New issue of Gerión Vol. 43 No. 2 (2025) revistas.ucm.es/index.php/GE... #openaccess El tratado del río Iber 2250 años después. Diplomacia e imperialismo en el Mediterráneo occidental antiguo @hannahecornwell.bsky.social

‘That’s naughty’, said the pedestrian crossing the road as I pushed off from the 🚦. While the light for motor vehicles was still red, the cyclist light had turned green. I had to brake to avoid them, as they crossed with their light still red. Yes, that is naughty.

Got to chat all things Pax Romana with Matthew Lewis for the History Hits series Echoes of History for the new Ubisoft game Anno 117: Pax Romana: podfollow.com/echoes-of-hi...

Nothing quite like the feeling of realising no one has ever read these pages in a journal (this one’s from 1863!), after finding the pages un-cut and asking the librarian for help… access granted!

Lovely to celebrate 125 years of Classics at the University of Birmingham last week! www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/12...

UoB invites applications for the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme. The internal deadline is 18 July. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNN779/b...

Three year assistant professor post in Latin Lang & Lit at UoB!! Ridiculously close deadline but do think about applying!! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNO375/a...

It’s only for a year, but do share with any Roman historians, who might like to join us at UoB for 2025/26: www.glassdoor.co.uk/job-listing/...

I (co)-wrote a book! The catalogue for the Piranesi Print Project I co-curated at the British School at Rome has been published, and I am very proud of it! The research for this project was so interesting, and there’s still work to do! Thank you to everyone who was involved, my heart is full ❤️

Feeling in very good company…

Win 2 tickets to a preview screening of THE RETURN at the British Museum, Wednesday, 9 April. To enter: Like and re-skeet this post and follow us before 8pm UK time on Monday 7th April.

I can't enter (as I do social media for Roman Society) but 👇🏻👇🏻 #ClassicsBuesky 🏺

I’ll be helping the University of Birmingham Classics department celebrate its 125th birthday in June! 🎈🏛️

This studentship is only possible because of the generosity of the late Prof. Em. Jane F. Gardner, world leading expert in Roman law, women, and the family among many other things, who passed away in 2023. You can read about the department's memorial for her here: blogs.reading.ac.uk/classics-at-...

When you order a book from the library and the reservation slip is marking the precise page you wanted to consult. That’s some prophetic librarian-ing!

I only realised 4 hours after arriving at the Senate House that I had 1) left my lights on my bike and 2) left the lights on!! Some kind soul must have switched them off for me, so I can cycle safely home this evening. #tinyjoys

Things I did not expect to see at 10am on Malet Street as I walked to the Senate House: a fox running full pelt down the road in broad daylight 🦊

@bsrome.bsky.social a wonderful evening catching up with and meeting BSR alumni. In sum: we all agree the BSR is the very best of places. Long may it continue. Long should we support it!

@tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social thank you for a brilliant paper yesterday! Still thinking at it and all the things which happen around letters.

Looking forward to Prof. Henriette van der Blom’s inaugural lecture this evening: www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/hist...

I’m perfectly fine with most of the historical inaccuracies in Ridley Scott films, but cutting ancient men kissing seems like the biggest inaccuracy of all.

‘We are not Disneyland’: Outrage in Rome over Airbnb ‘gladiator’ battles at the Colosseum | CNN - www.cnn.com/2024/11/15/t...

Book just got real. First look at the covers. #ClassicsBluesky #ArchaeologyBluesky #RomanBluesky

I have a project representing Donald Trump in my office and I decided to ritually decapitate it. Hope you enjoy!

The stark generational divide was realised today, when an MA student told me they were not born when Ridley Scott’s Gladiator was released.

Post-conference trip to Castell de bellver, Palma de Mallorca. A stunning architectural space, + some fab inscriptions ancient & modern: a Duovir building inscription from Palma; ‘Vive Napoleon’ from the castle’s time as a prison;graffiti on an anti-graffiti notice on a wall of graffiti 😂

Assistant Professor in Classics | Society for Classical Studies - www.classicalstudies.org/placement-se...

I’ll just take a detour on the way to work to post something…. Oh. New level of confusion/frustration unlocked.

Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty History lecturer (for undergraduate modules): remember to answer the 5 Ws about the cup: what is it, where does it come from, when was it made, how was it made, why was it made?

Greg Woolf Named as Director of NYU’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World - www.nyu.edu/about/news-p...

It’s been amazing to bring the ancient world into conversation with modern and contemporary diplomacy thanks to a British Academy Small Grant Award. 👀 here’s something we’re been working on: open.spotify.com/show/4dcdjiS...

I’ve been quiet here recently because just three weeks ago I had a baby, but I need your help to secure the future of my other baby—the disability-led transcription and closed captioning company I founded in 2017. After a tough 2023 we’re seeking crowdfunding help to replenish our cash reserves 🤞🏻

In Jan 2024, #WCCWiki edited or created 💜13 💜#Wikipedia articles for non-binary & women classicists (very broadly conceived)! Each month, #WCCWiki works to improve the gendered representation of Wikipedia, a hugely important source of knowledge but one that has systemic biases

Shiny new publication dropping 22 Feb. www.bloomsbury.com/9781350272460

The temptation of certainty, whether epistemological or moral, is that it frees one from the obligation to keep thinking.

Just finished a class on the Roman theatre and political space, looking at Pro Sestio 115-127. Lots of good discussion about the audience participation but now all I can think of is Cicero singing Lady Gaga’s ‘Applause’…

Brilliant research seminar by @helenlovatt.bsky.social on Achilles, Aeneas and Cicero and grief behaviour as part of their project on The Power of Sadness.

Here at OU Classical Studies we are hiring! Permanent full time Staff Tutor role - partly working on Classical Studies curriculum/research etc, partly managing our teams of brilliant tutors all over the UK. Fantastic dept, lovely colleagues, wonderful students! www5.open.ac.uk/employment/v...

If you have just arrived on BlueSky it is conventional to post a photograph of your animal (especially if your animal is a cat). This helps to maintain an appropriate Nazi : cat pics ratio (i.e. with v. few of the former & lots of the latter) which is key to the flourishing of social media networks.

It's the time of year when I reshare my advice for people applying for Oxbridge Junior Research Fellowships or Marie Skłodowksa-Curie Individual Fellowships: itsallgreektoanna.wordpress.com/application-... Happy to try and answer any questions about either! AncientBlueSky🏺AcademicSky