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Kaitlin Smith

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Ph.D. student in English & Comp Lit at UNC - Chapel Hill. Researching women’s classical reception in literature. EIC at the Carolina Quarterly. Staff at Aôthen Magazine. She/Her. https://linktr.ee/kaitlin_writes

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Kaitlin Smith @kaitlinwrites.bsky.social · Mar 29

Hi, there! I thought that since I'm using this platform more often now that I should introduce myself. I'm Kaitlin! I'm an early-career researcher on women's classical receptions and English Romanticism. I also write adult literary fiction when time permits. 🤍

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Dr Hannah Čulík-Baird @opietasanimi.com · 2d

It is my pleasure to share the CFP for a special issue of #ResDiffJournal guest-edited by Yusi Liu, Chris Gipson, and Najee Olya, building on the Mountaintop Coalition's panel at the SCS earlier this year. "International Scholarship in a ‘Globalized’ World?" resdifficiles.com/internationa...

International Scholarship in a ‘Globalized’ World? CFP

At the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Classical Studies and the Archaeological Institute of America in Philadelphia, the Mountaintop Coalition sponsored the joint panel, “Internationa…

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Aôthen Magazine @aothenmagazine.bsky.social · 5d

This week on Columns we have an interview with Imogen Briscoe from Ekklesia, another classics magazine! Kaitlin Smith talks with Briscoe about #accessibility, #Ovid, and more.

Have a read here: aothenmagazine.com/#ekklesiainterview

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Kaitlin Smith @kaitlinwrites.bsky.social · 5d

I had the pleasure of interviewing Imogen Briscoe of Ekklesia Magazine about her work Ovid and Ekklesia's mission of making Classics accessible for all. You can read it now!

Aôthen Magazine

A literary magazine devoted to the world of classics.

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Working Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 6d

✨NEW ARTICLE!✨

Our book reviewer, Carlotta Vincenzi has lost themselves in @lejenksbrown.bsky.social’s awesome new book, You Are Odysseus.

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Book Review: You Are Odysseus — Working Classicists

A book for nayone who ever thought Odysseus could have made better choices. A glowing review of L. Jenkinson-Brown’s, “You Are Odysseus”, from Carlotta Vincenzi.

www.workingclassicists.com

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Kaitlin Smith @kaitlinwrites.bsky.social · 6d

My students & I visited the on-campus art museum today as part of our writing in the social sciences unit. Featured: Henri Fantin-Latour and Claude Monet.

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Exciting! I live near Raleigh. Hope to be there!

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Debby Sneed @debscavator.bsky.social · 7d

This weekend I'm headed to Raleigh, NC to give a talk about disability, misfit relationships, and mobility aids at the North Carolina Museum of Art. The talk is free and open to the public, on Sunday, October 5 at 2pm. Register here: ncartmuseum.org/events/frien...

Friends of Greek Art Lecture—Disability in Ancient Greece: A Case Study in Mobility

Disability can be a feature of the body, but as Disability Studies scholar Rosemarie Garland-Thomson has shown, it is also a material arrangement, one that can result in a “misfit” relationship…

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Aôthen Magazine @aothenmagazine.bsky.social · 9d

"Diana and Endymion" by Johann Michael Rottmayr, c. 1695.

In Roman mythology, Diana is the Goddess of the hunt, wildlife, and childbirth. She is included in Ovid's Metamorphoses.

Source: The Art Institute of Chicago.

#mythology #classicalstudies

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Greek Myth Comix @greekmythcomix.bsky.social · 10d

A reminder that #ClassicsTober starts tomorrow on @classicstober.bsky.social and the overall theme is KATABASIS.

ClassicsTober25: Katabasis

1. Hypnos
2. Thanatos
3. Graeae
4. Shroud
5. Hermes Psychopompos
6. Moirai
7. φαρμακίς (pharmakis) - witch, sorceress
8. Erebos
9. Lampades
10. Hekate
11. Torch
12. Styx
13. Empousa
14. Cocytus
15. Τέρατα (Térata) - monsters
16. Typhon
17. Echidna
18. Kharon
19. Shade
20. Acheron
21. Kerberos
22. Judge
23. Lamia
24. Phlegethon
25. Tartarus
26. Punishment
27. Erinyes
28. Phobos & Deimos
29. Mysteries
30. Lethe
31. Elysian Fields

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Kaitlin Smith @kaitlinwrites.bsky.social · 9d

Excited to be part of this and to give back! 🤎

FGLIF - First-Generation Low Income Federation @fglif.bsky.social · 9d

Full event details and panelist bios are up on our website!

fglif.org/2025/09/30/d...

Learn more about Christine Davidson (Trent), Johanna Kaiser (UPenn & Howard), and Kaitlin Smith (UNC–Chapel Hill), and what they’ll be sharing.

#AncientBlueSKy

Demystifying Academic Conferences (October 23rd, 2025)

Academic conferences can feel mysterious, overwhelming, or even intimidating, especially if you’re navigating them for the first time. What counts as a panel? How do you decide whether to give a pa…

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FGLIF - First-Generation Low Income Federation @fglif.bsky.social · 9d

First time heading to a conference?

Feeling overwhelmed by panels and packed schedules?

Curious about how to network, find support, and make the most of it?

Join FGLIF on Oct 23 at 3:30 PM ET for a supportive panel that takes the mystery (and stress) out of academic conferences!

#AncientBlueSky

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Kaitlin Smith @kaitlinwrites.bsky.social · 9d

A 1491 publication of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy. Housed in the Wilson Library special collections at UNC. What a marvel to be able to handle such history.

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Kaitlin Smith @kaitlinwrites.bsky.social · 9d

Agree!! I always consider them "in dialogue" with each other.

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Aôthen Magazine @aothenmagazine.bsky.social · 13d

"[He] had in the midst of his song still other desires in mind.” — Hymn 4: To Hermes, trans. Michael Crudden.

#ancientgreece #mythology #poetry #amreading

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 9d

The 22 new books out today include titles by Lily King, Richard Osman, Ada Limón, and more!

Lily King, Richard Osman, Ada Limón, and more: 22 new books out today!

With the world as we know it seemingly caving in around us, never has there been a better time to orient ourselves around what truly matters. Our loved ones. Our activism. Our small kindnesses to e…

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Rhea Classical Reviews @rheaclassical.bsky.social · 12d

New book review on Rhea!

Caroline Arbuckle MacLeod reviews Andrew Fox, "Trees in Ancient Rome. Growing an Empire in the Late Republic and Early Principate" ( @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social 2023). 🌳🌲🌴

Don't miss the author-reviewer dialogue following the review!

Trees in Ancient Rome. Growing an Empire in the Late Republic and Early Principate.

Andrew Fox, Trees in Ancient Rome. Growing an Empire in the Late Republic and Early Principate (London, New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023). 9781350237803. Reviewed by Caroline Arbuckle MacLeod, S…

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Kaitlin Smith @kaitlinwrites.bsky.social · 12d

Someone (me) decided it would be a great idea to plan a wedding during the first year of my Ph.D. program. So, anyway…the wedding venue is booked! 🤎

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Aôthen Magazine @aothenmagazine.bsky.social · 19d

We have new designs (created by our very own EIC) up on our RedBubble! Purchasing one means supporting us so we can continue to publish your stellar art and writing and pay our contributors. Plus, they're cool (I'm not biased). 🤎

#classicsbluesky

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Aôthen Magazine @aothenmagazine.bsky.social · 16d

This week on Columns, we invite Laura Jenkinson-Brown (@greekmythcomix.bsky.social) to talk about her upcoming book, You Are Odysseus. It's a tour-de-force of a novel -- a choose-your-own-adventure retelling of the Odyssey with 51 (!) different endings.

🔆 Read: aothenmagazine.com/#lbjinterview

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The Carolina Quarterly @carolinaquarterly.bsky.social · 16d

STAFF APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN! We are seeking editors and readers for the 25-26AY. All positions are volunteer roles. Open to undergraduate and grad students at #UNC.

Apply here or at the link in our bio: linktr.ee/carolinaquar....

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Chasing Aphrodite @chasingaphrodite.bsky.social · 18d

A Rush to Save Ancient Artifacts in Gaza Highlights All That Has Been Lost

A bombing delay enabled rescue of some objects, but archaeologists fear the wider loss of antiquities from the many cultures living there over thousands of years.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/w...

A Rush to Save Ancient Artifacts in Gaza Highlights All That Has Been Lost

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 18d

In addition to scraping your uploads for "generative AI" training, Academia dot edu is going to start claiming rights to your personal info— *including your signature & voice*— for anything they see fit.

So now'd be a good time to remove all of your uploaded works, & then delete your whole account.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services

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Kaitlin Smith @kaitlinwrites.bsky.social · 18d

I’m thrilled to say I’ve taken on the role of EIC at the Carolina Quarterly. I cannot wait for submissions to open in December. 🫶🏻

The Carolina Quarterly @carolinaquarterly.bsky.social · 18d

THE CAROLINA QUARTERLY IS COMING BACK! 🤍

We are so excited to announce that, after a long hiatus, the Carolina Quarterly is coming back to life under new leadership. Our new EIC is looking forward to restoring the Carolina Quarterly to its former stellar operations.

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Asian and Asian American Classical Caucus @aaacc.bsky.social · 21d

On October 18, from 2–3:30 pm EST / 11 am–12:30 pm PST, join us for a discussion with Thu Truong on her article “Ocean Vuong, Intertextuality, and the Limits of Interpretation,” which was awarded the prestigious John J. Winkler Prize in 2025!

Registration link available in bio.

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Aôthen Magazine @aothenmagazine.bsky.social · 23d

"Jupiter Rebuked by Venus" by Abraham Janssens, c. 1612.

Source: The Art Institute of Chicago.

#mythology #arthistory #classicalstudies

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