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Thomas Ashby Abroad: A Photographic Record of the 1914 Journey - a new virtual exhibition on the BSR website - bsr.ac.uk
Discover the new virtual exhibition “Thomas Ashby and the other side of the world” on our digital platform: https://virtualexhibitions.bsr.ac.uk/omeka-s/s/thomas-ashby-and-the-other-side-of-the-world/...
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People often ask whether I am related to the great American archaeologist Edith Hall (Dohan). Sadly, no. She just looked so cool riding to her sites. I "dig" the hat-and-cravat look.
November 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
People often ask whether I am related to the great American archaeologist Edith Hall (Dohan). Sadly, no. She just looked so cool riding to her sites. I "dig" the hat-and-cravat look.
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PHOTO OF THE DAY. Lady Florence Norman, a suffragette, on her motor-scooter in London (1916). 📷 Paul Thompson
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
PHOTO OF THE DAY. Lady Florence Norman, a suffragette, on her motor-scooter in London (1916). 📷 Paul Thompson
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Higher education has been in crisis since students stopped wearing hats.
Once upon a time in a university near you, in-person teaching was a thing, as you can see in this image of 1612. Young people with hats came together, regularly and voluntarily, prepared for classes, and enjoying a lively learning situation of *checks notes*, a 90 minutes monolog of someone else ...
November 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Higher education has been in crisis since students stopped wearing hats.
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Family members of two World War I soldiers have been left stunned after a bottle containing their hand-written letters was found on a WA beach.
A WWI-era message in a bottle is a letter 'from the grave' for family
Family members of two World War I soldiers have been left stunned after a bottle containing their hand-written letters was found on a WA beach.
www.abc.net.au
October 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Family members of two World War I soldiers have been left stunned after a bottle containing their hand-written letters was found on a WA beach.
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How will the work of biographers change as letters, diaries and photographs are replaced by emails, texts and snapshots on the cloud?
When letters and diaries vanish, can biographers survive the digital age?
How will the work of biographers change as letters, diaries and photographs are replaced by emails, texts and snapshots on the cloud?
www.abc.net.au
October 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
How will the work of biographers change as letters, diaries and photographs are replaced by emails, texts and snapshots on the cloud?
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Did you know that classics students at @wwu.edu put out a weekly newsletter in Latin? You can read it online or subscribe to receive it in your inbox Friday 🤓
#MedievalSky #EarlyModern #skystorians #languages
#MedievalSky #EarlyModern #skystorians #languages
Nuntii Latini
Nuntii Latini Vasintonienses. The week's news in Latin, brought to you by the students of Western Washington University.
nuntiilatini.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Did you know that classics students at @wwu.edu put out a weekly newsletter in Latin? You can read it online or subscribe to receive it in your inbox Friday 🤓
#MedievalSky #EarlyModern #skystorians #languages
#MedievalSky #EarlyModern #skystorians #languages
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Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
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MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM
MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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IG newberlinlibrary
IG newberlinlibrary
October 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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IG newberlinlibrary
IG newberlinlibrary
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Latest Foreign Desk on Monocle Radio takes a look at Moldova's parliamentary election of last weekend and why it matters (and it does). With @paulaerizanu.bsky.social, @jgmaber.bsky.social and Quentin Peel. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Why is Moldova’s election result so significant to its neighbours? - Monocle
Last Sunday’s parliamentary election was one of existential stakes for Moldova and considerable concern for Europe. But will the newly...
monocle.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Latest Foreign Desk on Monocle Radio takes a look at Moldova's parliamentary election of last weekend and why it matters (and it does). With @paulaerizanu.bsky.social, @jgmaber.bsky.social and Quentin Peel. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
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Two dogs join the fight against one of the biggest threats to Australia's native plants, making dieback detection possible in minutes rather than weeks.
These adorable pups are helping fight one of WA's worst plant diseases
Two dogs join the fight against one of the biggest threats to Australia's native plants, making dieback detection possible in minutes rather than weeks.
www.abc.net.au
October 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Two dogs join the fight against one of the biggest threats to Australia's native plants, making dieback detection possible in minutes rather than weeks.
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Latest Foreign Desk Explainer for Monocle Radio winds back from the latest chapter in the India-Pakistan cricket rivalry. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Explainer 487: India, Pakistan and a dearth of cricket diplomacy - Monocle
Following India’s recent victory against Pakistan in the Asia Cup, handshakes were absent and India refused to accept the trophy....
monocle.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Latest Foreign Desk Explainer for Monocle Radio winds back from the latest chapter in the India-Pakistan cricket rivalry. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
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We are pleased to share with you the new events programme for October–December 2025!
This autumn term features a rich line-up of lectures, workshops, exhibitions—and even concerts—open and free to all.
Check out the full programme here: bsr.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
This autumn term features a rich line-up of lectures, workshops, exhibitions—and even concerts—open and free to all.
Check out the full programme here: bsr.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
bsr.ac.uk
September 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
We are pleased to share with you the new events programme for October–December 2025!
This autumn term features a rich line-up of lectures, workshops, exhibitions—and even concerts—open and free to all.
Check out the full programme here: bsr.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
This autumn term features a rich line-up of lectures, workshops, exhibitions—and even concerts—open and free to all.
Check out the full programme here: bsr.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
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The Glow of Evening
Sinta Tantra, tempera and 24ct gold leaf on linen, 2022
sintatantra.com/artworks/
#art #painting
Sinta Tantra, tempera and 24ct gold leaf on linen, 2022
sintatantra.com/artworks/
#art #painting
September 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The Glow of Evening
Sinta Tantra, tempera and 24ct gold leaf on linen, 2022
sintatantra.com/artworks/
#art #painting
Sinta Tantra, tempera and 24ct gold leaf on linen, 2022
sintatantra.com/artworks/
#art #painting
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'Counting the Stakes: A Reassessment of Vlad III Dracula': new in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/46iJfIU
In this new article, Dénes Harai reconsiders the victims of 'Vlad the Impaler' (c.1431-76), the historical inspiration for Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula #Skystorians 1/2
In this new article, Dénes Harai reconsiders the victims of 'Vlad the Impaler' (c.1431-76), the historical inspiration for Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula #Skystorians 1/2
September 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
'Counting the Stakes: A Reassessment of Vlad III Dracula': new in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/46iJfIU
In this new article, Dénes Harai reconsiders the victims of 'Vlad the Impaler' (c.1431-76), the historical inspiration for Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula #Skystorians 1/2
In this new article, Dénes Harai reconsiders the victims of 'Vlad the Impaler' (c.1431-76), the historical inspiration for Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula #Skystorians 1/2
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For the first time, traffic on Kyiv’s Khreshchatyk was completely halted during the nationwide moment of silence in honor of fallen Ukrainian soldiers. This practice will now take place daily.
September 23, 2025 at 6:58 AM
For the first time, traffic on Kyiv’s Khreshchatyk was completely halted during the nationwide moment of silence in honor of fallen Ukrainian soldiers. This practice will now take place daily.
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#OnThisDay - 21 September 19 BC is the date usually given for the death of Virgil. So here's the 3rd Century AD mosaic from Hadrumetum - Virgil flanked by the Muses Clio and Melpomene. The scroll on his lap has the text of Aeneid 1.8. #Virgil #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: Bardo National Museum, Tunis
Image: Bardo National Museum, Tunis
September 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
#OnThisDay - 21 September 19 BC is the date usually given for the death of Virgil. So here's the 3rd Century AD mosaic from Hadrumetum - Virgil flanked by the Muses Clio and Melpomene. The scroll on his lap has the text of Aeneid 1.8. #Virgil #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: Bardo National Museum, Tunis
Image: Bardo National Museum, Tunis
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That is why we have decided to tell its story before it is too late. We want to remind our @empirepoduk.bsky.social listeners of the complex & violent history of the peoples who have passed through & lived in Gaza and whose genes have contributed to the diversity of the modern Palestinian people
September 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
That is why we have decided to tell its story before it is too late. We want to remind our @empirepoduk.bsky.social listeners of the complex & violent history of the peoples who have passed through & lived in Gaza and whose genes have contributed to the diversity of the modern Palestinian people
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This is a part of the world that dominates our front pages & yet about which we learn remarkably little at school: the history of Gaza rarely makes it onto the curriculum, we are not taught its story in movies or documentaries. Yet it is something we badly need to know to understand current events
September 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This is a part of the world that dominates our front pages & yet about which we learn remarkably little at school: the history of Gaza rarely makes it onto the curriculum, we are not taught its story in movies or documentaries. Yet it is something we badly need to know to understand current events
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Bleak times at Macquarie Uni, as management moves to implement large scale job cuts in arts and science (because who needs that expertise, right?). Amanda’s threat outlines the lies that underpin these changes. We need urgent governance reform now: but is the government listening?
1/At Macquarie Uni we are losing 50% of our units in my faculty. This is on top of cuts in 2020. We estimate by next year my faculty will be teaching 80% fewer subjects than pre Covid. Disciplines being cut do not have declining enrolments. @jennaprice.bsky.social @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Bleak times at Macquarie Uni, as management moves to implement large scale job cuts in arts and science (because who needs that expertise, right?). Amanda’s threat outlines the lies that underpin these changes. We need urgent governance reform now: but is the government listening?
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Who says romance is dead
September 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Who says romance is dead
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Gaza, Nepal and the Epstein files
September 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Gaza, Nepal and the Epstein files
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On the foreshore of Papua New Guinea's capital city, Ela Beach is where locals come to exercise, mingle and unwind at the end of a long day. But it wasn't always this way.
Before PNG gained independence, it was a colony of Australia
On the foreshore of Papua New Guinea's capital city, Ela Beach is where locals come to exercise, mingle and unwind at the end of a long day. But it wasn't always this way.
www.abc.net.au
September 16, 2025 at 5:08 AM
On the foreshore of Papua New Guinea's capital city, Ela Beach is where locals come to exercise, mingle and unwind at the end of a long day. But it wasn't always this way.
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Applications are now open for BSR Humanities Awards 2026–27! Fellowships and awards for scholars at all career stages. Deadline: 14 Nov 2025.
Apply: bsrome.slideroom.com
More info: bsr.ac.uk/awards-resid...
Apply: bsrome.slideroom.com
More info: bsr.ac.uk/awards-resid...
September 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Applications are now open for BSR Humanities Awards 2026–27! Fellowships and awards for scholars at all career stages. Deadline: 14 Nov 2025.
Apply: bsrome.slideroom.com
More info: bsr.ac.uk/awards-resid...
Apply: bsrome.slideroom.com
More info: bsr.ac.uk/awards-resid...
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Wrapping up an incredible journey! Here's the group on the final day of summer school, enjoying a well-earned refreshment in the charming Borgo at Ostia after exploring the ancient ruins of Ostia Antica.
#summerschool #bsr #britishschoolatrome #archaeology
#summerschool #bsr #britishschoolatrome #archaeology
September 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Wrapping up an incredible journey! Here's the group on the final day of summer school, enjoying a well-earned refreshment in the charming Borgo at Ostia after exploring the ancient ruins of Ostia Antica.
#summerschool #bsr #britishschoolatrome #archaeology
#summerschool #bsr #britishschoolatrome #archaeology