Diana Spencer
@dianajspencer.bsky.social
Dean of Liberal Arts & Natural Sciences, Birmingham (UK), Professor of Classics; When not at work, I'm home in Dublin (or Italy) 🇮🇪 🇪🇺
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Diana Spencer
@dianajspencer.bsky.social
· Dec 19
AIRF vol. 52. Locus horridus – Ansie romane verso il mondo naturale
A cura di Maddalena Bassani e Ria Berg
Roma 2024
irfrome.org
Very excited to say that my chapter on Suetonius, Piranesi, and the death of Nero, is available now online in this fabulous OA volume — I’m in great company! irfrome.org/it/publicati...
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Unfortunately sick kiddo means I am missing this today. But it looks great, and it's all free: Franco-Irish literary festival, Dublin Castle. www.alliance-francaise.ie/filf/#/
Franco-Irish Literary Festival | Alliance Française Dublin
www.alliance-francaise.ie
March 29, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Unfortunately sick kiddo means I am missing this today. But it looks great, and it's all free: Franco-Irish literary festival, Dublin Castle. www.alliance-francaise.ie/filf/#/
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Cowslips were believed to symbolise the keys of heaven, made clear in their German name ‘Himmelschlüssel’(keys to heaven). Cowslips also get a mention in The grete herball (1526) where the reader is being told that they grow at the foot or on the sides of hills in ‘watery places’.
March 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Cowslips were believed to symbolise the keys of heaven, made clear in their German name ‘Himmelschlüssel’(keys to heaven). Cowslips also get a mention in The grete herball (1526) where the reader is being told that they grow at the foot or on the sides of hills in ‘watery places’.
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🦋 Hello BlueSky! 🧠
We’re the UK’s network for early career historians, supporting those nearing the end of their doctorate or early in their post-doc. We Partner with @ihr.bsky.social + more, offering career development, networking, + events showcasing the latest in historical research. 🔍✨ #HL+
We’re the UK’s network for early career historians, supporting those nearing the end of their doctorate or early in their post-doc. We Partner with @ihr.bsky.social + more, offering career development, networking, + events showcasing the latest in historical research. 🔍✨ #HL+
January 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🦋 Hello BlueSky! 🧠
We’re the UK’s network for early career historians, supporting those nearing the end of their doctorate or early in their post-doc. We Partner with @ihr.bsky.social + more, offering career development, networking, + events showcasing the latest in historical research. 🔍✨ #HL+
We’re the UK’s network for early career historians, supporting those nearing the end of their doctorate or early in their post-doc. We Partner with @ihr.bsky.social + more, offering career development, networking, + events showcasing the latest in historical research. 🔍✨ #HL+
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📢 Breaking news! Our chapter "Lasting
Impressions: Archaeology and Community Engagement
in the Xeros River Valley (Cyprus)" is out! 🎉
doi.org/10.4324/9781...
Impressions: Archaeology and Community Engagement
in the Xeros River Valley (Cyprus)" is out! 🎉
doi.org/10.4324/9781...
March 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
📢 Breaking news! Our chapter "Lasting
Impressions: Archaeology and Community Engagement
in the Xeros River Valley (Cyprus)" is out! 🎉
doi.org/10.4324/9781...
Impressions: Archaeology and Community Engagement
in the Xeros River Valley (Cyprus)" is out! 🎉
doi.org/10.4324/9781...
I love handwriting & use a fountain pen. Yet it tends to be for letters, or meetings where I want to process information. I still have the pen “lump” on my middle finger. But I expect my students may not have that (de)formation. I wonder… www.today.it/blog/scrittu...
L'abitudine sempre più stanca di scrivere a mano e in corsivo
www.today.it
March 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I love handwriting & use a fountain pen. Yet it tends to be for letters, or meetings where I want to process information. I still have the pen “lump” on my middle finger. But I expect my students may not have that (de)formation. I wonder… www.today.it/blog/scrittu...
Walked back to the flat from work and there was such a glow to the canal and its creatures.
March 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Walked back to the flat from work and there was such a glow to the canal and its creatures.
Exhausted and sneezy after our offer-holder day. I was dosed up on paracetamol and decongestant and really enjoyed the conversations with future interdisciplinarians. But I’m feeling the crash now…
March 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Exhausted and sneezy after our offer-holder day. I was dosed up on paracetamol and decongestant and really enjoyed the conversations with future interdisciplinarians. But I’m feeling the crash now…
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Happy International Women’s Day / Lá Idirnáisiúnta na mBan💜
Check out this poster recently shared with us of Poetry Ireland’s “Mna na hEorpa / Women of Europe” #InternationalWomensDay celebration in 1993!
Today and everyday we celebrate Irish and International women in poetry 💪
Check out this poster recently shared with us of Poetry Ireland’s “Mna na hEorpa / Women of Europe” #InternationalWomensDay celebration in 1993!
Today and everyday we celebrate Irish and International women in poetry 💪
March 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Happy International Women’s Day / Lá Idirnáisiúnta na mBan💜
Check out this poster recently shared with us of Poetry Ireland’s “Mna na hEorpa / Women of Europe” #InternationalWomensDay celebration in 1993!
Today and everyday we celebrate Irish and International women in poetry 💪
Check out this poster recently shared with us of Poetry Ireland’s “Mna na hEorpa / Women of Europe” #InternationalWomensDay celebration in 1993!
Today and everyday we celebrate Irish and International women in poetry 💪
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What a joy to collab with the very brilliant Siobhán Doyle today at Cork Public Museum as we spoke about Harry Clarke’s Stained Glass @nmireland.bsky.social in partnership with @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social. This was week 3 in the Friends of Crawford Art Gallery’s spring lecture series.
March 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
What a joy to collab with the very brilliant Siobhán Doyle today at Cork Public Museum as we spoke about Harry Clarke’s Stained Glass @nmireland.bsky.social in partnership with @crawfordartgallery.bsky.social. This was week 3 in the Friends of Crawford Art Gallery’s spring lecture series.
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This is awesome. Just like us, older birds sing hits from when they were young
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
March 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is awesome. Just like us, older birds sing hits from when they were young
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Me asking my 11-year old son if he finds something funny about the title of the movie Mickey 17
a man in a helmet is touching the nose of another man in a helmet .
ALT: a man in a helmet is touching the nose of another man in a helmet .
media.tenor.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Me asking my 11-year old son if he finds something funny about the title of the movie Mickey 17
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Driftwood organs, anatomical
study by Tony Fredriksson
study by Tony Fredriksson
March 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Driftwood organs, anatomical
study by Tony Fredriksson
study by Tony Fredriksson
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#31beerherstories and we are honouring Nell McCafferty, legendary activist, writer, and campaigner for a woman's right to drink pints, just like their male counterparts.
In the late 1970s, McCafferty and thirty comrades entered the premises of Neary’s and each ordered a brandy... 🧵
#skystorians
In the late 1970s, McCafferty and thirty comrades entered the premises of Neary’s and each ordered a brandy... 🧵
#skystorians
March 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
#31beerherstories and we are honouring Nell McCafferty, legendary activist, writer, and campaigner for a woman's right to drink pints, just like their male counterparts.
In the late 1970s, McCafferty and thirty comrades entered the premises of Neary’s and each ordered a brandy... 🧵
#skystorians
In the late 1970s, McCafferty and thirty comrades entered the premises of Neary’s and each ordered a brandy... 🧵
#skystorians
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#ResearchTraining
The ICS are offering two free, online semi-intensive courses in #Phoenician from 15 April - 26 April.
Elementary level: ics.sas.ac.uk/events/eleme...
Intermediate level: ics.sas.ac.uk/events/inter...
Applications close on 22 March
The ICS are offering two free, online semi-intensive courses in #Phoenician from 15 April - 26 April.
Elementary level: ics.sas.ac.uk/events/eleme...
Intermediate level: ics.sas.ac.uk/events/inter...
Applications close on 22 March
Intermediate Phoenician and Punic – Inscriptions
ics.sas.ac.uk
March 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
#ResearchTraining
The ICS are offering two free, online semi-intensive courses in #Phoenician from 15 April - 26 April.
Elementary level: ics.sas.ac.uk/events/eleme...
Intermediate level: ics.sas.ac.uk/events/inter...
Applications close on 22 March
The ICS are offering two free, online semi-intensive courses in #Phoenician from 15 April - 26 April.
Elementary level: ics.sas.ac.uk/events/eleme...
Intermediate level: ics.sas.ac.uk/events/inter...
Applications close on 22 March
Caught up in a departures bottleneck at DUB right now. Adverse weather conditions leading to runway closure and multiple flights in holding pattern. We might get away 90mins late. Maybe.
March 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Caught up in a departures bottleneck at DUB right now. Adverse weather conditions leading to runway closure and multiple flights in holding pattern. We might get away 90mins late. Maybe.
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Every day there has been a pair of barn owls hunting in the field next to my evening dog walk.
A few minutes of quiet magic and wonder every day :)
A few minutes of quiet magic and wonder every day :)
March 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Every day there has been a pair of barn owls hunting in the field next to my evening dog walk.
A few minutes of quiet magic and wonder every day :)
A few minutes of quiet magic and wonder every day :)
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If you’re excavating a prehistoric stone circle in Ireland in the 1940s, and you don’t have a site hut - sure, just build one of turf from the dig?
Prof Seán P. Ó Ríordáin’s excavations at Grange, Co. Limerick, published in 1951. We are tidying UCD School of Archaeology’s archives today
Prof Seán P. Ó Ríordáin’s excavations at Grange, Co. Limerick, published in 1951. We are tidying UCD School of Archaeology’s archives today
March 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
If you’re excavating a prehistoric stone circle in Ireland in the 1940s, and you don’t have a site hut - sure, just build one of turf from the dig?
Prof Seán P. Ó Ríordáin’s excavations at Grange, Co. Limerick, published in 1951. We are tidying UCD School of Archaeology’s archives today
Prof Seán P. Ó Ríordáin’s excavations at Grange, Co. Limerick, published in 1951. We are tidying UCD School of Archaeology’s archives today
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Happy Heard Four Goldcrests Singing On My Walk Day to those who celebrate.
March 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Happy Heard Four Goldcrests Singing On My Walk Day to those who celebrate.
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Join us for a one-day symposium on the 12th June at the Marine Institute, Furnace, Co. Mayo where we will present new research focused on the biodiversity within @WildNephin & discuss the possibilities for the Nephin Forest + ecological restoration potential in the wider landscape 🌲
March 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Join us for a one-day symposium on the 12th June at the Marine Institute, Furnace, Co. Mayo where we will present new research focused on the biodiversity within @WildNephin & discuss the possibilities for the Nephin Forest + ecological restoration potential in the wider landscape 🌲
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Team! We are looking for a new *permanent* medievalist-Latinist to work with us at St Andrews!
#medievalsky
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMD844/a...
#medievalsky
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMD844/a...
Associate Lecturer (Education Focused) in Latin and in the History of the British Isles, c.1100-1500 – AO1974DD at University of St Andrews
An academic position as a Associate Lecturer (Education Focused) in Latin and in the History of the British Isles, c.1100-1500 – AO1974DD is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more deta...
www.jobs.ac.uk
March 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Team! We are looking for a new *permanent* medievalist-Latinist to work with us at St Andrews!
#medievalsky
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMD844/a...
#medievalsky
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMD844/a...
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Some vicarious cinephile tourism for you all to soak up via Michael:
Today’s trip is to the primary location of the first half of the 1922 Nosferatu. We’ve successfully negotiated a train changeover and are now on a slow stopping train wending its way through some impressively vertiginous Tatra mountain scenery.
www.oravskemuzeum.sk
March 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Some vicarious cinephile tourism for you all to soak up via Michael:
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We could have eliminated child poverty over the past 100 years but instead we eliminated the one amazingly beneficial thing that all children, rich or poor, had daily access to: outdoor play and freedom.
You only have to look at old pictures to see how much public space we've surrendered to cars and what this has done to the lives and freedom of children
February 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
We could have eliminated child poverty over the past 100 years but instead we eliminated the one amazingly beneficial thing that all children, rich or poor, had daily access to: outdoor play and freedom.
Big queue in Post Office. Our 3 local branches were “rationalised” into 1 and it’s too far for mum. So unless I can make time (and that’s not uncomplicated) to get pension for her she’s stuck 😖 I’d say losing that weekly activity/chat has also worsened her quality of life a lot.
Greatest Economic System Greatest Economic System Ever Created GIF
Alt: Greatest Economic System Greatest Economic System Ever Created GIF
media.tenor.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Big queue in Post Office. Our 3 local branches were “rationalised” into 1 and it’s too far for mum. So unless I can make time (and that’s not uncomplicated) to get pension for her she’s stuck 😖 I’d say losing that weekly activity/chat has also worsened her quality of life a lot.
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Man, a Reed, Burton, Harris and O'Toole version of Conclave would have ruled.
March 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Man, a Reed, Burton, Harris and O'Toole version of Conclave would have ruled.