We had a blast yesterday launching A Companion to Rome (c. 400-1050) into the world. Thank you to our kind hosts, the KFG Religion & Urbanity, Jörg Rüpke and Susanne Rau, our respondents Mateusz Fafinski and Cinnamon Ducasse, and the audience. And our authors and further collaborators, of course!!

Julia Hillner@writinghelena.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Tomorrow, 21 January, 4-6pm, in person and online! Until March, you will also be able to get a 35% discount, see below. (I realise that the volumes are still prohibitively expensive 😢)

I have just deleted my entire inbox. I'm not sure how much I want to retrieve it..... it might be a good start to the year?

Castrum Caetani, Via Appia, 13th century (@profbernard.bsky.social bored by medieval masonry, admires ancient bits lying around)

Caserma dei Vigili del Fuoco, Via Marmorata 15 (1929)

Come to Rome! with @quidamabo.bsky.social

Caroline Goodson@cjg70.bsky.social · 2y ago

Apply for the American Academy in Rome summer school, June/July 2025! aarome.org/apply/2025-c...

Apply for the American Academy in Rome summer school, June/July 2025! aarome.org/apply/2025-c...

Rome, yesterday. Baths of Caracalla.

rome beauty apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1896

Come to Rome! networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Outstandingly fun summer school here: bsr.ac.uk/now-open-fun...

Extremely happy to announce that we are once again offering a *FULLY FUNDED* student placement with the @ics.bsky.social/BSR excavations at Falerii Novi. Thanks to the generosity of the Roman Society! 👏🎉 Happy to answer queries. Pls share. Info+Eligibility 👉 www.romansociety.org/Grants-Prize...

Christmas gifts from @effinbirds.com birds just placed -- UK buyers are still in time to place an order!

Solar panels are up! www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Come join us in Cambridge as the Mellon Professor of American History: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/43935/

An outstanding caffè napoletano in Cambridge! Grazie @fernandag !

380 towers in the late antique walls of Rome, I think.. having just drawn them all in on a map.... (here's a nice pic of an obscure one at the Castra Pretoria)

End of a weeklong workshop on ‘Routes of Glass’ in the Early Medieval Mediterranean, at Fondation Les Treilles…perhaps the most delightful place to have a conference, ever.

Indeed, this looks seriously cool.

Matt Gabriele@profgabriele.com · 3y ago

this looks cool medievalsky 🗃️ cmrs.ucla.edu/conference/t...

Exciting! Kiln-building and lustre-ware firing in Cambridge at the Fitz this November 15-17 www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/build... (thanks to the efforts of the amazing Mariam Rosser Owen (www.instagram.com/mrosserowen/)

Delighted to see one of my favourites from the other place is here now:

People Selling Mirrors@sellingamirror.bsky.social · 3y ago

This was the picture that began my obsession!

Professorship of Medieval and Renaissance English. Closing date: 30 November 2023. www.hr.admin.cam.ac.uk/files/mediev...

Just came back from this delightful evening of short nature films-- www.oceanfilmfestival.co.uk/ and feel, once again, that Cambridge is pretty far inland.

A good opportunity to work with Andy Seaman and Charles Insley on the 'Making the March' project, www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DCX385/r...

Research Associate in Early Medieval Archaeology at Cardiff University

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Research Associate in Early Medieval Archaeology at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

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Last couple of days to submit a proposal for Leeds IMC 2024 for our strand of sessions on 'Early medieval moral economies - c.700-c.1100'. Please do consider it!

Yikes, the pressure!