We have a new blog! Several of our Classics staff were recently nominated and awarded for their teaching, research, and outreach work. We are thrilled to celebrate them. Read more here: blogs.reading.ac.uk/classics-at-...

There is one week left to register for in-person attendance to #iGAIAS2025 @uniofreading.bsky.social. Registration: www.store.reading.ac.uk/conferences-... #digitalhumanities #classics #ancienthistory #genimageAI #Latin #Greek #Chinese #Tibetan #AIethics #sustainability @uorclassics.bsky.social

🗃️What can a marble foot fragment from Aï Khanoum tell us about #AI? 📜 @edwardasross.bsky.social‬ puts Deep Research models to the test in Part 3 of his series on generative AI and #Hellenistic Central Asia 🤖🏺 #digitalhumanities #history #llm digitalorientalist.com/2025/05/27/h...

Thrilled that my third piece as a contributor for @digitalorientalist.bsky.social was just posted. Have a look to see how #DeepResearch AI models identify the #AiKhanoum foot. digitalorientalist.com/2025/05/27/h... #AI #AgenticAI #AIBias #ancienthistory #centralasia #hellenistichistory #classics

Had a wonderful time at Università degli Studi di Parma speaking at the Intensive ENCODE Spring School on #generativeAI #ethics and #teaching #AncientLanguages! It was fantastic to discuss digital competencies for ancient writing cultures to so many brilliant students and scholars.

Very happy to share that the programme and registration for #iGAIAS2025 @uorclassics.bsky.social is now available. Our keynote speaker, Federica Lucivero (@ethoxcentre.bsky.social), will discuss "Environmentally (un)sustainable AI: rethinking responsibilities for Ancient World Studies?".

Absolutely thrilled that the iGAIAS project has won the 2025 University of Reading Collaborative Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning. Looking forward to continuing our work promoting #AIethics, #AIliteracy, and exploring #AI's impact @uorclassics.bsky.social!

Had a great time presenting at the Southampton Branch of the Classical Association about our work on #GenAI in #AncientGreek and #Latin learning and #GenImageAI yesterday! It was lovely to see some @uorclassics.bsky.social students and alumni as well!

🚨FINAL #CFP: (Generative) Artificial Intelligence and Teaching the #AncientWorld Conference - June 25-26, 2025, @uniofreading.bsky.social. Abstracts Due: February 7, 2025 Full Details: edwardasross.wordpress.com/events/gener... #AI #Classics #Teaching @ics.bsky.social @classicsforall.bsky.social

🗃️ Part 2 of @edwardasross.bsky.social's series on 🌍 Hellenistic Central Asia and AI 🤖 explores how generative #AI tools represent ancient music 🎵 #DigitalHumanities #ArtificialIntelligence #HellenisticHistory #CentralAsia digitalorientalist.com/2025/01/28/h...

Come see our exhibit while it is still open! If you can't, there is an online version here: collections.reading.ac.uk/ure-museum/e...

If you have a professor/teacher who impacted you in a positive way, send them a short email and let them know and tell them what you’re doing these days. Teaching can be a thankless and exhausting job but one note can energize an educator for a year.

Yes, this is what some people told me defensively, and its the most ridiculous thing ever. No, the AI industry's environmental toll is not something we can look past. And no, we shouldn't be allowing our students to train the machines for trillionaire techbros instead of getting an education.

I may be a millennial who needs three types of liquids simultaneously but even I drink less water than AI when writing an email

Quick reminder that there are 3 weeks left to submit an abstract for (Generative) Artificial Intelligence and #Teaching the #AncientWorld! Check out the full #CFP here: edwardasross.wordpress.com/2024/12/02/c... #GenAI #AI #classics #buddhism #history @ics.bsky.social @uorclassics.bsky.social

#CFP (Generative) Artificial Intelligence and Teaching the Ancient World - June 25-26, 2025 - hybrid/University of Reading UK - edwardasross.wordpress.com/events/gener... Due by Feb 7

Looking forward to Jackie Baines and my presentation at #AIASCS2025 on #GenAI images and the #AncientWorld! Thanks to the Digital Classics Association for organizing the panel!

2024 #Academic Year-in-Review: ✅ #PhD Complete ✅ 4 grants received ✍️ 2 articles published 🏦 1 museum exhibit opened ❌ 17 fellowship/grant rejections 📜 8 conference presentations 📚 65 seminar classes taught #ecr #AcademicChatter #classics #GenAI #buddhism #NormalizeRejection #AncientBluesky

#CFP: (Generative) Artificial Intelligence and #Teaching the #AncientWorld Conference - June 25-26, 2025, @uorclassics.bsky.social. Abstract Submissions Due: February 7, 2025 Further Details: edwardasross.wordpress.com/events/gener... #AI #GenAI #Classics #Edusky #AIinEdu #AncientBluesky

heady mix of labor retaliation and divestment from humanities, with a jubilant redirection of resources towards AI. futures of meaningful and critical work replaced with water and energy devouring artificial intelligences www.insidehighered.com/news/admissi...

Noticed that I was blocked by academics I was excited to follow during their migration and have discovered that I'm on an #AI apologist #blocklist. To be clear, my work is solely #CriticalAI studies related to the #ancientworld. I hope this reaches those that blocked me through this list. #edusky

Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about. 1) fine-tuned AI tutors for Ancient Greek, Latin, and hieroglyphs 2) receptions of Chapter 23 of the Lotus Sutra in China

Join us for the last #GenAI and #AncientWorld Studies talk at Reading Classics by Dr. Thea Sommerschield (Nottingham) on "Between Machines and Stones: 15 years of AI for Epigraphy, from statistical methods to the Generative Turn" Nov. 13 from 4-5:30 PM (GMT).

What a great day for @beinghumanfest.bsky.social at the Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology! It was brilliant to speak to so many people about #GenAI ethics and #ancientworld bias. Enjoy a couple highlights from our participants' generations:

And so it begins! @beinghumanfest.bsky.social #classics #ancientworld #genai #aiimages #classicsbluesky

Join us at Reading Classics for the next #GenAI and #AncientWorld Studies talk by @diyclassics.bsky.social (ISAW) on "The Impossibility of a Latin Turing Test: Reflections on Modeling Ancient Language at Scale", Nov. 6 from 4-5:30 PM (GMT). Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/3d6687...

My first post for @digitalorientalist.bsky.social as a Contributor for #CentralAsia Studies 😁

We’re excited to be organising an event as part of this year’s Being Human Festival (7–16 November). #BeingHuman2024 is the UK’s national festival of the #humanities. Register for our event on #AI #images at the Ure Museum of #Greek #Archaeology here: www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/paint...

Join us @UniRdg_Classics for the next #GenAI and #AncientWorld Studies talk by Prof. Genevieve Liveley (Bristol) on "The silence of the LLMs - Speaking silence with generative AI", October 16th, 2024 from 4:00 - 5:30 PM (London Time). Please register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e6f01f...

Join us at Reading Classics for the first #GenAI and #AncientWorld Studies public talk by Dr. Richard Cole (Bristol) on "The AI Question, or What if Homer had ChatGPT" Wednesday, October 9th, 2024 from 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM (London Time). Please register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0ad7d2...

I am thrilled to say "Distorted History: #AI's Skewed Visions of the #Ancient World" is now officially opened at the Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology. Please come visit the museum to learn more about our #GenAI image research. collections.reading.ac.uk/ure-museum/e... #classics #imageAI #history

Very happy to announce the slate of talks for our public talk series on #GenAI and #ancientworld studies. Please follow the link below to register for the talks. All are welcome! edwardasross.wordpress.com/events/gener... #classics #latin #ancientgreek #classicsbsky #academicbsky #AI

A report of our CPD workshop on Generative AI and Teaching Ancient Languages has just been published in the CUCD Bulletin. Take a look below!

When you see an image online, can you tell if it was made by a human? Join us at the Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology to learn how #generative image #AI skews the #ancientworld. edwardasross.wordpress.com/events/disto... #classics #ancienthistory #ClassicsTwitter #AcademicChatter

📜Just Published!📜 Providing #ancientlanguage and #classics staff and students with ethics tutorials on #genAI helps them make informed judgements about using #AI without misplaced faith or excessive fear. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Had a fantastic time today welcoming 80 #ancientlanguage teachers from around the world to University of Reading Classics for a workshop on #generativeAI and teaching #AncientGreek and #Latin. We look forward to more discussions in the future! #classics #ancientworld #AI

Had a great time talking to Year 8s about generative image AI for #ClassicsforAll Day at Reading Classics today! Looking forward to putting these #DALLE #AI images to use over the summer with our generative image AI and #classics research this summer. edwardasross.wordpress.com/projects/iga...

Very excited for the talks this week at #HCARN5! #centralasia #classics #buddhism

#CPD Workshop for #ancientlanguage teachers on possible uses for generative #AI to support teaching. This free, hybrid session will take place on May 21st, 2024. All university and school level ancient language teachers are welcome. Registration now here: www.store.reading.ac.uk/conferences-...

Jackie Baines and I just posted a new video about our work at Reading Classics on generative AI and Classics T&L. Please take a look for a quick introduction into the ethical considerations for using generative AI. youtu.be/D-eqkOPieMM #STOPandTHINKbeforeyouGENERATE

Thank you to Oliver Lewis for your great talk this week at the University of Reading #Classics and #History #Postgraduate #WiP Seminar! Please do join us for the rest of the talks this year, see the program below. If you would like to attend, pleas email [email protected].

We are currently hiring a second year undergraduate student to help us research our new generative image AI project. Full information about the project and application details are available here: www.reading.ac.uk/internal/uro...

Very happy to say Jackie Baines and my new article "Treading Water: New Data on the Impact of AI Ethics Information Sessions in Classics and Ancient Language Pedagogy" has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Classics Teaching.😁

1489 days later… my PhD is submitted! Thank you everyone for your support over these last 4 years. Now just to survive the viva. 📷: Matthew Knight

Popping back in to say that my #phd draft is done, and it is on track for submission in 2 days!

Fun day at the Graduate Workshop in Ancient Material Religion. It was great to meet other postgraduates working on ancient religion in different regions.

Does anyone have any experience with Qeios Journal? I have just received a request to peer review, but I have mixed feelings. The platform appears to be run entirely by AI, and the article I’m asked to review is about AI (meta I know). Any thoughts or comments about the platform are appreciated!

Celebrating Shinge Roko Sherry Chayat Roshi's retirement as abbot of the Zen Studies Society today. Although my time around her was short (a short stay in DBZ in 2016), I am grateful for what I learned from her. I wish her a wonderful retirement.

Hi Bluesky! I'm Edward. I'm a final year #phd candidate at the University of Reading. My research looks at the lived religious experience of people in Hellenistic Central Asia. I also look a lot at #buddhism #classics #ai