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Dr. Ellen Lee
@ellenleephd.bsky.social
Feminist, queer, & cognitive approaches to ancient lit + equity pedagogy in language classrooms. UMich PhD, UTexas BA. USW Steelworker. (she/ista) FirstGen
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And here it is! Lee's Latin: An Open-Access Supplement to Wheelock's Latin Textbook, a free online resource, can be accessed here, starting today:
sites.google.com/view/leeslat...
🚨 PSA for classics folks: a new volume, Ancient Rape Cultures: Sexual Violence in the Greek, Roman, Jewish, and Christian World (which features a contribution from my amazing colleague SB Breitenfeld), is now available open-access here! irfrome.org/publication/...
AIRF Vol. 53 Ancient rape cultures: sexual violence in the Greek, Roman, Jewish, and early Christian world
Edited by Elina Pyy Rome, 2025.
irfrome.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Included is a state-of-the-field piece about disability in antiquity (open access), which I co-wrote with @horusofnekhen.bsky.social and @tibg1312.bsky.social. See where we're at with this subfield!
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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It is my pleasure to share the CFP for a special issue of #ResDiffJournal guest-edited by Hasskei Majeed, Justine McConnell, Olakunbi Olasope, and Luke Roman, building on the Classics &/in Africa conference at UCL this summer. "Classics and Africa" resdifficiles.com/classics-and...
Classics and Africa CFP
As members of a global collaborative project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Classics at the Crossroads: Partnership, Mobility, and Exchange Between Ghana, …
resdifficiles.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Attention, classics and translation people! Scott McGill and I are organizing a panel for SCS 2027 called "The Indirect Method: Translations as Sources." Please read, share, and/or submit!

www.classicalstudies.org/annual-meeti...
The Indirect Method: Translations as Sources (Committee on Translations) | Society for Classical Studies
Call for Abstracts: The Indirect Method: Translations as SourcesTranslation Panel, annual SCS meeting in Philadelphia, 2027Proposed by: SCS Committee on Translations of Classical AuthorsOrganizers: Sc...
www.classicalstudies.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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🚨🚨🚨 Major announcement!!!
I am extremely pleased to announce that HAA is searching for a senior, endowed position in premodern art or architecture. The subfield is wide open. Please spread the word and encourage curious scholars to write to me with questions! 🚨🚨🚨

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William S. Dietrich II Professor of Premodern Arts and/or Architecture
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
cfopitt.taleo.net
October 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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CFP sure to be of interest to many: Slavery and Humanity Revisited: The Impact of Slave Systems on Personal Experience (for the Symposium Vesuvianum at the Villa Vergiliana) www.vergiliansociety.org/symposium-ve...
Symposium Vesuvianum 2026 - The Vergilian Society
Slavery and Humanity Revisited: The Impact of Slave Systems on Personal Experience Villa Vergiliana, Cumae (October 7 – 11, 2026) Organizers: John Bodel, Brown University; William Owens, Ohio Universi...
www.vergiliansociety.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Congratulations to Vice President Roxanne Brown who has been elected as our next international president!

“I am beyond humbled & honored to serve as the USW’s next president," said Brown.

Read more at:
usw.ca/new-usw-leaders-prepare-to-take-office/
October 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Heads up, UIUC Classics is accepting applications for MAT and MA/PhD programs for fall 2026. All resident grads are supported by full tuition waivers and a combo of fellowships TAships, and RAships. For any questions, Dan Leon (dleon@illinois.edu) is our fearless DGS and I'll link our website below.
October 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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October 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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🗣️ PLEASE SHARE 🗣️

I'm writing an intro & sourcebook on late ancient Gazan literature for Dar al-Kalima University Press. The press and I plan to produce an Arabic translation to make Gazan literature more accessible to Palestinians. Help me compensate the Gazan translator!

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October 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Today I published a new section of my website with resources for those who wish to learn, study, and/or teach ancient languages using braille. It rests on work we did over the past year to expand screen reader access to these languages through the LibLouis library. Check it out and share around!
New: Braille Resources for Reading Ancient Languages
[Photo by me. Tactile graphic by Crystal Peng.]   I recently created a new section of my website, which provides educational resources for anyone who wants to read ancient Middle Eastern and North …
www.blindscholar.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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HELU's International Campus Worker Protections (ICWP) Campaign is organizing to pressure our institutions to stand up for international workers. Read more about this campaign in a recent piece by organizer Bobby Huggins higheredlaborunited.org/2025/09/22/t...
October 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Coming up, I'm giving some talks, including a free online talk about my newest project, which is focused on Greek sculpture and the place of disability within it, on Sunday, October 19 at 10am Central:
AIA Event Listings - Virtual Symposium: Disability in the Ancient Greek World - AIA-Nashville Society, Nashville Parthenon, Metro Nashville Parks & Recreation, Centennial Park Conservancy
Archaeological event listing for AIA-Nashville Society, Nashville Parthenon, Metro Nashville Parks & Recreation, Centennial Park Conservancy
www.archaeological.org
September 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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My review of @sarahebond.bsky.social's latest book, Strike, just came out in the Classical Journal! It was a pleasure to read and review and I really hope everyone will check it out!
September 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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New post on Humanist! Do I think fondly on (or even remember) oral exams in grad school? No. But do I want to experiment with them now, especially after reading more literature about how to use them to engage students in deep learning? Yes.

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#classicsBlueSky
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Going old school with oral exams
Oral exams have been proposed as a solution to AI-assisted plagiarism. Adding that interpersonal dimension of oral communication can result in more durable learning and a greater feeling of satisfacti...
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September 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Was (or is) your campus experience one of conforming to norms, or challenging them? @publicsource.org wants your take on academic freedom for potential inclusion in our new series "Gagging Academia" www.publicsource.org/academic-fre...
What has Academic Freedom meant to you?
Share your input on academic freedom in higher ed — the freedom to research, publish and discuss relevant issues without censorship.
www.publicsource.org
September 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A heads up that many many academic books are on this list! Find out if yours is here: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
September 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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I maintain this list and celebrate each new addition and funding improvement to allow all to access our discipline. It feels equally important to mark the rollback of past successes. Programs at UVa, Columbia, Cornell, and Rutgers, now no longer exist. RT pls. 1/ livyarrow.org/funded-mas-a...
Funded MAs and More
Additions and Corrections Welcome esp. for Fall 2025 applications! How to use this list. The organizational principles is application closing date. I have grouped by month–the later in the cycle th…
livyarrow.org
September 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
YESSS
September 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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yesterday @eosafricana.bsky.social sent out their notice for Eos WRITES, which is a really great opportunity to work on writing, give feedback, and build community. here’s their link to sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
August 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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People of the Boston area! If you're around Tufts on September 24, I'd love to see you come out to this talk, which will be open to the public.
August 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Each year, we publish lists of books, journal articles, and chapters published by historians working off the tenure track. It's never too early to start collecting, so if you or someone you know has something with a 2025 publication date to submit, have at it!
Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
contingentmagazine.org
August 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Forget your triremes, the strongest ship is mentorSHIP! Applications are now open for the 2025–26 AAACC + Mountaintop Coalition Mentorship Program! Sign up to be a mentor and/or a mentee by September 8! (You can be both!) Head to our website for details.
August 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
WHAT!?! I honestly cannot wait to read this!!!
Happy publication day to Scott McGill and Susannah Wright, whose translation of THE AENEID (w/ introduction by THE ODYSSEY and THE ILIAD's @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social) is now available wherever epic works are sold! wwnorton.com/books/978132...
August 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Teaching beginning Latin or ancient Greek this year? Feeling daunted by the prospect of overburdened students, AI cheating, and hostile admin? Join us to swap strategies for a successful semester! TODAY!!!
The WCC invites you to the workshop, Why Are You Taking This Class? Student-Centered Strategies for First-Year Language Instruction, facilitated by @ellenleephd.bsky.social and @apistone.bsky.social

Register now! www.wccclassics.org/events/wcc-p...
August 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM