For their first project, my Kids and Society students have to create an infographic clarifying a common misconception about "kids these days." I'd prefer that they not use AI to create their projects, so I made my own infographic explaining why : )

Teaching a new course this semester focused on Ovid’s Metamorphoses and our first assignment is pondering this marvelous talk by @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social on (the politics of) translating Ovid and how a feminist lens resists contemporary gender and sexual stereotypes. youtu.be/FHT8twAy7zk?...

Now out - open access - in Classical Review. Thanks, @thedancinggrad.bsky.social for taking this one on.

Latest review just dropped! I had the pleasure of reviewing the new English translation of the Valla commentary on Ovid's Metamorphoses, and I unsurprisingly found it the most definitive English-language commentary on the Metamorphoses out there. Check out the review here! doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Decreased public funding for state schools is not a red state vs blue state issue. It isn’t a Trump issue. It’s symptomatic of a bipartisan disinvestment in higher ed as a foundational public good. It’s been happening for decades. It doesn’t have to be this way. www.opb.org/article/2024...

“P.S. You’re probably thinking of the en dash. That whore has always been suspicious.” www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...

Classics friends, we're searching for an adjunct to teach two in-person courses, intro Latin and a Roman lit in translation course, at Fairfield University this fall. Please see details in the attached screenshot, and let me know of any questions or interest! ClassicsBlueSky AncientBlueSky

New paper alert! 📢 In this article, I explore how different game design motivations impact mythological characters in video games, based on interviews with the people behind Apotheon, Hades, and Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island: academic.oup.com/crj/advance-...

Time for panel 2 #MythGames2025, "Myth, Culture, and Heritage (1)" with papers on "mythroidvanias", Etruscan ritual in Lex Arcana, and counterintuitive ontologies in Black Myth: Wukong & Tchia!

Starting with our first panel, "People, Emotions, and Mythological Games" #MythGames2025 Papers on personal myth and Tchia, the therapeutic power of mythology & games, and a queer close reading of Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical!

The online Mythological Game Studies Conference #MythGames2025 starts in about an hour! @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social I'll be opening the conference with an introduction on the theme of the conference, mapping current approaches to the study of mythology and games

I'm so excited for #MythGames2025 this week! I'll be presenting my paper on Patroclus' dark skin color in Supergiant Games' Hades amongst some excellent company and great topics. Hope to see everyone there! mythgamescon.wordpress.com/schedule/

Rerum Novarum 2: Electric Boogaloo

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

Things I learned at CAMWS: Illinois Classical Journal now has no backlog and ALSO they have started publishing short form notes in addition to regular length articles. So let that be widely known!

Tell your libraries (and wealthy humanities-supporting philanthropists) that my book _God, Slavery, and Early Christianity: Divine Possession and Ethics in the Shepherd of Hermas_ can be pre-ordered!🏺 www.cambridge.org/us/universit...

The Ancient Worlds, Modern Communities initiative provides mini-grants of up to $2,000 to support public engagement projects. The next deadline is May 16, 2025! To learn more about the initiative, please visit: classicalstudies.org/outreach/anc...

It is my pleasure to share the recordings from #ResDiff6, an annual digital conference on inequity in the field of classics which I co-organize with Joseph Romero. All videos from #ResDiff6 (as well as all past conferences) can be found here: resdifficiles.com

NECJ 52.1 is live! Some amazing articles on topics ranging from denials of Terence's blackness to age in Vergil's Georgics and Eclogues to a Myrina-type aulete figurine, with two book reviews, @caneweb.org's 2025 Katz and Student Writing Contest Prize winners, and some cool ads -- check it out!

Digital Classicist London 2025 call for papers (just a few days left!) ics.sas.ac.uk/news/digital... #DigiClass #DigitalHumanities #AncientSky #Archaeology

Having a great @caneweb.org Annual Meeting so far! This morning, I'll be presenting my paper "Dark-Skinned Patroclus", an analysis of Patroclus' portrayal in the video game Hades, in the 10:30am panel. Hope to see you there! #ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky #CANE2025

A full house for @sarahebond.bsky.social’s plenary address to the @caneweb.org Annual Meeting, “A History of Ancient Rome in Five Strikes”! #ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky #CANE2025

Lucky to have been part of this great tour of the Beineke’s Classics-related holdings, including a papyrus fragment of Hesiod’s Catalogue of Women and an editio princeps of Sophocles! Thanks @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social !! @caneweb.org #ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky #CANE2025

Off to a great start with welcomes to the 119th Annual Meeting from President TJ Howell and Yale liaison James Patterson! Fun fact: @caneweb.org was founded at Yale in 1906! #ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky #CANE2025

The Herodotus Helpline is delighted to share details of its spring/summer 2025 edition of talks! All talks are freely open to everybody. Just register at [email protected] #Herodotus @classicsforall.bsky.social @archanchistleic.bsky.social

Hope to see you all at the CANE conference at Yale tomorrow! The inimitable Jacqui Carlon and I are presenting on teaching the letters of Pliny the Younger for the new AP Latin curriculum! Don’t stress! We’ve got you covered! 😉 #CANE2025

Gearing up for a nice weekend at the CANE Annual Meeting hosted at Yale this weekend! I'm presiding over a panel tomorrow, delivering my presentation "Dark-Skinned Patroclus" on Saturday, and annoying everyone about submitting to NECJ the whole time. Make sure to say hi if you see me!

Check out my newly-published review of Sarah Nooter’s How to Be Queer in BMCR! I found it an excellent sourcebook with broad potential applications in the classroom and in research. 1/2 bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.03... ClassicsBlueSky AncientBlueSky 🏺

Great (and timely) review of Nooter's "Ancient Guide to Sexuality" by @thedancinggrad.bsky.social in BMCR (bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.03...). The closing paragraph in particular I found quite moving. #AncientBlueSky 🏺

1. Major news: Remember those "Biological men"/"Biological Women" signs at University of Cincinnati? They have come down thanks to MASSIVE student protests at the college, which have continued. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/university...

Pleased to announce that my article on an Ovid-Lucretius intertext has just been published in Ovidius! I'd been working on this for so long that it was a topic for conversation with my now-husband on one of our first dates in 2019. Life, amirite? Anyways, enjoy! ovidiusjournal.org/ojs/index.ph...

Upcoming deadline! Sunday, February 16 is the deadline to apply for the David D. and Rosemary H. Coffin Fellowship, which supports travel for secondary school teachers of Greek or Latin. Learn more about the application process: classicalstudies.org/awards-and-f...

For #BlackHistoryMonth this year, I’m going to be posting daily about: representations of blackness in Greco-Roman antiquity, the history of scholarship by Black classicists, and the history of Africana receptions using the hashtag #AncientBlackness. Join me.

I'm speaking about the Women's Classical Committee initiative, #WCCWiki, at 'Classics Beyond the Canon' Workshop & Editathon, Cambridge University, this Friday 16.00-18.00. Editathon on Saturday. All welcome! Further details here: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/44331...

I've long thought that one of the most valuable things students can take away from my courses is to leave thinking just a little more critically about things they previously took for granted about the world and their place within it.

New study finds that frequent use of AI tools encourages offloading cognitive tasks and reduces critical thinking. Higher AI usage correlated with lower critical thinking skills, especially in younger users. www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15...

REMINDER: CfP Mythological Game Studies Conference (May 2025, online) Send @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and me your abstracts on everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies before February 2!

ANNOUNCING... A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology - our first book! 🎉 📅Available 5th Feb 2025 (but you can preorder now) 🤝 In collaboration with @contubernales.bsky.social ✍️ 117 different writers 🖼️ Periodic Table Poster by @corabeth.bsky.social 👇 Read more...

Submissions are open for the 2025 Conference on BIPOC Game Studies, taking place at The Strong in Rochester, NY! conference.blackgamestudies.com

#AIASCS! The panel that @duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social and I co-organized for the International Ovidian Society kicks off the whole shebang as SCS-1 tomorrow Friday 1/3 from 8-10:30am (room 401/403 in person, Zoom virtually). We have 5 phenomenal papers about Ovid's Heroides lined up; see you there!

Gearing up for this weekend's #AIASCS in Philly? Why not procrastinate your last-minute paper-writing by perusing the short video modules featured in my open-access textbook here, to introduce yourself to some folks you'll see at this year's conference?

Hi History Educators. Some would be delighted to know a book on using historical video games in history education exists, has existed for 13 years, now 2nd edition. Save money; ask the library to get it! (amplifications appreciated; I think a lot of interested folk just don't know)

Somehow, the annual SCS meeting begins in two days. Yikes. But I'll be there from Thursday evening till Sunday morning, with most of my obligations Friday morning into early afternoon but generally free otherwise, so if anyone feels like grabbing a coffee or drink or meal, hit me up!

Dear academics the idea of 'citable source' is nonsense. All sources are citable, each needs to be assessed. This 'citable' idea seems to be an excuse not to acknowledge the work of non-academics. If you want to prioritise peer reviewed academic research, fine. But cite all your sources

just blurted out in class "yes, you have to cite where you got your info. in a world in which lying loudly is the only thing that seems to get rewarded, citing your sources is an act of resistance" and folks, I really believe that.

CfP alert! 📢 Mythological Game Studies Conference @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I are organizing an online conference on mythology & video games (May 2025). We're interested in everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies! Abstract deadline: Feb 2! For more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Starting work on a project that has me branching into two new-to-me areas of the ancient world study (game studies #archaeogaming and race and ethnicity studies). Terrified but also reassured that many great scholars in both areas are here on bsky now; I may, uh, be reaching out to some of you soon.

I hope all my academic folk have an orderly and stress-free conclusion to your semesters. I know that won't happen, but I wish it for you anyway!

we need professors that are not naturals at academic writing we need professors who didn’t have perfect grades we need professors that went to community college we need professors that went to non-selective institutions we need professors that have always struggled to belong