The SCS has signed onto @historians.org's statement opposing new Texas Tech University Course Content Guidelines which prohibit content related to “Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity” in core and undergraduate classes, without defining those terms. Read more: www.historians.org/news/aha-opp...

I’ve seen a lot of slightly wrong ideas about Texas Tech on here. What people need to understand is that this is an R1 public university, not a random rural technical college. This is an experiment to see how far policies can be pushed, and then replicated nationally at similar institutions.

TTU just released a memo institutionalizing censorship. As a grad student researching gender minority mental health and suicide prevention at TTU, I see this as an attack on academic integrity & professional readiness. Sharing some/a lot of thoughts as I make sense of this mess🧵(opinions my own)

The Paper of the Month from Journal of Roman Archaeology is "Lead exposure in the Roman Empire: a review of the written, material, and bioarchaeological evidence" by Rachel M. L. Simpson and Sandra J. Garvie-Lok, available #openaccess! 📚 https://cup.org/470uABQ #Archaeology #PaperOfTheMonth

New arrival: New Approaches in Archaeology 6 @brepols.net! This one is about traditions of teaching archaeology in Europe. I learned so much reading it! @rosiebonte.bsky.social

Last chance to take this important survey on archaeological fieldwork and caregiving responsibilities from the Archaeological Institute of America.

With ONE DAY until #OreCup, we got into the gritty details of what is a mineral, what is an ore, and what is an ore mineral. Check out the definitions at the bottom of the About page below the bracket: www.mineralcup.org/about-ore-cup

🚨🚨TT job in Greek or Roman Art History at Temple, specialty in archaeology and/or emerging technologies and ethical issues related to collections. 🚨 🚨 tyler.temple.edu/about-tyler/... #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics 🏺

Proud alumna!

Tenure track position in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures at UC Berkeley in HEBREW BIBLE. The appointment will include the option to join the Graduate Group in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology, which I am chairing at the moment. Happy to answer questions.

Celebrating the arrival of a dear friend’s new book: The Comedy of Computation by Ben Mangrum! Check it out at Stanford UP: www.sup.org/books/litera...

The internet was made for threads like this ❤️. Here are my mining spoons. The one on the left is from Nome, Alaska.

📣Town Hall: Defending Anthropology⁠ @americananthro.bsky.social ⁠ ACLS President Joy Connolly will be part of a panel discussion on the growing challenges facing #anthropology departments nationwide, from closures to threats to #academicfreedom.⁠ ⁠ 📅May 6, 3-5 PM ET ⁠ Register: bit.ly/4jTnZx2

Today ACLS, AHA, and MLA filed a lawsuit in federal district court seeking to reverse the recent actions to devastate the National Endowment for the Humanities, including the elimination of grant programs, staff, and entire divisions and programs. bit.ly/4lWubq5

New arrival from @brepols.bsky.social! Our fourth volume in the New Approaches in Archaeology Series is out. This one is a great series of chapters on hoards.

I look forward to reading about these projects every year. A relief and a pleasure to see this program continue. Congrats to the new winners!

TX SB 37 is *really bad.” It’s important to read the whole thing to understand the scope of the efforts to completely hand over all power to politically appointed governing boards, including over most department hiring.

40 BOOKS IN ROMAN HISTORY WRITTEN BY WOMEN A killer reading list of great books (and personal favorites!) in Roman History to celebrate #InternationalWomen'sDay 2025. Limited to English (to keep it manageable!) and listed in order of publication. Let's go!

Delightful present in the mail! This book on one of the most influential sculptures in Spanish history was originally published in French and Brepols has done a fantastic job of reproducing it for anglophone audiences. www.brepols.net/products/IS-...

🏺It’s time again for the Joukowsky Institute postdoc job cycle at Brown. A really wonderful two-year position for early career archaeologists.🏺

I found the searchable starter pack particularly useful blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs

Great project for a coffee break. This is just a first pass - please let me know if you’d like to be on/off/have a suggestion! A starter pack for those working on Italic and Roman material culture, in its broadest definition: go.bsky.app/2sJUWWJ

I made one of these for late antiquity. I definitely don't have everyone, so feel free to comment and I'll add you or other people you suggest. go.bsky.app/KP1nQVP

Colleagues, applications for the 2025 Classical Summer School of the American Academy in Rome are now open! Deadline of December 20 (with possible extension). Please let me know if you or your students have any questions! Please spread the word! aarome.org/apply/2025-c...

Really very excited about this one: Negotiating Identities, Constructing Territories: Pre-Roman Iberia, 900-200 BCE. Register here, Chicago friends: www.eventbrite.com/e/negotiatin...

The deadline is approaching for our Tt job in ancient Mediterranean history at Texas Tech. Looking forward to having a new colleague in history!

CFP for a great conference on rethinking old finds in Roman and Late Antique Iberia! Sept. 15th deadline. In Granada but hybrid format!

Pleased to see that our edited volume is out today with Monographs in Mediterranean Archaeology @equinoxpub.bsky.social!! Many fantastic contributions on local responses mobility and connectivity in the ancient Mediterranean. One of my main postdoc projects at UMich.

1/ New paper! “Gender and retention patterns among U.S. faculty” w/ N Laberge KH Wapman @samzhang AC Morgan M Galesic BK Fosdick @danlarremore @aaronclauset: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... A systematic study of gendered rates & reasons for faculty attrition in US academia 🧵

Enjoying having a look at the new Phoenician-themed issue of JEMAHS: muse.jhu.edu/issue/50318

Come be our colleague, part 2: TT job in Roman literature and culture at Texas Tech! ClassicsBluesky AncientBluesky 🏺

Looks fantastic!

The contingent faculty grant program is live again for this cycle. This is a great program, please spread the word!

Just to provide another data point, I was able to get a Pfizer booster this evening in NJ at CVS, but the pharmacist said they didn’t have doses for this morning’s appointments. Call ahead to check!

Wow! This is amazing!

The UC Davis Classics Department is hiring an Assistant Professor of the Ancient Mediterranean! Seeking applicants whose research focuses on ancient Egypt, North Africa, or the Levant, with preference for work in cross-cultural exchange. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06016

I took a job at and continue to work at a public university precisely because I believe that all students should have access to a top notch humanities education. I fear that I will spend the next 15 years watching that opportunity disappear.

New job at Texas Tech for classicists starting in the spring. Come be our colleague!

I see the residential fellowship commentary going around and want to say that my baby was accepted into the Institute for Advanced Study daycare but rejected from my university’s option and is still in waiting lists around town for next year. Wild, but beyond relieved to be in Princeton this year.

WE'RE HERE ✌️

The Database of Religious History has a CfA for folks interested in analyzing the history of religion using our data. The deadline is September 1st, but get in touch if you need more time. We have money (10-20k CAD) available to pay for costs associated with the work: docs.google.com/document/d/1...