Peter Stewart
@petercnstewart.bsky.social
Professor of Ancient Art. Director of the Classical Art Research Centre at Oxford University @carcoxford.bsky.social. Chair of Trustees at The Brooking @thebrooking.bsky.social. Antiquity, modernism, arts.
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Lucky to catch the last weekend of the stunning San Casciano bronzes' visit to Berlin - these sculptures were ritually buried at a Tuscan healing sanctuary in the 1st century CE after a lightning strike, & were excavated in the last few years. So revelatory about ancient religious practice
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Lucky to catch the last weekend of the stunning San Casciano bronzes' visit to Berlin - these sculptures were ritually buried at a Tuscan healing sanctuary in the 1st century CE after a lightning strike, & were excavated in the last few years. So revelatory about ancient religious practice
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The Aurel Stein papers in @bodleian.ox.ac.uk....
November 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The Aurel Stein papers in @bodleian.ox.ac.uk....
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An extraordinary discovery was made in Ibiza: a 30-centimeter wooden sculpture representing Hercules. Considering the scarcity of wooden sculptures preserved from the Roman era, this discovery is truly remarkable.
The figure was found in a Roman well that was later reused as a refuse pit. 🧵1/2
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The figure was found in a Roman well that was later reused as a refuse pit. 🧵1/2
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November 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
An extraordinary discovery was made in Ibiza: a 30-centimeter wooden sculpture representing Hercules. Considering the scarcity of wooden sculptures preserved from the Roman era, this discovery is truly remarkable.
The figure was found in a Roman well that was later reused as a refuse pit. 🧵1/2
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The figure was found in a Roman well that was later reused as a refuse pit. 🧵1/2
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This is superb - thank you @sjblakemore.bsky.social @roryoc.bsky.social @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social -- The Teenage Brain Explained with Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore youtu.be/xy7jkcSl8to?... via @YouTube
The Teenage Brain Explained with Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
YouTube video by MQ Mental Health Research
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November 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This is superb - thank you @sjblakemore.bsky.social @roryoc.bsky.social @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social -- The Teenage Brain Explained with Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore youtu.be/xy7jkcSl8to?... via @YouTube
And yet I have never had an inkjet printer that worked www.facebook.com/share/v/1CRc...
Redirecting...
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October 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
And yet I have never had an inkjet printer that worked www.facebook.com/share/v/1CRc...
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Opportunity for early career postdoctoral researchers to conduct research in Japan for 12-24 months. You'll receive a monthly maintenence stipend, a settling in allowance, a research grant and round trip air fare. Apply by 10 Dec
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
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JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Overseas Researchers 2026
The scheme provides funding for early career postdoctoral researchers to conduct cooperative research in Japan, with leading research groups in Japanese universities and other institutions, under the ...
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October 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Opportunity for early career postdoctoral researchers to conduct research in Japan for 12-24 months. You'll receive a monthly maintenence stipend, a settling in allowance, a research grant and round trip air fare. Apply by 10 Dec
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
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My old job as Director of Oxford's largest portfolio of online courses with @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social is being advertised. If you enjoy academic management and digital education as well as teaching and research, this could be the job for you!
F/t and permanent
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPE029/d...
F/t and permanent
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPE029/d...
Director of the Short Online Course Programme at University of Oxford
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October 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM
My old job as Director of Oxford's largest portfolio of online courses with @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social is being advertised. If you enjoy academic management and digital education as well as teaching and research, this could be the job for you!
F/t and permanent
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPE029/d...
F/t and permanent
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPE029/d...
Woven woollen shoes with rainbow colours, from tomb no. 5, Niya, Xinjiang, ca. 2-3rd century AD.
[Photo via Museum of Kyoto twitter]
[Photo via Museum of Kyoto twitter]
October 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Woven woollen shoes with rainbow colours, from tomb no. 5, Niya, Xinjiang, ca. 2-3rd century AD.
[Photo via Museum of Kyoto twitter]
[Photo via Museum of Kyoto twitter]
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"Such is their fear of jail, bankruptcy or reprisal, that most people I spoke to insisted on anonymity. This was in spite of the fact that many of the same people said Trump would only be restrained by powerful voices standing up to him." My Weekend FT essay. Please read it. on.ft.com/4hqblpr
The Trump Supremacy
[FREE TO READ] Opponents in disarray, allies in line, followers enthralled — the US president is already on his way to building a new world order
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October 24, 2025 at 9:41 AM
"Such is their fear of jail, bankruptcy or reprisal, that most people I spoke to insisted on anonymity. This was in spite of the fact that many of the same people said Trump would only be restrained by powerful voices standing up to him." My Weekend FT essay. Please read it. on.ft.com/4hqblpr
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This month, we had the pleasure of welcoming Giles Quarme Architects to our collection to explore sash windows, staircases, and more, guided by Charles Brooking. Such visits are currently by appointment only as we organize and inventory the collection, but more online access is coming soon!
October 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This month, we had the pleasure of welcoming Giles Quarme Architects to our collection to explore sash windows, staircases, and more, guided by Charles Brooking. Such visits are currently by appointment only as we organize and inventory the collection, but more online access is coming soon!
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Exciting things are starting to happen @thebrooking.bsky.social (where I am a trustee). If you’re interested in buildings and their history you should be following! @constructionhist.bsky.social one for your followers maybe?
👋 Here at @thebrooking.bsky.social, our collection casts a new light on British #architecture, revealing the stories behind #doors, #windows, and other details we often overlook. We breathe life into the familiar and invite you to see the remarkable in the everyday. thebrooking.org.uk
October 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Exciting things are starting to happen @thebrooking.bsky.social (where I am a trustee). If you’re interested in buildings and their history you should be following! @constructionhist.bsky.social one for your followers maybe?
The Chinese identity of St Mark’s bronze ‘Lion’ and its place in the history of medieval Venice | Antiquity | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/3JYSxkm
The Chinese identity of St Mark’s bronze ‘Lion’ and its place in the history of medieval Venice | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
The Chinese identity of St Mark’s bronze ‘Lion’ and its place in the history of medieval Venice - Volume 99 Issue 407
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October 18, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The Chinese identity of St Mark’s bronze ‘Lion’ and its place in the history of medieval Venice | Antiquity | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/3JYSxkm
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Jacqui Hames, featured in #TheHack, is calling on the Prime Minister to put the public ahead of Murdoch, and act now to end corruption and abuse in the press.
Back her petition now:
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Back her petition now:
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October 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Jacqui Hames, featured in #TheHack, is calling on the Prime Minister to put the public ahead of Murdoch, and act now to end corruption and abuse in the press.
Back her petition now:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
Back her petition now:
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
This welcome comment (by @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social on their redevelopment project) isn't a phrase one has heard much in recent years in the museum world - redevelopment has often focused on putting LESS on display!
October 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This welcome comment (by @tulliecarlisle.bsky.social on their redevelopment project) isn't a phrase one has heard much in recent years in the museum world - redevelopment has often focused on putting LESS on display!
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News | Courtauld secures £30m donation – money from the Reuben Foundation will help London arts institute develop a new campus
Courtauld secures £30m donation - Museums Association
Money from the Reuben Foundation will help London arts institute develop a new campus
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October 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
News | Courtauld secures £30m donation – money from the Reuben Foundation will help London arts institute develop a new campus
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One of the conspirators who helped Gavrilo Princip shoot Archduke Franz Ferdinand survived to see the breakup of Yugoslavia. He could conceivably have watched the Neighbours episode where Scott and Charlene got married
you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones
October 8, 2025 at 5:17 AM
One of the conspirators who helped Gavrilo Princip shoot Archduke Franz Ferdinand survived to see the breakup of Yugoslavia. He could conceivably have watched the Neighbours episode where Scott and Charlene got married
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20 Years of Impact: Breaking barriers to epilepsy diagnosis.
For 50 million people with epilepsy, access to care can transform lives.
Our researchers are rethinking diagnosis through affordable tools and training in low-resource settings.
Watch here:
For 50 million people with epilepsy, access to care can transform lives.
Our researchers are rethinking diagnosis through affordable tools and training in low-resource settings.
Watch here:
20th Anniversary Oxford Martin School Impact Story: Professor Arjune Sen, Global Epilepsy Programme
One in 20 people will have a seizure in their lifetime and over 50 million people have epilepsy worldwide. Over 85% of people with epilepsy live in low- and ...
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October 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
20 Years of Impact: Breaking barriers to epilepsy diagnosis.
For 50 million people with epilepsy, access to care can transform lives.
Our researchers are rethinking diagnosis through affordable tools and training in low-resource settings.
Watch here:
For 50 million people with epilepsy, access to care can transform lives.
Our researchers are rethinking diagnosis through affordable tools and training in low-resource settings.
Watch here:
Twelve gods and twelve dogs: Roman votive relief from Lycia, ca. 2nd to 3rd century in Harvard Arts Museums harvardartmuseums.org/collections/...
Lycian Votive Relief: Twelve Gods | Harvard Art Museums
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Lycian Votive Relief
The right upper corner is broken away, with the head of three and the upper bodies of two (at the extreme right) missing. There are other minor chippings around the edges.
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October 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Twelve gods and twelve dogs: Roman votive relief from Lycia, ca. 2nd to 3rd century in Harvard Arts Museums harvardartmuseums.org/collections/...
Not everyone’s architectural cup of tea (I’d be more of a Casson & Conder man myself) but it’s lovely to see the new Schwarzman Centre for humanities subjects open @ox.ac.uk
September 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Not everyone’s architectural cup of tea (I’d be more of a Casson & Conder man myself) but it’s lovely to see the new Schwarzman Centre for humanities subjects open @ox.ac.uk
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The broadcaster Samira Ahmed was recently appointed president of the Twentieth Century Society. She talks to Apollo about conserving the built environment and making people feel that it matters
Samira Ahmed, Twentieth Century woman
The broadcaster and new president of the Twentieth Century Society talks to Arjun Sajip about conserving the built environment and making people feel it matters
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September 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The broadcaster Samira Ahmed was recently appointed president of the Twentieth Century Society. She talks to Apollo about conserving the built environment and making people feel that it matters
A 20 (twenty) horse chariot - presumably emblematic of lots of success-bringing horsepower - on an electrotype replica of a Roman gem @carcoxford.bsky.social (original in Paris @labnf.bsky.social)
September 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
A 20 (twenty) horse chariot - presumably emblematic of lots of success-bringing horsepower - on an electrotype replica of a Roman gem @carcoxford.bsky.social (original in Paris @labnf.bsky.social)