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Roy Gibson

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From Belfast. Fluent in Glaswegian. Tertiary education in England. Married to Wexford woman. Irish Citizen. British Citizen. Professor in Classics, Durham University. All views my own.

Roy Gibson is a British Classicist and Professor at Durham University. Specialising in Latin Literature, he has worked extensively on the imperial period, with a focus on Ovid and Pliny the Younger. Gibson is also the joint-chair of the Classical Association and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Roman Studies. .. more

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Durham Classics and Ancient History @durhamclassics.bsky.social · 3d

✍️ Call For participants! '(dh)2: Training the Next Generation of Digital Classicists'

📅 Mon 18 May

📚 Essential training on how to design, pitch, and write a successful postdoc project in Digital Classics

🔗 Learn more here: digitalhumanities.webspace.durham.ac.uk/events/

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Durham Classics and Ancient History @durhamclassics.bsky.social · 7d

👏 ICYMI: Prof. Edith Hall and Prof. Arlene Holes-Henderson started the year in Manchester, training prison educators in the delivery of Aristotle’s ethics.

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Sólveig Hrönn Hilmarsdóttir @solveighilmars.bsky.social · 8d

Have you ever felt the urgent need to think more about the Latin future passive imperative? Probably not -- but this is in any case out now (and open-access)!

escholarship.org/uc/item/1tx5...

The picture is a screenshot of the abstract for a newly published book-chapter, titled "The 2nd/3rd Sg. Endings of the Future Passive Imperative in Latin".

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The Roman Society @theromansoc.bsky.social · 9d

31 January is also the deadline for applications to the Hugh Last and General funds. These support the undertaking, completion or publication of work that relates to any of the general scholarly purposes of the Roman Society.

www.romansociety.org/Grants-Prize...

(Please re-skeet!)

Hugh Last Fund & General Fund

www.romansociety.org

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Joop van Waarden @wardenj.bsky.social · 11d

Now available: Sidonius Apollinaris: Selected Letters
Order at www.cambridge.org/9781009087629
Early birds save 20% off at checkout, code JOOP2026

#sidoniusapollinaris #epistolography #LatinLiterature #LateAntiquity

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Durham Classics and Ancient History @durhamclassics.bsky.social · 11d

💥 Join us for this week's research seminar!

🏫 Martina Russo (La Sapienza) "Tiberius sagacissimus: A Reading of Tacitus’s Ann. 2.37-38"

📅 1pm, Weds 21 Jan

📍 CL108 / hybrid on Teams: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e2e27b...

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Durham Classics and Ancient History @durhamclassics.bsky.social · 17d

💥 Congratulations to Dr Ilaria Bucci who, along with Prof. Rubina Raja and Dr Olympia Bobou, has written artefact features for the past four issues of 'Current World Archaeology'

🔗 Learn more here: www.world-archaeology.com/issues/issue...

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Durham Classics and Ancient History @durhamclassics.bsky.social · 24d

✨ We are so excited that 2026 will see us lead our first departmental study trip to Greece!

🎓 Alumni, find out more and learn how you can help support this fantastic new initiative: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

🏛️ L2 students, keep an eye on your e-mails for an info session coming very soon!

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The Roman Society @theromansoc.bsky.social · 25d

Our new online course: 'The Idea of Decline: Make Rome Great Again?' starts Wednesday 14th January!

This course looks at the idea of decline in the ancient world as a concept whose resonances echo right down to the present day.

www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...

#AncientBluesky 🏺

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Durham Classics and Ancient History @durhamclassics.bsky.social · Dec 1

👥 We've only got a couple of weeks of term left, but it's never too late to #MeetOurStaff

💥 Log on to our website to see interviews with Dr Giulia Bonasio and others, as they talk about their research projects and teaching

🔗 www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

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Durham Classics and Ancient History @durhamclassics.bsky.social · Nov 20

💥 Congratulations to Dr Michael Loy, who alongside Katharine Hall has a new publication in 'Internet Archaeology'!

👉 This article proposes a methodology for restoring archaeological context to pottery sherds processed in the conservation lab.

🔗 Read here for free, open-access: tinyurl.com/6t8yhrjn

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Durham Classics and Ancient History @durhamclassics.bsky.social · Nov 7

🚨 PhD scholarship alert!

👉 Edna Jenkinson Studentship in Classics, in association with St Mary's College

💥 3.5 years funding & a research and travel allowance of £1,400

🔗 Full details: tinyurl.com/4eywc8f6

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The Roman Society @theromansoc.bsky.social · Oct 23

'Skeletons found in mass grave are ancient Roman soldiers, study finds'

Croatia: Skeletons in mass grave are ancient Roman soldiers, study finds

The archaeological discovery in Croatia contains seven male skeletons scientists believe are 1,700 years old.

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The Roman Society @theromansoc.bsky.social · Oct 16

'Amateur archaeologists make Roman finds'

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#ClassicsBluesky #Archaeology 🏺

Roman artefacts unearthed at Attingham Park

People were invited to take part in a two-week dig at Attingham Park in September.

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The Roman Society @theromansoc.bsky.social · Oct 15

'Secret Roman Emperor passage to Rome Colosseum opens for the first time in 2,000 years'

www.indy100.com/science-tech...

#ClassicsBluesky 🏺

Secret Roman Emperor passage to Rome Colosseum opens for first time in 2,000 years

Rome’s famous Colosseum is allowing visitors to walk through a hidden imperial passage, following in the footsteps where Roman emperors would have once walked to discreetly arrive at the ancient amphi...

www.indy100.com

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The Roman Society @theromansoc.bsky.social · Oct 8

'A Taste of Latin,' online talk hosted by the Hellenic and Roman societies will be given by Caroline K. Mackenzie. It will showcase the artistry of Latin, and its links with English.

Dates: Tues 4 Nov, 7-8pm or Sat 15 Nov, 11am-12 noon (UK time)

www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...

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Roy Gibson @gibsonroyk.bsky.social · Sep 12

You definitely should: Cardiff has a long and v interesting history

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Durham Classics and Ancient History @durhamclassics.bsky.social · Sep 8

🎉 Congratulations to Dr Giulia Bonasio, whose new book was published over the summer!

📚 'The Unity of the Virtues in the Eudemian Ethics' shows that understanding the philosophical proposal of the EE is fundamental for a full picture of Aristotle’s ethics.

🔗 academic.oup.com/book/60082

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The Roman Society @theromansoc.bsky.social · Sep 3

Shout out for our pop-up exhibition 'Women of Romano-British Archaeology' on display in the Hellenic and Roman Library at Senate House in London curated by Dr Tatiana Ivleva.

the-past.com/feature/expa...

#ClassicsBluesky 🏺

Expanding frontiers: Celebrating the Mothers of Romano-British studies | The Past

The early days of Romano-British research are often thought to have been dominated by male excavators, but many female archaeologists also made vital contri ...

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Maynooth Classics @muclassics.bsky.social · Sep 1

A new initiative from our colleagues in Thessaloniki - Aristotle to get Alexander to focus on his studies, finally.

www.iefimerida.gr/english/univ...

#ancient #classics

University of Thessaloniki to Launch 'Alexander the Great' Academic Chair - iefimerida.gr

A new academic chair dedicated to the study of Alexander the Great will be established at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, following the signing of a cooperation agreement Friday in the prese...

www.iefimerida.gr

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Durham Classics and Ancient History @durhamclassics.bsky.social · Sep 1

🎉 Happy new (academic) year, and welcome to three new colleagues!

💻 We are joined today by Dr Chiara Palladino and Dr Thea Sommerschield, both as Assistant Professors in Digital Humanities and the Ancient Greek World.

👩🏫 Dr Ilaria Bucci joined us back in May as Leverhulme Early Career Fellow.

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Nigel Holmes @nigelholmes.bsky.social · Aug 29

The latest installment of the Thesaurus linguae Latinae is finally in print. From "reus" to "robustus".

Cover of fascicle XI.2.12 of the Thesaurus linguae Latinae, reus-robustus.

Roy Gibson @gibsonroyk.bsky.social · Aug 25

Fantastic to see this

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David Scourfield @jhdscourfield.bsky.social · Aug 25

Today's new arrival, and it's hot stuff!

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Bobby Xinyue @bobbyxinyue.bsky.social · Aug 15

My latest contribution to the ever-growing field (or patch, more like) of Moretum Studies.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

WHO MAKES THE PESTO? LABOUR, SOCIAL STATUS AND AUTHORSHIP IN THE MORETVM | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core

WHO MAKES THE PESTO? LABOUR, SOCIAL STATUS AND AUTHORSHIP IN THE MORETVM

www.cambridge.org

Roy Gibson @gibsonroyk.bsky.social · Aug 15

1170 pages. Mostly in German. That I now have to read and review. Wish me luck

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Gürkan Ergin @ivanhoe76.bsky.social · Aug 13

In aula ingenti memoriae meae. Forme di autobiografia nella letteratura tardolatina go.shr.lc/3UsuPiI #freeaccess

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Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · Aug 13

My book is out! Medieval Responses to Ovid's Exile, with Cambridge UP @universitypress.cambridge.org.

I am so grateful to the friends, family, colleagues, librarians and archivists who helped along the way. Nervous and excited to see it in the world!

www.cambridge.org/core/books/m...

Medieval Responses to Ovid's Exile

Cambridge Core - Classical Literature - Medieval Responses to Ovid's Exile

www.cambridge.org

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Anna P. Judson @annapjudson.bsky.social · Jul 23

Exciting post today!

(Open-access version of Ester's and my chapter:
works.hcommons.org/records/sd1t...)

#AncientBluesky 🏺

Cover of book entitled "ko-ro-no-we-sa: proceedings of the 15th international colloquium on Mycenaean studies"

First page of chapter entitled "Signs of the times? Testing the chronological significance of Linear A and B palaeography", by Ester Salgarella and Anna P. Judson