Inger Kuin
@ingerkuin.bsky.social
Writes and teaches about old things, currently as Associate Professor of Classics General Faculty at the University of Virginia. Part-time Rotterdammer. More at http://www.ingerkuin.com
Went on Ryan Holiday’s The Daily Stoic podcast (out since yesterday) to talk about Diogenes and the Stoics, about what the latter can do, but also clearly what they cannot… Available wherever you get your podcasts.
November 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Went on Ryan Holiday’s The Daily Stoic podcast (out since yesterday) to talk about Diogenes and the Stoics, about what the latter can do, but also clearly what they cannot… Available wherever you get your podcasts.
The third and final stop will be in my hometown Leiden, in The Netherlands. On January 5 I will speak with @timoepping.bsky.social for a live recording of his awesome podcast Oudheid at Mayflower Bookshop; doors 19:30, start 20:00. More info here: mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/a-diog...
November 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The third and final stop will be in my hometown Leiden, in The Netherlands. On January 5 I will speak with @timoepping.bsky.social for a live recording of his awesome podcast Oudheid at Mayflower Bookshop; doors 19:30, start 20:00. More info here: mayflowerbookshop.nl/event/a-diog...
At the publisher's website you can still get your 1.5x dose of Diogenes at 20% off until 11/11 with the code CYNIC20. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/inger...
October 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
At the publisher's website you can still get your 1.5x dose of Diogenes at 20% off until 11/11 with the code CYNIC20. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/inger...
My 2022 Dutch book about Diogenes was featured as recommended reading in a newspaper special about declutterring this weekend. Can’t say I saw that coming, but it checks out: no needs = no clutter.
September 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My 2022 Dutch book about Diogenes was featured as recommended reading in a newspaper special about declutterring this weekend. Can’t say I saw that coming, but it checks out: no needs = no clutter.
And this is what the book will look like:
August 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
And this is what the book will look like:
Awesome and moving exhibit at Bozar in Brussels ‘When We See Us’, including this amazing Ganymede by Devan Shimoyama:
June 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Awesome and moving exhibit at Bozar in Brussels ‘When We See Us’, including this amazing Ganymede by Devan Shimoyama:
Only nine more days to apply to this awesome conference on religious toleration in classical antiquity, in beautiful Groningen, featuring yours truly and @renskejanssen.bsky.social!
June 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Only nine more days to apply to this awesome conference on religious toleration in classical antiquity, in beautiful Groningen, featuring yours truly and @renskejanssen.bsky.social!
My colleagues from Ancient History @unileiden.bsky.social and I spoke to podcast Oudheid about the antiquities collected by a delightfully odd baron @huisvanhetboek.bsky.social! Available here: tr.ee/g2U3R4bfvj
May 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
My colleagues from Ancient History @unileiden.bsky.social and I spoke to podcast Oudheid about the antiquities collected by a delightfully odd baron @huisvanhetboek.bsky.social! Available here: tr.ee/g2U3R4bfvj
Free books! Come get a free copy of my precious (humor, religion & philosophy in the Roman East via Lucian) and so many other awesome books, at UVA tomorrow.
April 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Free books! Come get a free copy of my precious (humor, religion & philosophy in the Roman East via Lucian) and so many other awesome books, at UVA tomorrow.
This really hit the spot for me today
April 1, 2025 at 2:10 AM
This really hit the spot for me today
Had a wonderful time at U of I at Urbana-Champaign in Champaign-Urbana (aka Chambana). What a great department, and nice cool weather too.
September 9, 2023 at 3:33 PM
Had a wonderful time at U of I at Urbana-Champaign in Champaign-Urbana (aka Chambana). What a great department, and nice cool weather too.
Quick stop in Chicago en route to Champaign-Urbana, where I’m giving a talk on The Dog’s thoughts on slavery. Bluesky Classics
September 7, 2023 at 9:38 PM
Quick stop in Chicago en route to Champaign-Urbana, where I’m giving a talk on The Dog’s thoughts on slavery. Bluesky Classics
This is the set (I got them all except the ones with Alexander & Antisthenes, which I will now have to hunt down too of course…)
August 25, 2023 at 6:41 PM
This is the set (I got them all except the ones with Alexander & Antisthenes, which I will now have to hunt down too of course…)