James T. Chlup
@jtchlup.bsky.social
I like: Roman history, Gàidhlig, tartans, cats, haggis, stout, but not necessarily in that order. Aberdeen / Obar Dheathain 🏴🇬🇧
On holiday this week in Norway. Today I am in Bergen. Shortly after this pic I treated myself to a beer and pickled herring.
November 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
On holiday this week in Norway. Today I am in Bergen. Shortly after this pic I treated myself to a beer and pickled herring.
Sitting on a rock in the middle of the River Deveron, Huntly, Aberdeenshire
September 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Sitting on a rock in the middle of the River Deveron, Huntly, Aberdeenshire
Because drinking a beer at 11 in the morning with a beautiful view of the Austrian countryside is a thing.
September 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Because drinking a beer at 11 in the morning with a beautiful view of the Austrian countryside is a thing.
One has to start off the day in Wien in the right way.
September 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
One has to start off the day in Wien in the right way.
It is a pretty good day when you are writing about ancient military manuals and you can cite Aristophanes' Frogs.
August 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
It is a pretty good day when you are writing about ancient military manuals and you can cite Aristophanes' Frogs.
Aberdeen in summer: a still life.
July 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Aberdeen in summer: a still life.
A good afternoon for walk through Ferryhill and Duthie Park.
July 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
A good afternoon for walk through Ferryhill and Duthie Park.
My first day of Administrative Leave. Some light writing on a grey day with Wimbledon on the telly. Result.
July 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
My first day of Administrative Leave. Some light writing on a grey day with Wimbledon on the telly. Result.
Aberdeen beach on a lovely day.
June 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Aberdeen beach on a lovely day.
My administrative leave relocation to Aberdeen is now complete.
June 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
My administrative leave relocation to Aberdeen is now complete.
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They don’t believe in any gods and can’t read the Bible. How can they possibly do the morally correct thing?
June 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
They don’t believe in any gods and can’t read the Bible. How can they possibly do the morally correct thing?
And here we go. Winnipeg-Toronto-Chicago-London-Glasgow-Dundee-Aberdeen.
June 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
And here we go. Winnipeg-Toronto-Chicago-London-Glasgow-Dundee-Aberdeen.
Dreaming of granite. If you know, you know.
June 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Dreaming of granite. If you know, you know.
This afternoon there is another paper on animals in warfare, this time on camels!
May 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This afternoon there is another paper on animals in warfare, this time on camels!
And now a session on animals in warfare--with two papers on elephants!
May 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
And now a session on animals in warfare--with two papers on elephants!
This afternoon I am giving my paper: 'Polybius, his Histories, and the Military Manual'
May 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This afternoon I am giving my paper: 'Polybius, his Histories, and the Military Manual'
I am at the Warfare in the Ancient World conference at
@umnduluth.bsky.social. Appropriately, the first paper is on the Homeric Iliad.
@umnduluth.bsky.social. Appropriately, the first paper is on the Homeric Iliad.
May 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I am at the Warfare in the Ancient World conference at
@umnduluth.bsky.social. Appropriately, the first paper is on the Homeric Iliad.
@umnduluth.bsky.social. Appropriately, the first paper is on the Homeric Iliad.
Today is the first day of the @cacscec.bsky.social conference at @uwinnipeg.bsky.social. My first panel of the day is 'Writing Roman Lives'.
May 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Today is the first day of the @cacscec.bsky.social conference at @uwinnipeg.bsky.social. My first panel of the day is 'Writing Roman Lives'.
Today is the 36th Edmund G. Berry Lecture at the Department of Classics, @umanitoba.bsky.social: Professor Luke Roman (Memorial University): 'A Florescence of Places: Humanist Inflections of Antiquity in Renaissance Italy'
April 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Today is the 36th Edmund G. Berry Lecture at the Department of Classics, @umanitoba.bsky.social: Professor Luke Roman (Memorial University): 'A Florescence of Places: Humanist Inflections of Antiquity in Renaissance Italy'