakeYou campaign, we got to spend some time at iconic production company, Hat Trick Productions!
Managing Director & Founder, Jimmy Mulville, shares his story of how he got into classics and where it's taken him so far.
Watch: bit.ly/402xrXv
Managing Director & Founder, Jimmy Mulville, shares his story of how he got into classics and where it's taken him so far.
Watch: bit.ly/402xrXv
Want to find out how women are creating and re-creating Classics? Read an excerpt from... 👇
📖 Women Creating Classics: A Retrospective - bit.ly/3UhNNbm
📖 Women Re-Creating Classics: Contemporary Voices - bit.ly/4kGOAh1
📖 Women Creating Classics: A Retrospective - bit.ly/3UhNNbm
📖 Women Re-Creating Classics: Contemporary Voices - bit.ly/4kGOAh1
July 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Want to find out how women are creating and re-creating Classics? Read an excerpt from... 👇
📖 Women Creating Classics: A Retrospective - bit.ly/3UhNNbm
📖 Women Re-Creating Classics: Contemporary Voices - bit.ly/4kGOAh1
📖 Women Creating Classics: A Retrospective - bit.ly/3UhNNbm
📖 Women Re-Creating Classics: Contemporary Voices - bit.ly/4kGOAh1
New in our Conversations with Classicists series... From constructing Roman leather shoes to Odysseus-inspired model ships, Nathalie Roy is bringing the ancient world to life for her students in Louisiana. #WhereCanClassicsTakeYou
Watch on YouTube: bit.ly/4kySoRg
Watch on YouTube: bit.ly/4kySoRg
July 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
New in our Conversations with Classicists series... From constructing Roman leather shoes to Odysseus-inspired model ships, Nathalie Roy is bringing the ancient world to life for her students in Louisiana. #WhereCanClassicsTakeYou
Watch on YouTube: bit.ly/4kySoRg
Watch on YouTube: bit.ly/4kySoRg
As part of our #WhereCanClassicsTakeYou campaign, we got to spend some time at iconic production company, Hat Trick Productions!
Managing Director & Founder, Jimmy Mulville, shares his story of how he got into classics and where it's taken him so far.
Watch: bit.ly/402xrXv
Managing Director & Founder, Jimmy Mulville, shares his story of how he got into classics and where it's taken him so far.
Watch: bit.ly/402xrXv
July 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
As part of our #WhereCanClassicsTakeYou campaign, we got to spend some time at iconic production company, Hat Trick Productions!
Managing Director & Founder, Jimmy Mulville, shares his story of how he got into classics and where it's taken him so far.
Watch: bit.ly/402xrXv
Managing Director & Founder, Jimmy Mulville, shares his story of how he got into classics and where it's taken him so far.
Watch: bit.ly/402xrXv
New in our Conversations with Classicists series... Anya Leonard, founder and director of Classical Wisdom, a fantastic resource that aims to bring ancient wisdom to modern minds, shares her classics journey. #WhereCanClassicsTakeYou
Watch on YouTube: bit.ly/3GGkMDd
Watch on YouTube: bit.ly/3GGkMDd
July 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
New in our Conversations with Classicists series... Anya Leonard, founder and director of Classical Wisdom, a fantastic resource that aims to bring ancient wisdom to modern minds, shares her classics journey. #WhereCanClassicsTakeYou
Watch on YouTube: bit.ly/3GGkMDd
Watch on YouTube: bit.ly/3GGkMDd
Bloomsbury Open Collections is a collective-action programme that seeks to make scholarly books #openaccess at no cost to the author. Discover the benefits, including those for participating institutions, and recommend that your library participates: bit.ly/4o5YE6g.
July 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Bloomsbury Open Collections is a collective-action programme that seeks to make scholarly books #openaccess at no cost to the author. Discover the benefits, including those for participating institutions, and recommend that your library participates: bit.ly/4o5YE6g.
Lots of our research volumes are now available in paperback! Check out:
📕 Radical Formalisms - bit.ly/4lONPUE
📕 The Poems of Optatian - bit.ly/3H0RLlL
📕 Hellenistic Literature and Culture - bit.ly/4kV7IYT
📕 Radical Formalisms - bit.ly/4lONPUE
📕 The Poems of Optatian - bit.ly/3H0RLlL
📕 Hellenistic Literature and Culture - bit.ly/4kV7IYT
July 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Lots of our research volumes are now available in paperback! Check out:
📕 Radical Formalisms - bit.ly/4lONPUE
📕 The Poems of Optatian - bit.ly/3H0RLlL
📕 Hellenistic Literature and Culture - bit.ly/4kV7IYT
📕 Radical Formalisms - bit.ly/4lONPUE
📕 The Poems of Optatian - bit.ly/3H0RLlL
📕 Hellenistic Literature and Culture - bit.ly/4kV7IYT
Lots of our research volumes are now available in paperback! Check out:
📕 Aristophanes: Cavalry - bit.ly/3IYSPHm
📕 Jokes in Greek Comedy - bit.ly/46TQ6cg
📕 Money, Warfare and Power in the Ancient World - bit.ly/46TQ6cg
📕 Aristophanes: Cavalry - bit.ly/3IYSPHm
📕 Jokes in Greek Comedy - bit.ly/46TQ6cg
📕 Money, Warfare and Power in the Ancient World - bit.ly/46TQ6cg
July 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Lots of our research volumes are now available in paperback! Check out:
📕 Aristophanes: Cavalry - bit.ly/3IYSPHm
📕 Jokes in Greek Comedy - bit.ly/46TQ6cg
📕 Money, Warfare and Power in the Ancient World - bit.ly/46TQ6cg
📕 Aristophanes: Cavalry - bit.ly/3IYSPHm
📕 Jokes in Greek Comedy - bit.ly/46TQ6cg
📕 Money, Warfare and Power in the Ancient World - bit.ly/46TQ6cg