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News, events, people & deeds: #ancient world studies in the Australasian diaspora. Links: http://res-australes.blogspot.com X: @res_australes. Currently taking a break.
From the Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities #blog: Shaping Transformation: University Collections in a Changing World - by Emily Rosevear (on the Dresden ICOM-UMAC / Universeum meeting) teecemuseum.nz/shaping-tran...
Shaping Transformation: University Collections in a Changing World – Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities
teecemuseum.nz
January 27, 2025 at 5:15 AM
ICYMI - Guide to the classics: #Aristotle’s Poetics is a bible for screenwriters – but it’s often misread - by Emma Cole (UQ) - @aunz.theconversation.com theconversation.com/guide-to-the... @emmacole.bsky.social
Guide to the classics: Aristotle’s Poetics is a bible for screenwriters – but it’s often misread
No other classic text has left such a mark on how we tell stories, create theatre, and structure film. But what does it actually say?
theconversation.com
January 27, 2025 at 5:14 AM
ICYMI - Fruit and veg, exercise, frequent bloodletting and more tips on staying healthy from medieval travellers - by Prof Megan Cassidy-Welch (U Divinity) - @aunz.theconversation.com theconversation.com/fruit-and-ve... @megancw.bsky.social
Fruit and veg, exercise, frequent bloodletting and more tips on staying healthy from medieval travellers
Travellers have always faced health hazards when far from home. Here’s what medieval people believed would keep them healthy.
theconversation.com
January 27, 2025 at 5:12 AM
#job Ad Astra Fellow - Assistant Professor in Digital Technologies - Art and Material Culture of Antiquity - University College Dublin – School of Classics www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLO000/a... 5yrs with possibility of permanency
Ad Astra Fellow - Assistant Professor in Digital Technologies - Art and Material Culture of Antiquity at University College Dublin
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 26, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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#Egyptomania — the Big #Tutankhamun outside a motel in Buronga (near Mildura) - #bigthings
January 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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The most recent In Our Time podcast (on BBC Sounds) is outstanding. Subject: Socrates in Prison.
January 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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New co-edited book
January 25, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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New co-edited book
January 25, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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My book
January 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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It's that time of year again...

Got a grad school interview coming up and wondering how to navigate it? Not sure how to prepare?

Join us on February 3rd at 7:30pm for a panel discussion about how to nail that interview this term!

Register here: bucknell.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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The programme is out for the next term of late antique seminars in my brilliant department! Come in person or online! 😊
January 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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My article on sensory deprivation and the so-called Ploutonian at Eleusis has been published!

This is a deeply personal and vulnerable article - establishing a route into Sensory Archaeology as an Autistic researcher. I’m very proud of it.

#ClassicsBluesky
The Cave of Laughlessness, sensory deprivation, and cognitive depletion at Eleusis*
ABSTRACT. This article explores the intersection of sensory perception, emotional experience, and ritual practice within the ancient Eleusinian Mysteries,
https://academic.oup.com/bics/article/67/1/53/7977041?login=true#no-access-message#no-access-message
January 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Feb 13 Sydney (CCWM, 6pm) Dr Andrew Yip, A model of a model of the world: towards a practice of 'critical modelling' for museums www.sydney.edu.au/museum/whats... Book $ www.eventbrite.com.au/e/a-model-of...
A model of a model of the world: towards a practice of 'critical modelling' for museums
www.sydney.edu.au
January 24, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Michael Zavros: Gods and Monsters at the Hellenic Museum - open until 27 April 2025 www.hellenic.org.au/exhibitions/...
January 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
#CFP Book chapters - Pasts Imagined: Creative Methods in Knowledge Production about History, Memory and Culture - eds. Ariella Van Luyn, Alina Kozlovski, Chris Muller - Abstracts by March 3, chapters by end 2025 networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
January 24, 2025 at 12:35 AM
#postdoc #ECR #JRF Oxford - Lady Margaret Hall (LMH) - Randall MacIver Junior Research Fellowship in Classical Literature (Greek and/or Latin) - FT 2 years www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLN861/r...
Randall MacIver Junior Research Fellowship in Classical Literature (Greek and/or Latin) at University of Oxford
An opportunity for an academic position as a Randall MacIver Junior Research Fellowship in Classical Literature (Greek and/or Latin) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore ot...
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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💫New Episode - Enemy of My Dreams with Jenny Williamson 💫

Join us on a tour of the late Roman empire reimagined! We sit down with author Jenny Williamson to discuss her novel that draws inspiration from some of Rome’s most amazing women.

#AncientBluesky🏺

partialhistorians.com/2025/01/23/s...
Special Episode - Enemy of My Dreams with Jenny Williamson - The Partial Historians
We interview Jenny Williamson, the fabulous co-host of Ancient History Fangirl, about her new historical romantasy, Enemy of my Dreams.
partialhistorians.com
January 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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No other classic text has left such a mark on how we tell stories, create theatre, and structure film. But what does it actually say?
Guide to the classics: Aristotle’s Poetics is a bible for screenwriters – but it’s often misread
theconversation.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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A reminder of this event next Wednesday! Great opportunity to hear from & ask questions to staff at various institutions - whether awards and funding available, what’s in their collections, or how to collaborate on a research project 🏺 🗃️ #Classicsbluesky

ics.sas.ac.uk/events/resea...
Researching and Collaborating with BIRIs
ics.sas.ac.uk
January 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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was reminded today that in undergrad, I was the only student to enrol in second semester Greek at 300-level and so I had an hour a week of one-on-one classes
January 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The Department of Linguistics and Philology at Uppsala University has announced five #PhD positions in all of its subject areas, including Latin and Greek. For details, visit: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
PhD positions at the Faculty of Languages - Uppsala University
PhD positions at the Faculty of Languages, Faculty of Languages, Uppsala University
www.uu.se
January 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Trump’s meme coin is nothing new: it takes a page out of the ancient world’s playbook - by Gil Davis (ACU) - @aunz.theconversation.com theconversation.com/trumps-meme-... #numismatics
Trump’s meme coin is nothing new: it takes a page out of the ancient world’s playbook
Trump’s coin is nothing new. In a pre-social media world, coins were the ultimate propaganda tool.
theconversation.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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This semester I ported a course by @mikekestemont.bsky.social from R to Python and taught it alongside a great colleague. Designed for Humanities Masters students with no maths and little Python, it takes you through univariate stats, testing, distributions, and finishes with Bayesian modelling.
January 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Trump’s meme coin is nothing new: it takes a page out of the ancient world’s playbook - by Gil Davis (ACU) - @aunz.theconversation.com theconversation.com/trumps-meme-... #numismatics
Trump’s meme coin is nothing new: it takes a page out of the ancient world’s playbook
Trump’s coin is nothing new. In a pre-social media world, coins were the ultimate propaganda tool.
theconversation.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM