Steven Hunt
@stevenhuntclass.bsky.social
Associate Teaching Professor in Classics Education at University of Cambridge. Author, traveller, pianist.
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hey y'all! my questionnaire on player experience in historical videogames is now LIVE! if you play videogames about the past, we want to hear from you! edu.nl/7w3yn
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
hey y'all! my questionnaire on player experience in historical videogames is now LIVE! if you play videogames about the past, we want to hear from you! edu.nl/7w3yn
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New paper just out on how changing sociotechnical systems of knowledge production and access - platforms, the cloud, AI - pose profound challenges to educational practice and research doi.org/10.1080/0305...
Knowledge infrastructure crisis: digital democratic deficits and alternative designs for education
The production and circulation of knowledge in education increasingly depends on large-scale digital infrastructures. In this article we provide a critical review of the transformation of the conte...
doi.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
New paper just out on how changing sociotechnical systems of knowledge production and access - platforms, the cloud, AI - pose profound challenges to educational practice and research doi.org/10.1080/0305...
A short blog post of the Conference on Comprehensible Input in Ancient Languages Teaching which I organised at the Faculty of Classics in the University of Cambridge - published by the @Classical_Assoc
classicalassociation.org/ci-in-ancient-…#Latini#Greeke#Classicsc#Educationon
classicalassociation.org/ci-in-ancient-…#Latini#Greeke#Classicsc#Educationon
https://classicalassociation.org/ci-in-ancient-…
October 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A short blog post of the Conference on Comprehensible Input in Ancient Languages Teaching which I organised at the Faculty of Classics in the University of Cambridge - published by the @Classical_Assoc
classicalassociation.org/ci-in-ancient-…#Latini#Greeke#Classicsc#Educationon
classicalassociation.org/ci-in-ancient-…#Latini#Greeke#Classicsc#Educationon
Getting close to the CI conference I’m running on 24 October in Cambridge.
In person and online. Free, but you need to collect a ticket to get sign up details.
www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...
In person and online. Free, but you need to collect a ticket to get sign up details.
www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...
Select tickets – Comprehensible Input in Ancient Languages Teaching – Room 1.02, Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge
Comprehensible Input in Ancient Languages Teaching – Room 1.02, Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge, Fri 24 Oct 2025 - Building upon last year's successful ancient languages teaching conferen...
www.tickettailor.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Getting close to the CI conference I’m running on 24 October in Cambridge.
In person and online. Free, but you need to collect a ticket to get sign up details.
www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...
In person and online. Free, but you need to collect a ticket to get sign up details.
www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...
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Here's your annual reminder: whether you received A-level results today, years ago, or never, there's space for you at the @openuniversity.bsky.social!
August 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Here's your annual reminder: whether you received A-level results today, years ago, or never, there's space for you at the @openuniversity.bsky.social!
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Look, I know it's highly unlikely any actual teenagers getting results are On Here, but if you're in the vicinity of one thinking about engaging with Clearing, the Classics dept at Royal Holloway has places, and I think we're jolly good. As are our Humanities colleagues.
Clearing vacancies
Courses available via Clearing.
www.royalholloway.ac.uk
August 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Look, I know it's highly unlikely any actual teenagers getting results are On Here, but if you're in the vicinity of one thinking about engaging with Clearing, the Classics dept at Royal Holloway has places, and I think we're jolly good. As are our Humanities colleagues.
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Please boycott Duolingo.
It was a bad app that only worked for people who already knew the language even before going 'AI-first'.
Repeat after us: you cannot learn a language 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙨 speak through AI generated content.
techcrunch.com/2025/08/07/t...
It was a bad app that only worked for people who already knew the language even before going 'AI-first'.
Repeat after us: you cannot learn a language 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙨 speak through AI generated content.
techcrunch.com/2025/08/07/t...
The backlash against Duolingo going 'AI-first' didn't even matter | TechCrunch
Duolingo faced significant backlash for announcing that it would become an "AI-first" company -- and yet, the app posted strong financials this quarter.
techcrunch.com
August 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Please boycott Duolingo.
It was a bad app that only worked for people who already knew the language even before going 'AI-first'.
Repeat after us: you cannot learn a language 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙨 speak through AI generated content.
techcrunch.com/2025/08/07/t...
It was a bad app that only worked for people who already knew the language even before going 'AI-first'.
Repeat after us: you cannot learn a language 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙨 speak through AI generated content.
techcrunch.com/2025/08/07/t...
This got published 7 years ago (author’s copy pictured). Mai, Arlene and I decided that make classics education in schools and informal settings and provide practical, inspirational examples. 7 years isn’t long ago, but feels like it! We’ve come a long way since! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/forward-w...
August 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This got published 7 years ago (author’s copy pictured). Mai, Arlene and I decided that make classics education in schools and informal settings and provide practical, inspirational examples. 7 years isn’t long ago, but feels like it! We’ve come a long way since! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/forward-w...
Extraordinarry!
The University of Warwick has paid a lot of money, I'm guessing, for their internet banner ads on the Guardian and elsewhere.
But they can't spell "curiosity". This isn't a US-UK variant. They just, genuinely, have a massive spelling error in their banner ads.
But they can't spell "curiosity". This isn't a US-UK variant. They just, genuinely, have a massive spelling error in their banner ads.
August 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Extraordinarry!
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What's the value of academic articles and doing research? The product or the process?
This article has been a long process, and how I've processed the ongoing AI disruption of research. I use it very little, and while it's clearly not all bad, I argue for caution.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
This article has been a long process, and how I've processed the ongoing AI disruption of research. I use it very little, and while it's clearly not all bad, I argue for caution.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
August 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
What's the value of academic articles and doing research? The product or the process?
This article has been a long process, and how I've processed the ongoing AI disruption of research. I use it very little, and while it's clearly not all bad, I argue for caution.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
This article has been a long process, and how I've processed the ongoing AI disruption of research. I use it very little, and while it's clearly not all bad, I argue for caution.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Registration now open! Join the ICS, American Friends of Herculaneum & UK Herculaneum Society for:
Herculaneum: Contexts, Present Progress and Future Prospects.
Mon 13 Oct, 9.30am-5.30pm
Tues 14 Oct, 10.30am-5pm
ics.sas.ac.uk/events/herculaneum-contexts-present-progress-and-future-prospects
Herculaneum: Contexts, Present Progress and Future Prospects.
Mon 13 Oct, 9.30am-5.30pm
Tues 14 Oct, 10.30am-5pm
ics.sas.ac.uk/events/herculaneum-contexts-present-progress-and-future-prospects
June 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Registration now open! Join the ICS, American Friends of Herculaneum & UK Herculaneum Society for:
Herculaneum: Contexts, Present Progress and Future Prospects.
Mon 13 Oct, 9.30am-5.30pm
Tues 14 Oct, 10.30am-5pm
ics.sas.ac.uk/events/herculaneum-contexts-present-progress-and-future-prospects
Herculaneum: Contexts, Present Progress and Future Prospects.
Mon 13 Oct, 9.30am-5.30pm
Tues 14 Oct, 10.30am-5pm
ics.sas.ac.uk/events/herculaneum-contexts-present-progress-and-future-prospects
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I originally thought it a good thing when dog-whistling politicians finally allowed their racism to show overtly. I thought they’d be seen for what they were, booted off the media and thrown out of their parties. I was a fool.
August 4, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I originally thought it a good thing when dog-whistling politicians finally allowed their racism to show overtly. I thought they’d be seen for what they were, booted off the media and thrown out of their parties. I was a fool.
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This man is a Conservative MP and former No.10 adviser.
August 4, 2025 at 5:33 AM
This man is a Conservative MP and former No.10 adviser.
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Ancient World Educators, I have 2 solid game protos I've used in classes. De Agricultura, abt Mediterranean subsistence farmers, & Path of Honors, abt Roman aristocrats competing for offices in Republic. Let me know if you need help using them. (pls reskeet to get the word out)
#AncientBluesky 🗃️
#AncientBluesky 🗃️
Jeremiah’s History Game Prototypes
I’m going to start collecting my prototype files here for interested people to see. Some are useful in class already, others not yet, etc. Please, please, please give me constructive feedback…
gamingthepast.net
August 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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ICYMI: UK readers can win a bundle of all five Cesare Aldo historical thrillers! Find out more in my latest author newsletter:
dvbishop.substack.com/p/aldo-book-...
dvbishop.substack.com/p/aldo-book-...
Aldo book bundle contest
Win all five D V Bishop historical thrillers*
dvbishop.substack.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:40 AM
ICYMI: UK readers can win a bundle of all five Cesare Aldo historical thrillers! Find out more in my latest author newsletter:
dvbishop.substack.com/p/aldo-book-...
dvbishop.substack.com/p/aldo-book-...
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"Gaming the Battle of Alesia: a lesson in ethics"
Kate Nolting discusses what she learnt about Applied Classics by designing a role-playing game based on ancient warfare to teach lessons about ethics and political ideologies in modern classrooms.
modernclassics.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/06/06/g...
Kate Nolting discusses what she learnt about Applied Classics by designing a role-playing game based on ancient warfare to teach lessons about ethics and political ideologies in modern classrooms.
modernclassics.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/06/06/g...
July 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"Gaming the Battle of Alesia: a lesson in ethics"
Kate Nolting discusses what she learnt about Applied Classics by designing a role-playing game based on ancient warfare to teach lessons about ethics and political ideologies in modern classrooms.
modernclassics.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/06/06/g...
Kate Nolting discusses what she learnt about Applied Classics by designing a role-playing game based on ancient warfare to teach lessons about ethics and political ideologies in modern classrooms.
modernclassics.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/06/06/g...
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Only a day to wait before we find out if this happens!
June 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Only a day to wait before we find out if this happens!
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Finally got done with my piece for this pride month! 🌈
June 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Finally got done with my piece for this pride month! 🌈
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When you both want to wear the new zebra-print co-ord out 👍🏛️🍑🦓 #MuseumBums
"Decoys and Ghosts" by John Rainey, in their current exhibition at @goldenthreadni.bsky.social
Thanks @cal.br for sharing 😁
"Decoys and Ghosts" by John Rainey, in their current exhibition at @goldenthreadni.bsky.social
Thanks @cal.br for sharing 😁
June 13, 2025 at 6:30 AM
When you both want to wear the new zebra-print co-ord out 👍🏛️🍑🦓 #MuseumBums
"Decoys and Ghosts" by John Rainey, in their current exhibition at @goldenthreadni.bsky.social
Thanks @cal.br for sharing 😁
"Decoys and Ghosts" by John Rainey, in their current exhibition at @goldenthreadni.bsky.social
Thanks @cal.br for sharing 😁
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Once upon a time, I spent nearly 2 years in Australia. Got to experience Macquarie as an Ancient History powerhouse for all of Australasia. Until recently, it had a concentration of Late Antiquity expertise few universities in the world could boast. This is horrifying. Solidarity with our colleagues
June 3, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Once upon a time, I spent nearly 2 years in Australia. Got to experience Macquarie as an Ancient History powerhouse for all of Australasia. Until recently, it had a concentration of Late Antiquity expertise few universities in the world could boast. This is horrifying. Solidarity with our colleagues
hands-up-education.org/conf25.html
Saturday 7 June
£49 or less (if you’re a Pgce)
London
Museum of London
Come learn more about developments with the best
(Spoiler, I’m going to run through GenAI)
Saturday 7 June
£49 or less (if you’re a Pgce)
London
Museum of London
Come learn more about developments with the best
(Spoiler, I’m going to run through GenAI)
May 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
hands-up-education.org/conf25.html
Saturday 7 June
£49 or less (if you’re a Pgce)
London
Museum of London
Come learn more about developments with the best
(Spoiler, I’m going to run through GenAI)
Saturday 7 June
£49 or less (if you’re a Pgce)
London
Museum of London
Come learn more about developments with the best
(Spoiler, I’m going to run through GenAI)
A view to die for
May 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
A view to die for
£20 Rome to Florence. High speed. Truly comfortable. What’s not to like?
May 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
£20 Rome to Florence. High speed. Truly comfortable. What’s not to like?
Wish I could attend!
Last day or two to submit an abstract to the ACANS/Macquarie University Ancient Societies and Ancient Artefacts conference if you are so inclined! A great exchange on how we use material culture in the classroom awaits! :-)
May 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Wish I could attend!
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Just one university - UCL - employs almost twice as many people as there are working in fishing boats.
A reminder that more people are employed in the yoga industry than there are registered fishers working in the UK.
May 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Just one university - UCL - employs almost twice as many people as there are working in fishing boats.