Elsie MacGill Queen of the Hurricanes. Prob 1st woman to earn aeronautical engineering degree, 1st woman in #Canada to earn BA in electrical engineering. #WWII Aeronautical engineer & @ Canadian Car & Foundry then ran consulting business d. #OTD 4 Nov 1980 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_M...

New issue of the Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Vol. 68, No. 1 (2025) academic.oup.com/bics/issue/6... @ics.bsky.social @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social @camwachowich.bsky.social @graemeyward.bsky.social

Everything you wanted to know about medieval dreams of Ireland's apocalyptic imperial destiny but were afraid to ask! My article on the reception of Orosius' historiography by the Middle Irish narrative, Suidiugud Tellaig Temra, is now freely available on open access academic.oup.com/bics/article...

The Special Issue of the Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Orosius Through the Ages, is out!! Co-edited with Elisabeth Manzo & Cameron Wachowich, on the boil since 2019, we're so pleased with the final output. Both Dr M. & Dr W. have completed their PhDs since then too!

It's #MosaicMonday! Here we have a scene from the Gladiator Mosaic in Galleria Borghese! A victorious retiarius, alumnus, stands over his defeated opponent, the secutor, Mazicinus. 3rd-4th C. AD, from an excavated villa at the Borghese's Torrenova estate. #AncientBlueSky🏺

Happy to report that our book 'Local Priests in the Latin West, 900-1050' has been published! It is Open Access, so you can read (or download) it here: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

Critical introduction to forthcoming "Gender & Segregation" special issue of @genderandhistory.bsky.social by Lisa Hellman, @writinghelena.bsky.social, Rachel Jean-Baptiste & me is now out and #OpenAccess! Issue itself to follow shortly... 🌟 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📢CFP: Annual Olivette Otele Prize 2025/26! Our annual prize for Black UK-based history PhD students is now open for submissions! 📆Key dates: - Abstracts due on 28th November - Notifications on 19th December - 8000 word essay due on 27th Feb (1/3)

In an environment where it feels like the Humanities are under attack, a new programme in Classics and Ancient History is to be celebrated! 🎉

Letter from 9-year-old Anthony to Blue Peter (BBC) "This may seem very strange, but I think I no how to make people or animals alive. Why Im teling you is because I cant get the things I need."

We’re also pleased to announce the recipients of the British Academy’s 2025 Prizes and Medals. This year, which marks the 100th anniversary of the Burkitt Medal for biblical studies, celebrates a wide range of scholars from political scientists to classicists and linguists: buff.ly/1bn63FD

Oct 17: Feast of Regulus (Rule) (C4th). Greek who followed an angel’s request to bear some of St Andrew’s relics into ‘northern parts’. Arriving in Fife, the angel brought him to a halt. There Rule built a church to house the relics, which was later called St Andrews. #medievalsky

See Words on the Wave: Ireland and St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street before it closes on Friday 24th October. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

Celebrating at The British Academy after In Our Time wins The Presidents Medal for services to the humanities and social sciences. This wonderful photo (c)Captivate Imagery shows many of the teams behind the scenes since 1998 alongside Melvyn.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

‘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...

#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...!

#WCCWiki is today!

"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...

#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

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/...

#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

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.

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/

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

'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

New issue of Journal of Late Antiquity Vol. 18, No. (2025) muse.jhu.edu/issue/55589 @projectmuse.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social @jmrcolvin.bsky.social

the new issues of Studies in Late Antiquity has our SBL forum on the 20th anniversary of THE WAYS THAT NEVER PARTED (co-ed @annetteyreed.bsky.social): ft. me, @simchagross.bsky.social, Heidi Wendt, and Jae Han's intro! online.ucpress.edu/SLA/issue/9/3

No cover image yet, but look what's coming from CUP 🤓 Veiling in the Late Antique World | Cambridge University Press & Assessment share.google/LTK0QdIDGuWF...

Excited to announce that after a lot of editorial work our volume "Writing, Enslavement, and Power in the Roman Mediterranean, 100 BCE - 300 CE" is out now. @jeremiahcoogan.bsky.social @illdottore.bsky.social academic.oup.com/book/60683

how did I miss this Element on Egeria? attn: @rsfalcasantos.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Caffè Greco, Rome's oldest coffee house, risks closure amid rent dispute Historic bar in Rome has been serving customers since 1760.

Women from Hackney #Wikithon. Join @hackney-society.bsky.social for a free Wikipedia editing workshop this Sat 6 Sep 2025 1:15 - 4:15 PM #Hackney #Archives, E8 3BQ. All levels of experience welcome, introduction & training provided. Book your place here www.tickettailor.com/events/hackn...

Well. It’s official. You can now submit your proposals to the New Perspectives on Ancient Greek Religion book series, published by Edinburgh University Press! #ClassicsBluesky 🏺

#TodayInQueerHistory July 28 (1540) Walter Hungerford is executed at Tower Hill in London. He was the first person killed under Henry VIII's Buggery Act. Buggery remained a capital offence, that is, punishable by death, in the UK until 1861. The final executions for Buggery took place in 1835.

the David Brakke Festschrift! available now! www.brepols.net/products/IS-...

🚨 ‘YOU’RE DEAD TO ME’🚨 NEW EPISODE! The amazing life and work of French writer Alexandre Dumas, who created the Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo My fantastic guests are comedian Celya AB and historian @historianmemory.bsky.social Listen on BBC SOUNDS, or wait 28 days for other apps

Medieval angel from Norwich Cathedral - one of several 14th century wall paintings located in the cathedral treasury. 📷 My own. #WednesdayWallpaintings #NorwichCathedral

I'm really sad not to be at #IMC2025 this year, please post about it! I will follow as many medievalists as I can using this #IMC2025 🤩

Any digital medievalists at @imc-leeds.bsky.social #IMC2025? We've prepared an agenda featuring events sponsored by @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social. Check it out and come say hi! Full programme here: tinyurl.com/DMatIMC2025

I will also have some @royalhistsoc.org flyers and badges to promote the society. There are different levels of membership, including for postgrads royalhistsoc.org/membership/ #IMC2025

#IMC2025 has a Lactation Room in University House: Woodsley Room This room is a private, comfortable space and will provide facilities for those who are breastfeeding/need to express milk during the day. A fridge, labels, paper towels, and wet wipes will be provided. #MedievalSky #SkyStorians

Ireland’s Oldest and Largest Medieval Book Shrine Goes on Public View for the First Time 📜 www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/06/loug...