David J. Wright
@rmavirumquecano.bsky.social
VAP in Classics at Bowdoin College. Monsters. Classics and equity. Banner by Flora Kirk. Changing students’ lives one Sappho fragment at time. (he/him)
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Religion and Slave Revolts in the Roman Mediterranean is under contract with the @uwiscpress.bsky.social!
Looking forward to sharing thoughts on the roles of religious cultures in catalyzing & suppressing slave revolts + how Roman writers selectively characterized the religiosity of the enslaved.
Looking forward to sharing thoughts on the roles of religious cultures in catalyzing & suppressing slave revolts + how Roman writers selectively characterized the religiosity of the enslaved.
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Religion and Slave Revolts in the Roman Mediterranean is under contract with the @uwiscpress.bsky.social!
Looking forward to sharing thoughts on the roles of religious cultures in catalyzing & suppressing slave revolts + how Roman writers selectively characterized the religiosity of the enslaved.
Looking forward to sharing thoughts on the roles of religious cultures in catalyzing & suppressing slave revolts + how Roman writers selectively characterized the religiosity of the enslaved.
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It's OUT!! Our chapter in Evolving Perspectives on Digital Classics, edited by Anna Foka and Clelia LaMonica. In very good company among the best scholars in the field. www.routledge.com/Evolving-Per...
October 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
It's OUT!! Our chapter in Evolving Perspectives on Digital Classics, edited by Anna Foka and Clelia LaMonica. In very good company among the best scholars in the field. www.routledge.com/Evolving-Per...
Augustus, in the Res Gestae:
October 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Augustus, in the Res Gestae:
I'm emerging from my social media hiatus to say that I think there's a reference to Hannibal crossing the Alps in the Mandalorian and Grogu trailer
September 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I'm emerging from my social media hiatus to say that I think there's a reference to Hannibal crossing the Alps in the Mandalorian and Grogu trailer
I know I never post anymore, but my current professional update is that I’ll be returning to Bowdoin as a Visiting Assistant Professor! I’m going to miss my Colby students and colleagues a lot, but I’m looking forward to this new venture!
August 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I know I never post anymore, but my current professional update is that I’ll be returning to Bowdoin as a Visiting Assistant Professor! I’m going to miss my Colby students and colleagues a lot, but I’m looking forward to this new venture!
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❗My shop is back❗Check out my illustrations of classical antiquities in all their polychromatic glory🏺
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July 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
❗My shop is back❗Check out my illustrations of classical antiquities in all their polychromatic glory🏺
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This is exciting, but I'm very concerned for Remus right now ...
"Colossal Biosciences has genetically engineered the first dire wolf to live in over 10,000 years."
"[...] brought Romulus, Remus, and their sister, 2-month-old Khaleesi, into the world during three separate births last fall and this winter"
Sorry, they named them what
"[...] brought Romulus, Remus, and their sister, 2-month-old Khaleesi, into the world during three separate births last fall and this winter"
Sorry, they named them what
The Return of the Dire Wolf
Colossal Biosciences has genetically engineered the first dire wolf to live in over 10,000 years. Here's what that means for other extinct species.
time.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This is exciting, but I'm very concerned for Remus right now ...
I'm really excited to be teaching a week-long course on monsters and myth this summer at the CANE Summer Institute this July at Stonehill College in Easton, MA.! Be sure to check out the other awesome courses, workshops, and lectures! All courses will have virtual options as well. @caneweb.org
April 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I'm really excited to be teaching a week-long course on monsters and myth this summer at the CANE Summer Institute this July at Stonehill College in Easton, MA.! Be sure to check out the other awesome courses, workshops, and lectures! All courses will have virtual options as well. @caneweb.org
It's been 8 years in the making, but the metapoetic dictionary I contributed to is finally out! I wrote two entries (in English): one on bees/honey in Latin literature and one on nymphs in Greek and Latin literature. If you'd like PDFs of my entries, I'd be happy to share them!
March 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It's been 8 years in the making, but the metapoetic dictionary I contributed to is finally out! I wrote two entries (in English): one on bees/honey in Latin literature and one on nymphs in Greek and Latin literature. If you'd like PDFs of my entries, I'd be happy to share them!
Reposted by David J. Wright
Reposted by David J. Wright
REMINDER: CfP Mythological Game Studies Conference (May 2025, online)
Send @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and me your abstracts on everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies before February 2!
Send @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and me your abstracts on everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies before February 2!
CfP alert! 📢 Mythological Game Studies Conference
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I are organizing an online conference on mythology & video games (May 2025). We're interested in everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies! Abstract deadline: Feb 2!
For more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I are organizing an online conference on mythology & video games (May 2025). We're interested in everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies! Abstract deadline: Feb 2!
For more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
January 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
REMINDER: CfP Mythological Game Studies Conference (May 2025, online)
Send @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and me your abstracts on everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies before February 2!
Send @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and me your abstracts on everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies before February 2!
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Looking forward to today’s Collections and Research Day at @antiquaries.bsky.social, where I’ll be talking about racialised touch and classical sculpture in the eighteenth century #c18
November 27, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Looking forward to today’s Collections and Research Day at @antiquaries.bsky.social, where I’ll be talking about racialised touch and classical sculpture in the eighteenth century #c18
Reposted by David J. Wright
CfP alert! 📢 Mythological Game Studies Conference
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I are organizing an online conference on mythology & video games (May 2025). We're interested in everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies! Abstract deadline: Feb 2!
For more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I are organizing an online conference on mythology & video games (May 2025). We're interested in everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies! Abstract deadline: Feb 2!
For more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 18, 2024 at 1:56 PM
CfP alert! 📢 Mythological Game Studies Conference
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I are organizing an online conference on mythology & video games (May 2025). We're interested in everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies! Abstract deadline: Feb 2!
For more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I are organizing an online conference on mythology & video games (May 2025). We're interested in everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies! Abstract deadline: Feb 2!
For more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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So proud to see this issue published! It was a pleasure to work with my fellow AAACC officers to highlight work by our members, and an honor to collaborate with Joe Romero and @opietasanimi.bsky.social for Res Diff!
It is my enormous pleasure to share the second issue of Res Difficiles, The Journal, guest-edited by Arum Park, Chris Waldo, and Tori Lee, the leadership team of the Asian and Asian American Caucus (AAACC): “Re(Orient): Reception, Power, and Asian Experience.”
#ResDiffJournal
#ResDiffJournal
November 19, 2024 at 3:31 PM
So proud to see this issue published! It was a pleasure to work with my fellow AAACC officers to highlight work by our members, and an honor to collaborate with Joe Romero and @opietasanimi.bsky.social for Res Diff!
Reposted by David J. Wright
We created a "Reception of Antiquity" starter pack. Please share to made it known, and comment if you think you should be added in it! 🏺🏛️🔥 #AncientBlueSky #Antiquity #ClassicalReception #ReceptionOfAntiquity
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➡️ go.bsky.app/SmtFscD
October 19, 2024 at 6:30 PM
We created a "Reception of Antiquity" starter pack. Please share to made it known, and comment if you think you should be added in it! 🏺🏛️🔥 #AncientBlueSky #Antiquity #ClassicalReception #ReceptionOfAntiquity
➡️ go.bsky.app/SmtFscD
➡️ go.bsky.app/SmtFscD
Does anyone have any good readings on Near Eastern influences on the Presocratics?
October 17, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Does anyone have any good readings on Near Eastern influences on the Presocratics?
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The next deadline for the Rudolph Masciantonio Grants for K-12 Educators is May 31, 2024! To learn more about the two types of Masciantonio grants and the application process, please visit: classicalstudies.org/awards-and-f...
November 20, 2024 at 5:20 PM
The next deadline for the Rudolph Masciantonio Grants for K-12 Educators is May 31, 2024! To learn more about the two types of Masciantonio grants and the application process, please visit: classicalstudies.org/awards-and-f...
First summer in 3 years I don’t have to move! 🎉🎉🎉
New update! I'll be joining Colby's Classics Department as a Visiting Assistant Professor this fall. I'm sad to leave my wonderful colleagues and students at Bowdoin. But I am excited to be staying in Maine and I'm looking forward to this new venture!
May 11, 2024 at 6:30 PM
First summer in 3 years I don’t have to move! 🎉🎉🎉
New update! I'll be joining Colby's Classics Department as a Visiting Assistant Professor this fall. I'm sad to leave my wonderful colleagues and students at Bowdoin. But I am excited to be staying in Maine and I'm looking forward to this new venture!
May 11, 2024 at 6:27 PM
New update! I'll be joining Colby's Classics Department as a Visiting Assistant Professor this fall. I'm sad to leave my wonderful colleagues and students at Bowdoin. But I am excited to be staying in Maine and I'm looking forward to this new venture!
The edited volume on the sublime that I contributed to is out! My chapter examines the Isthmus of Corinth, the Nero's plan to build a canal through it, and the cosmic implications of such a project. I'm happy to share a pre-proof draft with anyone who is interested!
April 26, 2024 at 4:27 PM
The edited volume on the sublime that I contributed to is out! My chapter examines the Isthmus of Corinth, the Nero's plan to build a canal through it, and the cosmic implications of such a project. I'm happy to share a pre-proof draft with anyone who is interested!
The Medea has a very unexpected ending
March 14, 2024 at 2:35 PM
The Medea has a very unexpected ending
Tomorrow! At Bowdoin College!
February 21, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Tomorrow! At Bowdoin College!
I'm co-organizing a Classics "B Movie" festival this spring at Bowdoin. It's open to the public, so if you happen to be in southern Maine on any of these dates, come join us! And check out the poster I made!
February 7, 2024 at 6:04 PM
I'm co-organizing a Classics "B Movie" festival this spring at Bowdoin. It's open to the public, so if you happen to be in southern Maine on any of these dates, come join us! And check out the poster I made!
I'm excited to announce that I'll be presenting at the 2024 PCA National Conference this March on a panel that examines monsters in popular culture. My paper explores the ways in which Godzilla has become a symbol of empowerment for marginalized groups.
January 3, 2024 at 3:18 PM
I'm excited to announce that I'll be presenting at the 2024 PCA National Conference this March on a panel that examines monsters in popular culture. My paper explores the ways in which Godzilla has become a symbol of empowerment for marginalized groups.
If you're attending #AIASCS this week, be sure not to miss the workshop I'm running with Dr. Arti Mehta this Friday morning at 8m CT: "A Workshop on Classics, Racism, Bias: Discussion and Praxis on American History, Mythology, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." in Salon A-3!
January 3, 2024 at 2:32 PM
If you're attending #AIASCS this week, be sure not to miss the workshop I'm running with Dr. Arti Mehta this Friday morning at 8m CT: "A Workshop on Classics, Racism, Bias: Discussion and Praxis on American History, Mythology, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." in Salon A-3!