Andrew Connor
@andrewconnor.bsky.social
Ancient historian and papyrologist, interested in religions and Romans in Egypt. Wrote "Confiscation and Coexistence: Egyptian Temples in the Age of Augustus" (from University of Michigan Press).
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Richard Burton playing cricket on the set of Alexander The Great during filming in Spain in the summer of 1955
November 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Richard Burton playing cricket on the set of Alexander The Great during filming in Spain in the summer of 1955
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The petition is LIVE! uOttawa suspended Greek & Roman Studies without consultation ending advanced ancient languages teaching and Ontario's only ancient languages programme in French. Please sign, share widely and follow for updates. buff.ly/hjj4J7u #SOSClassicsUO #SaveHigherEd #ONfr #Ottawa
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Save Greek and Latin at the University of Ottawa!
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October 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The petition is LIVE! uOttawa suspended Greek & Roman Studies without consultation ending advanced ancient languages teaching and Ontario's only ancient languages programme in French. Please sign, share widely and follow for updates. buff.ly/hjj4J7u #SOSClassicsUO #SaveHigherEd #ONfr #Ottawa
A great night last night at the Monash Student Communities awards as Orion College was named College of the Year for the second time in three years. A tribute to the great work of the members and advisors who have built a fantastic community. #BigPurple
elmo from sesame street is surrounded by purple flames in a dark room .
Alt: Elmo from Sesame Street, but purple, is surrounded by purple flames in a dark room.
The whole purple thing is because Orion College's major color is purple, by the way.
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October 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
A great night last night at the Monash Student Communities awards as Orion College was named College of the Year for the second time in three years. A tribute to the great work of the members and advisors who have built a fantastic community. #BigPurple
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last week, I wrote about how the rushed/bizarre teen social media ban policy process could lead to bad outcomes for Australians.
One scenario? Platforms forced to check users ages leak private data. Anyway, there's now a leak of some Discord user's passports
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/30/a...
One scenario? Platforms forced to check users ages leak private data. Anyway, there's now a leak of some Discord user's passports
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/30/a...
October 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
last week, I wrote about how the rushed/bizarre teen social media ban policy process could lead to bad outcomes for Australians.
One scenario? Platforms forced to check users ages leak private data. Anyway, there's now a leak of some Discord user's passports
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/30/a...
One scenario? Platforms forced to check users ages leak private data. Anyway, there's now a leak of some Discord user's passports
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/30/a...
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Marc Bloch will be admitted to the Pantheon in Paris! The date for the "Panthéonisation" is set for 16 June 2026. Meanwhile, @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social has launched a website to keep track of the many conferences to celebrate the event. Some of them start this month.
marcbloch.pantheonsorbonne.fr
marcbloch.pantheonsorbonne.fr
Marc Bloch | Marc Bloch
marcbloch.pantheonsorbonne.fr
September 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Marc Bloch will be admitted to the Pantheon in Paris! The date for the "Panthéonisation" is set for 16 June 2026. Meanwhile, @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social has launched a website to keep track of the many conferences to celebrate the event. Some of them start this month.
marcbloch.pantheonsorbonne.fr
marcbloch.pantheonsorbonne.fr
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Hey pocket friends. Just a heads up that if I'm suddenly blanking you after December, it's not you, it's my government.
September 3, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Hey pocket friends. Just a heads up that if I'm suddenly blanking you after December, it's not you, it's my government.
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I found @brianphillips.bsky.social's defense of the em dash to be thoughtful, beautifully expressed, and human!!!
Stop AI-Shaming Our Precious, Kindly Em Dashes—Please
Human writers have always used the em dash. In fact, it’s the most human punctuation mark there is.
www.theringer.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I found @brianphillips.bsky.social's defense of the em dash to be thoughtful, beautifully expressed, and human!!!
Say, hypothetically, you had a godson who has just turned 8 and has (thanks partly to you and partly to Bluey) gotten really into cricket, but who lives in a non-cricketing country. Would anyone have suggestions for presents? I have some thoughts but would be glad for any ideas!
August 13, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Say, hypothetically, you had a godson who has just turned 8 and has (thanks partly to you and partly to Bluey) gotten really into cricket, but who lives in a non-cricketing country. Would anyone have suggestions for presents? I have some thoughts but would be glad for any ideas!
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Hack to make Proquest 'Ebook Central' actually functional for academic work >
Go to the book-shaped icon in the upper right while viewing a book and then click on "switch to pdf"
I also hated this before I learned that, and still hate that you can't set it as a default.
I also hated this before I learned that, and still hate that you can't set it as a default.
August 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Hack to make Proquest 'Ebook Central' actually functional for academic work >
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“American Academy of Arts&Sciences reports 96.3% of humanities grads age 23-32 fully employed. Earnings in humanitiess comparable to social/life sciences, job satisfaction levels too. A serious mismatch bw actual employment for hum grads +general perception."
www.mellon.org/voices/human...
www.mellon.org/voices/human...
Mellon Foundation
The Mellon Foundation makes grants to actively unlock the power in the arts and humanities that helps connect us all.
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August 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“American Academy of Arts&Sciences reports 96.3% of humanities grads age 23-32 fully employed. Earnings in humanitiess comparable to social/life sciences, job satisfaction levels too. A serious mismatch bw actual employment for hum grads +general perception."
www.mellon.org/voices/human...
www.mellon.org/voices/human...
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There's a Frinkiac for Detroiters now: l
Detroiters Quote Database
Database of 'Detroiters' quotes with screenshots, season and episode info, and episode names. Search by text or by episode. Save shareable memes.
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June 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
There's a Frinkiac for Detroiters now: l
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For the 30th anniversary, the Summer Institutes are not only still going strong, but will also be coming to 🇨🇦.
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June 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
For the 30th anniversary, the Summer Institutes are not only still going strong, but will also be coming to 🇨🇦.
papyrology.org/summer_insti...
papyrology.org/summer_insti...
If you're going to be around Melbourne on July 6, this sounds really fantastic: two hours of music from Mikis Theodorakis and Manos Hatzidakis, in the friendly environs of the Greek Centre.
MIKIS MANOS The soundtrack of Greece in the 20th Century
Two 50-minute sets with a 20-minute interval
Performed by: Achileas Yiangoullis, Jacob Papadopoulos, Nick Koutsaliotis, Stav Thomopoulos, Tony...
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June 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
If you're going to be around Melbourne on July 6, this sounds really fantastic: two hours of music from Mikis Theodorakis and Manos Hatzidakis, in the friendly environs of the Greek Centre.
Beautiful afternoon to see the women of the mighty Borough come down the coast to take on the Sandringham Zebras!
May 25, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Beautiful afternoon to see the women of the mighty Borough come down the coast to take on the Sandringham Zebras!
I've got some great colleagues with smart things to say. Here's Rohan Howitt on his new book and Australia's Antarctic aspirations over the years
The Antarctic - an extension of Australia? - ABC listen
Australia had ambitions of creating an Empire that included the Southern Ocean, a new book argues. This explained Australia's willingness to fund Antarctic exploration and rescues, as a demonstration ...
www.abc.net.au
May 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I've got some great colleagues with smart things to say. Here's Rohan Howitt on his new book and Australia's Antarctic aspirations over the years
Open-access scholarship/books in papyrology (and related fields): a thread I hope to periodically update, as new material comes out.
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April 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Open-access scholarship/books in papyrology (and related fields): a thread I hope to periodically update, as new material comes out.
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Birds: aren't they great?
Why Do Birds Put Snakeskin in Nests? It May Warn Away Predators
Great Crested Flycatcher with a piece of shed snakeskin. Photo by Barbara Taylor / Macaulay Library.
From the Spring 2025 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now.
For decades, ornithologi...
www.allaboutbirds.org
April 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Birds: aren't they great?
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One reason why I think respectability is stupid is because it's often used as a mask. Such judgements are rarely about the clothes themselves, but more often about the bodies beneath them. To wit, no one raised an issue when Elon wore a graphic t-shirt and ball cap to meet the Trump cabinet.
March 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
One reason why I think respectability is stupid is because it's often used as a mask. Such judgements are rarely about the clothes themselves, but more often about the bodies beneath them. To wit, no one raised an issue when Elon wore a graphic t-shirt and ball cap to meet the Trump cabinet.
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Pere Catalá Pic, ‘Crush fascism!’, 1936.
February 21, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Pere Catalá Pic, ‘Crush fascism!’, 1936.
So aside from the obvious questions (can a lion even blow a horn? How is it holding up the horn with just its lips?), Clive Palmer's new bunch really, really need to work on their Latin.
February 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
So aside from the obvious questions (can a lion even blow a horn? How is it holding up the horn with just its lips?), Clive Palmer's new bunch really, really need to work on their Latin.
I never met him, but he was a scholar whose work I always looked forward to reading, whenever I came across something new (to me)—consistently interesting and thought-provoking, no matter the topic.
Henk Versnel was a powerhouse in the study of ancient Greek religion, and I’m so pleased I had the chance to hear him speak and chat a little with him, but there is definitely going to be a hole in the discipline moving forward.
RIP Henk.
RIP Henk.
February 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I never met him, but he was a scholar whose work I always looked forward to reading, whenever I came across something new (to me)—consistently interesting and thought-provoking, no matter the topic.
More open access Ptolemaic scholarship! Really looking forward to getting into this one--the papers sound fantastic!
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
The Thebaid in Times of Crisis
This collective volume explores societal crises in Hellenistic Egypt, focussing regionally on the Thebaid, from small-scale insurgencies to full-fledged secession. As a result of an international conf...
www.degruyter.com
January 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
More open access Ptolemaic scholarship! Really looking forward to getting into this one--the papers sound fantastic!
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
On a happier note: someone in my neighborhood has what I can only assume is a giant cutout of Tintin's head.
January 21, 2025 at 7:25 AM
On a happier note: someone in my neighborhood has what I can only assume is a giant cutout of Tintin's head.
I'm working on assessment design at the moment, so I decided to try Copilot in a use that some of my students have said they use it: finding a line (that says what they want a line to say). So far, it has made up lines it attributes to Faulkner, Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, and Cormac McCarthy.
January 16, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I'm working on assessment design at the moment, so I decided to try Copilot in a use that some of my students have said they use it: finding a line (that says what they want a line to say). So far, it has made up lines it attributes to Faulkner, Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, and Cormac McCarthy.