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Janet Wade
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Lover of historical photography, Roman roads, the maritime past and much more
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A reminder that THE ROADS TO ROME is still on Kindle sale. Three years ago I was in Genoa, thinking about the arrival of the train and how it changed the experience of travelling to Rome.
September 7, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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I hope you can join us for this History Now presentation as part of the exciting program for @historynsw.bsky.social #HistoryWeek2025
This #HistoryWeek2025 come along to the next History Now seminar that focuses on an island at the heart of the Sydney story – Cockatoo Island/Wareamah

Hear from Kirsten McKenzie, Bradley Manera, Nerida Campbell, Joseph Lehner and Elliot Cummins

Book via buff.ly/aMSjfHv

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September 2, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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🚨 NEW ARTICLE 🚨

We were invited to write for Current Opinion in Food Sciences to review major advancements in #ancient #wine research and the big research questions these methods are helping us to understand 🍷 🏺 w/ @divali.bsky.social

Read open access here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
July 31, 2025 at 7:19 PM
My new OA article ⚡ 📸
Landscape Archaeology, Photography, and Friendship: Dora and Agnes Bulwer, Thomas Ashby, and Rodolfo Lanciani www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thanks @bsrome.bsky.social & @thejohnrylands.bsky.social for access to your amazing Bulwer & Captain Kennedy archival collections!
Landscape Archaeology, Photography, and Friendship: Dora and Agnes Bulwer, Thomas Ashby, and Rodolfo Lanciani
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the talented British photographers Dora and Agnes Bulwer travelled to sites of historical significance throughout Italy. Their photographs reve...
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August 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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The deadline for abstract submission for our annual conference has been extended by two weeks, out to August 1!

We're looking for papers dealing with "Tempestuous Times", whether real, imagined, or allegorical - see our CfP for details here: aema.org.au/2025-confere...
July 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Fab. piece from Macquarie's own @julia-hamilton.bsky.social deriving from teaching in AHIS3201: Women and Gender in the Ancient World. @awaws.org @resaustrales.bsky.social
Work, wages & apprenticeships: sifting for clues about the lives of girls in ancient Egypt theconversation.com/work-wages-a...
Work, wages and apprenticeships: sifting for clues about the lives of girls in ancient Egypt
Evidence of textile workshops demonstrates that girls’ labour was valued enough to be documented in administrative records alongside adult workers.
theconversation.com
July 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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We are delighted to announce that beginning in 2026, the Papers of the British School at Rome will appear fully open access with Open Book Publishers. See more at this link: buff.ly/KXFnyD7

Painting by Joe Whyte, who was William Fletcher Foundation Fellow at the BSR in 2024.
July 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Look out for our digital history of women archaeologists, ‘Women Transcending Boundaries: Over a century of scholarship, fieldwork and friendship across the British International Research Institutes’, on display at the BA Summer Showcase, 20 & 21 June
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Women transcending boundaries
Over a century of scholarship, fieldwork and friendship across the British International Research Institutes
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June 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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🎥 What is the British School at Rome?

It’s hard to sum up in a single sentence — so this week, we’ll take you behind the scenes. Meet our Director, Professor Abigail Brundin, and members of our research team as they introduce you to our spaces, projects, and community.

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What is the British School at Rome? | Pt. 1
YouTube video by British School at Rome
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June 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Week 2 in Falerii Novi! Digging, documenting and drawing contexts inside the BSR/ICS trench ☀️
June 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Delighted to announce the 2nd British School at Rome/Early Medieval Europe visiting fellowship, offering early career scholars a month in Rome: bsr.ac.uk/second-bsr-e...
Second BSR/Early Medieval Europe Fellowship - bsr.ac.uk
In partnership with the journal Early Medieval Europe, the British School at Rome is pleased to announce the second BSR/EME Fellowship.    Aimed at early career researchers (defined as current PhD stu...
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November 12, 2024 at 8:13 AM
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G'day to our new followers! There's been an influx of new users, so we thought we should reintroduce ourselves!

We are JAEMA (the Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association), a peer-reviewed journal of the early medieval world, & we're always open for submissions:

aema.org.au/journal/
November 12, 2024 at 9:01 PM
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#CFP Australasian Association for #Byzantine Studies 22nd Biennial Conference. Theme: Images of Power in #Byzantium - 7-8 June 2025 - Uni Newcastle AU - Keynote: Dr David Woods (Uni College Cork) - Abstracts by Nov 30. Call: www.facebook.com/aabyzstudies AABS: aabs.org.au
Australasian Association for Byzantine Studies
Australasian Association for Byzantine Studies. 1,219 likes · 22 talking about this. The Association links scholars, students and laypersons within Australia and New Zealand as well as
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July 25, 2024 at 7:34 AM
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New issue of Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association Vol. 19, No. 2 (2023) search.informit.org/toc/jaema/19/2
May 14, 2024 at 6:32 PM
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The first in a series of blogs from Macquarie PACE interns - Emily Mifsud reflects on some overly violent scenes from Pompeii. www.manto-myth.org/blog/k3q9acf...
April 24, 2024 at 12:21 AM
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Looking forward to giving this fundraising lecture and #wine tasting 🍷 in aid of the Hellenic & Roman Societies on 8 May! (@ics.bsky.social)
🏺 🗃️ ClassicsBluesky

It may already be sold out, but if there’s interest perhaps we can make another happen
April 25, 2024 at 2:39 PM
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OUT NOW! My chat with Tristan for History Hit’s The Ancients episode: The Origins of #Wine🍷🍇

Covering the earliest #archaeological evidence & new scientific data across the Caucasus, Aegean, Türkiye, Egypt and still left more for next time! 🏺 🗃️ ClassicsBluesky

🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0tNv...
The Origins of Wine
Listen to this episode from The Ancients on Spotify. Wine is one of the most popular alcoholic beverages in the world. But its popularity dates back thousands of years. Throughout ancient history, win...
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March 26, 2024 at 8:43 PM
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The latest volume of the Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association is now live! Volume 19(1) features articles by Gregory I Halfond, Heather Duncan, Edwin Pace, and Geoffrey D Dunn.

You can find it here:

search.informit.org/toc/jaema/19/1
Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association | Vol 19, No 1
Your session is about to expire in 2 minutes.
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March 19, 2024 at 8:57 PM
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#CFP (stand-alone & papers in organized panels) for #MAARC Mediterranean Archaeology Australasian Research Community - online (& free!) - July 16-19 from Macquarie @mq_dha Abstract deadline April 8th. See: mediterraneanarcha.wixsite.com/maarc/meetin...
Meeting 2024 | #MAARC2024
The fourth annual meeting of the Mediterranean Archaeology Australasian Research Community (MAARC) will take place from Tuesday 16 to Friday 19 July 2023 (online via Zoom) hosted by the Department of ...
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March 14, 2024 at 12:11 AM
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Collaborating with brilliant colleagues Angela Trentacoste & Erica Rowan to host the inaugural #Environmental #Archaeology Summer School in situ at Falerii Novi 🎉🙌

Rare enviro research-led, in-field training w/leading experts! 🏺 🗃️ ClassicsBluesky

Info + Apply: faleriinoviproject.org/opportunities/
March 13, 2024 at 4:38 PM
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#PhD Macquarie/Groningen cotutelle joint PhD - The Development of Roads and Transport Infrastructure in the Hinterland of Rome - 3 years - EOI by April 1st - queries: ray.laurence@mq.edu.au
March 7, 2024 at 9:37 PM
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Jumping onto this for the first time in a while for shameless self promotion! I am working with a truly phenomenal group of artists on a new show, kermeikos! Join us Thur to find out about their practice and how they will spend the next months creating new works 🏺📜🏛
www.sydney.edu.au/museum/whats...
February 27, 2024 at 11:27 AM
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Very excited to be leading @ics.bsky.social collaboration w/ Michele & Oxford on TWO amazing opportunities:

💥 Phoenician Language Course (1-week, FREE, online).

💥 Anatolian Languages Summer School (1-week, in-person).

Bursaries available for the latter! ClassicsBluesky 🏺 🗃️
February 26, 2024 at 6:28 PM