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Lea Beness

@leabeness.bsky.social

Honorary Assoc. Prof. in Roman History, Lefty, Feminist, Dog Lover, Regularly Romesick. She/her. All views her own.

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The Saturday Paper@thesaturdaypaper.com.au · last wk.

"Nuclear-propelled submarines are much more capable than conventionally powered boats when it comes to speed and endurance," writes Gareth Evans. "Yet is their incredible expense – currently estimated at $368 billion over 30 years – justified?" trib.al/bcQ1av9

The case against AUKUS

As this week’s ALP National Conference will confirm, the Albanese government remains strongly wedded to the AUKUS nuclear-propelled submarine project. But the project was misconceived from the outset and, five years later, it remains even more obvious that it is not in our national interest.

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The Saturday Paper@thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 3mo ago

Through Robin Granites’ reflections, town camps emerge not simply as sites of disadvantage but as contested spaces where different communities, expectations and structural failures converge, writes Marcia Langton. satpa.pe/vjXxgnB

Marcia Langton interviews the grandfather of Kumanjayi Little Baby

The social issues in Alice Springs are part of the complex legacy of colonisation and arbitrary settlement, interrupting kin structures and imposing a form of apartheid.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux@bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 3mo ago

As someone who was concerned about the free speech climate on university campuses pre-2016... This is worse. This is obviously, clearly, head-thumpingly worse. Obviously unconstitutional, an abiding black mark on the university and the state.

Andrew Levesque@andrewlevesque.bsky.social · 3mo ago

www.erininthemorning.com/p/texas-tech... A new memo at Texas Tech University establishes a sweeping and draconian censorship policy toward LGBTQ+ people, creating a campus equivalent of "Don't Say Gay" in one of the most extreme anti-speech policies ever imposed at a public university….

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux@bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The always fantastic @partialhistorians.bsky.social are at last emerging from the Early Republic (small, poor, sources largely made up) to the Middle Republic (cool, successful, sources not* made up)! (*mostly).

The Partial Historians 🏺@partialhistorians.bsky.social · 4mo ago

✨Brand New Episode - A New Republic?✨ As we emerge, bleary-eyed and slightly peckish from the Gallic Sack of Rome, we find ourselves in a new era – a new Republic, one might say! It is 389 BCE and Rome is in its rebuilding era.

A picture of Roman ruins with overlaid text reading ‘Episode 172 - A New Republic?’ Categorised under ‘From the Founding of the City’ and ‘Podcast’ - Release date April 16, 2026.
Lea Beness@leabeness.bsky.social · 5mo ago

My latest @awaws.org post on Dr Cynthia Begbie/Dean, fmr. Lecturer/Senior Lecturer @sydney.edu.au. @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @acrsn.bsky.social www.awaws.org/history-of-w... @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social @womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social @usyd-humanities.bsky.social @circa-candace.bsky.social

History of Women in Ancient World Studies

Australasian Women in Ancient World Studies (AWAWS) is a professional organisation established for women and men committed to gender equality and diversity in ancient world studies including classics,...

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Australasian Classical Reception Studies Network (ACRSN)@acrsn.bsky.social · 5mo ago

March 12 Melbourne (UMelb Public Lecture Theatre, Old Arts Building) Professor Henriette van der Blom, Proving, pleasing ansd persuading: why ancient rhetoric still matters events.humanitix.com/proving-plea...

Proving, pleasing and persuading: why ancient rhetoric still matters

Challenge the standard picture of the ancient orator with Professor Henriette van der Blom and the role of rhetoric in contemporary society.

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Australasian Classical Reception Studies Network (ACRSN)@acrsn.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Anne Mackay @ BMCR #review: Candace Richards, Elizabeth Minchin, Mediterranean collections in Australia & Aotearoa NZ... bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.03... "multi layered perspectives on.. post-colonial era problems of curation &.. societal relevance of antipodean Mediterranean antiquities"

Mediterranean collections in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand: perspectives from afar – Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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Lea Beness@leabeness.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Attn. NSW High School History/Ancient History Teachers: Free to a good home. A run of 'Teaching History' 2010-2016. Misc. issues of 'Ancient History: Resources for Teachers'. I would love to see these go to a resource-poor school but mostly would like to see them being useful to someone. DM me.

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The New York Times@nytimes.com · 6mo ago

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has overhauled a panel that helps the federal government set priorities for autism research and social services, installing several members who have said that vaccines can cause autism despite decades of research that has failed to establish such a link.

Kennedy Overhauls Federal Autism Panel in His Own Image

The new panel, which advises the government on research and service priorities for people with autism, includes many members who have argued that vaccines cause autism.

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The Saturday Paper@thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 6mo ago

Albanese's invitation to Canada’s Mark Carney to visit Australia and address the parliament was issued before Carney’s denunciation of Trump - and the hegemon - at the world economic forum in Davos. Chalmers described the speech as "stunning". satpa.pe/SgNrGFY

Reassessing ties to the US

The world as we know it is changing fast. It is not at all clear what the seating arrangements will be or who will be leading the opposition when parliament resumes next Tuesday. At face value, the disarray of its opponents is a gift for the Albanese government, shifting attention from how it is handling the many daunting challenges confronting the nation to the other side of

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