A reminder that THE ROADS TO ROME is still on Kindle sale. Three years ago I was in Genoa, thinking about the arrival of the train and how it changed the experience of travelling to Rome.
Janet Wade
@janetwade.bsky.social
Lover of historical photography, Roman roads, the maritime past and much more
I hope you can join us for this History Now presentation as part of the exciting program for @historynsw.bsky.social #HistoryWeek2025
History Council of NSW, Inc.@historynsw.bsky.social · 11mo agoThis #HistoryWeek2025 come along to the next History Now seminar that focuses on an island at the heart of the Sydney story – Cockatoo Island/Wareamah Hear from Kirsten McKenzie, Bradley Manera, Nerida Campbell, Joseph Lehner and Elliot Cummins Book via buff.ly/aMSjfHv @drcraigb.bsky.social
🚨 NEW ARTICLE 🚨 We were invited to write for Current Opinion in Food Sciences to review major advancements in #ancient #wine research and the big research questions these methods are helping us to understand 🍷 🏺 w/ @divali.bsky.social Read open access here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
My new OA article ⚡ 📸 Landscape Archaeology, Photography, and Friendship: Dora and Agnes Bulwer, Thomas Ashby, and Rodolfo Lanciani www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Thanks @bsrome.bsky.social & @thejohnrylands.bsky.social for access to your amazing Bulwer & Captain Kennedy archival collections!
Landscape Archaeology, Photography, and Friendship: Dora and Agnes Bulwer, Thomas Ashby, and Rodolfo Lanciani
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the talented British photographers Dora and Agnes Bulwer travelled to sites of historical significance throughout Italy. Their photographs reve...
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The deadline for abstract submission for our annual conference has been extended by two weeks, out to August 1! We're looking for papers dealing with "Tempestuous Times", whether real, imagined, or allegorical - see our CfP for details here: aema.org.au/2025-confere...
Fab. piece from Macquarie's own @julia-hamilton.bsky.social deriving from teaching in AHIS3201: Women and Gender in the Ancient World. @awaws.org @resaustrales.bsky.social Work, wages & apprenticeships: sifting for clues about the lives of girls in ancient Egypt theconversation.com/work-wages-a...
Work, wages and apprenticeships: sifting for clues about the lives of girls in ancient Egypt
Evidence of textile workshops demonstrates that girls’ labour was valued enough to be documented in administrative records alongside adult workers.
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We are delighted to announce that beginning in 2026, the Papers of the British School at Rome will appear fully open access with Open Book Publishers. See more at this link: buff.ly/KXFnyD7 Painting by Joe Whyte, who was William Fletcher Foundation Fellow at the BSR in 2024.
Look out for our digital history of women archaeologists, ‘Women Transcending Boundaries: Over a century of scholarship, fieldwork and friendship across the British International Research Institutes’, on display at the BA Summer Showcase, 20 & 21 June 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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🎥 What is the British School at Rome? It’s hard to sum up in a single sentence — so this week, we’ll take you behind the scenes. Meet our Director, Professor Abigail Brundin, and members of our research team as they introduce you to our spaces, projects, and community. youtu.be/_j2kB03zkOk
What is the British School at Rome? | Pt. 1
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Week 2 in Falerii Novi! Digging, documenting and drawing contexts inside the BSR/ICS trench ☀️
Delighted to announce the 2nd British School at Rome/Early Medieval Europe visiting fellowship, offering early career scholars a month in Rome: bsr.ac.uk/second-bsr-e...
Second BSR/Early Medieval Europe Fellowship - bsr.ac.uk
In partnership with the journal Early Medieval Europe, the British School at Rome is pleased to announce the second BSR/EME Fellowship. Aimed at early career researchers (defined as current PhD stu...
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G'day to our new followers! There's been an influx of new users, so we thought we should reintroduce ourselves! We are JAEMA (the Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association), a peer-reviewed journal of the early medieval world, & we're always open for submissions: aema.org.au/journal/
#CFP Australasian Association for #Byzantine Studies 22nd Biennial Conference. Theme: Images of Power in #Byzantium - 7-8 June 2025 - Uni Newcastle AU - Keynote: Dr David Woods (Uni College Cork) - Abstracts by Nov 30. Call: www.facebook.com/aabyzstudies AABS: aabs.org.au
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Australasian Association for Byzantine Studies. 1,219 likes · 22 talking about this. The Association links scholars, students and laypersons within Australia and New Zealand as well as
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New issue of Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association Vol. 19, No. 2 (2023) search.informit.org/toc/jaema/19/2
The first in a series of blogs from Macquarie PACE interns - Emily Mifsud reflects on some overly violent scenes from Pompeii. www.manto-myth.org/blog/k3q9acf...
Looking forward to giving this fundraising lecture and #wine tasting 🍷 in aid of the Hellenic & Roman Societies on 8 May! (@ics.bsky.social) 🏺 🗃️ ClassicsBluesky It may already be sold out, but if there’s interest perhaps we can make another happen
OUT NOW! My chat with Tristan for History Hit’s The Ancients episode: The Origins of #Wine🍷🍇 Covering the earliest #archaeological evidence & new scientific data across the Caucasus, Aegean, Türkiye, Egypt and still left more for next time! 🏺 🗃️ ClassicsBluesky 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0tNv...
The Origins of Wine
Listen to this episode from The Ancients on Spotify. Wine is one of the most popular alcoholic beverages in the world. But its popularity dates back thousands of years. Throughout ancient history, win...
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The latest volume of the Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association is now live! Volume 19(1) features articles by Gregory I Halfond, Heather Duncan, Edwin Pace, and Geoffrey D Dunn. You can find it here: search.informit.org/toc/jaema/19/1
Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association | Vol 19, No 1
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#CFP (stand-alone & papers in organized panels) for #MAARC Mediterranean Archaeology Australasian Research Community - online (& free!) - July 16-19 from Macquarie @mq_dha Abstract deadline April 8th. See: mediterraneanarcha.wixsite.com/maarc/meetin...
Meeting 2024 | #MAARC2024
The fourth annual meeting of the Mediterranean Archaeology Australasian Research Community (MAARC) will take place from Tuesday 16 to Friday 19 July 2023 (online via Zoom) hosted by the Department of ...
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Collaborating with brilliant colleagues Angela Trentacoste & Erica Rowan to host the inaugural #Environmental #Archaeology Summer School in situ at Falerii Novi 🎉🙌 Rare enviro research-led, in-field training w/leading experts! 🏺 🗃️ ClassicsBluesky Info + Apply: faleriinoviproject.org/opportunities/
#PhD Macquarie/Groningen cotutelle joint PhD - The Development of Roads and Transport Infrastructure in the Hinterland of Rome - 3 years - EOI by April 1st - queries: ray.laurence@mq.edu.au
Jumping onto this for the first time in a while for shameless self promotion! I am working with a truly phenomenal group of artists on a new show, kermeikos! Join us Thur to find out about their practice and how they will spend the next months creating new works 🏺📜🏛 www.sydney.edu.au/museum/whats...
Very excited to be leading @ics.bsky.social collaboration w/ Michele & Oxford on TWO amazing opportunities: 💥 Phoenician Language Course (1-week, FREE, online). 💥 Anatolian Languages Summer School (1-week, in-person). Bursaries available for the latter! ClassicsBluesky 🏺 🗃️
Visit our Researcher Training page for links to more info and registration for both: ics.sas.ac.uk/study-and-tr... And for the Anatolian Languages Summer School: www.torch.ox.ac.uk/event/anatol...
Extended deadline!! Now Feb 26: *panel* proposals for online Mediterranean Archaeology Australian Research Community (MAARC) Annual Conference, July 16-19 (from Macquarie University) See: mediterraneanarcha.wixsite.com/maarc/meetin... (call for papers to follow)
Meeting 2024 | #MAARC2024
The fourth annual meeting of the Mediterranean Archaeology Australasian Research Community (MAARC) will take place from Tuesday 16 to Friday 19 July 2023 (online via Zoom) hosted by the Department of ...
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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...
New website for the Falerii Novi Project launched! 🎉 Check out the five current excavation areas, 3D models, maps, videos, photos, drone footage, site history and much more. 🏺 🗃️ AncientBluesky Explore here 👉 www.faleriinoviproject.org
New book! Rivers and Waterways in the Roman World: Empire of Water is coming out November 30th. Edited by @andrewtibbs.bsky.social and I, it has wonderful contributions examining rivers in Roman empire. Get 20% with the discount code below! www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
