I had a great time presenting at the @ca2026.bsky.social in Manchester this past weekend. It is always a wonderful place to meet new people while reconnecting with others. Hopefully until next year in London.
#CA2026
📣Massive Congratulations to our colleague Dr. Evelien Bracke for winning the Dutch Classical Association (NKV) Homerus Award 2026!
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Tempus fugit. And like that, #CCC2026 is almost upon us.
@muahi.bsky.social, July 14-17
We shall try to follow our wonderful hosts @ucoimbra.bsky.social, though we cannot promise Coimbra sunshine.
Details of #CCC2026 - 28 specialist panels and 350+ participants - at: cccmaynooth2026.mailerpage.io
📣The registration page for the 2026 Celtic Conference in Classics is now live!
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Explore the 2026 Conference webpage here⬇️
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Classical Association Conference, Manchester, April 2026 buff.ly/P7hrWby #Classics #AncientHistory #Archaeology
The Worth Library's Research Fellowships for 2026 have just been advertised.
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Fantastic opportunity to take up!
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Syllogos - Herodotus Journal Vol. 4 (2025) journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/sy... #openaccesss @herodotushelpline.bsky.social @janhaywood.bsky.social
My (free) website for learning to read from Greek manuscripts is available. Still some tweaks to be made but it’s ready with 12 lessons, tips and hints, downloadable reports if you use it for a class, and links to lots of resources.
Please share and give feedback!
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Funding from the Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens to support research trips to Greece for students doing an undergraduate, MA or PhD thesis! Up to four bursaries, each of a value of €1000 are available for 2026! www.iihsa.ie/news/ason-ob...
Closing date of January 23rd 2026
WE'RE HIRING!!!
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🏛️ Join us at UCD next academic year to take our MSc in Mediterranean Archaeology. Expert teaching and supervision from across our Schools of Archaeology and Classics. Work first hand with ancient materials in our Classical Museum.📝 Registration opens in January. tinyurl.com/34r5w8pn
Made some beautiful soap coins for the opening of the Numismatische Sammlung Heidelberg
#ancientnumismatics #ancientbluesky #classicsbluesly
Model of a gold chariot drawn by four horses abreast. At the front of the cab are two diagonal bracing struts with a head of the Egyptian god Bes at the intersection. The two large wheels each have nine spokes, and the running surfaces are studded with small pellets to represent the bulbous heads of large stud-like nails which in the full-size original would have secured a tyre and felloe-sheathing of bronze. The main human figure in the cab is seated on a bench; he wears a long robe reaching to the ankles, the sleeves of which appear to be empty like those of the kandys (a three-quarter length leather or thick wool Persian coat). On his head is a hood or cap, around the front of which is a flat strip of gold, resembling a fillet, and around his neck is a gold wire torc. The driver wears a similar cap without a fillet, a short girded tunic and a wire torc; his legs are also formed of wires. The two human figures are fixed to the chariot by wires. The chariot is pulled via a pair of draught-poles fixed to four horses under a single four-bay yoke. On the yoke, above each horse, is a large loop, representing the terrets, through which the wire reins pass; alternating with these loops were originally four crescentic fan-shaped yoke ornaments. The chariot is pulled via a pair of draught-poles fixed to four horses under a single four-bay yoke. On the yoke, above each horse, is a large loop, representing the terrets, through which the wire reins pass; alternating with these loops were originally four crescentic fan-shaped yoke ornaments. The bits have large rings at the sides as rein attachments, and each animal has duplicate representations of the neck-strap and backing-element, the former with a pendant tassel, punched into the metal. Only nine of the original sixteen legs of the horses survive.
One object at the #BritishMuseum that never fails to enthrall people is this Achaemenid Persian gold model chariot, part of the Oxus Treasure. I love the guy sitting sideways on a bench wearing a kandys coat. Zoom in for the details! 🏺 1/
5th-4th c. BCE, Tajikistan. 📸 me
Why not have a listen to one of our Access Classics podcasts? Spend your lunch time learning all about Pompeii!
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Book cover with a dark green floral patterned background. Title: “Everlasting Flowers between the Pages: The Making of Seventeenth-Century Florilegia” by Jessie Wei-Hsuan Chen, published by Brill in the series “Emergence of Natural History 9.” The cover illustration shows several varieties of red and pink anemones, taken from Franciscus de Geest’s Jardin de rares et curieux fleurs, second half of the seventeenth century (Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Upperville, VA).
As autumn sets in, take a look at flowers that bloom forever
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In this new illustrated #openaccess book @jessiewhchen.bsky.social approaches 17th-c. florilegia as material objects reflecting the diverse plant knowledge of gardeners, compilers & image-makers!
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#EarlyModern
How about a listen all about Pegasus, the famed winged horse to settle you into the weekend!
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The Classical Association are delighted to announce the hosts for the 2026 CA Conference: The University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University. The Conference will take place on the 10th to the 12th of April 2026. The call for papers is now open until September 2025. Click the link in our bio to learn more.
📢Announcing the hosts of #CA2026
@manchester.ac.uk @manmetuni.bsky.social
The CA Conference brings together everyone with an interest in the ancient world, from across the 🌎. See you in Manchester!
We are delighted to be opening the call for Contributions from now until 15 September- link in bio.
The Classical Association are excited to announce Michael Wood as their new honorary president. He will be delivering his keynote lecture on Saturday 11 April at the annual CA conference 2026. The conference will be hosted by The University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University.
✨We are excited to announce our new President - Michael Wood, Professor of Public History @manchester.ac.uk. He will be delivering his keynote address for us at the CA conference on Saturday 11 April!
Read more about Michael’s work here: classicalassociation.org/governance/c...
#CA2026
I had a wonderful time presenting at my first conference.
Including brilliant talks, fantastic weather, great food, and meeting lovely people.
I hope to be back next year!
#CA2025 @cascotland.bsky.social
Very excited to present on Herodotus' Flying Snakes at the Classical Association Conference in St. Andrews!
Last chance to sign up for this free, hands-on, introductory workshop utilising digital tools to record ancient & medieval inscriptions - happening next Monday to Wednesday! @tcddublin.bsky.social & @maynoothuniversity.ie
Newly published on the Herodotus Helpline website: Jessica Priestley offers a rich response to the question 'What is the origin of the tenuous claim that Herodotus may have died in Pella as the guest of King Archelaus I of Macedonia?' herodotushelpline.org/what-is-the-... #Herodotus #AsktheHelpline
The background to monetary production was explored through a trip to the mining district of Lavrion. Thanks to @ancient-tokens.bsky.social Clare Rowan and Mairi Gkikaki for leading the course and to all the participants who joined us!
The biannual BSA course in Greek numismatics was held in March 2025. Students learnt about all aspects of ancient Greek coinage, enjoying the use of the coin collection of the BSA, as well as the coin collections housed in ASCSA, the Agora, the Numismatic Museum and the Bank of Greece.
The UCD Classical Society Inaugural Lecture is mere days away! Join us this Friday at 7pm in the UCD Village for a fantastic lecture by Prof. Rebecca Sweetman! A reception will follow. All welcome! Click below to register.
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I had a wonderful time at the BSA Numismatics course
@britschoolathens.bsky.social @ancient-tokens.bsky.social
The Herodotus Helpline's YouTube channel includes more than 100 research talks hosted over the last five years. Just click subscribe to stay up-to-date as talks from the spring/summer 2025 series are added! www.youtube.com/HerodotusHel... @classicsforall.bsky.social @archanchistleic.bsky.social
Programme of talks for the April-June 2025 Herodotus Helpline series: 2 April Tom Harrison (British Museum) Divinity and History – 25 years on 30 April Ian Oliver (Regis) Audiences of Herodotus 14 May Round-table: Teaching Herodotus 28 May Matteo Zaccarini (Bologna/Ravenna) Herodotus’ women 11 June Rosalind Thomas (Balliol College, Oxford) Herodotus in Context – 25 years on
The Herodotus Helpline is delighted to share details of its spring/summer 2025 edition of talks! All talks are freely open to everybody. Just register at herodotushelpline@gmail.com #Herodotus @classicsforall.bsky.social @archanchistleic.bsky.social
Numismatics Course 2025
For the past two weeks, the participants of this year's course have been led through a chronological survey of Greek coinage. Thank you to course directors Claire Rowan @ancient-tokens.bsky.social and Mairi Gkikaki!