SNF Centre Director Dr. @sabrinahiggins.bsky.social was invited to present in Athens at the SNF Nostos Conference in the panel on "Why does Hellenic studies matter to us all?" Check out the full conversation here: snfnostos.org/en/festival-...

Why does Hellenic studies matter for all of us? - SNF Nostos

Why does Hellenic studies matter for all of us?. A session at SNF Nostos 2026, Athens, June 21–28. Free admission. See the full program at snfnostos.org.

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SFU Archaeology students Jo, Kayla, and Chelsea spent their last lab day at Golemo Gradiste preparing our three charcoal samples to be sent off for C14 dating. These samples were taken from several different burned roof beams that had collapsed in their trench.

Last Friday, the SFU team at Golemo Gradište received a visit from Dr. Dave Burley. He joined Dr. Sabrina Higgins, our current undergraduate students Kayla Blake, Jo Hughes, and Chelsea Noble, SFU Archaeology PhD candidate Goran Sanev (and co-director of the project),

SFU student Kayla Blake excavated a collapsed brick and mortar arch last week at the site of Golemo Gradište in North Macedonia, where she is volunteering with Dr. Sabrina Higgins. @sfuhumanities.bsky.social @sfuhellenic.bsky.social

The 2026 field season at Golemo Gradište in North Macedonia is underway. This year SFU archaeology students Jo Hughes, Chelsea Noble, and Kayla Blake have joined Dr. Sabrina Higgins as volunteers on the project, where they are excavating part of a late antique church.

We continue our Earth Month series with a #PeoplingBlog post from Andrew Fox @acfox.bsky.social. Here, Andrew introduces us to the ways in which Roman writers contemplated the potential health benefits of integrating green spaces into the city of Rome: peoplingthepast.com/2026/04/17/b...

Our latest instalment of the #PeoplingBlog, features the exciting pedagogical work of @egarcmol.bsky.social. Here, he takes us through his course “The Ancient World in Video Games” to highlight the value of bringing gaming into the modern university classroom: peoplingthepast.com/2026/03/27/b...

Learn more about Archaeology at the Burnaby Village Museum this Spring Break with SFU Professors Dr. Cara Tremain and Dr. Sabrina Higgins! March 18, 20, 25, 27 from 11am to 3:30pm. Please see the link for details. buff.ly/WnkLrzS @sfuhumanities.bsky.social @sfuhellenic.bsky.social

Le Droit donne la parole au département sur la re-suspension. « On a un rayonnement, une visibilité » - Geoffrey Greatrex sur l'importance du programme pour la communauté Lisez et partagez. buff.ly/AAHyvK2 #SOSÉtudesAnciennesUO #ONfr #DroitsLinguistiques #uOttawa @ledroit.com

À l’U d’O, le seul programme d’études anciennes en français vacille encore

Le programme d’études en Antiquité grecque et romaine est de nouveau suspendu à l’Université d’Ottawa. Faute d’un nombre d’inscriptions suffisant pour la rentrée 2026, le baccalauréat spécialisé —…

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Timeline of harm to Franco-Ontarian students: Oct 2025: French classics program suspended Jan 2026: "Reinstated" after pressure Feb 2026: Re-suspended after 10 weeks buff.ly/UtgW0vq #SOSClassicsUO #ONfr #LanguageRights #uOttawa #Ottawa

Just a reminder that we are now accepting applications for our Post-Doc in Hellenic Studies at SFU.

SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies@sfuhellenic.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Does your research engage with Hellenic Studies and Ancient Athenian Democracy? Yes? The SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at SFU is searching for its next Hellenisms Past and Present, Local and Global Postdoctoral Fellow! Learn more here! www.sfu.ca/hellenic-stu...

We are thrilled to have been recognised by the Archaeological Institute of America with a Public Engagement Award! Congratulations to all of the other fantastic winners 🥳 www.archaeological.org/congratulati...

Do you want to be on the Peopling the Past Podcast next season? Does your work insect the ancient and the modern? Fill out the Google form below if you’re interested.

Peopling The Past@peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Peopling the Past is planning Season 5 of our podcast! We are looking for folks who are interested in appearing as episode guests: the theme of Season 5 will be the relevance of the ancient world to our understanding of important but challenging contemporary issues docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... /🧵

We are now accepting applications for our post-doc. This year we are looking specifically for a scholar who can teach a course on Ancient Athenian democracy to fill a gap in our teaching complement. Please consider applying to join our incredible team at SFU.

SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies@sfuhellenic.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Does your research engage with Hellenic Studies and Ancient Athenian Democracy? Yes? The SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at SFU is searching for its next Hellenisms Past and Present, Local and Global Postdoctoral Fellow! Learn more here! www.sfu.ca/hellenic-stu...

In this week’s #PeoplingBlog, Dr. Marta Alberti-Dunn reflects on her research on the history of volunteers on Hadrian’s Wall and the evolution of those tasked with performing skilled labour on the excavation of this site: peoplingthepast.com/2025/12/19/b... 🧵/1

This week’s #PeoplingBlog features the work of Uzma Z. Rizvi, whose project at MohenjoDaro in Pakistan highlights the ways in which archaeologists can engage in decolonial approaches in their use of legacy data through the framework of an archaeology of care: peoplingthepast.com/2025/11/28/b... 🧵/1

In today’s new #PeoplingBlog, Andrew L. Goldman takes us through his archaeological project at the ancient Roman auxiliary base at Gordion in central Anatolia, and discusses the possibility that Pannonian soldiers were stationed at this site: peoplingthepast.com/2025/11/21/b... 🧵/1

Honoured that @peoplingthepast.bsky.social gets to host this absolute 🔥🔥🔥 manifesto on the treatment of Egyptian mummified ancestral remains written by our colleagues at Egypt’s Dispersed Heritage Project. This is a must read! peoplingthepast.com/2025/10/31/b...

Blog #112: “What Should You Do When You Encounter One of Our Egyptian Mummified Ancestors?” A 12-Point Manifesto on How to Deal with Egyptian Mummified Ancestral Remains with Egypt’s Dispersed Heritag...

In this week’s blog post, we feature the work of our Egyptian colleagues from the Egypt’s Dispersed Heritage project. Here, they offer us a 12-point manifesto which highlights the ways …

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More than 1,000 signatures in just 3 days! Plus de 1 000 signatures en seulement 3 jours! Keep signing & sharing the petition to save Greek & Roman Studies at uOttawa. Continuez à signer et à partager! buff.ly/1azgdKV #ottawa #SOSÉtudesAnciennes #SOSClassicsUO #onfr

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Save Greek and Latin at the University of Ottawa!

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Please consider signing this very important petition to keep Greek & Roman Studies at uOttawa 👇🏻

Antiquité | Religions | Classics - Ottawa@antrelclaottawa.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The petition is LIVE! uOttawa suspended Greek & Roman Studies without consultation ending advanced ancient languages teaching and Ontario's only ancient languages programme in French. Please sign, share widely and follow for updates. buff.ly/hjj4J7u #SOSClassicsUO #SaveHigherEd #ONfr #Ottawa

Please sign this petition to save the Honours Classics program at the University of Ottawa, the same program from which I graduated in 2003. This is also the only program in Ontario that delivers Greek and Latin training to Franco-Ontarians, and its loss would be immeasurable for that community.

Antiquité | Religions | Classics - Ottawa@antrelclaottawa.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The petition is LIVE! uOttawa suspended Greek & Roman Studies without consultation ending advanced ancient languages teaching and Ontario's only ancient languages programme in French. Please sign, share widely and follow for updates. buff.ly/hjj4J7u #SOSClassicsUO #SaveHigherEd #ONfr #Ottawa

This was the program from which I received my Honours in Classics and now the university is effectively shutting it down by gutting the language program. Join me in writing the university to save the program that offered me so many opportunities and shaped me into the scholar I am today.

Antiquité | Religions | Classics - Ottawa@antrelclaottawa.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Shocking news from uOttawa: Greek & Roman Studies closed to new students without consultation. Teaching of ancient languages to end. Open letter coming soon - follow for how you can help. #DefendClassicsUOttawa #Ottawa #AncientHistory #SaveHigherEd #HigherEdCuts #AncientGreek #Latin

Keep an eye out at your local thrift shop - you never know what you will fine! SNF Centre Director Dr. Sabrina Higgins is in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social with the her amazing new project - found in a Chilliwack thrift store! Learn more! www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...

Someone Donated These Mysterious Artifacts to a Thrift Shop. Experts Think They Might Date to Medieval Times

A shopper who said he was an archaeologist spotted the 11 rings and two medallions and alerted a volunteer

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Looking forward to giving this talk at the University of Ottawa next week to the department where my public scholarship journey began.

Antiquité | Religions | Classics - Ottawa@antrelclaottawa.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Next week at the Department of Classics & Religious Studies, UOttawa, Sabrina Higgins (Simon Fraser University) on "Ancient Pasts for Modern Audiences: Public Scholarship in Practice". October 2, 14:30, in MHN 509 at UOttawa. All welcome! #ottawa #AncientHistory #Classics #AncientBluesky

In today’s #PeoplingBlog we continue our “Unknown Peoples” Series! Read on as Goran Sanev takes us through the historical and archaeological evidence for the Paeonians, one of the oldest proto-historical communities in the Central Balkans: peoplingthepast.com/2025/09/26/b... /1

On today’s new #PeoplingBlog, @lylaahlb.bsky.social takes us through her research on elephants and how they, and their accompanying peoples, served as vehicles for cultural exchange and transmission of knowledge as they traversed land and sea in antiquity: peoplingthepast.com/2025/09/12/b... /1

@sfu.ca students Diego Barrios-Stewart, Citlalli Gonzalez, and Nick Parker along with alumni Sarah Grenier and Madison Poole visiting the site of Stobi in North Macedonia alongside @sabrinahiggins.bsky.social. They are currently working on the excavations at Golemo Gradiste. @sfufass.bsky.social

We recently teamed up with Pasts Imperfect to discuss all things Peopling the Past! Read our contribution (and subscribe to this fantastic newsletter!) here 👇🏻

The first spotting of Ancient Pasts for Modern Audiences in the wild! We can’t wait for all of you to get your hands on this volume!

Francesco Ripanti@francescoripanti.bsky.social · last yr.

I am so happy that this is the first parcel to arrive in my new university box! @sabrinahiggins.bsky.social it looks fantastic!

It’s not often that I’m social media these days, but when I am, it’s to share that Chelsea and I’s co-edited volume has been published with Routledge. The Open Access version is available for immediate download on Routledge’s website! We can’t wait for you to read all of the incredible contributions

Peopling The Past@peoplingthepast.bsky.social · last yr.

Publication news! 🎉 Ancient Pasts for Modern Audiences is NOW AVAILABLE for everybody to read! We are so excited to share this work with you all: www.routledge.com/Ancient-Past... 🎉 Cover art by the wonderful @flaroh.bsky.social!