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Excited to announce that we've just launched a History Department Tiktok account!
www.tiktok.com/@uos.history...
Last year, two of our students did an internship organised by History and Employ. I'm excited to share a blog post about their experience. Congratulations to Joanna and Krzysztof on their great achievements!
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We're proud to announce that one of our students, Krzysztof Mikulski, has been elected SUSU President! Congratulations to Krzysztof! He'll do a great job!
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Display of books, helmet, Rosetta stone bookend, chocolate bar with drawing of Alexander the Great on horseback, papyrus scrolls, and other items related to the study of the ancient world.
It has been a great week for sharing our passion for Ancient History @historyatsoton.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social. A successful Ancient World Study Day for A-level students on Tuesday was followed by a sunny visit day with offer holders today. #AncientBluesky #AncientHistory #Classics
🚨 New job alert!
We are recruiting a Research Fellow in Landscape Archaeology (Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East) at the University of Southampton.
Details and application:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQU914/r...
2-year postdoc for someone with a PhD in Classics or Ancient History www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQS114/p... @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social
A pedimented structure supported by four columns, with an inscription on the lowest level of the entablature. A blue sky flecked with clouds is visible behind.
Today AIO launches 112 inscriptions: all remaining letters of Roman emperors, inscriptions & graffiti connected with the Roman Agora (including AIO's first obscenity!), milestones, dedications to Demeter, Kore, Herakles. For all today's new entries see: www.atticinscriptions.com/browse/bypub...
@nicholsone99.bsky.social
Join us TODAY, Tuesday 3rd March, 5pm (UK) for the next #AntigonidNetwork seminar. Nikos Akamatis (Academy of Athens) will talk about 'The City of Pella, Macedonia, under the Antigonids'. To attend online via Zoom, register below. #AncientBluesky
![The photo shows four images of the same Roman iron stylus (pen) one below the other, with knib to the left. This stylus is octagonal in shape, with an inscription dot-punched along its length on four alternate sides. The stylus is 132 mm long and 5 mm thick, and the letters are circa 2 mm high. The four images of the pen show the four lines of inscribed text (highlighted) which read:
‘ab urbe v[e]n[i] munus tibi gratum adf(e)ro
acul[eat]um ut habe[a]s memor[ia]m nostra(m)
rogo si fortuna dar[e]t quo possem
largius ut longa via ceu sacculus est (v)acuus’
Translated as
‘I have come from the City. I bring you a welcome gift
with a sharp point that you may remember me.
I ask, if fortune allowed, that I might be able (to give)
as generously as the way is long (and) as my purse is empty.’
This inscription is generally interpreted by scholars as a humorous, tongue-in-cheek acknowledgment by the giver of the cheapness of the gift.
The pen was used to write on wax-filled wooden writing tablets. Found in London (Roman ‘Londinium’) by MOLA, during excavations for Bloomberg’s European Headquarters in 2010–2014 . Photo by Juan Jose Fuldain for MOLA](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j56ydp325adovobhwpkzc6sp/bafkreifnagf7o3c3tsvpawfj2o5exyqsg52vwrovvapsjrhwtzd6tv5bf4)
The photo shows four images of the same Roman iron stylus (pen) one below the other, with knib to the left. This stylus is octagonal in shape, with an inscription dot-punched along its length on four alternate sides. The stylus is 132 mm long and 5 mm thick, and the letters are circa 2 mm high. The four images of the pen show the four lines of inscribed text (highlighted) which read: ‘ab urbe v[e]n[i] munus tibi gratum adf(e)ro acul[eat]um ut habe[a]s memor[ia]m nostra(m) rogo si fortuna dar[e]t quo possem largius ut longa via ceu sacculus est (v)acuus’ Translated as ‘I have come from the City. I bring you a welcome gift with a sharp point that you may remember me. I ask, if fortune allowed, that I might be able (to give) as generously as the way is long (and) as my purse is empty.’ This inscription is generally interpreted by scholars as a humorous, tongue-in-cheek acknowledgment by the giver of the cheapness of the gift. The pen was used to write on wax-filled wooden writing tablets. Found in London (Roman ‘Londinium’) by MOLA, during excavations for Bloomberg’s European Headquarters in 2010–2014 . Photo by Juan Jose Fuldain for MOLA
Timeless humour!
A 2,000 year-old Roman souvenir pen with a joke inscription roughly equivalent to:
“I went to Rome and all I got you was this cheap pen!" 😂
Dated circa 70 AD, this iron stylus pen was recovered in London during excavations by MOLA. 📷 Juan Jose Fuldain/MOLA
#Archaeology
Please support the petition against the planned #closure of #Archaeology at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Archaeology has been a part of Humboldt-Universität academic tradition for almost 200 years, so closing it would break a long-standing research tradition
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The Festival of Archaeology returns for 2026! 🏺🌲
From 18th July to 2nd August, the UK’s largest celebration of archaeology is back, and this year we’re exploring the connections between archaeology and nature.
Find out more 👉 shorturl.at/u9VQy
We are advertising 4 jobs at York for historians (1 year medieval, 2 years modern Britain and public history, 3 years modern China, and open ended modern Middle Eastern) features.york.ac.uk/history-jobs/
Come work with me! We are recruiting for a Head of Comms and Marketing to help us communicate the work of @britishacademy.bsky.social and the power of the humanities and social sciences in making sense of our changing world
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I'm told that one or two spaces have just become available on the ICS Summer School in 3D Imaging and Modelling for Cultural Heritage: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
If you're interested in learning photogrammetry, RTI, 3D design, 3D printing, paradata and heritage ethics, join us!
Calling all Early Career Academics, on Weds 11 Feb at 10am we will be hosting an online Researcher Training:
Applying for Postdoctoral and Early-Career Fellowships and Funding
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Your periodic reminder that you can start learning ancient Greek right now, free of charge!
@nicholsone99.bsky.social
In the next #AntigonidNetwork seminar this Tuesday 3rd February, 5pm (UK), we will hear about the forthcoming special issue of Hermathena "The Antigonid Empire in Greece" from editor Shane Wallace and contributors. #AncientBluesky Register here to attend and receive the Zoom link:
International Fellowships 2026 The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for two years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce. Funding status Open for applications Career stage Early-career
Please help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research.
We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
Applications are also invited for a new RHS programme for 2026, co-hosted with @ihr.bsky.social and @chalkefestival.bsky.social.
'Pitch my Project' is for early career historians to present their research at the Chalke History Festival in June bit.ly/44kfUMM. Closing date: 6 February. #Skystorians
The Society invites applications for the following three funding programmes, with deadlines 23 to 31 January 2026 bit.ly/3LbxDQb
> RHS Workshop Grants
> Applied History Fellowships, in association with @ihr.bsky.social
> Fellowships, for completion of a History PhD, also with the IHR
#Skystorians
Happy Boxing Day!
I wrote this blog post to offer some initial reflections on a topic that I hope others will find as exciting as I do! The aim is to spark broader interest among students and scholars in comparative studies of seafaring and naval warfare in antiquity. 🌊⚔️🐏
View of the acropolis in Athens at night, with ancient ruins and the Tower of the Winds lit up in the foreground.
Brightly lit colourful bottles behind a bar, with a sign that reads 'Brettos'.
A basket with colourful Christmas baubles, painted with birds and flowers.
A view of Exeter Cathedral at night, with a nativity scene in the foreground.
Last week I was in Athens, at the close of a wonderful conference on Hellenistic Macedonia and Sparta. Today I was in Exeter, planning further work on the Antigonids. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
'You could be commended too,
And there’s only one thing to do.
Give us your cash,
And in a flash,
We’ll write an honorific for you.'
