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Netzwerk Nachhaltige Wissenschaft @nnwiss.bsky.social · 2d

Wichtige und dringende Kampagne! Bitte teilen und unterschreiben!

Privatdozent:in, Universität X @pdprekaer.bsky.social · 2d

Der Brief und die Möglichkeit zur Unterschrift sind unter folgendem Link zu finden:

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Diese Kampagne braucht deine Unterstützung

An die Bildungsministerkonferenz: Schluss mit dem Prekariat der Privatdozent:innen!

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Jan-Martin Wiarda @jmwiarda.bsky.social · 1d

Die Exzellenz ist müde
Die Exzellenzstrategie war ein Versprechen auf Wettbewerb und Aufbruch. Heute ist ihr Ende wissenschaftspolitisch absehbar. Doch was könnte, was sollte danach kommen?
Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/10...

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · 2d

Bald ist es soweit: um 18 Uhr eröffnet unsere Ausstellung zum Farnesischen Stier in der Gipsabguss-Sammlung des Antikenmuseums der @unileipzig.bsky.social !

www.gkr.uni-leipzig.de/antikenmuseu...

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · 2d

Ich denke, es kommt sehr darauf an, wie diese Fragen gestellt werden. In letzter Zeit hat man doch leider öfter das Gefühl, dass man sich für Frauenförderung rechtfertigen muss, dabei sollte diese doch selbstverständlich sein.

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · 2d

Mit dem respektvollen, wertschätzenden Umgang bei Bewerbungen im internationalen Kontext hat das alles nichts zu tun und wir sollten dieses schlechte Verhalten nicht normalisieren.

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · 2d

Ich habe als deutsche Frau exakt dieselben Dinge (bis auf die Frage zur Frauenförderung) bei einem W1 Vorsingen erlebt. Zudem wurde ich gebeten, meine aktuelle berufliche Situation genau zu erläutern (ich war arbeitslos). 1/2

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · 3d

For #ClassicsTober25 Day5, I repost this votive relief of the 3 Moirai (or Parcae)!

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · Jun 4

On #ReliefWednesday we meet the 3 Parcae who watch over the thread of life:

Nona, on the left, spins the thread from her distaff and spindle.
Decima, on the right, weighs the thread with her pair of scales.
And Morta, in the middle, with her book of fate will cut the thread.

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Rectangular relief made of brown sandstone. In an arched niche are the three seated female figures of the Parcae wearing long mantles covering their legs and with their relative attributes in their hands.

Nona, sitting on the left, holding a spindle in her right and distaff in her left.

Decima sitting on the right with crossed legs and arms resting on her lap, a balance in her right hand.

Central figure of seated Morta with an open scroll on her lap.

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · 4d

The left end of the sarcophagus' front and its sides show scenes from the boy's life: his first bath, his first riding in a chariot pulled by a goat, and school.

Images from Wikimedia Commons.

Image of the complete sarcophagus, on the far left iy the schooling scene.

Right short side of the sarcophagus showing the child's first bath: the mother sits on a stool on the right. In front of her, a nurse lifts a baby from a water bowl. Further women surround the scene.

Left short side of the sarcophagus: A small boy sits on a cart which is pulled by a goat. Two men accompany the cart in the background.

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · 4d

The deceased child is wrapped in a shroud on this sarcophagus in the museum of Agrigento. As was the social ideal, the grieving parents sitting at the sides of the bed are composed. Only the nurse and pedagogue are openly showing emotions.

#ClassicsTober25 Day 4 #ClassicsTober #SarcophagusSaturday

Lectus with a boy lying on it, his body wrapped in a shroud. A nurse standing behind the bed touches his chin, while the bearded pedagogue next to her is raising his arms in mourning.

Image of the complete sarcophagus. On the left the death bed with the deceased child. On its right, the mother, her head bent down and covered by her mantle, sits in a chair. A small and chubby naked child leans onto her knee. At the left end of the bed is the father sitting on a chair, head also bent down and covered by his cloak. On the far left is a school scene: The boy is reading from a writing tablet to a headless man sitting in front of them. A pedagogue and two other men stand in the background. A column with a bust of Athena seta the scene.

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Jesse "Pecke in the Crowne" Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 7d

Antoine Wiertz, Premature Burial, 1854, 160 cm (62.9 in) x 235 cm (92.5 in) (Antoine Wiertz Museum, Brussels). The inscription of the coffin reads: “MORT DU CHOLERA / Certifié par nous Docteurs / Sansdoutes” (“DEAD FROM CHOLERA / Certified by us Doctors / Without a doubt”)

Three wooden coffins in a catacomb, one being pushed open by a man with a horrified look on his face. The inscription of the coffin reads: “MORT DU CHOLERA / Certifié par nous Docteurs / Sansdoutes” (“DEAD FROM CHOLERA / Certified by us Doctors / Without a doubt”)

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · 7d

For #ClassicsTober25 Day 1 Hypnos is pouring slumber from a horn over the young shepard Endymion on this mid-2nd c. Roman sarcophagus in the @metmuseum.org. Endymion falls asleep while the moon goddess Selene arrives for her nightly visit.

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Endymion, naked, lying on his cloak which is being pulled away by two cupids. Behind him, above his head, stands Hypnos, bearded and with butterfly wings, empties a horn over sleeping Endymion. In his other hand, Hypnos holds a branch with leaves.

Image of the complete sarcophagus. On the right, Endymion and Hynos. On the left, Selene steps off her wagon.

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classicstober.bsky.social @classicstober.bsky.social · 20d

Share illustrations, poetry, stories, videos, translations, ancient artefacts… anything, for any prompt that inspires you. Share it on the day with the hashtags #classicstober #classicstober25 (and tag us here)

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classicstober.bsky.social @classicstober.bsky.social · 17d

#ClassicsTober prompts for October ‘25
#ClassicsTober25

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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Anthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 11d

I think of you night and day. #SarcophagusSaturday offers us a #sarcophagus striking in its simplicity, now in the #BathsofDiocletian but originally in a #necropolis along the ancient #viaPortuensis outside #Rome. #Helios has a radiate crown and #Selene a crescent moon. #AncientBluesky 🏺

SARCOPHAGUS WITH CLIPEI, C. 200-250 CE. BATHS OF DIOCLETIAN

This adult-sized sarcophagus was found in a tomb in the same cemetery at the corner of via Portuense and via Belluzzo which we can visit in the Drugstore Museum, which displays tombs A and B. This sarcophagus comes from tomb D, also found in 1967 but not part of the museum. It is a tub form (a lenòs) coffin in expensive Proconnesian marble with its distinctive grey stripes. When it was found, it contained the skeleton of a ten-year-old child. The sarcophagus is made of symmetrical strigilations divided down the middle, and on both sides of the front are a clipeus, at left of the face of Helios, at left that of Selene, the gods of the sun and moon. Both faces are the same, and represent the face of the deceased, passing from day to night.

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 14d

This blue-green Egyptian faience amulet was meant to protect its owner (apotropaic) and bring good luck. It was in the form of the head of the hero Hercules, identifiable by his beard and the Nemean lionskin - a symbol of power.

2nd-3rd c. CE, Karanis, Egypt. V&A Museum. #ancientbluesky
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Amulets were meant to protect the owner from evil. This amulet takes the form of the head of Hercules, 3/4 view, one of the most famous heroes of Classical mythology. In Egypt during the Roman period (30 BC-AD 639), Hercules was a symbol of power as well as of protection during times of war.

The turquoise glaze on this amulet was popular in the pre-Islamic Middle East. In Egypt, turquoise was associated with good fortune as the colour of the life-giving River Nile. Under Islam, the lucky associations of the blue-green colour persisted in an informal way.

Romano-Egyptian, ca. 2nd-3rd century CE. From Karanis, Egypt. Molded faience ware.

V&A Museum, London (486-1891)

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · 15d

Glas bead depicting swans 🦢 From a 3rd c. CE tomb in Bennungen, Southern #Harz. On display at the Spengler-Museum in Sangerhausen.

#AncientBluesky 🏺 #Archaeology

www.spenglermuseum.de/en/

Black bead with two yellow bands forming medallions. In one medallion, there is a swan swimming from right to left.

A further medallion encloses a swan swimming from left to right, its head turned back.

In the third medallion, there is only a white blob with some white color flowing down on one side, as the reflection in the mirror that the bead stands on shows.

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Christine Gundermann @cgpublichistory.bsky.social · 21d

Jetzt in der Debatte zur #Freiheit in der #Geschichtspolitik: @martinawinkle14.bsky.social , @andreageier.bsky.social , #DeboraGerstenberger für die @hist4dem.bsky.social, #MarenRoger und #JohannesGrave mit #AnneHilbrenner in der Diskussion!

Foto auf das Podium, alle sitzen, Martina Winkler steht am Pult, darüber eine PPT mit dem Veranstaltungsplakat.

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · Sep 1

#MosaicMonday

Stobi, is considered by many to be the most famous archaeological site in North Macedonia.

The Episcopal Basilica, dating from the 5th and 6th centuries, with a baptistery to the south. A peacock from the baptistery's mosaic floor.

#Art #Archaeology #History

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · Aug 24

Small-scale portrait of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus, 'Serapis type', made of plaster! Was this how imperial portrait types were transmitted to the provinces?

From the Faiyum in Egypt, now in the Liebieghaus in #Frankfurt.

#AncientBluesky 🏺 #Archaeology

Front view of the portrait of Septimius Severus, made of yellowish plaster, mounted on a stone cube as a base.

Right side of the portrait of Septimius Severus, three-quarters view.

Back of the portrait of Septimius Severus. The back is almost flat, only in the bottom part is a protruding rim. Two inventory numbers are written on the plaster: LH 1525 and K 42 g.

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · Aug 19

And here's some more Roman flip flops, recently discovered in the Villa del Casale on Sicily: news.artnet.com/art-world/fl...

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · Aug 19

An impressive #Roman cavalry helmet with a face mask that was made of iron and plated with silver (Nijmegen-Kops Plateau type). The mask was attached to the iron helmet, which was covered with horse hair showing an elaborate and highly decorative hairstyle. 🧵 1/2

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Reconstruction of a silver-plated face helmet with elaborate hairdo made of horse hair

A helmet with a full-face mask made of iron; viewed from the front, there are no visible traces of the silver-plated coating. Remnants of horsehair can be seen on the top of the helmet. Displayed in a museum showcase, on a white pedestal in front of a softly lit exhibition background.

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · Aug 18

#MosaicMonday
#Roman mosaic depicting flip flops from one house in Timgad, #Algeria. 🇩🇿

The #mosaic was located at a threshold, presumably for a private thermal bath complex.

BENE LAVA translates to "'wash well" when you enter.

#Archaeology #Art #History
📸 Dr. Sophie Hay.

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Jesse "Pecke in the Crowne" Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · Aug 17

Vilhelm Hammershøi, Interior with Young Woman from Behind, oil on canvas, 60.5 x 50.5 cm (Randers Museum of Art, Denmark)

A woman in a black dress holding a tray, seen from behind, portrayed in an upper-class interior with a cabinet, a ceramic container, and a hint of a painting on the wall

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · Aug 16

One of my favorite garland sarcophagi, and I love how you're telling the story!

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · Aug 16

#RomanSiteSaturday: the #Roman burial chamber of a wealthy family in Cologne-Weiden. The subterranean burial chamber (hypogaeum) dates back to the 2nd century AD. It's considered the best preserved of its kind north of the Alps. It was discovered... 🧵 1/2

#archaeology 🏺

A Roman burial chamber with stone walls and arched niches. Marble busts are placed in recessed alcoves on both sides, while a decorated sarcophagus stands in the center, carved with figures in relief. The room is dimly lit

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