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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 2d

Awful news from Wales, the St Fagan's Museum has been broken into and prehistoric goldwork has been taken. Its painful to think what objects might now be at risk. Thoughts with the museum team who must be devastated, all speed to the police and a curse on the crooks.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

St Fagans: Bronze Age gold jewellery stolen from musuem

Police are investigating a burglary at St Fagans museum in the early hours of Monday morning.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Catherine Briddick @catbriddick.bsky.social · 7d

My book, out now! On migration law's treatment of women, gender-based violence, and the legal challenges that migrant women have brought to the rules that determine their status. I have links if you want to review a copy or read a free chapter....

global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 7d

That's standard, surely

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 7d

Also Sarah, I *think* you'll find there's this sceptre. Or fruit knife. At the MET.

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 7d

Panella's book on this find is very detailed: C. Panella (ed.), I segni del potere: realtà e immaginario della sovranità nella Roma imperiale
(Bari: Edipuglia, 2011). The standards are fascinating!

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Herbert Art Gallery & Museum @the-herbert.bsky.social · Jan 27

Welcome to our new Bluesky account!

Herbert Art Gallery & Museum is based in Coventry city centre since opening on 9th March 1960.

We aim to host world-class exhibitions, events for all ages and ever-changing displays.

Follow us on here to keep up to date with our latest news.

📸 Garry Jones

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Manny Coulon @mannyc.bsky.social · Jan 27

Great to see the #CultureCoventry #museums are here:
The wonderful #Coventry Transport Museum @covtm.bsky.social
The equally fab Herbert Art Gallery and Museum @the-herbert.bsky.social, currently home to Dippy the Diplodocus and
Hidden wonder, Lunt Roman Fort @luntromanfort.bsky.social
#culture

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Herbert Art Gallery & Museum @the-herbert.bsky.social · Feb 26

We’re thrilled to announce £131,350 support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for Stories That Made Us: Roots, Resilience, Representation, an exhibition co-curated by Hardish Virk [Create-Showcase] and the Herbert.

A huge thanks to #NationalLottery!

🔗 ow.ly/ryrn50V6IMH

#StoriesThatMadeUs

A black and white photo of a large protest for peace and justice down a residential street.

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 10d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 13d

Ha!

Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 13d

It is so needed Liz! Nevermind Seneca 😆

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 13d

Yes!! It's so interesting

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 13d

Francesca Wade would do such a good job!! @francescawade.bsky.social

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Jun 25

‘As J.P. Morgan’s personal librarian, she criss-crossed the Atlantic in pursuit of rare manuscripts to add to his collection, outbidding and outsmarting rivals wherever she went.’

Francesca Wade on Belle da Costa Greene:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Francesca Wade · Why waste time hot airing? The Best-Paid Woman in NYC

In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene was one of the best-paid women in New York City. As J.P. Morgan’s personal...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Dr Kate Cook @katexe.bsky.social · 14d

#WCCWiki yesterday reminded me that there really needs to be some good new book on the history and women of Bedford College, which feels quite ignored compared to, say, histories of women at Oxbridge. Hope someone can get on that soon...!

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 15d

#WCCWiki is today!

Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 22d

#WCCWiki is back on Wed 24 Sept 2025, 13.00-15.00 GMT. All warmly welcome. Online editing session with Zoom meeting: us02web.zoom.us/j/81829924385. Email [email protected] for more information

Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 27d

#WCCWiki is back after the summer break!!

For your calendars, the next #WCCWiki online meetup & editing session is 13.00-15.00 GMT, Wed 25 September.

We'll be editing together to improve the gendered rep of classicists (broadly conceived) on #Wikipedia, & we can provide training to start editing

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 21d

"not only have I gained experience of photogrammetry, but I have also gained a much deeper understanding of it through the errors and challenges faced in using the technology"

Aimée Wilkinson reflects on a summer internship at the ICS supported by the Roman Society: ics.sas.ac.uk/blog/ehrenbe...

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 22d

#WCCWiki is back on Wed 24 Sept 2025, 13.00-15.00 GMT. All warmly welcome. Online editing session with Zoom meeting: us02web.zoom.us/j/81829924385. Email [email protected] for more information

Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 27d

#WCCWiki is back after the summer break!!

For your calendars, the next #WCCWiki online meetup & editing session is 13.00-15.00 GMT, Wed 25 September.

We'll be editing together to improve the gendered rep of classicists (broadly conceived) on #Wikipedia, & we can provide training to start editing

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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 22d

Last chance to book for this evening’s special online seminar @ihr.bsky.social at 5.30pm BST. It will reflect on what we can learn from the history of equal pay legislation, with the help of Sally Brett and Megan Fisher. Please register below to join us. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Equal pay – a long time coming. Reflections on the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act

www.history.ac.uk

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 27d

Zoom details to follow! Keep an eye out here or on our Events page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

Wikipedia:WikiProject Women's Classical Committee/Events and Workshops - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Dr Victoria Leonard @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social · 27d

#WCCWiki is back after the summer break!!

For your calendars, the next #WCCWiki online meetup & editing session is 13.00-15.00 GMT, Wed 25 September.

We'll be editing together to improve the gendered rep of classicists (broadly conceived) on #Wikipedia, & we can provide training to start editing

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Alison Atkin @alisonatkin.bsky.social · Sep 9

I'm looking for researchers on crime/punishment in Britain, particularly Cheshire. I'm in touch with CRO, but access is limited due to the move. I've also spoken with Cheshire Policing Museum (records are mostly at CRO). Any time period, but esp Victorian! There may be a freelance research opp here.

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Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association @jaema.bsky.social · Aug 23

While the Call for Papers for our annual conference may be closed, we are still open to submissions for our Journal!

JAEMA publishes scholarly articles on the Late Antique and Early Medieval world, see our website for details: aema.org.au/journal/

This call for submissions states that the Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association seeks submissions of scholarly articles on the early medieval period and late antiquity, from anywhere around the globe, between the fall of the Roman Empire and the end of the eleventh century. The Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association publishes articles that appeal to those interested in our period, whether these are focused on the historical, political, social, literary, cultural, religious, ethnic, geographic, and interpretive crossovers between.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 29d

Hot off the press, the British Academy's Cold Spots: Mapping Inequality in SHAPE Provision in UK Higher Education report. Read it if you care about universities or access to the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences for the rising generation. 1/5

Cold spots: Mapping inequality in SHAPE provision in UK higher education

This British Academy report reveals that many parts of the UK are becoming subject cold spots – areas with no provision in a subject within a commutable distance. These are often in rural, coastal or ...

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 29d

'As universities close courses and departments in response to financial pressures...students in parts of the North, South West and East of England, as well as large areas of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, are losing access to social sciences, humanities and arts (SHAPE) courses.' 1/2

Humanities and arts degrees disappearing in parts of UK

Students from rural and disadvantaged areas disproportionally affected by subject cuts, British Academy warns

www.timeshighereducation.com

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