Luke Wilkinson
@lawilkinson.bsky.social
Ancient historian working on non-elite political culture in the Roman Republic. Honorary Research Fellow @ University of Manchester. Enjoyer of hikes, good food and PC gaming. Views are my own.
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There is no career ladder in UKHE. It's impossible to move from PhD > post-doc/teaching fellow > permanent job. Redundancies and course closures are essential concerns, but we aren't talking enough about the fact that a whole generation is being frozen out.
When current profs retire, who's left?
When current profs retire, who's left?
May 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
There is no career ladder in UKHE. It's impossible to move from PhD > post-doc/teaching fellow > permanent job. Redundancies and course closures are essential concerns, but we aren't talking enough about the fact that a whole generation is being frozen out.
When current profs retire, who's left?
When current profs retire, who's left?
A great opportunity for a (increasingly rare) funded PhD for budding Roman historians: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMJ960/t...
The Jane F. Gardner PhD Studentship in Roman History and/or Latin Language and Literature at University of Reading
Explore a The Jane F. Gardner PhD Studentship in Roman History and/or Latin Language and Literature on jobs.ac.uk. Discover more PhD opportunities and apply today!
www.jobs.ac.uk
March 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A great opportunity for a (increasingly rare) funded PhD for budding Roman historians: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMJ960/t...
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New Herculaneum scroll scan just dropped, with letters immediately visible: open.substack.com/pub/scrollpr...
November 29, 2024 at 1:11 AM
New Herculaneum scroll scan just dropped, with letters immediately visible: open.substack.com/pub/scrollpr...
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My 2024 Classics Christmas Gift Guide is now out, and full of many pretty things! Do check it out, share, and support small businesses!
#AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky 🏺
classicalstudies.support/2024/11/27/t...
#AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky 🏺
classicalstudies.support/2024/11/27/t...
The 2024 Classics Christmas Gift Guide
It’s that time of year again. The time of year when I barricade myself in a room with only a roaring (electric) fire, a vat of hot chocolate and a laptop, and pull together my annual Classics Chris…
classicalstudies.support
November 27, 2024 at 8:23 PM
My 2024 Classics Christmas Gift Guide is now out, and full of many pretty things! Do check it out, share, and support small businesses!
#AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky 🏺
classicalstudies.support/2024/11/27/t...
#AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky 🏺
classicalstudies.support/2024/11/27/t...
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New discovery: Archaeologists have made a sensational discovery northwest of Hedensted, Denmark: a massive and exceptionally well-preserved weapon hoard consisting of more than a hundred lances, spears, and swords, as well as a chainmail.
www.vejlemuseerne.dk/udstillinger...
🏺#archaeology
www.vejlemuseerne.dk/udstillinger...
🏺#archaeology
November 27, 2024 at 6:55 PM
New discovery: Archaeologists have made a sensational discovery northwest of Hedensted, Denmark: a massive and exceptionally well-preserved weapon hoard consisting of more than a hundred lances, spears, and swords, as well as a chainmail.
www.vejlemuseerne.dk/udstillinger...
🏺#archaeology
www.vejlemuseerne.dk/udstillinger...
🏺#archaeology
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The Severan Tondo, a tempera portrait of the Emperor Septimius Severus, his wife Julia Domna, and their two sons, Caracalla and Geta. Geta's face has been scrubbed out in an act of damnatio memoriae.
c. AD 200, Egypt, possibly the Fayum, Staatliche Museum zu Berlin (inv. 31.329).
c. AD 200, Egypt, possibly the Fayum, Staatliche Museum zu Berlin (inv. 31.329).
November 23, 2024 at 8:55 AM
The Severan Tondo, a tempera portrait of the Emperor Septimius Severus, his wife Julia Domna, and their two sons, Caracalla and Geta. Geta's face has been scrubbed out in an act of damnatio memoriae.
c. AD 200, Egypt, possibly the Fayum, Staatliche Museum zu Berlin (inv. 31.329).
c. AD 200, Egypt, possibly the Fayum, Staatliche Museum zu Berlin (inv. 31.329).
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A lovely bit of Roman glass to brighten the day: a dark blue glass 'trulla', decorated with a fine white spiral: ca. 1st Century AD. Discovered in a funerary tumulus at Berlingen. #Roman #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: Gallo-Roman Museum, Tongeren (69.B.26.6). Link - hdl.handle.net/21.15108/7607
Image: Gallo-Roman Museum, Tongeren (69.B.26.6). Link - hdl.handle.net/21.15108/7607
November 21, 2024 at 9:25 AM
A lovely bit of Roman glass to brighten the day: a dark blue glass 'trulla', decorated with a fine white spiral: ca. 1st Century AD. Discovered in a funerary tumulus at Berlingen. #Roman #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: Gallo-Roman Museum, Tongeren (69.B.26.6). Link - hdl.handle.net/21.15108/7607
Image: Gallo-Roman Museum, Tongeren (69.B.26.6). Link - hdl.handle.net/21.15108/7607
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Here we go! The British School at Rome has also joined the Bluesky community. Follow us to find out about our events, scholarships, exhibitions, opportunities and more!
November 21, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Here we go! The British School at Rome has also joined the Bluesky community. Follow us to find out about our events, scholarships, exhibitions, opportunities and more!
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Interested in #coins and #genealogy of the #RomanRepublic?
Manfredi Zanin just published his detailed study on "I tirumviri monetali degli anni 150-70 a.C." (OA):
boris-portal.unibe.ch/entities/pub...
Coin: gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Manfredi Zanin just published his detailed study on "I tirumviri monetali degli anni 150-70 a.C." (OA):
boris-portal.unibe.ch/entities/pub...
Coin: gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
#AncientBlueSky🏺
November 19, 2024 at 7:26 AM
Interested in #coins and #genealogy of the #RomanRepublic?
Manfredi Zanin just published his detailed study on "I tirumviri monetali degli anni 150-70 a.C." (OA):
boris-portal.unibe.ch/entities/pub...
Coin: gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
#AncientBlueSky🏺
Manfredi Zanin just published his detailed study on "I tirumviri monetali degli anni 150-70 a.C." (OA):
boris-portal.unibe.ch/entities/pub...
Coin: gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
#AncientBlueSky🏺
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New to Bluesky? Love museums? We have you covered!
We're constantly adding new museums, libraries, and arts orgs to our Arts & Culture Starter Pack.
Today, we welcomed the @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social, @artukdotorg.bsky.social, and many more :)
bsky.app/starter-pack...
We're constantly adding new museums, libraries, and arts orgs to our Arts & Culture Starter Pack.
Today, we welcomed the @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social, @artukdotorg.bsky.social, and many more :)
bsky.app/starter-pack...
November 18, 2024 at 5:11 PM
New to Bluesky? Love museums? We have you covered!
We're constantly adding new museums, libraries, and arts orgs to our Arts & Culture Starter Pack.
Today, we welcomed the @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social, @artukdotorg.bsky.social, and many more :)
bsky.app/starter-pack...
We're constantly adding new museums, libraries, and arts orgs to our Arts & Culture Starter Pack.
Today, we welcomed the @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social, @artukdotorg.bsky.social, and many more :)
bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Job alert for ECRs working in English, Music, Theology or Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic: stipendiary early-career research fellowship at Corpus Christi College (Cambridge). Deadline 8 Jan 2025. www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/about/opport...
Academic vacancies
Stipendiary Early-Career Research Fellowship 2025
www.corpus.cam.ac.uk
November 17, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Job alert for ECRs working in English, Music, Theology or Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic: stipendiary early-career research fellowship at Corpus Christi College (Cambridge). Deadline 8 Jan 2025. www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/about/opport...
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A beautiful #Roman blue glass bowl, recovered during excavations in the city of Nijmegen (Netherlands). Not only is it a very lovely piece of glass, but it was actually found completely intact - not even a crack! - which is remarkable for a piece of 2000 year old glassware! AncientBlueSky
November 18, 2024 at 6:37 PM
A beautiful #Roman blue glass bowl, recovered during excavations in the city of Nijmegen (Netherlands). Not only is it a very lovely piece of glass, but it was actually found completely intact - not even a crack! - which is remarkable for a piece of 2000 year old glassware! AncientBlueSky
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#OnThisDay - 17 November - in AD 9 Titus Flavius Vespasianus (my fave!) was born. As the 'last man standing' at the end of the Long Year that was AD 69, he inaugurated the Flavian Dynasty. #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: RIC 2.1 Vespasian 515; ANS 1956.184.26. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC 2.1 Vespasian 515; ANS 1956.184.26. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
November 17, 2024 at 12:40 PM
#OnThisDay - 17 November - in AD 9 Titus Flavius Vespasianus (my fave!) was born. As the 'last man standing' at the end of the Long Year that was AD 69, he inaugurated the Flavian Dynasty. #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: RIC 2.1 Vespasian 515; ANS 1956.184.26. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC 2.1 Vespasian 515; ANS 1956.184.26. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....