Darrel Janzen
@dcjanzen.bsky.social
I research Roman literature and history (solitude, Environmental Humanities, social epistemology). Ancient Studies for all. he/him 🇨🇦
Aesop (enslaved, in his biography) comes to mind: from chapter 1: "worthless as a servant, *potbellied*, misshapen of head, snubnosed, swarthy, dwarfish, *bandy-legged*, short-armed, squint-eyed, the sin of a slumbering Prometheus."
December 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Aesop (enslaved, in his biography) comes to mind: from chapter 1: "worthless as a servant, *potbellied*, misshapen of head, snubnosed, swarthy, dwarfish, *bandy-legged*, short-armed, squint-eyed, the sin of a slumbering Prometheus."
Fascinating detail about the tablets tucked into his belt. There's a great volume that just came out that talks about the importance of the literacy of enslaved & formerly enslaved figures that this figure reminds me of (academic.oup.com/book/60683)
Writing, Enslavement, and Power in the Roman Mediterranean, 100 BCE–300 CE
Abstract. This volume interrogates the intersections between writing and enslavement around the Roman Mediterranean. Drawing upon methods developed in stud
academic.oup.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Fascinating detail about the tablets tucked into his belt. There's a great volume that just came out that talks about the importance of the literacy of enslaved & formerly enslaved figures that this figure reminds me of (academic.oup.com/book/60683)
haha sounds like shades of 'Bic for her' museumoffailure.com/exhibition/b...
Bic for Her — Museum of Failure
The French company BIC is best known for their ballpoint pens, which have been produced since the 1950s. Bic for Her are pens designed to »fit comfortably in a woman’s hand
museumoffailure.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
haha sounds like shades of 'Bic for her' museumoffailure.com/exhibition/b...
So many congrats Tara, I look forward to reading this!
October 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
So many congrats Tara, I look forward to reading this!
Clauss Slaby's website is super if you have a shred of text
October 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Clauss Slaby's website is super if you have a shred of text
I haven't seen something specific about Harvard Classics, but this will presumably affect them: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for the next two years.
www.thecrimson.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I haven't seen something specific about Harvard Classics, but this will presumably affect them: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Super news, Curtis! So many congratulations and I look forward to reading it!!
October 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Super news, Curtis! So many congratulations and I look forward to reading it!!
There is a lot of him to appreciate!
October 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
There is a lot of him to appreciate!
I would add that this is where companions shine - I might not read a stack of books on e.g. hoplite warfare, but I would hopefully read a recent contemporary companion article that could redirect me from repeating debunked, say, 1950s-isms about hoplite warfare
October 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I would add that this is where companions shine - I might not read a stack of books on e.g. hoplite warfare, but I would hopefully read a recent contemporary companion article that could redirect me from repeating debunked, say, 1950s-isms about hoplite warfare
Sorry for what you're going through (same status, here).
September 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Sorry for what you're going through (same status, here).
Congrats! I look forward to reading it
September 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Congrats! I look forward to reading it
"The Human Rights Violator Law Division (HRVLD) of the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, anticipates AND opening for a historian". (their spelling, my emphasis)
September 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"The Human Rights Violator Law Division (HRVLD) of the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor, in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, anticipates AND opening for a historian". (their spelling, my emphasis)
There is, but it pulls on other threads. Teaching via comprehensible (yes, at least somewhat spoken) input is more effective at reaching multiple levels than a non-CI course structured around a grammatical cursus. But to do this well requires more time than uni- Latin & Greek programs have.
September 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
There is, but it pulls on other threads. Teaching via comprehensible (yes, at least somewhat spoken) input is more effective at reaching multiple levels than a non-CI course structured around a grammatical cursus. But to do this well requires more time than uni- Latin & Greek programs have.
pre-ordered and looking forward to reading it!
September 1, 2025 at 3:26 AM
pre-ordered and looking forward to reading it!
Courtesy of vocab-teaching for intro Greek
August 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Courtesy of vocab-teaching for intro Greek
Made this for an epic class
August 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Made this for an epic class
Kudos, this seems constructive!
August 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Kudos, this seems constructive!
Well, good on them. Macfarlane was too small and inconvenient in layout for a dept. of their size.
August 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Well, good on them. Macfarlane was too small and inconvenient in layout for a dept. of their size.