AIO publishes all decrees of the deme Teithras and unknown demes, a document of Acharnai, and all Athenian inscriptions relating to Roman emperors from Augustus to Trajan and to the imperial cult. See them here: atticinscriptions.com/browse/bypub...
Centre for the Study of the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East
@camne.bsky.social
An interdisciplinary research centre at Durham University (UK), promoting and facilitating archaeological, historical and cultural explorations of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East.
Conference: The Domestic Dimension of Religious Conflict in the Ancient Mediterranean; Durham, 12-13 August 2026. Details in the link -- all welcome! www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
12-aug - Durham University
durham.ac.uk
Or, for those who prefer Things to Texts, this excellent conference co-organised by CAMNE member @chris-de-lisle.bsky.social
🔎 Hybrid conference: 'Comparing Cyprus and Sicily: Scientific approaches' 📅 26 / 27 March 🔗 Learn more and register: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
🚨 Are you an undergraduate, postgraduate or PhD student in any discipline within the humanities and social sciences studying Türkiye and/or the Black Sea region at a UK university? Are you interested in making a research trip to the region, and/or participating in a fieldwork project?
💥 Join us for our second masterclass this term from @camne.bsky.social 🏫 Prof. Andrew Meadows (Oxford), on Lycian coinage networks 📅 1:15pm, Thurs 19 Feb 📍 Dawson Building (Archaeology) D210
The British Epigraphy Society spring meeting is in Durham! Featuring a viewing of the Lanchester diploma and an optional trip to Chesters. All welcome. www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
18-apr - Durham University
durham.ac.uk
Today! All welcome, in person or online
💥 Join us for our first @camne.bsky.social seminar of the year! 🏫 Prof. Grant Macaskill (Durham) "Maps and Metaphors, Networks and Rhizomes: Analytical Discourse and the Study of Local Quality in the Biblical Pseudepigrapha" 📅 1:15pm, Tues 3 Feb 📍 ER231 / hybrid on Teams: tinyurl.com/mvwtr7dw
✍️ Call For participants! '(dh)2: Training the Next Generation of Digital Classicists' 📅 Mon 18 May 📚 Essential training on how to design, pitch, and write a successful postdoc project in Digital Classics 🔗 Learn more here: digitalhumanities.webspace.durham.ac.uk/events/
An international team of researchers, including Dr Michael Loy from @durhamclassics.bsky.social, has uncovered hidden clues about life in the hills of ancient southwest Samos, Greece. Discover more 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/... #DUResearch #DigitalHumanities l @britschoolathens.bsky.social
💥 Join us for our first @camne.bsky.social seminar of the year! 🏫 Prof. Grant Macaskill (Durham) "Maps and Metaphors, Networks and Rhizomes: Analytical Discourse and the Study of Local Quality in the Biblical Pseudepigrapha" 📅 1:15pm, Tues 3 Feb 📍 ER231 / hybrid on Teams: tinyurl.com/mvwtr7dw
🔔 E-NEWSLETTER To learn about the BIAA's recent activities and upcoming events, please view our latest e-newsletter at mailchi.mp/06f4a7bbc940....
✍️ Call For Papers! British Epigraphy Society Spring Meeting 📅 Sat 18 April, 10am–5:15pm 📚 Send abstracts to Dr Chris de Lisle by 23 January 🔗 Learn more here: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
✍️ Here's one to chew over while you munch on your mince pies: Calls For Papers for two very exciting events happening in Durham in 2026 👉 British Epigraphy Society spring meeting: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/... 👉 'Writing from the margins' conference: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
💥 Congratulations to Dr Ilaria Bucci and Prof. Ted Kaizer, who have a new article in the latest volume of 'Iraq'! 👉 This article is the publication of the first bilingual inscription from Hatra, combining Greek with Hatran Aramaic. 🔗 Read here for free, open-access: doi.org/10.1017/irq....
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⏰Last chance! 📅 New deadline: Mon 10 Nov 2025 📍 Course Dates: 12 January - 22 January 2026 in Greece 💡 Course Highlights: 10 days of lectures, hands-on sessions, guided museum visits in Athens, site-visits across the Peloponnese and other key Bronze Age locations 🔗 www.bsa.ac.uk/.../the-art-...
This Friday (24th), starting at 2pm, we're delighted to welcome Prof. Fernando Lozano Gómez and Prof. Elena Muñiz Grijalvo for a double seminar on "Staging imperial power in the Roman empire". In person at 38 North Bailey, @durhamclassics.bsky.social; or contact us for a link to join online.
This Friday (24th), starting at 2pm, we're delighted to welcome Prof. Fernando Lozano Gómez and Prof. Elena Muñiz Grijalvo for a double seminar on "Staging imperial power in the Roman empire". In person at 38 North Bailey, @durhamclassics.bsky.social; or contact us for a link to join online.
💥 Publication of 107 new inscriptions on Attic Inscriptions Online! 👉 New entries include all votives of artisans and workers, and boundary stones of the Athenian empire on Aigina. 🎉 Congratulations to Dr Chris de Lisle and team! 🔗 buff.ly/4Bgd7gF
💥 Join us for a special lecture, organised by @camne.bsky.social! 👩🏫 Dr Rachel Phillips ( @britschoolathens.bsky.social ), "Curating the Dead: Body and Image in Early Mycenaean Burials ” 📅 4pm, Thurs 18th Sept 🔗 TLC040, Teaching and Learning Centre: buff.ly/2SCBkK0
Join us this Thursday (29/05) @4pm for a masterclass by Prof. Sam Turner (Newcastle): 'The Medieval Mediterranean landscape: practical approaches to understanding its historic character and archaeology’. In person at 38 North Bailey, Durham, or online: contact us for the link.
Presenting ‘Women Transcending Boundaries: Over a century of scholarship, fieldwork and friendship across the British International Research Institutes’ Explore our interactive StoryMap to learn about the ground-breaking work of 20thC women archaeologists storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/47f5...
Women transcending boundaries
Over a century of scholarship, fieldwork and friendship across the British International Research Institutes
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🎉 We are delighted to welcome Prof. John Bennet (Sheffield) to Durham this week 💥 Prof. Bennet will give a workshop on the landscapes of Late Bronze Age and Ottoman Messenia 📅 Weds 19 March, 4:15pm 🏛️ The event is organised by @camne.bsky.social
@gorgiaspress.bsky.social @durhamclassics.bsky.social I'm very excited to share that there will be an online book launch for this volume on Feb 25! If you wish to attend, please register via the QR code in the poster! #syriaclexisandlexica
Scholarly crowd sourcing: I’m looking for some studies on pilgrim and/or monastic travel routes in the eastern Mediterranean. I already have Egeria’s travelogue, any others people recommend?
Workshop on Aristotle soon in Durham! Spoiler: lots of Syriac and Arabic material to be discussed! Join us!
Our first seminar of 2025: join us, in person or online, to hear Dr Giorgia Nicosia discuss the Syriac reception of Greek prophecies about Christ. 4th Feb, 6pm, in the Dept of Classics & Ancient History, Durham.
My review of New Documents in Mycenaean Greek is now out in BMCR! Tldr: essential reference work for Linear B studies, but I've tried to give some tips esp for new students/researchers on how to use it productively & a few things to watch out for bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2024/2024.12... #AncientBluesky 🏺
LECTURE: The Longest Roman Water Supply Line, a Review After Thirty Years of Research 📆 Tuesday 10 December 2024 ⏰ 18:45 - 19:45 (London GMT) 📍 The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH (In-Person Only) ℹ biaa.ac.uk/events/the-l...