Dr Cora Beth Fraser
@corabeth.bsky.social
Autistic Geordie illustrator and classicist. Assoc Lecturer at The Open University. National Teaching Fellow. Working class/first gen/book addict.
I'm honoured to be shortlisted for a Scope Award, alongside some amazing disability advocates and changemakers! 🎉
I'm very lucky to have worked with some amazing people at @openuniversity.bsky.social who have been open to new ways of teaching and learning. 💖
www.scope.org.uk/awards/scope...
I'm very lucky to have worked with some amazing people at @openuniversity.bsky.social who have been open to new ways of teaching and learning. 💖
www.scope.org.uk/awards/scope...
February 9, 2026 at 6:58 PM
I'm honoured to be shortlisted for a Scope Award, alongside some amazing disability advocates and changemakers! 🎉
I'm very lucky to have worked with some amazing people at @openuniversity.bsky.social who have been open to new ways of teaching and learning. 💖
www.scope.org.uk/awards/scope...
I'm very lucky to have worked with some amazing people at @openuniversity.bsky.social who have been open to new ways of teaching and learning. 💖
www.scope.org.uk/awards/scope...
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Time for the Superb owl #superbowl
Votive Pot, Vindolanda Owl – PottedHistory share.google/AjODzECExGMo...
Votive Pot, Vindolanda Owl – PottedHistory share.google/AjODzECExGMo...
Votive Pot, Vindolanda Owl
Handcrafted Replica Roman Votive Pot – Inspired by a Find from Vindolanda Details This charming votive pot is inspired by an original found at Vindolanda, one of the most significant Roman sites in Br...
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February 8, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Time for the Superb owl #superbowl
Votive Pot, Vindolanda Owl – PottedHistory share.google/AjODzECExGMo...
Votive Pot, Vindolanda Owl – PottedHistory share.google/AjODzECExGMo...
Great to see Brick Classicists Empire here, and gearing up for International LEGO Classicism Day later this month! 🎉 Do follow them if you're interested in Lego and the Ancient World!
10th Annual International LEGO Classicism Day 20th, February
This Year’s Host: @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social Department of Classics and Ancient History. #ilcd10 #InternationalLegoClassicismDay
This Year’s Host: @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social Department of Classics and Ancient History. #ilcd10 #InternationalLegoClassicismDay
Int. Lego Classicism Day | Brick Classicists Empire
International Lego Classicism Day is a social media event celebrated across the world every year on the 20th February, the anniversary of the formation of the BCE. Each year, individuals, organization...
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February 8, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Great to see Brick Classicists Empire here, and gearing up for International LEGO Classicism Day later this month! 🎉 Do follow them if you're interested in Lego and the Ancient World!
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Your periodic reminder that you can start learning ancient Greek right now, free of charge!
Because I'm updating them today, I'd like to remind #AncientBluesky that we have *FREELY ACCESSIBLE* Ancient Greek resources at the Open University! 🏺
First, we have a 16 hour free OpenLearn course, which takes you from learning the alphabet to reading simple sentences: www.open.edu/openlearn/hi...
First, we have a 16 hour free OpenLearn course, which takes you from learning the alphabet to reading simple sentences: www.open.edu/openlearn/hi...
Getting started on ancient Greek
This free course, Getting started on ancient Greek, offers a taster of the ancient Greek world through the study of one of its most distinctive and enduring features: its language.The course ...
www.open.edu
February 5, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Your periodic reminder that you can start learning ancient Greek right now, free of charge!
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Where else could you listen to over 188 hours of ancient Roman history (and counting!)? We’ve been podcasting for many years and we’re thrilled to be still enjoying ancient Rome together and sharing it with you ☺️
#AncientRome #History #Podcast 🏺🎙️
#AncientRome #History #Podcast 🏺🎙️
January 27, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Where else could you listen to over 188 hours of ancient Roman history (and counting!)? We’ve been podcasting for many years and we’re thrilled to be still enjoying ancient Rome together and sharing it with you ☺️
#AncientRome #History #Podcast 🏺🎙️
#AncientRome #History #Podcast 🏺🎙️
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What happened with #WCCWiki in 2025? How are women and non-binary classicists looking on #Wikipedia?
Here's a thread to wrap-up last year, and to forge a path for 2026 ...
Here's a thread to wrap-up last year, and to forge a path for 2026 ...
January 23, 2026 at 11:23 AM
What happened with #WCCWiki in 2025? How are women and non-binary classicists looking on #Wikipedia?
Here's a thread to wrap-up last year, and to forge a path for 2026 ...
Here's a thread to wrap-up last year, and to forge a path for 2026 ...
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Here's a link to the first puzzle distributed by @classicsforall.bsky.social
Why not give it a go and see how high you can get on the leaderboard? (You may have to register first before this will work for you.)
puzzel.org/en/crossword...
Why not give it a go and see how high you can get on the leaderboard? (You may have to register first before this will work for you.)
puzzel.org/en/crossword...
Crossword puzzle - Puzzel.org
puzzel.org
January 17, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Here's a link to the first puzzle distributed by @classicsforall.bsky.social
Why not give it a go and see how high you can get on the leaderboard? (You may have to register first before this will work for you.)
puzzel.org/en/crossword...
Why not give it a go and see how high you can get on the leaderboard? (You may have to register first before this will work for you.)
puzzel.org/en/crossword...
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Peopling the Past is planning Season 5 of our podcast! We are looking for folks who are interested in appearing as episode guests: the theme of Season 5 will be the relevance of the ancient world to our understanding of important but challenging contemporary issues
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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January 16, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Peopling the Past is planning Season 5 of our podcast! We are looking for folks who are interested in appearing as episode guests: the theme of Season 5 will be the relevance of the ancient world to our understanding of important but challenging contemporary issues
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Please help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research.
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
January 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Please help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research.
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
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📣 Places on @jactdurham.bsky.social are filling up fast 📣
Join us in July at St John’s College, Durham University for a week of #Latin and/or #AncientGreek! New for 2026: Classical Civilisation - Women: The Reality Behind the Myth!
Register online: www.durhamglss.org
Join us in July at St John’s College, Durham University for a week of #Latin and/or #AncientGreek! New for 2026: Classical Civilisation - Women: The Reality Behind the Myth!
Register online: www.durhamglss.org
Home | JACT Durham Greek & Latin Summer School
Welcome - The 32nd JACT Durham Greek & Latin Summer School will take place at St John's College, Durham University from 25th July - 1st August 2026
www.durhamglss.org
January 13, 2026 at 5:57 PM
📣 Places on @jactdurham.bsky.social are filling up fast 📣
Join us in July at St John’s College, Durham University for a week of #Latin and/or #AncientGreek! New for 2026: Classical Civilisation - Women: The Reality Behind the Myth!
Register online: www.durhamglss.org
Join us in July at St John’s College, Durham University for a week of #Latin and/or #AncientGreek! New for 2026: Classical Civilisation - Women: The Reality Behind the Myth!
Register online: www.durhamglss.org
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I am delighted to be part of this new venture and hope very much that you will be too!
Do please sign up.
Do please sign up.
❗We are launching a brand new weekly quiz for our Classics buffs and newbies alike. If you would like to add a Classics-themed crossword to your weekly routine, sign up here: mailchi.mp/classicsfora...
January 13, 2026 at 1:11 PM
I am delighted to be part of this new venture and hope very much that you will be too!
Do please sign up.
Do please sign up.
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Humbled and delighted to officially receive the 2025 Forum Prize. Filled with so much gratitude to all of the wonderful friends and colleagues in Classics and beyond for being a part of this podcast journey. It wouldn’t be what it is today without you. Thank you so much. Much love, X
January 10, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Humbled and delighted to officially receive the 2025 Forum Prize. Filled with so much gratitude to all of the wonderful friends and colleagues in Classics and beyond for being a part of this podcast journey. It wouldn’t be what it is today without you. Thank you so much. Much love, X
A first for me: hearing one of my students talking about their MA dissertation on a podcast with @wmarybeard.bsky.social! Congratulations to the fabulous @naomialderman.bsky.social on her first official outing as a Classicist with Opinions! 🎉
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/u...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/u...
Under the Toga pt 2 (With Naomi Alderman)
Podcast Episode · Instant Classics · 08/01/2026 · 47m
podcasts.apple.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:56 PM
A first for me: hearing one of my students talking about their MA dissertation on a podcast with @wmarybeard.bsky.social! Congratulations to the fabulous @naomialderman.bsky.social on her first official outing as a Classicist with Opinions! 🎉
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/u...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/u...
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this was a VERY GOOD WAY to celebrate my MA thesis: I was the first guest on the brilliant podcast Instant Classics with Mary Beard and Charlotte Higgins, talking about women wearing the toga in Ancient Rome:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/u...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/u...
Under the Toga pt 2 (With Naomi Alderman)
Podcast Episode · Instant Classics · 08/01/2026 · 47m
podcasts.apple.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:07 PM
this was a VERY GOOD WAY to celebrate my MA thesis: I was the first guest on the brilliant podcast Instant Classics with Mary Beard and Charlotte Higgins, talking about women wearing the toga in Ancient Rome:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/u...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/u...
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🚨NEW SERIES ALERT‼️
You’re Dead To Me is back for series 11, and to launch us off I’m joined by the brilliant classicist @wmarybeard.bsky.social and the hilarious comedian @pattonoswalt.bsky.social
to discuss the controversial life & reputation of Roman Emperor Nero
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
You’re Dead To Me is back for series 11, and to launch us off I’m joined by the brilliant classicist @wmarybeard.bsky.social and the hilarious comedian @pattonoswalt.bsky.social
to discuss the controversial life & reputation of Roman Emperor Nero
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
January 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
🚨NEW SERIES ALERT‼️
You’re Dead To Me is back for series 11, and to launch us off I’m joined by the brilliant classicist @wmarybeard.bsky.social and the hilarious comedian @pattonoswalt.bsky.social
to discuss the controversial life & reputation of Roman Emperor Nero
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
You’re Dead To Me is back for series 11, and to launch us off I’m joined by the brilliant classicist @wmarybeard.bsky.social and the hilarious comedian @pattonoswalt.bsky.social
to discuss the controversial life & reputation of Roman Emperor Nero
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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A Christmas surprise: if you want to download the open access copy of Stealing from the Gods, you now can... The official birthday is in a couple of weeks, but time is an arbitrary construct. (Oh, and we'll be PA6029.T46 K67 2026 at the library. An actual real call number!)
Stealing from the Gods
Stealing from the Gods investigates how authors writing between the first century BCE and second century CE addressed the issue of temple robbery or sacrilegium. As a self-proclaimed empire of pious p...
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December 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A Christmas surprise: if you want to download the open access copy of Stealing from the Gods, you now can... The official birthday is in a couple of weeks, but time is an arbitrary construct. (Oh, and we'll be PA6029.T46 K67 2026 at the library. An actual real call number!)
So thrilled to find an actual independent bookshop in my town - the first in over 100 years! 🥳
Please share to help get the word out, and do visit if you're ever in South Shields...
Electric Beacon Books Bookshop UK share.google/C6sYwxZGUgje...
Please share to help get the word out, and do visit if you're ever in South Shields...
Electric Beacon Books Bookshop UK share.google/C6sYwxZGUgje...
Electric Beacon Books Bookshop UK
Electric Beacon Books are a new independent bookseller based in the beautiful seaside town of South Shields, Tyne and Wear. We specialise in graphic novels and regional literature, and do our best to ...
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December 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
So thrilled to find an actual independent bookshop in my town - the first in over 100 years! 🥳
Please share to help get the word out, and do visit if you're ever in South Shields...
Electric Beacon Books Bookshop UK share.google/C6sYwxZGUgje...
Please share to help get the word out, and do visit if you're ever in South Shields...
Electric Beacon Books Bookshop UK share.google/C6sYwxZGUgje...
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Today’s episode of BBC #DeadFunnyHistory is all about Hadrian’s Wall!
Tell your kids! It’s a fun romp through 200 years of Roman Britain’s history
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Tell your kids! It’s a fun romp through 200 years of Roman Britain’s history
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
December 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Today’s episode of BBC #DeadFunnyHistory is all about Hadrian’s Wall!
Tell your kids! It’s a fun romp through 200 years of Roman Britain’s history
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Tell your kids! It’s a fun romp through 200 years of Roman Britain’s history
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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but also Cora Beth is definitively the best tutor.
When I say that I have the best students, I really mean it...! So proud of all the OU MA Classics students getting their results this week. 🎉
@openuniversity.bsky.social
@openuniversity.bsky.social
I want to do a boast.
I finished my MA in Classics and I just found out this week that I got a distinction. I am very very proud of myself.
My dissertation was on women in Ancient Rome who wore the toga. Ask me anything. Really anything (about my subject, or I'll try more broadly in Classics).
I finished my MA in Classics and I just found out this week that I got a distinction. I am very very proud of myself.
My dissertation was on women in Ancient Rome who wore the toga. Ask me anything. Really anything (about my subject, or I'll try more broadly in Classics).
December 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
but also Cora Beth is definitively the best tutor.
When I say that I have the best students, I really mean it...! So proud of all the OU MA Classics students getting their results this week. 🎉
@openuniversity.bsky.social
@openuniversity.bsky.social
I want to do a boast.
I finished my MA in Classics and I just found out this week that I got a distinction. I am very very proud of myself.
My dissertation was on women in Ancient Rome who wore the toga. Ask me anything. Really anything (about my subject, or I'll try more broadly in Classics).
I finished my MA in Classics and I just found out this week that I got a distinction. I am very very proud of myself.
My dissertation was on women in Ancient Rome who wore the toga. Ask me anything. Really anything (about my subject, or I'll try more broadly in Classics).
December 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
When I say that I have the best students, I really mean it...! So proud of all the OU MA Classics students getting their results this week. 🎉
@openuniversity.bsky.social
@openuniversity.bsky.social
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👨🏫 Remembering P.J. Rhodes
👉 Read Prof. Rhodes' Biographical Memoir, prepared by Prof. John Davies and Prof. Lynette Mitchell
🔗 www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/59...
👉 Peter John Rhodes worked in our department from 1965 and was Professor of Ancient History between 1983 and 2005.
👉 Read Prof. Rhodes' Biographical Memoir, prepared by Prof. John Davies and Prof. Lynette Mitchell
🔗 www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/59...
👉 Peter John Rhodes worked in our department from 1965 and was Professor of Ancient History between 1983 and 2005.
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
👨🏫 Remembering P.J. Rhodes
👉 Read Prof. Rhodes' Biographical Memoir, prepared by Prof. John Davies and Prof. Lynette Mitchell
🔗 www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/59...
👉 Peter John Rhodes worked in our department from 1965 and was Professor of Ancient History between 1983 and 2005.
👉 Read Prof. Rhodes' Biographical Memoir, prepared by Prof. John Davies and Prof. Lynette Mitchell
🔗 www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/59...
👉 Peter John Rhodes worked in our department from 1965 and was Professor of Ancient History between 1983 and 2005.
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It’s Disability History Month 2025
Disability history is an understudied but growing part of classics scholarship. We’ve put together a brief collection of resources for people interested in studying disability in the ancient world. Check out the thread below!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
Disability history is an understudied but growing part of classics scholarship. We’ve put together a brief collection of resources for people interested in studying disability in the ancient world. Check out the thread below!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
December 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It’s Disability History Month 2025
Disability history is an understudied but growing part of classics scholarship. We’ve put together a brief collection of resources for people interested in studying disability in the ancient world. Check out the thread below!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
Disability history is an understudied but growing part of classics scholarship. We’ve put together a brief collection of resources for people interested in studying disability in the ancient world. Check out the thread below!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
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There isn't much of 2025 left, but Susanna Elm's new book promises to be the book of the year!!
The Importance of Being Gorgeous: Gender and Christian Imperial Rule in Late Antiquity
That cover is gorgeous, and it's open-access so you can just download it!
The Importance of Being Gorgeous: Gender and Christian Imperial Rule in Late Antiquity
That cover is gorgeous, and it's open-access so you can just download it!
December 1, 2025 at 7:53 AM
There isn't much of 2025 left, but Susanna Elm's new book promises to be the book of the year!!
The Importance of Being Gorgeous: Gender and Christian Imperial Rule in Late Antiquity
That cover is gorgeous, and it's open-access so you can just download it!
The Importance of Being Gorgeous: Gender and Christian Imperial Rule in Late Antiquity
That cover is gorgeous, and it's open-access so you can just download it!
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As I always do with boycotts, I urge: be tough with corporations, gentle with individual buyers. For some people, Black Friday sales are the way they get their kids jackets that fit, shoes that hold up to the weather. Yelling at them doesn’t help the cause.
November 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
As I always do with boycotts, I urge: be tough with corporations, gentle with individual buyers. For some people, Black Friday sales are the way they get their kids jackets that fit, shoes that hold up to the weather. Yelling at them doesn’t help the cause.