⏰ Registration for the 32nd JACT Durham Greek & Latin Summer School closes in 13 days! It’s time to get registered if you haven’t already done so! We accept applications students of any age (15 to 80+) and offer courses in Latin, Greek and ClassCiv. #tempusfugit etc … 😂 www.durhamglss.org

Outstanding feedback which tells you lots about the student experience of the @jactdurham.bsky.social

The first-floor reading rooms of the BSR library will be closed for renovation work in the second half of April, for approximatively 3 months. The Conferences proceedings (040-056.9) and the Art History & Architecture section (300-319; 381-389) will not be available for the duration of the works.

Not me thinking about doing a summer course in England to relearn Latin.

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More student feedback from @jactdurham.bsky.social 2025 to convince you that JACT Durham really is an amazing experience! www.durhamglss.org

Our tutors at @jactdurham.bsky.social are the amazing! Check out this wonderful feedback from last year! Registration is open until 20th May & we have bursaries available thanks to our brilliant sponsors! #CambridgeClassics #TheClassicalAssociation #AsterionHub www.durhamglss.org

✨ Next week at the Swedish Institute in Rome ✨ Prof. Raphaële Mouren, BSR Head of Research Collections, will take part in the conference "Object Lessons: Knowledge Organization and Antiquity in Institutional Teaching Collections", where she will present the Roman Society Project.

Meet the artist: Anna Clough bsr.ac.uk/meet-the-art...

Only 56 days left to register on the @jactdurham.bsky.social! Head over to our website to sign-up. We’re also so grateful to the @classicalassociation.org for supporting our bursary fund! classicalassociation.org/events/jact-...

Dr Cora Beth Fraser (@corabeth.bsky.social) has posted about the JACT Durham Greek & Latin Summer School … Don’t miss out on a place - Registration closes on 20th May. Contact - [email protected] with any queries, or get in touch through our socials! wp.me/p8JYS2-3uO

So. Yep. I’ve just made a rather significant unsubstantiated claim in something I’ve just written & I’m pretty sure I’m on mark, but I need to do some digging (pardon the pun) to confirm 😑 #Etruscan #Archaeology

I’m trying to establish if any residue analyses have been conducted on #Etruscan heron class plates! If anyone knows of anything along these lines please let me know.

Materia Philosophiae. Material Dimensions of Ancient Philosophy is.gd/H2URCm #freeaccess

I wrote about Roman curse tablets in Ancient History Magazine - available now! www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-gb/produc...

Another 500 words of theoretical / philosophical musings written this evening. I now need to sleep as I’m starting to ponder on the ontological meaning of life & that’s a rabbit hole nobody wants to go down 🐇 🕳️ = 🤪 #Ontology #NewMaterialism #AssemblageTheory #Archaeology #Etruscan #Cerveteri

Ooof! I hope @e-jgraham.bsky.social is braced to receive some bizarre theoretical musings on the affects generated by Caeretan water-bird motifs, because I’ve literally dumped my brain onto paper …. and I’m not actually hating it 🤪 #Etruscan #Pottery

Having written 500 words of (fingers crossed) ‘not absolute crap’ this evening AND having mapped out a clear direction for what I’m writing … I’m off to bed before my brain thinks of something that kiboshes the lot! An #OCD brain can be a great asset, but also a bloody curse!!! #PhD #EtruscanStuff

📣 Places on @jactdurham.bsky.social are filling up fast 📣 Join us in July at St John’s College, Durham University for a week of #Latin and/or #AncientGreek! New for 2026: Classical Civilisation - Women: The Reality Behind the Myth! Register online: www.durhamglss.org

I was determined to keep this feed ‘academic’, but alas I have failed & need to talk about my current obsession with ice hockey 🏒 & the love story between two fictional characters that has consumed my every waking moment throughout December #HeatedRivalry

After a pretty crappy two days in London where all my plans were scuppered, I’m trying to me positive 🤪 Still, had a not unpleasant 1st experience of the @britishlibrary.bsky.social today!

Mood is starting to lift on account of some choice purchases 😬

Well that was a bloody pointless trip to London! The @britishmuseum.bsky.social isn’t re-opening until tomorrow afternoon & there’s no guarantee that the Study Rooms will be open at all! It’s nobody’s fault, but I’m still fuming! Back to the @ics.bsky.social I suppose to at least salvage something

TRYING to get into the British Museum!

Made it back to wet & windy Yorkshire after a lovely 2 days in Oxford with the #OOCDTP cohort. Looking forward to heading to Cambridge in spring. Spent a bit too much time in @blackwells.bsky.social but managed to pick up this cracker! #EtruscanResearch

Despite my social battery running very low, I’ve had an enjoyable & engaging day at the #OOCDTP cohort event in Oxford! I’ve met some lovely people & I’m looking forward to seeing my #PhD through to completion alongside them! @oocdtp.bsky.social @ougradsch.bsky.social

Serious question - what’s the optimal number of monitors to use when researching? How many is too many? 😂 #AskingForAnArchaeologist

🚨 New blog post! 🚨 With Pope Francis's death and the election of Leo XIV, UK media coverage was surprisingly positive. Read John Wolffe's blog on whether Britain moved beyond its old ‘No Popery’ tradition www.open.ac.uk/blogs/religi... @thebasr @OU_FASS

🚨 Calling all Latin, Greek & ClassCiv enthusiasts🚨 Please help us to spread the word & let people know that registration for the 32nd @jactdurham.bsky.social is open! We have residential & non-residential options available. We also offer bursaries for those who need them! www.durhamglss.org

Took a little break from my research yesterday afternoon & binged the entire series of ‘Monsters: The Ed Gein Story’. Hmmm, yes, well …. OMG! 😦

📯🏺🏛️ Our @universitypress.cambridge.org book "Senses, Cognition and Ritual Experience in the Roman World" is #OPENACCESS ! 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/books/s... #archaeology #sensoryarchaeology #senses #cognition #cognitivescienceofreligion #ritual #religion #classics #ancienthistory #romanhistory

Two phases of timber buildings shown during excavations at Inchtuthil legionary fortress, north of the River Tay in Perthshire, Scotland. #RomanFortThursday www.romansociety.org/Imago/Image-... #ClassicsBluesky #Archaeology 🏺

📣 Calling all PhD Students in Classics, Archaeology, Ancient History, and related disciplines 📣 Register now for our Classical Studies PhD welcome event 22 October 2025, 3:00PM - 4:00PM Learn how the ICS’s resources and activities can support you in your PhD research: shorturl.at/pxRQe

Housesteads lies midway along Hadrian’s Wall. It is the most complete example of a Roman fort in Britain. It was built within a decade of AD 122, when work on the Wall began. It was garrisoned by an 800-strong infantry regiment until the end of the 4th century. #RomanFortThursday

Lots to look forward to in 2026, but mainly this ⬇️ #Italia #Roma #PhD #Research

Traces of Roman Hospital Uncovered in Southwestern Turkey - Archaeology Magazine archaeology.org/news/2025/10...

Researching a legal moment that was supposed to change everything - whether it did or not? The call for papers for 'Moments of Rupture' is open until 23 October! Free, online conference in November, hosted by the Open Universities legal histories research cluster. #LegalHistory #cfp

📰 Archaeologists uncover "one of the most complete and undisturbed Late Bronze Age tombs ever found in Canaan" at the port of Yavneh-Yam 🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @heritagedaily.bsky.social www.heritagedaily.com/2025/10/elit...

#TombTuesday Archaeologists discover rare liquid gypsum burial of 'high-status individual' from #RomanBritain. The newfound stone coffin that had gypsum poured over it in #Roman times in what is now England. (See Alt ) #History (Image credit: Courtesy of Headland Archaeology)

A stunning 2,000 year-old Roman blue glass amphoriskos. 📷 Getty Museum www.getty.edu/art/collecti... #Archaeology

An impressive Archaic Etruscan terracotta canopic urn (6th century BCE ) on the front cover! ⚱️

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Upcoming Research Training: Introduction to Digital Classics Approaches Weds 29 Oct 2-3pm This seminar will give an overview of current digital methods, technologies & tools used in the study of the ancient world, languages, texts, history, objects, cultural heritage & reception: shorturl.at/U6pc0

This is fabulous & one of the many reasons I’m really proud to be an @openuniversity.bsky.social student! @ougradsch.bsky.social @oulibrary.bsky.social #NeverTooOld

How lovely is this 😍 So proud to work for this amazing institution @openuniversity.bsky.social BBC News - Great-grandmother graduates university at 90 years old www.bbc.com/news/article...

🚨 Calling all Oxonians 🚨 I’m staying in Oxford for a few nights in November for a DTP cohort meeting, but I haven’t been to Oxford for years and I don’t know where best to park! I’m staying at Rewley House which Is by Wellington Square! Any parking advice would be hugely welcomed! 🙏

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Back to the @bsrome.bsky.social in September 2026. This time for 17 nights. It’s the longest I can get whilst juggling lots of responsibilities, but it’ll be amazing to spend a longer period of time in Rome. I swear, once I’m #PhD done, I’m going to apply for one of their residencies 🇮🇹