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De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · Jun 27

Hello #AncientBluesky, #ClassicsBluesky & #AncientEgyptBluesky!

Follow us to hear about our books, journals, events and CfPs in #AncientStudies, #Classics and #Egyptology. See what’s new in our portfolio, including Greek and Latin Philology, #AncientHistory, #Archeology, Byzantine Studies and more!

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De Gruyter Brill Asian Studies @dgb-asianstudies.bsky.social · 7d

Proud to launch the Digital Library of Chinese Classics! 510 texts, 20 years of research, 500 scholars, 282 vols, in one comprehensive digital collection, empowered by Brill’s renowned dictionaries. Check it out:
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De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 5d

We are very pleased to celebrate the wonderful occasion of Bernhard Zimmermann's 70th birthday with 2 books: His Collected Papers (UaLG) and a Festschrift in his honour with the beautiful title "Playing in the Sun": Happy Birthday Bernhard, ad multos annos! www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

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De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 6d

Interested in reading one of the very few surviving ancient Greek romances? If so, enjoy our latest Tusculum volume: Achilleus Tatios' "Leucippe and Clitophon", brilliantly as usual translated into German by Niklas Holzberg:
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De Gruyter Brill Religion, Bible, and Theology @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social · 7d

📣📣📣Now Available📣📣📣Prayer in the Ancient World Online! This new reference work has just launched it's first content including over 40 articles! Have your librarian ask to trial it today!! 🎉📚📖
For more information click here: referenceworks.brill.com/display/db/p...

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De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 15d

Herzlichen Glückwunsch an unseren Autor Dr. Andreas Herrmann! Mit dem Premio Romanistico Internazionale Gérard Boulvert wird das beste monografische Erstlingswerk im Bereich des römischen Rechts und der klassischen antiken Rechte prämiert.

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Im Hintergrund (links) Prof. Valeria Di Nisio am Rednerpult. Im Vordergrund schüttelt Dr. Andreas Herrmann (mittig) Prof. Carla Masi Doria (rechts) die Hand. Sie verleiht ihm den Preis und die Medaille der Universität Neapel Federico II.

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De Gruyter Brill Medieval & Early Modern Studies @dgb-mem.bsky.social · Sep 1

In einem Land vor unserer Mailkultur...

Unser neues "Handbuch Brief" öffnet die antike Briefforschung für transepochale Perspektiven auf Medialität, Materialität, Corpusbildung, das antike „Briefschreibbewusstsein“ u.v.m.

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#Briefforschung #ClassicsSky

Buchcover „Handbuch Brief. Antike“, herausgegeben von Eve-Marie Becker, Ulrike Egelhaaf-Gaiser und Alfons Fürst. Auf weißem Hintergrund abgebildet sind Wachstafeln aus dem byzantinischen Ägypten (500-700 n. Chr.) sowie ein griechischer Brief auf Papyrus aus dem frühen 3. Jh. n. Chr., beide aus den Sammlungen des Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · Aug 28

After a restful summer do not forget to get your study tools from De Gruyter Brill at a nice discount.
40% discount on your copy of Brill's Ancient Greek Dictionary (by F. Montanari), on a Pauly Supplement, and on many other scholarly resources!
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De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · Aug 12

Unity vs Idiosyncrasy
This volume explores new perspectives on the interplay between local law and legal coherence in ancient Greece from Archaic to Hellenistic times.
Fully available in #OA! #openaccess #lawhistory #ancientgreece

📖 doi.org/10.7788/9783...

Cover image: Lex Sacra: Festivals of Demeter, Dyme (3rd cent. BCE). Stone with inscriptions.

Editors: Hans Beck, Kaja Harter-Uibopuu

Title: Ancient Greek Law
Vectors of Unity and Local Idiosyncrasy

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De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · Aug 1

If you’re interested, you can buy the book with a 40% discount until the end of August – just use the code DGBSUMMER25 at the checkout on our website. Enjoy reading!

De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · Aug 1

Congratulations to the editors and contributors of Technology, Crafting and Artisanal Networks in the Greek and Roman World on this fine review published in the American Journal of Archeology @archaeological.org:

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De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · Jul 31

📢 Special Issue on "Network Perspectives in the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East", edited by Maria Gabriella Micale, Helen Dawson, & Antti A. Lahelma, is now available via open access as part of Open Archaeology vol. 11/1
www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/opar/11/1/html

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De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · Jul 30

Half-time at the 31st International Congress of Papyrology in Cologne with many exciting lectures, wonderful authors and participants and lots of good conversations. We look forward to the second half! #papyrology

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De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · Jul 27

On the way to the 31st International Congress of Papyrology in Cologne. Acquisition Editors Vincent Oeters and Mirko Vonderstein are looking forward to the conference and all the planned (and unplanned) meetings there! papyrocongress2025.uni-koeln.de/en/

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De Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social · Jul 25

Summertime is conference time! Our editors are packing their bags to bring you our best books, meet with authors and hear about your latest book ideas.

Follow Carlo Vessella and Sandra Koronkai-Kiss at the recent Classical Association Conference at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social in sunny Scotland.

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De Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social · Jul 22

☀️ Summer #sale at De Gruyter Brill! Save 40% on our books and eBooks through August. Whether you're prepping for fall courses or expanding your personal library, now's the perfect time to save big.

Browse our recommended reads and get shopping now!

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De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · Jul 18

After a great final day at the CCC conference, we leave the beautiful Coimbra behind. Thanks to the organisers and attendees, it has been a pleasure to be part of it and meet with so many scholars, authors, editors.
Do not forget to profit from the discount on selected titles: qrco.de/bg7p70

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De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · Jul 17

And available in Open Access: this wonderful cooperation between classicists and social psychologists in a unique, innovative volume. In Coimbra, we met the book’s happy co-editor Luuk Huitink:

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De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · Jul 17

Diederik Burgersdijk, co-editor of ‘Constantinople through the Ages’, launched the book in Istanbul a few months ago - and showed it today at the CCC in Coimbra.

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De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · Jul 16

At the CCC in Coimbra, Marion Meyer was happy to see the book that she edited together with Efimia Karakantza and Alexandros Velaoras on Ancient Necropolitics: brill.com/display/titl...

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De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · Jul 16

The Celtic Conference in Classics (CCC) has started! Please drop by the booth at the University of Coimbra, or browse our title list here: qrco.de/bg7p70

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De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · Jul 14

Off to go good start tomorrow at the CCC ! Do we have all books? Senior Acquisitions Editor Mirjam Elbers and Marketing manager Chantal Moest are packing for the Celtic Conference in Classics, in Coimbra. www.uc.pt/cech/16-ccc/...
Please drop by the De Gruyter Brill booth in Coimbra for a chat!

De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · Jul 13

Huge thanks to the #ClassicalAssociation, to
@cascotland.bsky.social and to ‪@staclassics.bsky.social‬ for hosting and organising, to the panelists for their insights and the thought-provoking discussions, and to all attendees for making this such a memorable event.
See you again next year!
#CA2025

De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · Jul 13

Some impressions of the whirlwind of activities that was this year's #ClassicalAssociation conference, the #CA2025: fantastic panels and great conversation all around, many wonderful books on display, and the occasional moment for us to take in the sights of an astonishingly sunny St Andrews!

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De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · Jul 13

Final day at #CA2025 and final chance to see what we've published in #Classics and #AncientStudies, get the 35% conference discount code for our webshop, and talk to our editor Carlo about your idea for a book! 📚

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De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · Jul 12

🌳 St Mary's Quad: the counterpart to St Salvator's Quad, this one on South Street is equally beautiful and sports a couple of ancient trees—one allegedly planted by Mary, Queen of Scots herself! Enter through the gates on South Street.

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