Excited to share that I am one of the ‘talking heads’ for the National Geographic series ‘Gladiators: Warriors of the Ancient World’. The series airs on National Geographic TV (US), but the first episode is on YouTube: youtu.be/9ssD7rNNv88?... #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

I am deeply honoured that the American Journal of Philology awarded my article 'Spectatissima femina: Female visibility and religion in urban spaces in Republican Rome' the AJP Best Article Prize for 2024.

Citation: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

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This thanks to @lewismarkwebb.bsky.social who demonstrated that drunk women just love fomenting conspiracies!

To this list of dramatic drinking terms should be added COMPOTRIX, a female drinking companion (Ter. Andr. 232). A key member of any good party (or conspiracy!). #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky

A real pleasure to host a panel with Dr Sara Borrello on ‘Coniuratio muliebris: Women, conspiracies, and memory in Ancient Rome’ at the 16th CCC in Coimbra. Details: drive.google.com/drive/folder... #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky

I am delighted to share that I have been appointed a Pro Futura Scientia XIX Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) and the University of Gothenburg, funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond: www.swedishcollegium.se/archives/new...

Discounts available on ECSI volumes for the festive season! 👇🌟

A very warm welcome to @ecsiathensrome.bsky.social, the Editorial Committee of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome: ecsi.se Please follow!🏺AncientBlueSky

✨Our new edited volume 'Female Agency in the Ancient Mediterranean World' has a cover! Coming in 2024, thanks to the amazing efforts of Clare Litt @livunipress.bsky.social, my lovely co-editors @chrissieplastow.bsky.social, Greg, and Karolina, and an array of exciting authors.🏺AncientBlueSky

A taste of Lady J, which opens tonight: www.canva.com/design/DAF0a...
Book tickets here: www.waterlooeast.co.uk/lady-j

Friends, if you are in London between 17-26 November, do consider going to 'Lady J' at Waterloo East Theatre, a brand new translation and adaptation of August Strindberg's classic 'Miss Julie' by Christina James (dir.) and me (trans.). For more details and tickets: www.waterlooeast.co.uk/lady-j

Delightful news: I have been appointed Departmental Lecturer in Roman History at Merton College, University of Oxford.

I look forward to engaging with lovely new colleagues and students.

My deepest thanks to my family, mentors, and friends, without whose support none of this would be possible.

As a member of this project, I can attest to the terrible tragedy that has hit communities in Thessaly, and the astounding generosity and braveness of the locals. Without them we would still be stranded or worse. We owe them our lives. My heart goes out to them as they deal with this devastation.

My review of Brenda Longfellow and Molly Swetnam-Burland's 'Women's Lives, Women's Voices: Roman Material Culture and Female Agency in the Bay of Naples' is out in the JRS: doi.org/10.1017/S007... An important and innovative volume. See further details at: utpress.utexas.edu/9781477323588/

Took the plunge. Lovely to see so many of you here.