Evan Jewell
@quidamabo.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of History at Rutgers University - Camden. Roman history, epigraphy, archaeology inter alia. Views are my own. He/him.
I do not recommend writing long articles (25K+ words) if you can help it. Because then you must read over said article's copy-edits, and then proofs, multiple times. That said, I'm glad that some journals still publish long pieces!
December 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I do not recommend writing long articles (25K+ words) if you can help it. Because then you must read over said article's copy-edits, and then proofs, multiple times. That said, I'm glad that some journals still publish long pieces!
The search for the next director of the Classical Summer School at the AAR, to start in 2027-28, is now open.
Be my successor!
www.aarome.org/about/open-p...
Please share with anyone who might be interested in applying. You’d get to shadow me for a week in 2026. Happy to answer any questions!
Be my successor!
www.aarome.org/about/open-p...
Please share with anyone who might be interested in applying. You’d get to shadow me for a week in 2026. Happy to answer any questions!
Open Positions
The American Academy in Rome is seeking candidates for Chief Operating Officer and Director of the American Academy in Rome Classical Summer School.
www.aarome.org
December 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The search for the next director of the Classical Summer School at the AAR, to start in 2027-28, is now open.
Be my successor!
www.aarome.org/about/open-p...
Please share with anyone who might be interested in applying. You’d get to shadow me for a week in 2026. Happy to answer any questions!
Be my successor!
www.aarome.org/about/open-p...
Please share with anyone who might be interested in applying. You’d get to shadow me for a week in 2026. Happy to answer any questions!
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Did this program about a decade ago, in grad school, and it was one of the best learning experiences I’ve had. If you, try to go.
A reminder: we are very interested in having *school teachers* apply for the Classical Summer School, in addition to graduate students. Please pass this along to any teachers you may know!
Please spread the word: the 2026 application cycle for the Classical Summer School of the American Academy in Rome is now live! (Yours truly as Director for my final year). www.aarome.org/apply/2026-c...
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Did this program about a decade ago, in grad school, and it was one of the best learning experiences I’ve had. If you, try to go.
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I went as a grad student, and not only did I leave with a vastly new appreciation for Etruscan water management systems (and hate for Mussolini), it was a great way to interact with other classicists at all levels and directions in their careers. Highly recommended if you can swing it.
A reminder: we are very interested in having *school teachers* apply for the Classical Summer School, in addition to graduate students. Please pass this along to any teachers you may know!
Please spread the word: the 2026 application cycle for the Classical Summer School of the American Academy in Rome is now live! (Yours truly as Director for my final year). www.aarome.org/apply/2026-c...
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I went as a grad student, and not only did I leave with a vastly new appreciation for Etruscan water management systems (and hate for Mussolini), it was a great way to interact with other classicists at all levels and directions in their careers. Highly recommended if you can swing it.
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I did this back in 2000 and it was one of the best experiences of my career
A reminder: we are very interested in having *school teachers* apply for the Classical Summer School, in addition to graduate students. Please pass this along to any teachers you may know!
Please spread the word: the 2026 application cycle for the Classical Summer School of the American Academy in Rome is now live! (Yours truly as Director for my final year). www.aarome.org/apply/2026-c...
November 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I did this back in 2000 and it was one of the best experiences of my career
A reminder: we are very interested in having *school teachers* apply for the Classical Summer School, in addition to graduate students. Please pass this along to any teachers you may know!
Please spread the word: the 2026 application cycle for the Classical Summer School of the American Academy in Rome is now live! (Yours truly as Director for my final year). www.aarome.org/apply/2026-c...
Classical Summer School
This five-week program is designed to provide participants with a well-founded understanding of the growth and development of the city of Rome through a careful study of material remains and literary ...
www.aarome.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A reminder: we are very interested in having *school teachers* apply for the Classical Summer School, in addition to graduate students. Please pass this along to any teachers you may know!
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Thinking about the recent research on towers in rich houses in Pompeii in relation to Evan Jewell's (@quidamabo.bsky.social) excellent article on wayfinding, and his point that the rich had sweeping views of the city while the poor did not
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/10/d...
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/10/d...
Discovery Suggests That the House of the Thiasos and Other Domus in Pompeii May Have Had Observation Towers
The mental image of the city of Pompeii, crystallized by the mold of ash and lapilli that preserved its ground level for centuries, may be about to acquire a new vertical dimension. A digital archaeol...
www.labrujulaverde.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Thinking about the recent research on towers in rich houses in Pompeii in relation to Evan Jewell's (@quidamabo.bsky.social) excellent article on wayfinding, and his point that the rich had sweeping views of the city while the poor did not
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/10/d...
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/10/d...
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so what conclusions should we come to when BMCR publishes a review of a scholar removed from his post for sexual harassment, followed by this review just days later?
November 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
so what conclusions should we come to when BMCR publishes a review of a scholar removed from his post for sexual harassment, followed by this review just days later?
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if you are looking to send your book review to an outlet with editorial ethics (and also open access), I’d suggest NECJ crossworks.holycross.edu/necj/
New England Classical Journal | College of the Holy Cross
A publication of the Classical Association of New England, New England Classical Journal is a biannual, peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles, notes, and reviews on all aspects of classical an...
crossworks.holycross.edu
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
if you are looking to send your book review to an outlet with editorial ethics (and also open access), I’d suggest NECJ crossworks.holycross.edu/necj/
Please spread the word: the 2026 application cycle for the Classical Summer School of the American Academy in Rome is now live! (Yours truly as Director for my final year). www.aarome.org/apply/2026-c...
Classical Summer School
This five-week program is designed to provide participants with a well-founded understanding of the growth and development of the city of Rome through a careful study of material remains and literary ...
www.aarome.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Please spread the word: the 2026 application cycle for the Classical Summer School of the American Academy in Rome is now live! (Yours truly as Director for my final year). www.aarome.org/apply/2026-c...
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Lately I've been mulling over lots of questions re: wayfinding in the Subura and how demolition affected this process... Imagine my happy surprise when I discovered that @quidamabo.bsky.social published a fantastic article on wayfinding and subaltern Romans just last month! 👏👏
October 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Lately I've been mulling over lots of questions re: wayfinding in the Subura and how demolition affected this process... Imagine my happy surprise when I discovered that @quidamabo.bsky.social published a fantastic article on wayfinding and subaltern Romans just last month! 👏👏
Ok, talked about controversial things and it seemed to go well? Phew. Such a great audience and great questions.
If you're in the Philly area on April 10, I'll be giving a talk at UPenn: www.classics.upenn.edu/events/2025/...
Department Colloquium: Evan Jewell (Rutgers University-Camden) "Making Roman Youths at Pompeii: The Ethics of Appropriation from Guglielmo Plüschow to Matteo Della Corte" | Department of Classical Stu...
www.classics.upenn.edu
April 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Ok, talked about controversial things and it seemed to go well? Phew. Such a great audience and great questions.
For all of the handwringing over the falling quality of students, we should always be willing to be surprised by every new cohort. I currently think I am teaching some of the best Roman history students I've ever had and it's their first ever Roman history class.
April 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
For all of the handwringing over the falling quality of students, we should always be willing to be surprised by every new cohort. I currently think I am teaching some of the best Roman history students I've ever had and it's their first ever Roman history class.
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My article, "The Life of Terence, Revisited," has now been published open access in NECJ. I discuss how classicists have historically denied Terence’s blackness out of a belief that “humanistic” or linguistic excellence could not be reconciled with blackness. crossworks.holycross.edu/necj/vol52/i...
"The Life of Terence, Revisited" by Hannah Čulík-Baird
Suetonius’ biography of Publius Terentius Afer, i.e., Terence the African (c. 195-159 BCE), identifies the Roman comic poet as a former slave from Carthage, describing him physically as a slim man of ...
crossworks.holycross.edu
March 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
My article, "The Life of Terence, Revisited," has now been published open access in NECJ. I discuss how classicists have historically denied Terence’s blackness out of a belief that “humanistic” or linguistic excellence could not be reconciled with blackness. crossworks.holycross.edu/necj/vol52/i...
If you're in the Philly area on April 10, I'll be giving a talk at UPenn: www.classics.upenn.edu/events/2025/...
Department Colloquium: Evan Jewell (Rutgers University-Camden) "Making Roman Youths at Pompeii: The Ethics of Appropriation from Guglielmo Plüschow to Matteo Della Corte" | Department of Classical Stu...
www.classics.upenn.edu
March 31, 2025 at 12:10 PM
If you're in the Philly area on April 10, I'll be giving a talk at UPenn: www.classics.upenn.edu/events/2025/...
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Lewis' Cleopatra also seems to have a role in Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich's "Cleopatra at the Mall" (2024) #AncientBlackness www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich | Cleopatra at the Mall | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
www.metmuseum.org
February 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Lewis' Cleopatra also seems to have a role in Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich's "Cleopatra at the Mall" (2024) #AncientBlackness www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
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In 2020, Margaret and Martha Malamud published an article on Edmonia Lewis' Cleopatra, discussing the sculpture's dialogue with the Cleopatra of William Wetmore Story #AncientBlackness muse.jhu.edu/article/815654
Project MUSE - The Petrification of Cleopatra in Nineteenth Century Art
muse.jhu.edu
February 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
In 2020, Margaret and Martha Malamud published an article on Edmonia Lewis' Cleopatra, discussing the sculpture's dialogue with the Cleopatra of William Wetmore Story #AncientBlackness muse.jhu.edu/article/815654
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Lewis' "The Death of Cleopatra" (1876) shocked contemporary audiences for its realistic depiction of death, exhibited to great acclaim at the Centennial Exhibition in 1876. The sculpture was eventually used to mark a horse's grave at a racetrack #AncientBlackness
americanart.si.edu/artwork/deat...
americanart.si.edu/artwork/deat...
February 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Lewis' "The Death of Cleopatra" (1876) shocked contemporary audiences for its realistic depiction of death, exhibited to great acclaim at the Centennial Exhibition in 1876. The sculpture was eventually used to mark a horse's grave at a racetrack #AncientBlackness
americanart.si.edu/artwork/deat...
americanart.si.edu/artwork/deat...
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My article “Depathologizing the Bisexual Orpheus” is out in Helios!
It’s my first piece specifically on the classical canon, and uses a mix of psychology of sexuality, queer theory, and translation theory to make sense of how scholars have treated Ovid’s Orpheus as bi.
Hit me up for a copy!
It’s my first piece specifically on the classical canon, and uses a mix of psychology of sexuality, queer theory, and translation theory to make sense of how scholars have treated Ovid’s Orpheus as bi.
Hit me up for a copy!
December 4, 2024 at 4:05 PM
My article “Depathologizing the Bisexual Orpheus” is out in Helios!
It’s my first piece specifically on the classical canon, and uses a mix of psychology of sexuality, queer theory, and translation theory to make sense of how scholars have treated Ovid’s Orpheus as bi.
Hit me up for a copy!
It’s my first piece specifically on the classical canon, and uses a mix of psychology of sexuality, queer theory, and translation theory to make sense of how scholars have treated Ovid’s Orpheus as bi.
Hit me up for a copy!
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Firing everyone isn’t about efficiency, just like gutting the liberal arts wasn’t about budgets, just like crushing anti-genocide protesters wasn’t about safety
February 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Firing everyone isn’t about efficiency, just like gutting the liberal arts wasn’t about budgets, just like crushing anti-genocide protesters wasn’t about safety
I took my Cleopatra and Roman history classes to this exhibition on Friday and it was stunning--and made my Cleopatra students really think about how to approach the question of her race and its reception in different periods. Really excellent work by Akili Tommasino.
[16] For today's contribution to #AncientBlackness, I'm posting the online catalogue for "Flight into Egypt" exhibit rn on display at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. An incredible collection of Black thinkers, artists, and scholars engaging ancient Egypt.
www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/...
www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/...
Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876–Now - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Exhibition now on view at The Met
www.metmuseum.org
February 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I took my Cleopatra and Roman history classes to this exhibition on Friday and it was stunning--and made my Cleopatra students really think about how to approach the question of her race and its reception in different periods. Really excellent work by Akili Tommasino.
Academic friends: If you have the time and volition, and want to link up with the AAR Classical Summer School, and possibly give a guest presentation, or site/excavation tour, please message me here or email: evan.jewellATrutgers.edu
February 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Academic friends: If you have the time and volition, and want to link up with the AAR Classical Summer School, and possibly give a guest presentation, or site/excavation tour, please message me here or email: evan.jewellATrutgers.edu
Note: due to illness, this event has been postponed until later this Spring.
Philly area historians, esp. on US immigration and citizenship history - my department is hosting a seminar with Dr. Hardeep Dhillon (UPenn), "An Immigration Story: Children in the Era of Asian Exclusion", this Friday! If you're interested, please email me to RSVP & for the pre-circulated chapter.
February 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Note: due to illness, this event has been postponed until later this Spring.
Philly area historians, esp. on US immigration and citizenship history - my department is hosting a seminar with Dr. Hardeep Dhillon (UPenn), "An Immigration Story: Children in the Era of Asian Exclusion", this Friday! If you're interested, please email me to RSVP & for the pre-circulated chapter.
February 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Philly area historians, esp. on US immigration and citizenship history - my department is hosting a seminar with Dr. Hardeep Dhillon (UPenn), "An Immigration Story: Children in the Era of Asian Exclusion", this Friday! If you're interested, please email me to RSVP & for the pre-circulated chapter.
Anyone else had so many issues with Perusall? This year it seems impossible to use. So I tried out Hypothesis - so much easier to use with Canvas! Wow.
January 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Anyone else had so many issues with Perusall? This year it seems impossible to use. So I tried out Hypothesis - so much easier to use with Canvas! Wow.