“Social sciences and the humanities have never been more necessary. They give shape and meaning and so the core of what the academy does will be to make that case.” Professor Rana Mitter, British Academy vice-president for public engagement in today's Guardian culture

A carbonised scroll has reportedly been scanned to reveal the burial place of #Plato . It's in the Academy, as thought, but specifically in a garden near the shrine to the Muses. Also suggests Plato's capture took place c.12-15 years earlier than we thought
greekreporter.com/2024/04/23/loc…

It won’t be long till summer! The Classical Association

Now available from American Numismatic Society
#Coins of the #Ptolemaic Empire
Part I: #Ptolemy I through Ptolemy IV
Volume 1: Precious Metal, Volume 2: Bronze
By Catharine C. Lorber
Info: bit.ly/3xIRIpS
#numismatics #Classics Twitter #Classics

Was in Oxford this week working with Annelies Cazemier on Antigonid Network stuff, and have come home to a very clingy hound. Very put out I left her.
#antigonidnetwork #ancienthistory #ancientmacedonia #dogsofacademia

Geographers of the Ancient Greek World by D. Graham J. Shipley
The first comprehensive collection of authoritative translations of the so-called 'minor' Greek geographers, with introductions and notes.
📚 cup.org/4abqTZp
#ancienthistory

The University of Exeter is joining with counterparts across the country on a national campaign to highlight the value of English as a subject and counter ‘misleading myths’ about its contribution to the nation. Read more here ow.ly/16Qg50QZy7T

🏺Job alert! 🏺

Hello #ClassicsTwitter ! We're looking for an ancient historian to join us in Exeter Classics for two years from September. Closing date April 17th.

jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecrui…

The next Antigonid Network seminar takes place tomorrow at 5 pm (UK). We are delighted to welcome Elizabeth Foley (Manchester) who will talk to us about 'The Antigonids, Delos and the Cyclades'. To attend, register here - Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Website: blogs.exeter.ac.uk/theantigonidne…

Currently loving this interpretation of Caesar’s last words 😎

Delighted to get my copy of Blessed Thessaly - congratulations to Emma Aston on publication! I’ll have copies of this and many more books on sale CA 2024 next week.

English weather is wet
German weather is Wetter

English kids are kind
German kids are Kinder

English mothers mumble
German mothers Mutter

The English shout the word people
But Germans just quietly Menschen it

And English sausages can be bad
But a German sausage is the Wurst

Just bought it from Amazon.co.uk 🥰💝

Oxford University Press

New publication now out! This one being my Classical Quarterly article.

Ever wonder why Scylla in the Odyssey is depicted as dog-like? It’s an issue I address here along with other canine features of sea monsters in this piece.

doi.org/10.1017/S00098…

Preparations for JACT Durham Greek & Latin Summer School are well underway! Lots of exciting things are happening for 2024!

Remember, it’s our 30th birthday too, so there might be cake 🎂😂📚

See you in summer …

Anyone interested in buying/reading my book on Philip V in Polybius' Histories but who found OUP's original price prohibitive, can now find it at a very reasonable price here amazon.co.uk/Philip-Macedon….
#polybius #philipv #hellenistic #ancienthistory #book #historiography

Last night in London and saw The King and I at the Dominion Theatre with Mum. It was a brilliant production, with gorgeous music, and very nostalgic for me. I used to watch The King and I as a kid all the time.

#thekingandi #dominiontheatre #musical #londonlife

The advancements of ERC FeBo are now reported by Elena Franchi in Teiresias (TJO), an online journal published by the Department of Ancient History at Universität Münster (more on: uni-muenster.de/Ejournals/inde… ). Stay tuned!

I was Cleopatra at the ICS today. But which one? So lovely to be back in London and at Senate House again. Been way too long! I got a bit lost & meandering with research today which i don't normally do. Back tomorrow & Wednesday!
#ics #senatehouselibrary #classics #ancienthistory

TODAY at 5pm (UK), we continue our 2023/4 Antigonid Network online seminar series with Pierre Bourrieau on ‘Philip V & his coinage. New historical elements from a numismatic point of view’.
Register here: Universityofexeter.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
#antigonidnetwork #ancienthistory #ancientmacedonia