Dr Jane Draycott
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Roman historian and archaeologist. Lecturer @UofGlasgow. She/her. Represented by @pew_literary, published by @HoZ_Books.
A wonderful new review of Fulvia: the Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome from Publishers Weekly! Apparently, it is “A fresh, insightful, and at times spellbindingly romantic chronicle of ancient Rome’s power players.” www.publishersweekly.com/9780300278040
I honestly don't care how he's alive, I'm just glad he is (insert disclaimer about how he's evil and awful and so on). youtu.be/09l-Vwha48c?...
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Haven't read the novel, but can say that @jldraycott.bsky.social 's book is a fascinating and illuminating one, giving a view of late Republican politics from an angle we don't often see. Highly recommended. (And since I'm in the UK, recommended *around the world*.)
There was a wonderful review of Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome in the New Zealand Listener over the weekend, paired with Kaarina Parker's new novel Fulvia. Why not check one or both of them out? www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...
Ancient History Podcast - Fulvia with Jane Draycott www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-ca/blogs/...
Ancient History Podcast - Fulvia with Jane Draycott
In this episode we talk to Jane Draycott about Fulvia, the politics of the Roman Late Republic, and women's position within Late Republican Roman society, including marriage, childbirth, and informal ...
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Fulvia was, in ancient Roman times, as famous and notorious as Cleopatra. She's mostly forgotten today - what happened? Author @jldraycott.bsky.social joins us on the podcast to spill the tea about this VERY schemey, very dramatique, vengeance-fuelled woman! episodes.fm/1489560920/e...
If you loved an author’s book, tell them! They will completely ignore it because they’re fixated forever on the anonymous person who once gave them two stars on goodreads but it’s probably good for your karma
An open letter has been launched today (27/7/25) for members of the UK academic community (academics and other university staff) to sign, to press the UK Home Office to facilitate safe passage out of Gaza for 40+ students with offers for UK universities. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open letter from UK university staff: Request for biometric deferral and safe evacuation of incoming Palestinian students and scholars from Gaza to UK Universities
More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study. We, the academic community hoping to welcome these scholars, ca...
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My book Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome, published by @yalepress.bsky.social, is now available as a hardback, e-book, and audiobook in North America!
A wonderful review for the Dutch translation of Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome, published in the Netherlands by @uitgeverijomniboek.bsky.social, in @nrc.nl if you happen to read Dutch! ⭐⭐⭐⭐ www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Fulvia was voor geen enkele machtige man bang
Romeinse geschiedenis: Jane Draycott ontrafelde de mythes rondom Fulvia, die in Rome ongekende macht vergaarde, wat door de mannen niet op prijs werd gesteld.
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My book Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome is published by @yalepress.bsky.social in the US tomorrow! yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
Fulvia
Jane Draycott reclaims the life story of Fulvia, one of the most powerful women of the late Roman Republic “Light and thorough, wide-reaching and focused...
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So great to see my book out in translation. Sandwiched between two great books by @drdragases.bsky.social (thanks for sending this to me!) and @jldraycott.bsky.social.
#Onthisday, precisely 490 years ago, Thomas More was tried for treason. Today, my biography of More is out in Canada and the US. "I ask only this of the great good God, that by His help I may be able to persevere in my right opinion until death." www.simonandschuster.com/books/Thomas...
Thomas More
The definitive biography of the man who dominated political and intellectual circles in England during the sixteenth century: Thomas More.Born into...
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Wow. If a former Director of the BSA and a distinguished academic of many years standing (not to mention a brilliant and inspiring lecturer, as I know from personal experience) doesn't warrant an Emeritus title, who the hell does?
Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social · last yr.I stand by what I said:
REF2029 in a job crisis full stop. Carrying on with this mostly pointless exercise while the sector implodes is a ridiculous waste of resources. Cancel it and revisit in 2035.
Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social · last yr.REF 2029: splitting staff from outputs ‘distressing’ in jobs crisis. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
I am going to guess most, if not all, historians have an origin story. Mine starts around the time I got hold of these two beauties as a kid!
Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome is currently an Amazon Kindle monthly deal, priced at 99p as opposed to £20 for the newly published hardback. Why don't you give it a try and brace yourself for one of the most dynamic women of the Roman Republic (and Empire, frankly)?
Fulvia is one of my fucking heros. Absolutely chaos of a woman. 💙
Dr Jane Draycott@handle.invalid · last yr.Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome is currently 99p on Kindle - that's a massive discount as the hardback is normally priced at £20. Why not give it a go, even if you think historical non-fiction isn't your thing - you never know, you might love it! shorturl.at/RKHSF
Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome is currently 99p on Kindle - that's a massive discount as the hardback is normally priced at £20. Why not give it a go, even if you think historical non-fiction isn't your thing - you never know, you might love it! shorturl.at/RKHSF
Read this whole thread. I have lost count of the number of times that I've said my institution needs to be proactive in preventing mental illhealth. HE leadership across the sector deems poor staff mental health acceptable collateral damage and I'm tired of it (have been for years). 1/
Petra Boynton@petraboynton.bsky.social · last yr.All this invites a whole lot of questions we frequently miss. Bear with me as this becomes a thread: 1. What do we mean by 'mental health provision'? Might seem obvious but varies wildly in and between institutions. Can span triaging to NHS services, preventing serious harms, or a wellbeing webinar
Today marks nine years since Jo Cox was assassinated by a far-right extremist, a terrible loss to those who knew and loved her and to politics. Zero lessons were learned though and the far-right continues to be pandered to. With more political assassinations in the US it all feels too familiar.
'Gladiator Crab' by Emanuele Biggi - a victorious pose is struck in Trajan's Forum (#Rome) by one of the freshwater crabs who live in the Cloaca Maxima, Rome's ancient sewer system; they're clearly at home in the city though! (📷 Emanuele Biggi) AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology
Shambolic. If teachers can use AI to mark, why can’t students use AI to write? And here we go: students not doing the work and teachers not doing the marking. Why don’t students not bother to go to school and teachers can stay at home? How about we all don’t get out of bed in the morning?????
I go back and forth between thinking the IDF wouldn't have the nerve to assassinate Greta Thunberg and the rest of the activists (incl. a French MEP!), and thinking of course they would, because why wouldn't they assume they'd get away with it just like they've gotten away with everything else?
