god this is - I mean this as the absolute highest compliment - like being back in the good old days of Twitter
Dr Victoria Austen
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Assistant Professor of Classics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Public Engagement Coordinator for @peoplingthepast.bsky.social Gif Enthusiast. My own unique mix of 🇬🇧🇨🇦🇺🇸 victoriaausten.com
"Abusing Antiquity? Classics & the Contemporary Far Right" (ed. @drhelenroche.bsky.social & @denisemccoskey.bsky.social) is now officially published & available for purchase online from @bloomsburyclass.bsky.social!
Abusing Antiquity?
The first ever collection of essays to explore the contemporary far right's fascination with the classical past, Abusing Antiquity? sheds new light on the ways…
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Me reading a book, pretending to care that my Outlook is down.
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a man who covered himself in this much leather was never going to be monogamous
literally everything i read about jensen huang is the funniest shit i've ever seen, keep it coming
there's a very short window for jensen huang to start his own leather jacket line
Our University established an Office of the Provost in Having an Affair with Jensen Huang, who then convened a advisory committee on Having an Affair with Jensen Huang, and distributed seed grants for creative ways of teaching through Having an Affair with Jensen Huang.
Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 2d agoJust this week my university announced workshops on How to Have an Affair with Jensen Huang, For Research Purposes. Supposedly, every academic field has to learn how to incorporate Having an Affair with Jensen Huang into our research and pedagogy.
Roman agricultural writers are so f*cking weird about menstrual blood.
Looking forward to their follow up post claiming Julius Caesar similarly lacked internal thought after they see he refers to himself in the third person in the BG.
Institute of Art and Ideas@iai.tv · 3d agoIn Homer's Iliad, we rarely encounter the Greek word for 'I' or much that refers to internal thought or decision-making. https://bit.ly/4C1lZgk Cultural theorist Brian J. McVeigh agrees with Princeton psychologist Julian Jaynes' claim that the Homeric Greeks had no internal life or self-awareness.
If you’re still in line to have an affair with Jensen Huang, stay in line.
Kind of want to title this chapter on gender and sexuality in ancient gardens “Talk Dirt(y) To Me”. I either need stopping or enabling. You decide.
For no reason at all, I’d just like to reiterate….people have absolutely asked before “how the pyramids happened”.
This is a genuine honeypot from our collection. It has no ulterior motives. But, to be safe, please do not pass it any state secrets.
Signal boosting for my ancient world peeps. A tremendous opportunity.
Sonja Drimmer@sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · last wk.My department at UMass-Amherst is hiring a specialist in Ancient Mediterranean art. This is a tenure-track, assistant professor position. Please circulate. careers.umass.edu/jobs/asst-pr...
I think Harvard University can probably scrape together the money to pay their grad workers and NTT faculty fair wages
The judge’s remarks are now online and well worth reading in full. www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u... “Whatever women wear, wherever they go, indeed whatever they drink, they retain the right to say no and to demand justice when sexual predators like you, Russell Brand, act without their consent.”
We're looking into ancient diplomacy today on the @peoplingthepast.bsky.social blog, with Dr. Nick Cross, understanding how ancient states formed alliances with one another.
Peopling The Past@peoplingthepast.bsky.social · last wk.In this week’s #PeoplingBlog, Dr. Nick Cross introduces us to the concept of interstate alliances and diplomatic agreements in ancient Greece through the lens of Demosthenes’ On the Crown, which recounts the formation of the Athenian-Theban alliance of 339 BCE: peoplingthepast.com/2026/11/06/b...
Shifting gears on the #PeoplingBlog after the Halloween series —today we have a little Demosthenes for you!
Peopling The Past@peoplingthepast.bsky.social · last wk.In this week’s #PeoplingBlog, Dr. Nick Cross introduces us to the concept of interstate alliances and diplomatic agreements in ancient Greece through the lens of Demosthenes’ On the Crown, which recounts the formation of the Athenian-Theban alliance of 339 BCE: peoplingthepast.com/2026/11/06/b...
The cybertruck was a total disaster but without it we would never have had this one perfect quote. www.wired.com/story/owning...
Calling all translators: show off your creative chops by submitting to the SCS Translation Committee's 2028 panel on experimental translation, organized by Jordi Alonso and Vanessa Stovall.
μὲν… δὲ: Experiments in Translating the Classics (Committee on Translations of Classical Authors) | Society for Classical Studies
Society for Classical Studies 159th Annual MeetingJanuary 6-9, 2028Denver, Colorado Call for Papers for Panel by the SCS Committee on Translations of Classical Authors μὲν… δὲ: Experiments in Translat...
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Shifting gears on the #PeoplingBlog after the Halloween series —today we have a little Demosthenes for you!
Peopling The Past@peoplingthepast.bsky.social · last wk.In this week’s #PeoplingBlog, Dr. Nick Cross introduces us to the concept of interstate alliances and diplomatic agreements in ancient Greece through the lens of Demosthenes’ On the Crown, which recounts the formation of the Athenian-Theban alliance of 339 BCE: peoplingthepast.com/2026/11/06/b...
it’s a good day to email a scholar and tell them you like their work. we’re trained for criticism, sure. but have y’all noticed that we will positively gush over work we like when we’re talking to each other? do that shit over email, too! let folks print it out and put it on their fridge.
Here's a round-up of our Halloween Odyssey blogs on the underworld and dead spirits, the Cyclops, Circe (x2), and the Sea Peoples!!
Peopling The Past@peoplingthepast.bsky.social · last wk.Did you miss any of our #PeoplingBlog Halloween series? Fear not! Here's a round-up thread! For this series, we explored the scary things in Homer’s (and sometimes Nolan’s!) Odyssey, and how the monstrous and mysterious are narrated, adapted, and situated in both ancient and modern societies.
Translating from the Carmina Priapea be like… “should I use ‘more open’ or ‘gape’ here?” 🫣