Deadline for nominations for Chancellor @cambridgeup.bsky.social has now passed. Old Schools will reveal full slate of candidates idc. Already clear that Sandi Toksvig offers necessary/unique blend of brains, comms skills, energy, inclusion & strong Cambridge links #Sandi4Chancellor109

A newly published Roman legal papyrus from Judaea. I try to give a flavour here, and to capture the immense hard work that goes into making sense of these discoveries. tinyurl.com/57eb3a88

New volume of The Journal of Roman Studies Vol. 114 (2024) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @theromansoc.bsky.social @ellakirsh.bsky.social @carlosfnorena.bsky.social

My review article for JRS, "The Problem(s) of Empire," is finally out. It's sort of a hybrid: part long review of *The Oxford World History of Empire* and part "think piece" on empires, comparative history, and empire as such. Let me know if you don't have access to JRS; happy to send a PDF.

Check out @ellakirsh.bsky.social 's fantastic article on the teaching of shorthand writing to often enslaved people in the later Roman empire - just published open access in the latest issue of the Journal of Roman Studies www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Oooh, look at Sainsbury’s, with their fancy new Latin motto like they’re bleedin hogwarts Grow up

Forthcoming article: Duncan Bell, "John Stuart Mill on Federation, Civilization, and Empire," History of Political Thought (2025) @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social www.academia.edu/110100929/Jo... via @academia

It was great to talk to Ella Kirsch @ellakirsh.bsky.social and Hope Williard yesterday about enslaved stenographers and how we might access the intellectual and literary culture of the non-elite.

Very happy to see my new article on Paschasius of Dumium and the Iberian translation of the Apophthegmata patrum published (open access) in Al-Masaq. Features Atlantic-Mediterranean connectivity, Evagrius Ponticus, and a crocodile. doi.org/10.1080/0950...

My therapist: Don’t worry, Merovingian cursive is not real, it can’t hurt you Merovingian cursive:

First article, first post! Thrilled that my article on Greek shorthand in late antiquity has just been published by the Journal of Roman Studies, expertly ed. Myles Lavan. What do London taxi drivers have to do with late antique shorthand textbooks? Find out here: shorturl.at/6QERy