NEW in #TRAJ Vol. 8: Performing Gender Normativity & Queerness in the Roman Funeral: An Analysis of Historical Sources & Iconographic Evidence by Jessica Tilley doi.org/10.16995/tra... #AcademicSky #RomanArchaeology

Check out my new article in @traj-journal.bsky.social ! traj.openlibhums.org/article/id/1...

No one tell my cats #catsofarchaeology

Recently I was talking to a publisher about turning my dissertation into a book and I was told that I need to not delay revisions because “when you have children they’ll take up a lot of your time.” I’m not having children… I wonder if any male academic has been told this before #academicbluesky

“Why are they depicting an 80 year old as super buff?” *camera pans to every scholar of Rome tearing out their hair* #ancientbluesky

“Get in losers, we’re *saving academia*” #ancientbluesky

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

Officially passed my dissertation defense today! What a strange feeling.

I’m going to show this to people who think the Egyptians, Mayans, and Khmer all had pyramids because of aliens.

Fighting back also looks like community resource sharing and mutual aid. “The power of the people is much stronger than the people in power.” —Wael Ghonim

“hey we need you to carve an inscription into this funerary stele finial, you’ve done that before right?” “………..yes”

OMG look: A tenured Classicist with a conscience; A tenured Classicist with a working moral compass; A tenured Classicist with courage; A tenured Classicist worthy of respect; @illdottore.bsky.social: Merci! www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP_U...

Posting late, but the turnout of tens of thousands in London was heartening ✊. Continued mass protests around the world show that we refuse to back down from speaking out against genocide. I was moved by the large Jewish community and their words for peace and their demand: Never Again, for Anybody.

While we're all here, here's a reminder that the Women in Classics list exists. If you want to follow many AMAZING women, check it out! And! Let me know if you fit the criteria (women and classics very broadly!) and I'll add you! #ClassicsBluesky

Currently thinking about ancient witchcraft, spinsters, professional mourners, and economic autonomy of women for a future article. If anyone has any reading recs on the intersection of any these things (especially more modern ethnography), please send my way! 🧙✨

"A terrified young student, snatched off the street by a masked police force taken thousands of miles across the country without anyone knowing. It is as flatly authoritarian as anything we have ever seen in this country," says Chris Hayes on Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk's detention.

Post diss submission life is good when you live in Greece (working on article revisions so not THAT good, but still good 😉)

There are cat beds all over this apartment, but if the cats say this decorative basket is a bed, it’s a bed.

Spot the column drums from the Temple of Poseidon that rolled down the hill at Sounio

Mundus sine Caesaribus

Happy International Women’s Day, from my team of women to yours!

Just submitted my PhD dissertation! Now what 😅

Ramadan Mubarak to all my Muslim friends! Made this video from when I had the privilege of visiting Cairo during Ramadan in 2023. ✨

would you believe me if I told you one of these cats is 6 years old and the other is 6 months?

καλό μήνα και καλή άνοιξη 🌱

Just wrote “to conclude this dissertation…” surreal. I know a lot of folks hate their diss and want to be done with it, but I gotta say, I really enjoyed this process. Not everyone gets to spend their days writing about things that excite them and I consider myself lucky. “Dr. Jess Tilley” loading…

Visited the remains of a Roman villa in the All Hallow’s crypt near the Tower of London. Highlights from the crypt museum include this cherub with accompanying skull (very metal) and a ceremonial trowel.

Made a fox friend at Highgate Cemetery. Also very struck by how much the Victorians borrowed from 1st-2nd c. Roman burial culture. The monumentalization of the roadways and the burial clubs (funeral collegia!) let alone the actual architecture… very cool #ancientbluesky

How to call your cat in Greek (the Roman numerals at the bottom are a nice anachronistic touch)

“Why don’t you ever come work at the Blegen Library with us?” When I can bring my cats, plants, and non-fluorescent overhead lighting I’ll happily change work spots.

BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years

We must imagine ΣΕΙΣΥΦΟΣ happy ☔️ 🪨 📍 Isthmia, Greece

New discovery: Archaeologists discover five #Roman statues in the ancient city of Perge, Türkiye. Among them is an approximately two-meter-high statue of Venus/Aphrodite. www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/arch... 🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology

If my advisor asks when I’ll submit my last chapter, I’ll just send him this video.

Museums all need to prepare for a changing world and more dangerous fires laist.com/news/arts-an...

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🧪👩‍🔬

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

What it looks like to be an American editing their job documents for UK postings #globaliZation #globaliSation

While some think the screen/projector at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens is for academic presentations, we all know what it’s really for…

Vet said no balcony time while she heals from her spay surgery and so she spends all day looking out the window, forlorn. Poor little bug.

Noting that "cultural heritage" is on this list. #ClimateHeritage

Something lovely for the weekend! A stunning 2,000 year-old Roman emerald green glass bowl 💚 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #Archaeology

Happy Sunday ✨

Have left my apartment maybe three times in the last month as I finish this dissertation. But Gandalf is right, the world is not in my books and maps. So I stitched this together to remind myself of the world I’ve seen in the last year ❤️ 🌍

Working #women are frequently attested in the #Roman empire: the funerary stele of Sentia Amarantis depicts the deceased tapping wine from a barrel. She was an inn-keeper and died at the age of 45. The stele was set up by her husband. From Augusta Emerita/Mérida, 3rd c. AD. #ReliefWednesday 🏺

'A Complex System of Tanks and Structures Found Beneath the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens'

Mood after sending 3 job applications into the void today

all I said was we shouldn’t romanticize Caesar and imperialism 🥲 Instagram comment sections are the Bad Place

Another really useful #starterpack for anyone interested in libraries, museums, galleries and archives. Wait, this feels targeted... go.bsky.app/HPQsZAu