Anouk Vermeulen
@drmsvermeulen.bsky.social
Romanist, not to be defined by disciplines. Educator and researcher. First-generation scholar. Figuring it out.
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Zullen we allemaal naar Babs Gons luisteren voordat we gaan stemmen?
October 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Zullen we allemaal naar Babs Gons luisteren voordat we gaan stemmen?
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"To robbery, slaughter, plunder, they give the lying name of government*; they make a wasteland and call it peace."
*we usually translate 'imperium' as 'empire' for various reasons but it is worth remembering that in ancient Rome it meant a type of official, legally defined, government authority.
*we usually translate 'imperium' as 'empire' for various reasons but it is worth remembering that in ancient Rome it meant a type of official, legally defined, government authority.
June 22, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"To robbery, slaughter, plunder, they give the lying name of government*; they make a wasteland and call it peace."
*we usually translate 'imperium' as 'empire' for various reasons but it is worth remembering that in ancient Rome it meant a type of official, legally defined, government authority.
*we usually translate 'imperium' as 'empire' for various reasons but it is worth remembering that in ancient Rome it meant a type of official, legally defined, government authority.
#TinyJoys but if the most rightwing political party leaves the government for very strict immigration measures their own Secretary didn't manage to execute, there is some hope in dark days!
nos.nl/l/2569767
nos.nl/l/2569767
Wilders breekt met coalitie, trekt PVV-ministers terug uit kabinet-Schoof
Na kort overleg maakte Wilders op X bekend dat hij niet verder wil als de coalitiegenoten niet tekenen voor een strenger asielbeleid.
nos.nl
June 3, 2025 at 8:18 AM
#TinyJoys but if the most rightwing political party leaves the government for very strict immigration measures their own Secretary didn't manage to execute, there is some hope in dark days!
nos.nl/l/2569767
nos.nl/l/2569767
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Similes like this are so helpful; it seems really obvious when you say it out loud but there is a genuine perspective shift when you're emphatic that the point of your teaching is not to create 15 essays, but 15 students who can write an essay.
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
April 15, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Similes like this are so helpful; it seems really obvious when you say it out loud but there is a genuine perspective shift when you're emphatic that the point of your teaching is not to create 15 essays, but 15 students who can write an essay.
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Here goes a mindful joke for the fellow WORRIERS out there! 📷 by the awesome
@gemmacorrell.bsky.social buff.ly/40DDBwV #AcademicSky #ECRchat #WomeninSTEM #AcWri #Postdoc #NewPI
@gemmacorrell.bsky.social buff.ly/40DDBwV #AcademicSky #ECRchat #WomeninSTEM #AcWri #Postdoc #NewPI
April 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Here goes a mindful joke for the fellow WORRIERS out there! 📷 by the awesome
@gemmacorrell.bsky.social buff.ly/40DDBwV #AcademicSky #ECRchat #WomeninSTEM #AcWri #Postdoc #NewPI
@gemmacorrell.bsky.social buff.ly/40DDBwV #AcademicSky #ECRchat #WomeninSTEM #AcWri #Postdoc #NewPI
😞 It's here...it's real... Dutch cuts to HE will increase, with redundancies and closures equal to the horrors elsewhere.
If you're seeking refuge, the Netherlands is no longer the place to look. If it ever even was.
If you're seeking refuge, the Netherlands is no longer the place to look. If it ever even was.
Op 8 april 2025 rond de Kkokke van twee heeft het de Eerste Kamer behaagd de onderwijsbegroting van @eppobruins.bsky.social aan te nemen. De sloop van het hoger onderwijs in de slechtst mogelijke en gevaarlijkste periode voor Nederland vangt aan. De #Eppocalyps is hier. #WOinActie
April 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
😞 It's here...it's real... Dutch cuts to HE will increase, with redundancies and closures equal to the horrors elsewhere.
If you're seeking refuge, the Netherlands is no longer the place to look. If it ever even was.
If you're seeking refuge, the Netherlands is no longer the place to look. If it ever even was.
Things I learned while marking archaeology exams.
i. The Netherlands and Germany are in Central Europe.
ii. Punctuation matters, or Asia is in northern Europe. Not sure which one...
iii. Farmers are also known as 'practitioners of agriculture.'
iv.
i. The Netherlands and Germany are in Central Europe.
ii. Punctuation matters, or Asia is in northern Europe. Not sure which one...
iii. Farmers are also known as 'practitioners of agriculture.'
iv.
April 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Things I learned while marking archaeology exams.
i. The Netherlands and Germany are in Central Europe.
ii. Punctuation matters, or Asia is in northern Europe. Not sure which one...
iii. Farmers are also known as 'practitioners of agriculture.'
iv.
i. The Netherlands and Germany are in Central Europe.
ii. Punctuation matters, or Asia is in northern Europe. Not sure which one...
iii. Farmers are also known as 'practitioners of agriculture.'
iv.
If this were a postdoc, I'd jump at the opportunity immediately - it's such an interesting project!
Fully funded 4 year PhD with me, Dr Olly Davis at Cardiff University, and Dr Mark Lewis & Evan Chapman at Amgueddfa Cymru, on Addressing the Roman colonial story in South East Wales. Come & rewrite narratives of Roman Wales with us in partnership with CAER heritage: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Addressing the Roman Colonial Story in South-East Wales / Mynd i'r afael â'r Stori Drefedigaethol Rufeinig yn ne-ddwyrain Cymru at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Addressing the Roman Colonial Story in South-East Wales / Mynd i'r afael â'r Stori Drefedigaethol Rufeinig yn ne-ddwyrain Cymru at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
March 31, 2025 at 8:13 AM
If this were a postdoc, I'd jump at the opportunity immediately - it's such an interesting project!
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Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
I might make one of those for my university here in the Netherlands - we're not far off...
March 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I might make one of those for my university here in the Netherlands - we're not far off...
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Gooood morning sinners~! 🙃
March 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Gooood morning sinners~! 🙃
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We all know what day it is...
March 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
We all know what day it is...
We did it, and it was good 💪
No sunshine, but passionate support nonetheless.
Now we pass the flag in solidarity to Nijmegen #Radboud
No sunshine, but passionate support nonetheless.
Now we pass the flag in solidarity to Nijmegen #Radboud
Staking is begonnen in Leiden. #WOinActie
March 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
We did it, and it was good 💪
No sunshine, but passionate support nonetheless.
Now we pass the flag in solidarity to Nijmegen #Radboud
No sunshine, but passionate support nonetheless.
Now we pass the flag in solidarity to Nijmegen #Radboud
March 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Almost all Dutch universities will go on strike next week, against the budget cuts. Join us!
10 March: Leiden
11 March: Utrecht
13 March: Nijmegen
17 March: Amsterdam
18 March: Groningen
25 March: Twente
8 April: Rotterdam
10 April: Tilburg
14 April: Wageningen
15 April: Maastricht
10 March: Leiden
11 March: Utrecht
13 March: Nijmegen
17 March: Amsterdam
18 March: Groningen
25 March: Twente
8 April: Rotterdam
10 April: Tilburg
14 April: Wageningen
15 April: Maastricht
March 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Almost all Dutch universities will go on strike next week, against the budget cuts. Join us!
10 March: Leiden
11 March: Utrecht
13 March: Nijmegen
17 March: Amsterdam
18 March: Groningen
25 March: Twente
8 April: Rotterdam
10 April: Tilburg
14 April: Wageningen
15 April: Maastricht
10 March: Leiden
11 March: Utrecht
13 March: Nijmegen
17 March: Amsterdam
18 March: Groningen
25 March: Twente
8 April: Rotterdam
10 April: Tilburg
14 April: Wageningen
15 April: Maastricht
An immense thread, but I've rarely seen anything that reflects the current *mood* in many aspects of Roman studies better. This book is definitely on my list!
There were loads of incredibly cool and interesting cultures and empires in the past that don't dominate the popular imagination/history shelves the way ancient Rome does - and usually a particular version of ancient Rome.
My book is about *why* ancient Rome dominates and why *that* one version.
My book is about *why* ancient Rome dominates and why *that* one version.
February 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
An immense thread, but I've rarely seen anything that reflects the current *mood* in many aspects of Roman studies better. This book is definitely on my list!
The shoes have come off! 👟
A trick from my PhD days - when I struggled to focus during writing time, I took my shoes off. Hey pronto, instant comfort and concentration. Sometimes sitting on the floor helped too. Still no clue why, but if it works...
Anyone else with strange writing habits?
A trick from my PhD days - when I struggled to focus during writing time, I took my shoes off. Hey pronto, instant comfort and concentration. Sometimes sitting on the floor helped too. Still no clue why, but if it works...
Anyone else with strange writing habits?
February 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The shoes have come off! 👟
A trick from my PhD days - when I struggled to focus during writing time, I took my shoes off. Hey pronto, instant comfort and concentration. Sometimes sitting on the floor helped too. Still no clue why, but if it works...
Anyone else with strange writing habits?
A trick from my PhD days - when I struggled to focus during writing time, I took my shoes off. Hey pronto, instant comfort and concentration. Sometimes sitting on the floor helped too. Still no clue why, but if it works...
Anyone else with strange writing habits?
I don't know who this guy is, and I'm anything but a fashionista, but these threads (or whatever they're called here) are gold 🥇👌
Not true. I'll give you some examples of when styles crossed over from womenswear to menswear, and how men have worn straight-up womenswear or just feminine styles in cool ways. 🧵
February 16, 2025 at 7:34 AM
I don't know who this guy is, and I'm anything but a fashionista, but these threads (or whatever they're called here) are gold 🥇👌
Rejection is part of the game, and I usually deal with it quite well. But some really sting 😞
February 10, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Rejection is part of the game, and I usually deal with it quite well. But some really sting 😞
How correlation and causation are still somewhat confused these days...and apparently border studies have to become even more visible. Great work of projects like Constructing the Limes still being ignored 😞
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Roma Eterna? Roman rule explains regional well-being divides in Germany
In light of persistent regional inequalities in adaptive outcomes such as health, well-being, and related personality traits, psychological research i…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
How correlation and causation are still somewhat confused these days...and apparently border studies have to become even more visible. Great work of projects like Constructing the Limes still being ignored 😞
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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White men, some women, a Lara Croft lookalike?!, some whips, all digging...that's what Google and AI give me when I ask for images of archaeologists.
Help me show my Intro class what archaeologists *really* look like, and give me your best arch pic for use in class. Please?
🏺#ClassicsBluesky
Help me show my Intro class what archaeologists *really* look like, and give me your best arch pic for use in class. Please?
🏺#ClassicsBluesky
February 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
White men, some women, a Lara Croft lookalike?!, some whips, all digging...that's what Google and AI give me when I ask for images of archaeologists.
Help me show my Intro class what archaeologists *really* look like, and give me your best arch pic for use in class. Please?
🏺#ClassicsBluesky
Help me show my Intro class what archaeologists *really* look like, and give me your best arch pic for use in class. Please?
🏺#ClassicsBluesky
White men, some women, a Lara Croft lookalike?!, some whips, all digging...that's what Google and AI give me when I ask for images of archaeologists.
Help me show my Intro class what archaeologists *really* look like, and give me your best arch pic for use in class. Please?
🏺#ClassicsBluesky
Help me show my Intro class what archaeologists *really* look like, and give me your best arch pic for use in class. Please?
🏺#ClassicsBluesky
February 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
White men, some women, a Lara Croft lookalike?!, some whips, all digging...that's what Google and AI give me when I ask for images of archaeologists.
Help me show my Intro class what archaeologists *really* look like, and give me your best arch pic for use in class. Please?
🏺#ClassicsBluesky
Help me show my Intro class what archaeologists *really* look like, and give me your best arch pic for use in class. Please?
🏺#ClassicsBluesky
