Spooky morning walk today. Fog at 6am.

Philosophy in the Roman Mediterranean Conference 4-10 June 2026 @thebiaankara.bsky.social & online www.posthellenistic.net/ankara @sententiaepauli.bsky.social

While ARC wait for Minister to approve their new grant schemes, they’ve created a new round of Future Fellowships (FT27) & Industrial Transformation Hubs & Centres (IC27 & IH27). And they’ve provided 2-week outcome announcement windows! Phew! BUT schemes still generally take longer than last year…

New Entry: The Liar Paradox in Arabic and Islamic Philosophy / by Ahmed Alwishah & @davsans.bsky.social (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) plato.stanford.edu/entries/arab...

New research shows #libraries support our health and wellbeing. Surveying 6000 NSW residents, 🏠 64% saw public libraries as places of safety and belonging. 🧠 67% said libraries supported their mental wellbeing. Learn more: www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about/about-...

Adelaide University, May 20: Professor Bronwen Neil will give the C. Moraitis Annual Hellenic Lecture speaking on “Animal Symbolism and Status Anxiety in Ancient Greek and Byzantine Dream Books” (7pm Napier Building)

So thrilled to have been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society this week 😊😊

Milestone in retirement: today I reached zero unread emails in my Inbox! Now on to the Pinned ones 😏

Lecturer in Latin and Manuscript Studies at the University of Kent www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRH997/l...

From afar this place is beautiful

Reaches Leuven now. Preparing for second conference, this time on “East meets West”. My latest (last) take on Eunapius. Good food too.

A little boost for the day: 1,500 reads of my book on the Peripatetics reached www.researchgate.net/profile/Han-... via @researchgate

Winter in Adelaide. A rose is a rose is a rose.

Extended deadline for #AMPHORAE XIX in Adelaide, South Australia & online - #CFP now closing June 8th - see amphorae-conference.weebly.com

After a semester with the heady mix of teaching, curriculum development for 2026 and my head of dept chores, I am looking forward to the last week. Time for chocolate and a (brief) rest!

Glorious dawn to get ‘fired up’ for the day 😏

Job: university of Groningen. Professor of the Reception of Classical Antiquity. For a job description contact Ms T. Oosterman, e-mail: [email protected]. More information on Rijksuniversiteit Groningen: www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...

If you're near New Haven this April please come along to hear me deliver the Terry Lectures! The topic is "Believe It...Or Not: Religion and Skepticism in Global Philosophy." And the lectures are all written now, which is a relief! yaleconnect.yale.edu/osvpu/rsvp_b...

Golden dome? Neronic fantasy

podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/h... great interview with expert Howard Holton on the Respublica Litteraria

Walter Burket's Kleine Schriften X Varia / Christoph Riedweg (Ed.) www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/themen-entde... #openaccess

Coming up tomorrow on #HoPWaG, we start to dig into early modern philosophy by considering the pan-European phenomenon of the "Republic of Letters," focusing on figures including Mersenne, Leibniz, Pereisc, and Calvet. Will be up early Sunday morning for your listening pleasure! #philsky #podcasts

Scorcher today. Staying inside is the best option

👀 Herculaneum: First glimpse inside burnt scroll after 2,000 years. 🏺 #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics #AncientBluesky 🏛️ www.bbc.com/news/article...

Returned from a fabulous conference at ANU. Slightly delayed flight but good to be home

I have struggled with my role is as an Arabic speaker with a platform, in the face of the need in Gaza. I have decided to start a series I'm calling “Voices of Gaza” that tells a fuller story of people’s lives and dreams beyond victimhood. I hope you'll help amplify.

Does anyone else keep thinking of Tac. Agric. 30-32 “Ubi solitudinem faciunt pacem appellant” when news about Israel and Gaza comes in?

Just out: url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/JtBaCJyBw2...

Made it to the Institute for lunch today. Good atmosphere and a nice office. The court yard in front of my window (left) 👌

American University of Paris, France, has an opening for an Assistant Professor of Philosophy with specialization in ancient philosophy and competence in theoretical philosophy. For more information, see here: philjobs.org/job/show/26670.

Four PhDs positions university of Ghent url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/enMqCp815q...

attn scholarly organizations, this is now considered best practice

New issue of Mnemosyne Vol. 77, No. 4 (2024) brill.com/view/journal... @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

Full professor position in history advertised at university of Adelaide: deadline August 6. careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...

another postgrad and I are close to a full draft of “Physiologies of Blood” for the Cultural History of Blood. (Though marking of papers still in train)

New issue of Journal of Early Christian Studies Vol. 32, No. 2 (2024) muse.jhu.edu/issue/52675 @hopkinspress.bsky.social

Postgrad and I hoping to finalise a chapter for the Cultural History of Gender, “Gender and (ancient) medicine” which the editors said they loved

For whoever is lucky enough to be in Paris end of May

PhD position in ancient philosophy at KU Leuven (Commentators) www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

Job: La Faculté des lettres de l'Université de Genève met au concours un poste de professeur-e assistant-e en philosophie ancienne: -Voir pièce jointe ou jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_porta...

My work trip to Belgium and the Netherlands was topped off with a professors’ dinner with David Runia, Keimpe Algra and my Doctorvater, Jaap Mansfeld. A high level reunion!

Job: Classics at the University of Pittsburgh tenure-stream Assistant Professor in Classics, AOS ancient science; begins September 1, 2024. The deadline for submissions is November 15, 2023.   Apply here cfopitt.taleo.net/careersection/…

New research shows Romans were early pioneers of recycling 🏺ClassicsBluesky BlueskyClassics AncientBluesky 🏛️ phys.org/news/2023-10...

Former Monash leaders now targeting humanities at ACU. Protest by writing to [email protected] [email protected] (VC) [email protected] (DVCR)

Sign our petition against job cuts at ACU act.newmode.net/action/nteu/...

Took me while to find the next step (forgot password etc). On board now to explore the blue place 😎

Have arrived thanks to a friend.