Compiling a list of films and comic books to explore from the first day of #ASCS47. Perfect first day of my new job as Lecturer, Classics and Ancient History at La Trobe Uni.

University of Copenhagen is hiring:
Tenure-track assistant professor in early medieval history at the Faculty of Humanities

Solidarity to all affected. The destruction of a fantastic department 💔

‘Not another statue!’ Keeping museum visits engaging for our uninterested (but supportive) friends and family If you’re like me, you have a bemused family that doesn’t really know what you’re doing but wants to be supportive. This support can take the form of accompanying you to museums a…

A friend of mine is currently hanging out in Venice, and dragging her visiting friends and relatives to all the museums. @ouroboros81.bsky.social has shared her tips with us for Arke: webarke.com/2025/04/12/n...

The AWAWS Reading Group is getting started again for 2025. Our first meeting is the 20th March, 6pm (AEDT). We will be discussing Gender, Representation and Bias in Classics online.

You can join AWAWS and sign up to our reading group here (www.awaws.org/become-a-mem...)
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ASCS 46 2025: Showcasing the future of the field The annual meeting of the Australian Society for Classical Studies was held in Canberra this year, at the start of February. As well as bringing many visitors to the Pompeii exhibit at the National…

Celebrating two of the amazing postgrads from ASCS this year in our first Arke post of the year!
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Please join the Australasian Ovidian Society (AOS) for our first online meeting on Monday 7th April 2025! Meeting to take place via Zoom at 2pm AEST/ 4pm NZT. We look forward to meeting each other and to briefly sharing our ongoing (relevant) research projects and other work-in-progress. To join the AOS mailing list please contact Simona Martorana (simona.martorana@anu.edu.au), Gemma Neall (gemma.neall@outlook.com) and Shona Edwards (shona.edwards@adelaide.edu.au)

First online meeting of Australasian Ovidian Society (AOS) - Monday 7th April 2025 - Zoom - 2pm AEST/ 4pm NZT. Mailing list: email Simona Martorana (simona.martorana@anu.edu.au), Gemma Neall (gemma.neall@outlook.com) and Shona Edwards (shona.edwards@adelaide.edu.au) #Ovid #AOS

I can already tell that he'd cry about this.

Isn't that any day ending with y?

That's good for raising awareness. I also like to get them to use it to find sources and then see how much it hallucinates.

Following up from this to my academic peers, what new approaches to assessment have you tried?

Have you been impacted by Vikings? Have they raided your social media, laid waste to your popular culture? The Great Viking Survey is here for you!

University of Oslo is exploring modern perceptions of Vikings. This survey will take 15-20 minutes.

nettskjema.no/a/viking#/pa...

GenAI and assessment in ancient history By Dr Aimee Turner As 2024 wraps up, a lot of academics (those not enjoying a much deserved break!) are starting to look towards the new year. One of the major concerns in academia remains the impa…

The final Arke blog post for the year is more serious than we've done in the past - I talk about GenAI and assessment in higher education - you can find it here: webarke.com/2024/12/05/g...

(GENERATIVE) ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND TEACHING THE ANCIENT WORLD Above: Image generated by ChatGPT-4o (22 November 2024 version) on 26 November 2024. Prompt: “An ancient Indian statue with intricate carvings and a serene expression, seamlessly blended with advan…

I've been doing a lot of work with academics at Federation University about adapting to AI, and I'm eager to see what my fellow classicists are doing in this space.

If you are using GenAI in your ancient world teaching, this your chance to shine!
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My review has been published, and @resaustrales.bsky.social is already all over it.

You beat me to it. :)

Faculty of Classics Postgraduate Open Day - Saturday 23rd November 2024 BOOKING FORM

Virtual Postgraduate Open Day - Cambridge Uni Faculty of Classics - November 23 - prospective MPhil/PhD students - Zoom - book by Nov 18 shorturl.at/eTjtR

Crap Slides:  How to Avoid Them and Make Your Presentation Effective Penelope Carpentier  Historians by and large don’t get trained in how to do slide presentations.  Primarily we learn by observing our elders in scholarship, those who have been around for longer and p...

A colleague at Macquarie University has shared their tips for PowerPoint - you can read them here: webarke.com/2024/06/26/c...
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All of the unfinished things are still unfinished. Something I thought finished has actually come back, unfinished again!

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New issue of Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association Vol. 19, No. 2 (2023) search.informit.org/toc/jaema/19/2

Condolences to you and his family. Even if you did not know him well, I'm sure this has left you shaken.

That sounds like fun!

Campus Insights | Centre for Academic Innovation The conversations that matter in learning and teaching, as we delve into the issues that shape higher education today. Brought to you by Federation University Australia.

I've been discussing the impact of AI on higher education assessment with my colleagues. You can hear what we think here: www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-ri...

Is this a general ranking, or something specific? Like, do we actually think Augustus was an excellent person?

I'm the queen of abandoned stories.

Hi!

The Real Crisis in Humanities Isn't Happening at College Our problem is in the real world—not the ivory tower—and so is the solution

"the humanities aren’t just something you talk about in a classroom, but are our core tools when the human societies that created and preserved them are under attack.

Like right now."

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ASCS 2024 The Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Classical Studies (ASCS) is always an exciting event for the ancient world studies crowd in Australia, New Zealand and the surrounding regions, an...

Last month, the Australasian Society for Classical Studies met in Melbourne for their annual conference. Here are the reflections from some of the attendees on what is happening in Classics in Australia, New Zealand, Asia and Africa.
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The online #NUMISMA seminar schedule for semester one (from ACANS/Australian Centre for Ancient Numismatic Studies at Macquarie). Zoom - email charlotte.mann@students.mq.edu.au for link.