Congratulations, Richard!

For predictable reasons, I'd love to hear from you if you include any of my work in your course reading lists. Also, if you are a journal editor and know that a review of Punchdrunk on the Classics is coming before 30 June I'd also be grateful to hear it! Please DM me :)

Deadline for applications is Friday at noon!

Guide to the classics: Aristotle’s Poetics is a bible for screenwriters – but it’s often misread No other classic text has left such a mark on how we tell stories, create theatre, and structure film. But what does it actually say?

ICYMI - Guide to the classics: #Aristotle’s Poetics is a bible for screenwriters – but it’s often misread - by Emma Cole (UQ) - @aunz.theconversation.com theconversation.com/guide-to-the... @emmacole.bsky.social

Guide to the classics: Aristotle’s Poetics is a bible for screenwriters – but it’s often misread

No other classic text has left such a mark on how we tell stories, create theatre, and structure film. But what does it actually say?

Archaeological remains in Eleusis, Greece against a blue sky with light cloud cover.

12 years ago in Eleusis. Can't quite believe it has been that long since I've been back to Greece.

Experiencing Immersion in Antiquity and Modernity

Excited to see my new edited collection, Experiencing Immersion in Antiquity and Modernity, available for pre-order! www.bloomsbury.com/au/experienc...

Thank you, David! 💛

Thanks, Katja! 💛

Punchdrunk on the Classics This book draws attention to Punchdrunk’s use of ancient Greek literature in their creation of immersive theatre, and highlights the overlooked significance of antiquity in their practice.

Thrilled to have won the 2024 Rob Jordan prize for best book in drama, theatre, dance or performance studies for Punchdrunk on the Classics. You can read the judge's citation here www.adsa.edu.au/dbpage.php?p... (& can ask your library to buy a copy of my book here link.springer.com/book/10.1007...)

Postgraduate Research Scholarship in World Literature and/or Australian Literature A scholarship to support Masters by Research or PhD student who is undertaking research in world literature and/or Australian literature

Hello! If you or anyone you know wants to pursue a PhD in world literature and/or Australian literature, esp. on islands and incarceration do get in touch! My DECRA project supports a scholarship in this area at the University of Sydney. For more info or to apply: www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...

Are you interested in doing a PhD with me? I'm looking for a student to complete a project on race, translation & tragedy. I am particularly interested in a First Nations candidate looking to do a creative writing PhD, but welcome all inquiries: study.uq.edu.au/study-option....

The cover of Making/Doing/Thinking, showing two actors in rehearsal and a third performing on stage. The title is written in white font, and the cover is overlaid with a rainbow filter.

Congratulations to our colleagues at ReTAGS, University of Cape Town, for publishing Making/Doing/Thinking: Methods for Performance Research, an important contribution to Practice as Research scholarship.

Check out Making/Doing/Thinking, available open access: openbooks.uct.ac.za/uct/catalog/...

Yes I presume so but have asked! Nothing on the V&A catalogue alas. I wonder if Almeida or Nottingham might have big enough archives and have one. Not quite sure how much digging they have done yet!

It’s a dark day for research in Aotearoa New Zealand and the ramifications for the country are huge. Minister Judith Collins has just announced our blue-skies funder will no longer fund humanities & social science research and that 50% of what is funded must have economic benefit.

Any thoughts on this #theatresky?

Friends, I have a colleague trying to access a recording of Headlong's 1984. Has anyone come across one before? TIA!

Friends, can you think of an edited collection with an effective, snappy epilogue/afterword written by the editor (as opposed to written by an extra contributor)? I'm after some stellar examples, ideally #theatresky or #classicssky. Ta!

I'm thrilled this news is out! The Committee for the Translations of Classical Authors hopes this award will demonstrate that translation matters (and should count!) in Classics. Inaugural judges are Sarah Ruden, Deborah Roberts, and Adrienne Rose. Please share!
classicalstudies.org/awards-and-f...

The CA Prize - The Classical Association The prestigious Classical Association Prize aims to recognise outstanding contributions to the promotion of Classics in the UK and is awarded annually to the person, group, or project whose work is fe...

#Classics #AncientBluesky ⚱️🦋 Nominations for the Classical Association Prize are now open - which person, group, or project has raised the profile of Classics in the UK? You don't have to be a CA member to nominate!
classicalassociation.org/the-classica...

🍾 Congratulations to Emma Cole @emmacole.bsky.social @ UQ on an ARC #DECRA - "Gender, Translation, and ancient Greek tragedy" rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...

Fantastic opportunity to study for a PhD
@PCI_UniofLeeds
and as an internally funded scheme, it's less competitive than the big consortia! Win- win! Please circulate and consider applying: phd.leeds.ac.uk/funding/313-...

Thanks, Dan . I’m sure twas a combination of the commentary and me being tired and not in the right head space (was hour 5 of back-to-back meetings and the week after the end of term) but it did make me feel like throwing in the towel for the project. But onwards. Tomorrow is a new day and all that

Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More New York to close in January. The end of an era. www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/t...

#CFP [SCS panel] Translation and Creative Adaptation (Committee of Translations of Classical Authors) - Society of Classical Studies 156th Annual Meeting - Philadelphia, PA: January 2-5, 2025 classicalstudies.org/annual-meeti... Due Feb 15

My main gripe here is that my feed gets dominated by individuals in a way that was filtered out due to the algorithm in prior lands. Any tips? It seams threads don’t get filed underneath the first tweet but in live tweeting I see every one separately…

Unimelb’s Sprott Fellowship is open for applications!

You: Australian, under 45, completing a book on early modern lit/drama, and need to research overseas

Award: AU$50k (up to 3 awards to be made for 2024)

Apply: scholarships.unimelb.edu.au/awards/s.-er...

You can expect to pay permission fees for images, quotations above a certain length (there are ‘fair use’ guidelines), and quotes used as epitaphs, but just commenting on something even if in a commercial book shouldn’t cost you if it is non-fiction.

Thank you!

Made the excuse that I was just going to the toilet and would be right back during the kids’ bedtime to try and give them a chance to fall asleep by themselves. Took myself to the couch to scroll socials only to be sprung by the 4yo who asked why I lied 😟