Sam Agbamu
@samagbamu.bsky.social
Latin literature and Roman history at University of Reading. Especially keen on histories of race; imperialism and colonialism. Problematically keen on the humanist tradition. he/him
Very excited to be part of the next iteration of the amazing Res Diff series!
🚨CFP for #ResDiff7 is now available!🚨
Res Difficiles 7 will take place on 13th March 2026 with Dr Samuel Agbamu as our keynote speaker.
Submit an abstract by 12th January 2026:
resdifficiles.com/cfp/
Res Difficiles 7 will take place on 13th March 2026 with Dr Samuel Agbamu as our keynote speaker.
Submit an abstract by 12th January 2026:
resdifficiles.com/cfp/
CFP: Res Diff 7
CALL FOR PAPERSRes Difficiles 7Challenges and Pathways for Addressing Inequity In Classics Organizers: Hannah Čulík-Baird and Elke Nash Date: Friday March 13, 2026Platform: Webinar Since 2020 Res D…
resdifficiles.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Very excited to be part of the next iteration of the amazing Res Diff series!
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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Ancient Rome's legacy looms large in Italy's history, from colonising North Africa to Mussolini's fascist reign and modern anti-immigration movements
Historian @samagbamu.bsky.social explains the long, dark shadow cast by the imperial eagle.
🔗 rdg.ac/467hym7
#AncientSky
Historian @samagbamu.bsky.social explains the long, dark shadow cast by the imperial eagle.
🔗 rdg.ac/467hym7
#AncientSky
September 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Ancient Rome's legacy looms large in Italy's history, from colonising North Africa to Mussolini's fascist reign and modern anti-immigration movements
Historian @samagbamu.bsky.social explains the long, dark shadow cast by the imperial eagle.
🔗 rdg.ac/467hym7
#AncientSky
Historian @samagbamu.bsky.social explains the long, dark shadow cast by the imperial eagle.
🔗 rdg.ac/467hym7
#AncientSky
Nice of the anti-refugee nationalists to ensure that St. George's flag is trampled underfoot
August 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Nice of the anti-refugee nationalists to ensure that St. George's flag is trampled underfoot
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Congratulations to everyone getting their #Alevel results today!
We look forward to welcoming our new Classics Department students in September.
If things didn't quite go to plan but you're interested in coming to @uniofreading.bsky.social you can call Clearing on: +44 (0) 118 402 0900
We look forward to welcoming our new Classics Department students in September.
If things didn't quite go to plan but you're interested in coming to @uniofreading.bsky.social you can call Clearing on: +44 (0) 118 402 0900
August 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Congratulations to everyone getting their #Alevel results today!
We look forward to welcoming our new Classics Department students in September.
If things didn't quite go to plan but you're interested in coming to @uniofreading.bsky.social you can call Clearing on: +44 (0) 118 402 0900
We look forward to welcoming our new Classics Department students in September.
If things didn't quite go to plan but you're interested in coming to @uniofreading.bsky.social you can call Clearing on: +44 (0) 118 402 0900
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Letter of the day (in the Times)
August 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Letter of the day (in the Times)
Join Workers for a Free Palestine at Pelican House, Fri 8 Aug, for an evening of live music, dancing and solidarity.
All ticket sales support legal fees for the WFFP9, our friends who got arrested protesting arms sales to Israel, and who will go to court soon.
ra.co/events/2223482
All ticket sales support legal fees for the WFFP9, our friends who got arrested protesting arms sales to Israel, and who will go to court soon.
ra.co/events/2223482
ra.co
August 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Join Workers for a Free Palestine at Pelican House, Fri 8 Aug, for an evening of live music, dancing and solidarity.
All ticket sales support legal fees for the WFFP9, our friends who got arrested protesting arms sales to Israel, and who will go to court soon.
ra.co/events/2223482
All ticket sales support legal fees for the WFFP9, our friends who got arrested protesting arms sales to Israel, and who will go to court soon.
ra.co/events/2223482
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happy les aristocrats à la lanterne day to all who celebrate
July 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
happy les aristocrats à la lanterne day to all who celebrate
Essential viewing on what Palestine Action do, why they do it, and why they must have our unwavering solidarity
tokillawarmachine.com
tokillawarmachine.com
To Kill a War Machine
tokillawarmachine.com
June 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Essential viewing on what Palestine Action do, why they do it, and why they must have our unwavering solidarity
tokillawarmachine.com
tokillawarmachine.com
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I can't believe Staten Island is Hamas
June 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I can't believe Staten Island is Hamas
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We are all Palestine Action.
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June 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
We are all Palestine Action.
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What a weekend of fascistic parades in DC and warplanes flying over my street to finish @profdanhicks.bsky.social ’s breathtaking new book. Such a clear articulation of the tenacious, cold grip of the death cult of ‘militarist realism’. Will be returning to this a lot. Also big up Sylvia Wynter.
June 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
What a weekend of fascistic parades in DC and warplanes flying over my street to finish @profdanhicks.bsky.social ’s breathtaking new book. Such a clear articulation of the tenacious, cold grip of the death cult of ‘militarist realism’. Will be returning to this a lot. Also big up Sylvia Wynter.
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THE RAYMOND WILLIAMS FOUNDATION TARGETED GRANTS SCHEME 2025
The RWF invites applications for up to eight grants of max £1,500 to support self-organised adult learning activities to help realise social justice aims. Deadline: 29 June 2025. More info at:
The RWF invites applications for up to eight grants of max £1,500 to support self-organised adult learning activities to help realise social justice aims. Deadline: 29 June 2025. More info at:
Grants | Raymond Williams Foundation
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March 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
THE RAYMOND WILLIAMS FOUNDATION TARGETED GRANTS SCHEME 2025
The RWF invites applications for up to eight grants of max £1,500 to support self-organised adult learning activities to help realise social justice aims. Deadline: 29 June 2025. More info at:
The RWF invites applications for up to eight grants of max £1,500 to support self-organised adult learning activities to help realise social justice aims. Deadline: 29 June 2025. More info at:
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Today the guardian is debuting our new calculations of climate damage caused by Israel's genocide in Gaza. Greenhouse gases are not the most important reason to demand a permanent ceasefire and Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, but this data shows yet another way that genocide harms us all.
Carbon footprint of Israel’s war on Gaza exceeds that of many entire countries
Exclusive: The climate cost is more than than the combined 2023 emissions of Costa Rica and Estonia, study finds
www.theguardian.com
May 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Today the guardian is debuting our new calculations of climate damage caused by Israel's genocide in Gaza. Greenhouse gases are not the most important reason to demand a permanent ceasefire and Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, but this data shows yet another way that genocide harms us all.
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Oh wow, RIP Ngugi wa Thiongo!! A brilliant writer with so many faces
May 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Oh wow, RIP Ngugi wa Thiongo!! A brilliant writer with so many faces
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In the light of recent news from Cardiff University it seems timely to re-post this letter championing the work of colleagues in Ancient History and Religion from CUCD, CA, FIEC, @ics.bsky.social @theromansoc.bsky.social @hellenicsociety.bsky.social
Update at: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Update at: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
May 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
In the light of recent news from Cardiff University it seems timely to re-post this letter championing the work of colleagues in Ancient History and Religion from CUCD, CA, FIEC, @ics.bsky.social @theromansoc.bsky.social @hellenicsociety.bsky.social
Update at: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Update at: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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If your medieval studies project has been impacted by the NEH cuts and you would like your fundraising project amplified by SSMLL, please contact us at ssmll[AT]history.ox.ac.uk.
SSMLL stands in solidarity with our colleagues.
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SSMLL stands in solidarity with our colleagues.
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May 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
If your medieval studies project has been impacted by the NEH cuts and you would like your fundraising project amplified by SSMLL, please contact us at ssmll[AT]history.ox.ac.uk.
SSMLL stands in solidarity with our colleagues.
(5/5)
SSMLL stands in solidarity with our colleagues.
(5/5)
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Combined Classics Library Bursaries (up to £300) now accepting applications to assist unfunded scholars who wish to visit the Combined Classics Library in summer 2025 in order to advance or complete a project of research or scholarship.
Details here: https://shorturl.at/XRjqg
Details here: https://shorturl.at/XRjqg
Combined Classics Library Bursaries
shorturl.at
May 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Combined Classics Library Bursaries (up to £300) now accepting applications to assist unfunded scholars who wish to visit the Combined Classics Library in summer 2025 in order to advance or complete a project of research or scholarship.
Details here: https://shorturl.at/XRjqg
Details here: https://shorturl.at/XRjqg
Looking for reading on the term "Amerindian". Seeing it being used in recent scholarship by great scholars whose judgements I trust, but intuitively - from a place of ignorance - it seems outdated? Any tips much appreciated!
May 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Looking for reading on the term "Amerindian". Seeing it being used in recent scholarship by great scholars whose judgements I trust, but intuitively - from a place of ignorance - it seems outdated? Any tips much appreciated!
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This is what a leader does.
This is what a leader sounds like.
THERE ARE MORE OF US THAN THERE ARE OF THEM
DO NOT OBEY.
SPEAK YOUR MIND.
This is what a leader sounds like.
THERE ARE MORE OF US THAN THERE ARE OF THEM
DO NOT OBEY.
SPEAK YOUR MIND.
WOW: Absolute RESPECT to Cecilia Culver for delivering a courageous, and kickass, commencement speech that calls out her university's complicity with genocide
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE6w...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE6w...
STANDING OVATION!!! | Cecilia Culver, The George Washington University 2025 Commencement Speech
YouTube video by EverydayPal
www.youtube.com
May 18, 2025 at 4:49 AM
This is what a leader does.
This is what a leader sounds like.
THERE ARE MORE OF US THAN THERE ARE OF THEM
DO NOT OBEY.
SPEAK YOUR MIND.
This is what a leader sounds like.
THERE ARE MORE OF US THAN THERE ARE OF THEM
DO NOT OBEY.
SPEAK YOUR MIND.
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Draft of an AI statement for future syllabi (building on what others have done & shared)
May 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Draft of an AI statement for future syllabi (building on what others have done & shared)
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Call for applications for the inaugural Racing the Classics cohort-based fellowship (funded by a major award won by Dan-El Padilla Peralta and Sasha-Mae Eccleston). Mentorship, summer seminar, monthly practicum, stipend/travel, and more www.racingtheclassics.com
RACING THE CLASSICS
Racing the Classics began as a conference series. The summer seminar takes up the mantle of that series by inviting fellows to gather in-person for intensive, sustained conversation.
www.racingtheclassics.com
May 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Call for applications for the inaugural Racing the Classics cohort-based fellowship (funded by a major award won by Dan-El Padilla Peralta and Sasha-Mae Eccleston). Mentorship, summer seminar, monthly practicum, stipend/travel, and more www.racingtheclassics.com
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You guys, a conclave of old cardinals can decide on a POPE faster than an academic search committee can decide on the four people we're bringing to campus for an assistant professor search.
May 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
You guys, a conclave of old cardinals can decide on a POPE faster than an academic search committee can decide on the four people we're bringing to campus for an assistant professor search.