If you start watching Game 5 of the 2024 World Series at 10:26:37, you can watch the ball drop in New York at midnight.

It's gift guide time!!!

📢Just in time for holiday shopping, we are thrilled to announce our first ever AAACC merch drop! 📢 Order now and be the first to don our newest AAACC logo, designed by the brilliant @toriflee.bsky.social. Head over to our Redbubble page to order yours today! 🔗: www.redbubble.com/people/AAACC...

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Check it out! A blurb about a Classics/Asia symposium I hosted earlier this month. @bauerle.bsky.social @youngrichardkim.bsky.social @toriflee.bsky.social @dominicmachado.bsky.social @aaacc.bsky.social

A lot of ancient sources blame the fall of Rome on things like sexual deviance and erosion of traditional morals. Those same sources were written by ideologues trying to scare people for political gain. Sound familiar? My latest for Pharos: pharos.vassarspaces.net/2025/11/12/m...

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗

🗣️ PLEASE SHARE 🗣️ I'm writing an intro & sourcebook on late ancient Gazan literature for Dar al-Kalima University Press. The press and I plan to produce an Arabic translation to make Gazan literature more accessible to Palestinians. Help me compensate the Gazan translator! spot.fund/dn8t744sc

The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker. And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows. No more.

Banning laptops from your classes is an accessibility issue and *forces* students with accommodations to out themselves to their peers. If you do this, you are not an advocate for disability rights. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

Today on the blog, Rachel Philbrick and Zachary Quint of the SCS Data Committee share some of the results of the Census, focusing on a few salient questions and linking to further data. www.classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/tor...

Today I published a new section of my website with resources for those who wish to learn, study, and/or teach ancient languages using braille. It rests on work we did over the past year to expand screen reader access to these languages through the LibLouis library. Check it out and share around!

On October 18, from 2–3:30 pm EST / 11 am–12:30 pm PST, join us for a discussion with Thu Truong on her article “Ocean Vuong, Intertextuality, and the Limits of Interpretation,” which was awarded the prestigious John J. Winkler Prize in 2025! Registration link available in bio.

I maintain this list and celebrate each new addition and funding improvement to allow all to access our discipline. It feels equally important to mark the rollback of past successes. Programs at UVa, Columbia, Cornell, and Rutgers, now no longer exist. RT pls. 1/ livyarrow.org/funded-mas-a...

I put this off until the very last minute, but I now have a generative AI statement for LAT 201. I'm sharing bc I have really appreciated seeing colleagues' examples (s/o @metalclassicist.bsky.social @thedancinggrad.bsky.social) & would like to contribute, but also bc I would love any feedback!

Ppl who’re surprised about cuts to higher ed in blue states seem to think that disdain for humanities in particular & highered in general is limited to one side of the aisle. This isn’t true./1

Anyway, happy Monday! The Dean is shutting down my department - Religion & Culture, the only 1 of is kind in the country & home to the innovative Major in Humanities for Public Service. There is no immediate budgetary or political pressure for this decision

A massive attack on several humanities units (Arabic Studies, Judaic Studies, Holocaust Studies, Classics, Religion, German & Scandinavian, Russian/East European/Eurasian Studies) *and* tenure now unfolding at the University of Oregon (a blue state!). Closure of units and faculty layoffs threatened.

One of the big lessons I try to leave audiences with is, on average, the humanities subsidize STEM fields. This is true across the country. Of course, it's an average, so there are exceptions. But the typical college uses humanities money to prop up STEM.

Forget your triremes, the strongest ship is mentorSHIP! Applications are now open for the 2025–26 AAACC + Mountaintop Coalition Mentorship Program! Sign up to be a mentor and/or a mentee by September 8! (You can be both!) Head to our website for details.

Sign up please! This has been one of the most rewarding things I’ve done in my professional life!!!

Broken record, I know, but I do have to say one thing re: this otherwise excellent piece. Ando is right to lament the increased % of teaching done by “lecturers.” But framing them as “people with no formal contact with research” is misleading, and obscures a crucial piece of the puzzle. /1

It has been a big month for CripAntiquity! Early in the month, three of our board members hosted a panel at the CA conference (pictured below), and just this last weekend we had our first ever annual conference, which was a great success! (1/2)

Announcing our newly-elected officers for 2025-2027! Co-Chairs: Tori Lee & Chris Waldo Financial Officer: Ryan Masato Baldwin Mentorship Coordinator: Dominic Machado Outreach Officer: Allie Pohler Programming Officer: Katherine Lu Hsu Secondary Education Liaisons: Annie Huynh & Ethan Ganesh Warren

Ballots for the 2023-2025 AAACC steering committee are now open! Please cast your vote by July 15. Read more about the nominees: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Vote: forms.gle/p4B9JHimetQL...

The terrorist in MN who murdered Melissa and Mark Hortman named his security company "Praetorian Guard Security Services." It's just a small piece of the picture, but when so many representations of ancient Rome idealize violence, a certain number of people are going to take that to heart

Positions are for two-year terms and include: co-chairs (2), a financial officer, a programming officer, an outreach officer, a secondary education liaison, and a mentorship coordinator. Find out more about positions here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Officer nominations are now open for our 2025 elections! To run for a position, please fill out this form by June 15, 2025. You may self-nominate or nominate another member. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Today on the blog, Michael Taylor reflects on the Roman army as a multi-ethnic force, where the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion underpinned its effectiveness in the field. www.classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/mik...

AAACC Board member Suzanne Lye's new book, "Life/Afterlife: Revolution and Reflection in the Ancient Greek Underworld from Homer to Lucian" is featured in UNC's Bookmark This series! Check it out ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Congratulations, Suzanne! college.unc.edu/2025/05/book...

A reminder that I'm doing a Reddit AMA starting at 2 today! Get those questions in.

If anyone will be in Providence this Wednesday, check out outreach officer @toriflee.bsky.social on this panel on Trauma-Aware Pedagogies for Ancient Pasts!

Looking forward to being part of this panel on Wednesday and making a quick trip back to College Hill! events.brown.edu/classics/eve...

I'm really excited to be teaching a week-long course on monsters and myth this summer at the CANE Summer Institute this July at Stonehill College in Easton, MA.! Be sure to check out the other awesome courses, workshops, and lectures! All courses will have virtual options as well. @caneweb.org

This Friday! Register now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Join @yunginchae.bsky.social and me to discuss Greek Lessons! RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/1dt3...

Come hang out with Melissa and me in San Francisco!

Awesome post by @profarumpark.bsky.social on the SCS Blog today!

Today on the blog, Arum Park (@profarumpark.bsky.social) shares her experiences doing research on demographics, race/ethnicity, and DEI in Classics. www.classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/tor...

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A Black professor accidentally started an HBCU on TikTok called HillmanTok. Now other professors have joined in and are teaching actual courses with some offering certs that can be added to your resume Some courses being offered ⬇️

Abstracts of no more than 400 words should be submitted as PDF email attachments to [email protected] by Friday, March 7, 2025. Find more info on the SCS page: tinyurl.com/aaacc26

Inspired by Anne Anlin Cheng's "Ornamentalism," which offers a striking new theory of “yellow” womanhood w/ case studies from fields as diverse as new materialism, performance studies, legal theory, feminism, and Asian American studies. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Woooo come hang out with me in SF!!!

This is evergreen since the person in charge has not changed, in both senses of the word. #AIASCS medium.com/@gregorypstr...

Truly the most wonderful time of the year, when @toriflee.bsky.social drops her Classics Gift Guide!! pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-impe...

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