Please join us for an event on Aurel Stein at the Royal Asiatic Society in September. Photo of one of his many intrepid dogs (all named Dash) for those who may need persuading.
Rachel Mairs
@rachelmairs.bsky.social
Professor of Classics and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Reading. The cat's name is Sol.
New book! Women in the History of Language Learning and Teaching.
www.savemlcatnotts.org.uk Please consider supporting the campaign to stop the University of Nottingham's disastrous plan to cease offering degrees in Modern Languages. #SaveNottinghamLanguages #WeAreUoN @uniofnottingham.bsky.social
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New Book! (Spoiler: all the Ptolemies die at the end.)
In this week’s #PeoplingBlog post, our Egyptian colleagues from the Egypt’s Dispersed Heritage project offer us a 12-point manifesto which highlights the ways in which the public can treat Egyptian mummified ancestral remains with dignity and respect peoplingthepast.com/2025/10/31/b... 🧵 /1
Language & History is now accepting applications for Associate Editors.
Funded Classics PhD opportunity at the University of Reading: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMJ960/t...
The Jane F. Gardner PhD Studentship in Roman History and/or Latin Language and Literature at University of Reading
Explore a The Jane F. Gardner PhD Studentship in Roman History and/or Latin Language and Literature. Apply today and discover more PhD opportunities at jobs.ac.uk.
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SUPPORT THE EDUCATIONAL BOOKSHOP! We would hugely appreciate any support you are able to give at this time. Find out more here: www.gofundme.com/f/jerusalems...
www.aup.nl/en/book/9789... Now out, from Amsterdam University Press: Colonial Vocabularies: Teaching and Learning Arabic, 1870-1970. Big thank you to everyone involved in this project, which was a lot of fun! (It's a free to download ebook, so please don't buy the hard copy.)
Colonial Vocabularies
Language teaching and learning were crucial to Europeans’ colonial, national, and individual enterprises in the Levant, and in these processes, “Oriental language teachers” – as they were termed prior...
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Everyone please cross your fingers 🤞🏻that the bullies of the Classicists listserv have got better things to do than be dramatic today because we’ve just circulated this with details of our next CAWS / EO event: everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/i... Please come and please share! 🇵🇸🥰
In the Ruins of History: A CAWS/#EOTalks Roundtable in Solidarity with Palestine
This event is co-organized by the Critical Ancient World Studies Collective and Everyday Orientalism. It is the 2nd of our ongoing series of Roundtables In solidarity with Palestine. You can access…
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Heritage first: Archaeological update from Northern Gaza
cover image and (unless stated otherwise) all photos by Fadel AlUtol On January 27, 2025, Gazan archaeologist Fadel AlUtol and his family joined hundreds of thousands of Gazans in a long walk that …
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In Solidarity with Palestine II: In the Ruins of History
cover image: Detail from the Madaba Mosaic Map (6th c. CE; what is left of the toponym “Gaza” is visible on the top left, above a representation of the city) by CAWS and EO teams A year…
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Merry Christmas to all who celebrate. To mark the festive season, here is the 1892 Toussaint-Langenscheidt method for learning English, through the medium of Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
Fully funded PhD at University of Reading and British Museum, working with Professor Rachel Mairs and Dr. Victoria Donnellan. All details here: www.reading.ac.uk/doctoral-res...
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I'm delighted to say that my new book is now available for free download (or hard copy purchase) from UCL Press: www.uclpress.co.uk/products/233... A huge thank you to everyone who supported this project along the way.
