Inspired by the summer film and Discourse, some freshman are going to show up to register for classes in Ancient Greek and Ancient History only to find that those courses and faculty no longer exist.

Apologies if I sound angry, but it is a real problem that the 'smart' commentary on this war is trying hard to avoid the core lesson ("the president is a fucking moron") because it doesn't sound very clever when it is absolutely the most important takeaway from this debacle.

Today on the blog, Rachel Lesser reviews Christopher Nolan's new Odyssey film: classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/rle...

Looking for some summer reading? Check out our latest blog posts! Justin Vorhis shares strategies for building a strong undergraduate Greek program: classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/jus...

Chuds are gonna chud, but I would note there is a very clear mechanism for ensuring faculty stay current in their field---it's called research output. We freely share our CVs! You can go see the last time I published an article in a scholarly journal! (June 2026, cough cough).

Claire E. Aubin@ceaubin.com · 3w ago

A real - actual - I swear to god - argument happening over on Twitter right now is whether or not faculty should be regularly forced to retake the GRE

A good day to remember that one of the indictments against George III in the Declaration was, "He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither"

This week on the blog: a few thoughts on the Declaration of Independence for its 250th birthday, with particular attention to "every act which may define a Tyrant." acoup.blog/2026/07/04/c...

Happy BAYONETS!! Day to all who celebrate.

Bayonets Gettysburg

Alt: Bayonets Gettysburg

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Happy “liberal arts professor helps save the Union” day to all who celebrate

trans rights are human rights and nothing will change that, no matter what a bunch of unelected law wizards and bigoted legislators say

The paper version just arrived!

Michael J. Taylor@drmichaeljtaylor.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thrilled to announce publication with @dominicmachado.bsky.social of our article: "The Carthaginian Masters: Settler Colonialism and Racecraft in Ancient North Africa" Arethusa 59: 151-178. We destroy Carthage one more time, only with theory. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

A draft map of the Battle of Second Herdonia, 210 BC. Hannibal envelopes a poorly deployed Roman army besieging Herdonia. Based on the brief narrative of Livy 27. 1 (also App. Han. 48 and Fronteinus 2.5.21. Terrain explains why the legions and Ala were not deployed abreast.

OTD, June 22nd 168 BC, the Battle of Pydna ended the Third Macedonian War, and the Macedonian monarchy. Re-upping, w @profpaulj.bsky.social our reconstruction of this decisive battle, open source at GRBS. grbs.library.duke.edu/index.php/gr...

Out today. it means a lot for this to be published on Juneteenth and before Father’s Day. classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/jav...

Ancient historian thoughts on Iran mess. One thing that always struck me about the Hellenistic kingdoms is how quickly they surrender. These are kings who build up their whole self-definition about being good at war, but they quit as soon as they lose a battle.

Thrilled to announce publication with @dominicmachado.bsky.social of our article: "The Carthaginian Masters: Settler Colonialism and Racecraft in Ancient North Africa" Arethusa 59: 151-178. We destroy Carthage one more time, only with theory. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

>renames it to the Department of War >names himself the Secretary of War >fights one war >loses

Thrilled to announce publication with @dominicmachado.bsky.social of our article: "The Carthaginian Masters: Settler Colonialism and Racecraft in Ancient North Africa" Arethusa 59: 151-178. We destroy Carthage one more time, only with theory. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

i really, truly, find this offensive

Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2mo ago

In front of the Lincoln Memorial. This.

Fashy Tech Bros: Back in Roman times, men were men. Just conquering the world with the boys, no time for woke feminist soi boi bullshit. Actual Roman who fought Hannibal: I'd like to share my recipe for poppyseed cheeseballs with you (Cato Agr. 79)

There's also a backdrop here of the failure of history as a discipline to diversify in the 1980s and 1990s when it would have been easier to do from a hiring/financial perspective. And, y'know, that was a decision. Made by some people.

“This type of traditionalism and pining for the past that is married to a kind of thick anti-intellectualism and a worship of action and violence for its own sake is hardly new. [It is] a core component of fascist ideology.” www.thebulwark.com/p/why-stone-...

Why Stone-Faced Fascists Keep Getting Antiquity Wrong

Online bigotry masquerading as a love of history in the fever swamps of Elon Musk’s X.

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Why should the military care about academic freedom? https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2026/june/academic-freedom-national-security-imperative

Academic Freedom Is a National Security Imperative

Why should the military care about academic freedom?

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Education involves information, motivation, and certification. Disruptors and reformers mostly focus on the first and third, but the second is the hard part. MOOCs would work in a world where motivation wasn't constraining. LLMs make the problem of motivation harder.

Right next to the JCPOA guys, DEI may be the most vindicated thing in America. These guys get rid of DEI and immediately *instantly* every position of authority is flooded by a wave of talentless hack mediocrities, each one more corrupt and venal than the last.

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Fuck me, this is Bill Pulte. The guy who was using mortgage data to launch DOJ investigations against Lisa Cook, Letitia James and Adam Schiff. He is being put in charge of national intelligence because of his track record of being willing to manufacture false allegations to target Trump's enemies.

M14 prototypes, basically slapping a BAR magazine into an M1.

More experimental M1 variants; second from top (T26) was carved up by GIs in the Philippines to make an expedient Jungle Carbine.

Pedersen rifle and Pedersen device. Poor guy couldn’t catch a break.

Experimental M1 variants.

Springfield Armory, MA. Garand prototypes and a sad Pedersen rifle at the bottom.