Next week is my first class in my new role as Associate Lecturer at Newcastle!! I'm so excited to be returning to the place where I got my PhD, and Semester 1 I'm taking the Gender and Sexuality unit which will be so fun! 😁

The Xena book is out in the world!😁My first published book chapter!! Huge thank you to Amanda Potter and Anise Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social for the opportunity. Available here: www.bloomsbury.com/au/classical...

The Australian War Memorial was incredibly moving, and has a fantastic museum on WWI, WWII and the Holocaust! I highly recommend it to anyone who can visit, it's really forces you to reflect

Absolutely loved the Pompeii exhibition at the National Museum of Australia, Canberra. Such engaging videos and interesting artefacts - including a pot covered in lava rock, beautiful frescoes, graffiti, and mini statues of deities that were housed in an ancient snack bar!

The Adelaide chapter of #AWAWS (Australasian Women in Ancient World Studies) is hosting a post-ASCS drinks event in Feb, find us on Monday 17th Feb from 5pm onwards at the Elephant British Pub! Keen to hear what events our members would like us to organise for 2025

Another wonderful ASCS conference!! Always such a joy to bump into old friends and make new ones 😁Keen for day 3 but wish it didn't go so quickly!

2/4 Chapters include Xena in Britannia by @tonykeen58.bsky.social , animated Xena by @calliopeslibrary.bsky.social, @laurelbowman.bsky.social & @connieskibinski.bsky.social on the Amazons, L. Steimer on Xena's stuntwork innovations & hazards, S. Palermo on crosscultural lesbian themes,

Monograph chapter 1 is done and dusted! 😁It wasn't always easy doing the research + writing alongside a full-time non-academic job, but I am so glad that I pushed through and got it done! Writing about medieval and early modern Penthesilea is so much fun!!

Got my thesis examiner's report today, and the outcome is PASS with minor corrections! My examiners left really positive feedback, and I am so delighted! I'll be happy dancing all day 💃