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Rebecca Langlands

@rebeccalanglands.bsky.social

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Professor of Classics at University of Exeter, co-director of Sex & History. Cyclist, footballer, violist, loves trees.

Rebecca Langlands is Professor of Classics at the University of Exeter. She is known in particular for her work on the history of sexuality and ethics in the Roman world.

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 8d

Arts & Culture Exeter | Creative Fellowship 2025-26: Callout for Artists

Applications are invited from creative practitioners for this year's Arts and Culture Creative Fellowship, which will be hosted by the Gender and Sexuality Collective, and will focus on reimagining th...

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Rebecca Langlands @rebeccalanglands.bsky.social · Aug 16

Agreed. It’s my first port of call when I am researching.

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Daniel Fountain @danielfountain.bsky.social · Aug 3

My University has opened a virtual scholar scheme for scholars from Gaza. Please share widely and help stop scholasticide. www.exeter.ac.uk/faculties/ha...

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · May 27

Attention all Allies of LGTBQ people supporting trans people please see this Petition!

www.change.org/p/not-in-our...

Sign the Petition

Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community

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ILGA-Europe @ilgaeurope.bsky.social · May 14

The #RainbowMap 2025 is live! Find out how 49 European countries rank on LGBTI human rights and see which ones are leading, or falling behind. Check it out now! rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org

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Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · May 5

Hello World!

Welcome to followers changing channels from LinkedIn. Thank you everyone following me for the first time.
Here is a video link to an address I gave at the start of Trans History Week. Wherever you are, know the UK is trans-hostile. It will take 12mins of your life.
youtu.be/IPU6XN4lOvw

Trans judge taking UK to European Court Of Human Rights speaks out during Trans+ History Week

YouTube video by QueerAF | Understand the LGBTQIA+ news

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Andrew McRae @mcraeandrew.bsky.social · May 3

Exeter

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Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · May 2

Don't believe what the UK media is telling you about the Runcorn and Helsby by-election: www.cheryl-morgan.co...

Lies, Damned Lies and the British Press | Cheryl's Mewsings

So, Reform has won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election. Judging by what I am seeing in the news and on social media, this is a major defeat for Labour whose voters, we are told, are deserting the party en masse for Reform. The lesson for Labour is apparently clear: they need to double-down on their

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · May 1

OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS

Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now!

Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn

Historians for Trans Rights - Open Letter to MPs

In light of the recent and incessant attacks on the trans community in the UK by the UK government and legal system, a group of UK-based historians have drafted the letter linked below. Our aim is to ...

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Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · Apr 28

The fabulous @saranahmed.bsky.social being brilliant as usual:
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Patriarchal Hammers

Some thoughts on the recent judgement by the Supreme Court

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Emma Cayley 谷曦 @emmacayley.bsky.social · Mar 12

A response: www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/mode...

Modern languages departments are neither colonial nor obsolete

Advanced linguistic and cultural skills remain essential for deep insight into how people see themselves in the world, say five modern languages academics

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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · Mar 7

REF2029: concerns about the implications of decoupling | The English Association : Please read this important joint letter we have written (on behalf of us, our chair @jennyrichards.bsky.social ) along with @ies-sas.bsky.social & @univeng.bsky.social
englishassociation.ac.uk/ref2029-conc...

REF2029: concerns about the implications of decoupling | The English Association

We support the teaching, learning, and enjoyment of English at all levels of education, from early years to further and higher education and beyond.

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(Mar)Chella Ward @luxmea.bsky.social · Feb 19

We launched the Society for the Study of the Past yesterday at our Palestine event - a response to the fact that our disciplinary associations have failed us. It’s already looking like the only club I want to be in… More coming soon, but for now check it out here: societyforthestudyofthepast.com

Society for the Study of the Past

A new history of the world...

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Helen Lovatt @helenlovatt.bsky.social · Jan 30

Petition to support ancient history at Cardiff, set up by students there chng.it/MSXnH968ZQ

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Save Cardiff University Ancient History Degree

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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · Jan 24

This is pretty cool... we sent off our Roman iron ring with lion-engraved intaglio to be micro-CT scanned by some Exeter university students.

We can now virtually slice the ring in any orientation to see internal corrosion and the intaglio itself (from any angle).

Resolution is... 6 microns!! 😮😎

A screen shot of a computer screen showing various windows, each showing a digital slice through a Roman ring. You can variously see different views and orientations, internal damage and the intaglio gem

A Roman intaglio gem set in a corroded iron ring. The gem is blue and engraved with an image of a lion seemingly holding something in its mouth.

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Chloe Brownlee-Chapman @chlonfusticate.bsky.social · Nov 15

To begin, I want to introduce the Uncovering Roman Carlisle project; I work on engaging my community their incredible, but almost invisible Roman heritage.
Check us out: www.uncoveringromancarlisle.co.uk
Feedback and critique always welcomed - through challenge we learn!

Uncovering Roman Carlisle

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(Mar)Chella Ward @luxmea.bsky.social · Dec 14

Hello BlueSky. I don’t really know what this place is or what I’m doing here, but I do have two things to say. 1) Free Palestine 🇵🇸 2) our Critical Ancient World Studies book is out - you can find it here: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...

Critical Ancient World Studies | The Case for Forgetting Classics | Ma

This volume explores and elucidates critical ancient world studies (CAWS), a new model for the study of the ancient world operating critically, setting itself

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