280 students and teachers from 25 Scottish schools! It was great to be part of this Classical Studies day in Dundee along with other staff and postgraduate colleagues from @staclassics.bsky.social www.highschoolofdundee.org.uk/hsd-welcomes...

HSD Welcomes Hundreds to Inaugural Classics Conference - High School of Dundee

The High School of Dundee today brought together hundreds of pupils from across Scotland for a unique event devoted to the study of Classics.

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‘Fighting is Fun, Peace is a Yawn. What Nolan’s Odyssey Reveals About Us.’ My piece here: tinyurl.com/fmm3vwpf @staclassics.bsky.social @wmarybeard.bsky.social @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social @classicsforall.bsky.social @antiquitypod.bsky.social #TheOdyssey

Fighting Is Fun, Peace Is a Yawn: What Nolan’s Odyssey Reveals About Us

Many classicists have pointed out that Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey lends Matt Damon’s Odysseus a level of war guilt and post-traumatic stress which is just not there in Homer.  In this regard, …

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Geography and History being filleted in England, possibly rest of UK too. So undervalued, an informed deliberative culture cannot live by STEM alone. It's all so shockingly narrow.

My new piece on Nolan’s Odyssey: tinyurl.com/fmm3vwpf #Classics #TheOdyssey

Fighting Is Fun, Peace Is a Yawn: What Nolan’s Odyssey Reveals About Us

Many classicists have pointed out that Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey lends Matt Damon’s Odysseus a level of war guilt and post-traumatic stress which is just not there in Homer.  In this regard, …

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My ‘long read’ about the perils of perfectionism and the Homeric origin of ‘Ever to Excel’ (my university’s motto). Here: shorturl.at/GoUM5 @rogueclassicist.bsky.social @wmarybeard.bsky.social @classicsforall.bsky.social @ics.bsky.social @aceclassics.bsky.social

Feeling grateful this morning to read the reviewer's generous remarks about Greek Tragedy, Education and Theatre Practices in this review article: 'chapters challenge readers to engage thoughtfully with the ethics of bringing an ancient play to modern audiences' 😀 doi.org/10.1017/S000...

I’ve done a ‘long read’ blog post about university’s Homeric motto and the problems of ‘excellentism’ in academia and beyond…do read and share even if it is merely adequate… arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/rhetoric/eve...

As its name suggests, is a dance that will last forever, filled with fun,humor, and joy, presented like the blossoming of a spring flower through piano,flute, rice bowl, jawbone, keyboards, and electronic elements. @acloserlisten.bsky.social @hannahpeel.bsky.social acloserlisten.com/2026/05/21/h...

Hannah Peel & Beibei Wang ~ The Endless Dance

Humor, play, fun.  These words are bandied about in the press release for The Endless Dance, a sky blue LP that sparkles like spring.  The vibrant template of the cover suggests an array of flowers…

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"Care and Indifference in Ancient Philosophy" #conference starts today at 2pm. With papers by Flora Nelson, František Špinka, Cristiana Sessini, Simonas Baliukonis, Shaul Tor, Matteo Ferrari, Fani Goutsiou, Frisbee Sheffield, David Lepidi, & Janset Cetinkaya bit.ly/4brcpYP

Care and Indifference in Ancient Philosophy

Graduate conference, 5 to 6 May 2026Room SO3 Swallowgate, School of Classics, St Andrews The conference will investigate the notions of care and indifference in Ancient Philosop…

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"Care and Indifference in Ancient Philosophy" Graduate #conference 📆 5 to 6 May 2026 📍 Room SO3 Swallowgate, School of Classics, University of St Andrews 🔗 View programme: bit.ly/4brcpYP To register, email sp283@st-andrews.ac.uk by 20 April if you plan to attend, noting any dietary requirements

My excellent colleague @alicekonig.bsky.social is putting together an innovative ‘Handbook for Teaching Ancient War and Peace’ for Routledge. It you want to contribute a chapter or chapters see below for the plan and contact email. tawp.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/04/28/h...

Taste the wine of Dionysus and fight against the centaurs with Herakles in the oak forests of Foloi... bit.ly/41EB8mA #MountainCulture #MountainsOfGreece

Just published: Volume 3 of 'The Victory Monument of Augustus at Nicopolis', edited by Konstantinos Zachos, featuring a chapter by Brian Martens. 🔗

THE VICTORY MONUMENT OF AUGUSTUS AT NICOPOLIS | The Tropaeum of the Sea Battle of Actium (vol. III)

The publication devoted to the Victory Monument of Augustus at Nicopolis – The Tropaeum of the Sea Battle of Actium is completed with the release of the third volume, bringing to conclusion a…

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Introducing the ‘#Mountains of Greece’ series within the Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures #podcast project: In the first episode "Paths of Greece", Jason König interviews Fivos Tsaravopoulos, founder and manager of Paths of Greece. 🔗https://bit.ly/3Qe4PbL #MountainLandscapes

"Plato on forgetting and re-understanding" Gábor Betegh (Cambridge) Sarah Broadie Memorial #Lecture: 🗓️ 14 April 5:30pm 📍School III, St Salvator's Quad, #StAndrews ❔️Email enquiries to classcon@st-andrews.ac.uk #AllWelcome #ClassicsBluesky

"The Fabric of Hellenism: Hellenic Culture and Civic Identity in the Imperial Greek World", editedy by Ewen Bowie and Calum Maciver, was published last week. It features chapters by Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis and Jason König. bit.ly/48hE508

i'm so sorry we've sent these souls to the moon and they're using outlook?

It’s hard to rein in all my gig notification spam when it teaches me so much. I now know about a tribute band called Arctic Numpties and that Deathcore is a genre.

The rhetoric of war... some thoughts here on "Gotcha", "Up Yours Galtieri" (remember?) and "Toast". Where does dispassion blur with euphemism? tinyurl.com/mmaz6p8k

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I was teaching in the US during the first Obama presidential campaign. The graduate students (rightly) thought that I needed a lesson in reading the

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Dr Ruben Post explains why his research in to understanding catastrophic natural events from the ancient world, can prepare populations of the the future: bit.ly/4szBuGI .

This is the latest in a series of fascinating reads about Greek mountains written by my colleague Jason König or by guest academics or by a number of our wonderful students here at @staclassics.bsky.social

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Get lost with Edward Dodwell on Mount Lykaion in 1806, looking out for bandits and worse along the way... 🔗 bit.ly/40R5amL #MountainCulture #TravelWriting

"The story of the Iliad is all about how epic fury leaves a wake of ruin in every direction. Repeatedly, the poem asks its audiences to consider at what point any of its violence is worth it." neoskosmos.com/en/2026/03/1...

Sing, goddess, of epic rage: The irony behind "Epic Fury"

The U.S. military's latest operation evokes Homeric rage—but its meaning is lost on the leaders who named it, while war's human cost is already unfolding

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PGWiP Seminar Friday 13 March, 5pm Lorenzo Severin (University of St Andrews) will present: Artistic Agonism. Statius, Silius Italicus, and Lucan’s Legacy ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Artistic Agonism. Statius, Silius Italicus, and Lucan’s Legacy

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My article on a vase with a kalos-inscription for Hephaistos has just been published, open access! In the article, I present a vase that's been largely ignored, but which gives us a new way to think about Hephaistos and his importance in 5th century BCE Athens. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Reminder: sign up for the @womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social 10th anniversary celebration, April 22nd @ics.bsky.social! Free & all welcome; travel bursaries available for grad students & un-/under-employed Classicists attending wcc-uk.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/01/29/c... #ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky 🏺

Celebrating Women in Classics: Ten Years of the Women’s Classical Committee UK - WCC-UK

As part of the Women’s Classical Committee’s tenth anniversary celebrations, we invite you to join us for a lively round table discussion and Q&A on the theme of ‘Celebrating Women in Classics’ on 22n...

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Opinion: Experiences in Hungary, the US and the Netherlands make threats like autocratic legalism and oligarchic capture feel existential, says Ferenc Laczó #academicfreedom #AcademicSky https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/three-brushes-populist-power-tell-me-no-one-academia-safe

#wearehiring! We are now in search of a part-time (0.7 FTE) Public Engagement and Events Officer to be based at our Athens premises and to work closely with staff based in Athens and London, as well as with our Development team. Full info and application form: www.bsa.ac.uk/2026/03/05/p...

British School at Athens : Public Engagement and Events officer (Athens-based; 0.7 FTE)

The British School at Athens (BSA) is the UK’s research hub in the humanities and social sciences in Greece and its wider Balkan, European, Mediterranean and Levantine contexts. It conducts, […]

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Must be an absolutely massive layout. Only got thirty quid for ours.

“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video

This is the real culture war. Implementing its National Security Strategy the US govt. will directly fund political groups in U.K./Europe to oppose regulation of digital media (online safety act, digital services act etc.). Nationalists ensuring our political, intellectual & cultural subordination.

US government to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities in Europe

State department grants to spread ‘American values’ are part of Washington’s 250th anniversary celebrations

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