CUCD Bulletin
@cucdbulletin.bsky.social
https://cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/bulletin/ The online bulletin journal for the Council of University Classics Departments. Edited by Cressida Ryan and Tom Nelson
Picking up after a social media break! So many cool things going on.
October 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Picking up after a social media break! So many cool things going on.
The CUCD Bulletin editors are delighted to announce that the Bulletin now has an ISSN! Former contributors are welcome to contact us to help update their personal publication profiles. New contributors and contributions are welcome as ever, do get in touch!
April 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The CUCD Bulletin editors are delighted to announce that the Bulletin now has an ISSN! Former contributors are welcome to contact us to help update their personal publication profiles. New contributors and contributions are welcome as ever, do get in touch!
We're always happy to receive unsolicited articles about Classics in various guises, so if you have an idea brewing, please do get in touch!
March 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
We're always happy to receive unsolicited articles about Classics in various guises, so if you have an idea brewing, please do get in touch!
Obituary out! David Harvey, edited and curated by John Wilkins. A very heartfelt read: cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2025/0...
cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk
March 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Obituary out! David Harvey, edited and curated by John Wilkins. A very heartfelt read: cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2025/0...
Reposted by CUCD Bulletin
You may or may not know but I run a blog highlighting indie bookshops and on it there is an opportunity to do an interview where as a bookshop you answer some questions and get added to the growing directory
#bookshop #IndieBookshop #interview
www.indiebookshops.com/questions-fo...
#bookshop #IndieBookshop #interview
www.indiebookshops.com/questions-fo...
November 9, 2024 at 6:19 AM
You may or may not know but I run a blog highlighting indie bookshops and on it there is an opportunity to do an interview where as a bookshop you answer some questions and get added to the growing directory
#bookshop #IndieBookshop #interview
www.indiebookshops.com/questions-fo...
#bookshop #IndieBookshop #interview
www.indiebookshops.com/questions-fo...
Reposted by CUCD Bulletin
Restrictions on visitor numbers to Pompeii and free shuttle bus to encourage more visitors to Stabia, Torre Annunziata and Boscoreale sites.
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
Another Italian tourist site brings in strict restrictions
The changes start next week
www.independent.co.uk
November 9, 2024 at 8:17 AM
Restrictions on visitor numbers to Pompeii and free shuttle bus to encourage more visitors to Stabia, Torre Annunziata and Boscoreale sites.
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...
New article: Steve Hunt has amazingly collated introductions to each of the Classics ITE courses available. A must read. cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2024/1...
cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk
October 24, 2024 at 3:21 PM
New article: Steve Hunt has amazingly collated introductions to each of the Classics ITE courses available. A must read. cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2024/1...
New article! "When teachers direct researchers: optimising public engagement activities by partnering with classroom practitioners": cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2024/1... by Arlene Holmes-Henderson
cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk
October 22, 2024 at 12:38 PM
New article! "When teachers direct researchers: optimising public engagement activities by partnering with classroom practitioners": cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2024/1... by Arlene Holmes-Henderson
Do get in touch @cressidaryan.bsky.social if you have responses, ideas, or any other comments and feedback.
September 5, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Do get in touch @cressidaryan.bsky.social if you have responses, ideas, or any other comments and feedback.
The Bulletin used to publish annual Classics statistic, and Covid brought a hiatus. After some reworking, we have a restart. Huge thanks to everyone who helped and we hope they’re useful. Feedback welcome. cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2024/0...
cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk
September 5, 2024 at 7:31 PM
The Bulletin used to publish annual Classics statistic, and Covid brought a hiatus. After some reworking, we have a restart. Huge thanks to everyone who helped and we hope they’re useful. Feedback welcome. cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2024/0...
Thank you to Roger Rees for writing about Jonathan Coulston: cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2024/0...
cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk
September 5, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Thank you to Roger Rees for writing about Jonathan Coulston: cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2024/0...
Also Diana Rodríguez Pérez on Sir John Boardman: cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2024/0...
cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk
September 5, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Also Diana Rodríguez Pérez on Sir John Boardman: cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2024/0...
Several obituaries as well. First, Richard Seaford, with thanks to Lynette Mitchell cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2024/0...
cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk
September 5, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Several obituaries as well. First, Richard Seaford, with thanks to Lynette Mitchell cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2024/0...
First of all, thank you to @nevillemorley.bsky.social for a thoughtful piece on AI in teaching. cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2024/0...
cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk
September 5, 2024 at 7:23 PM
First of all, thank you to @nevillemorley.bsky.social for a thoughtful piece on AI in teaching. cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2024/0...
We’ve been very busy recently talking to amazing people writing things for us. Here comes a great collection of pieces from the bulletin, with lots more to come this year! Thank you to all contributors.
September 5, 2024 at 7:23 PM
We’ve been very busy recently talking to amazing people writing things for us. Here comes a great collection of pieces from the bulletin, with lots more to come this year! Thank you to all contributors.
New article out courtesy of Matthew Fox, on the Venice Biennale. An important read for those interested in art and / or Classical reception generally. cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2024/0...
cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk
May 14, 2024 at 6:45 PM
New article out courtesy of Matthew Fox, on the Venice Biennale. An important read for those interested in art and / or Classical reception generally. cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2024/0...
Reposted by CUCD Bulletin
Here are some of our thoughts on the Class in Classics NWCC report that came out today.
And then some more thoughts.
And some more.
Strap in...
t.co/50JxYDl79H
And then some more thoughts.
And some more.
Strap in...
t.co/50JxYDl79H
A response to the NWCC Class in Classics report 2024
The results of the 2024 Class in Classics report by the Network for Working Class Classicists (no affiliation) come as a welcome confirmation – but small surprise – to those who have long believed tha...
t.co
February 26, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Here are some of our thoughts on the Class in Classics NWCC report that came out today.
And then some more thoughts.
And some more.
Strap in...
t.co/50JxYDl79H
And then some more thoughts.
And some more.
Strap in...
t.co/50JxYDl79H
Reposted by CUCD Bulletin
Finally updated my Blog with all the summer schools I've seen advertised so far. There are gaps where I need to proactively look them up... I'll fill those in soon. In the meantime, cressidaryan.wordpress.com/summer-schoo... @classicsacademy.bsky.social
Summer Schools in Greek and Latin
Back in July 2020 I put up a blogpost on Summer Schools 2020. This page rounds up the available summer schools on an ongoing basis. Inclusion here is not an endorsement. 10th January 2024: the next se...
cressidaryan.wordpress.com
February 25, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Finally updated my Blog with all the summer schools I've seen advertised so far. There are gaps where I need to proactively look them up... I'll fill those in soon. In the meantime, cressidaryan.wordpress.com/summer-schoo... @classicsacademy.bsky.social
Reposted by CUCD Bulletin
Please support this fantastic transcription service which employs disabled people and does fantastic work. It would be terrible to see them close.
‼️Help save AAT
We post this with heavy hearts. Our future beyond March hangs in the balance, and we're crowdfunding for our survival. Please help us keep AAT alive www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-...
We post this with heavy hearts. Our future beyond March hangs in the balance, and we're crowdfunding for our survival. Please help us keep AAT alive www.gofundme.com/f/help-save-...
February 19, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Please support this fantastic transcription service which employs disabled people and does fantastic work. It would be terrible to see them close.
First article of the year! A reflection by @cressidaryan.bsky.social on Sycamore Gap: cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2024/0... All feedback welcome. With special thanks to @annapjudson.bsky.social for the photographs.
cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk
February 20, 2024 at 2:39 PM
First article of the year! A reflection by @cressidaryan.bsky.social on Sycamore Gap: cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2024/0... All feedback welcome. With special thanks to @annapjudson.bsky.social for the photographs.
Wonderful Creativity blog from Liverpool's Archchaeology, Classics, & Egyptology department: www.liverpool.ac.uk/archaeology-...
She-wolves on screen - Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology - University of Liverpool
www.liverpool.ac.uk
January 17, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Wonderful Creativity blog from Liverpool's Archchaeology, Classics, & Egyptology department: www.liverpool.ac.uk/archaeology-...
Reposted by CUCD Bulletin
I did a blog post about precisely what horrors were waiting for me when I opened up the e-mail this morning:
E-mail: an assessment
Because I'm just a fun-loving sort of academic (ahem), I thought it would be interesting to do a quick post about what has greeted me when I've opened my work inbox this morning after three weeks of l...
lizgloyn.wordpress.com
January 8, 2024 at 9:58 AM
I did a blog post about precisely what horrors were waiting for me when I opened up the e-mail this morning:
Last year saw a range of pieces in addition to #ClassicsTober. Here's a roundup... 1.) Obituary for Joyce Reynolds cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2023/0...
January 9, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Last year saw a range of pieces in addition to #ClassicsTober. Here's a roundup... 1.) Obituary for Joyce Reynolds cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2023/0...
So yes, CUCD Bulletin is here, edited by @cressidaryan.bsky.social and Tom Nelson. We have a number of fascinating, interesting, useful, and potentially even provocative pieces in the pipeline, but are always open to new ideas. Please do get in touch!
January 9, 2024 at 8:09 PM
So yes, CUCD Bulletin is here, edited by @cressidaryan.bsky.social and Tom Nelson. We have a number of fascinating, interesting, useful, and potentially even provocative pieces in the pipeline, but are always open to new ideas. Please do get in touch!
1st post! We were challenged to include animals, but I'm fudging it slightly with a huge thank you to @corabeth.bsky.social & @greekmythcomix.bsky.social for their piece on #ClassicsTober and Creativity in Classics cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2023/1...
January 9, 2024 at 8:07 PM
1st post! We were challenged to include animals, but I'm fudging it slightly with a huge thank you to @corabeth.bsky.social & @greekmythcomix.bsky.social for their piece on #ClassicsTober and Creativity in Classics cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2023/1...