Reposted by Conor WhatelyChristos G. Makrypoulias @christos-mak.bsky.social · 07/04/2026RIP Averil Cameron (1940-2026) 182
Reposted by Conor WhatelyAntiquité | Religions | Classics - Ottawa @antrelclaottawa.bsky.social · 13/02/2026🚨 BREAKING: uOttawa has RE-SUSPENDED Greek & Roman Studies for 2026-27 just weeks after reinstating the programme. Seems to violate Ontario's regulation on designation. Department: "We are shocked at the willingness to ignore the interests of Franco-Ontarians." More soon. #SOSClassicsUO #ONfr 01110
Reposted by Conor WhatelyGeoffrey Greatrex @otavano.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Now it is at the University of Calgary that Classics & Medieval studies are threatened. Please sign the petition : c.org/WrCPMhK2rmc.orgCan you spare a minute to help this campaign?Save Classics and Medieval Studies at the University of Calgary! 012
Reposted by Conor WhatelyCAC - SCÉC @cacscec.bsky.social · 29/01/2026🚨 SAVE CLASSICS AND MEDIEVAL STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY! 🚨 University leadership has rejected an innovative new program developed by faculty in good faith, citing budget constraints. This decision would eliminate the Classics major at Calgary! Read more : 👉 www.cac-scec.ca/2026/01/supp...cac-scec.caCall for Support: Classics and Medieval Studies at the University of Calgary | Appel à soutien: Études classiques et médiévales à l'Université de Calgary - The Classical Association of CanadaSign up for our newsletter to receive updates! Nous vous invitons à vous inscrire à notre newsletter afin de recevoir les mises à jour! First name Last name Email Institution/ Organization All subscri... 11419
Reposted by Conor WhatelyCAC - SCÉC @cacscec.bsky.social · 29/01/2026🚨 SAUVONS LES ÉTUDES CLASSIQUES ET MÉDIÉVALES À L’UNIVERSITÉ DE CALGARY ! 🚨 L’administration universitaire a rejeté un programme innovant élaboré de bonne foi par le corps professoral, invoquant des contraintes budgétaires. Cette décision supprimerait la majeure en lettres classiques à Calgary!cac-scec.caCall for Support: Classics and Medieval Studies at the University of Calgary | Appel à soutien: Études classiques et médiévales à l'Université de Calgary - The Classical Association of CanadaSign up for our newsletter to receive updates! Nous vous invitons à vous inscrire à notre newsletter afin de recevoir les mises à jour! First name Last name Email Institution/ Organization All subscri... 013
Reposted by Conor WhatelyCAC - SCÉC @cacscec.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Sign the petition! www.change.org/Save_Classic...change.orgSign the PetitionSave Classics and Medieval Studies at the University of Calgary! 134
Conor Whately @conorwhately.bsky.social · 06/12/2025In 2021 I got a 5-year SSHRC insight grant to look into soldiers and civilians in Roman Arabia from Trajan to Heraclius. That same year, I got back into video games (thanks Covid). In November of 2023, I went to Jordan and Saudi Arabia to visit a bunch of sites. In October of that year… 142
Reposted by Conor WhatelyAntiquité | Religions | Classics - Ottawa @antrelclaottawa.bsky.social · 28/10/2025The petition is LIVE! uOttawa suspended Greek & Roman Studies without consultation ending advanced ancient languages teaching and Ontario's only ancient languages programme in French. Please sign, share widely and follow for updates. buff.ly/hjj4J7u #SOSClassicsUO #SaveHigherEd #ONfr #Ottawabuff.lySign the PetitionSave Greek and Latin at the University of Ottawa! 11015
Reposted by Conor WhatelyAntiquité | Religions | Classics - Ottawa @antrelclaottawa.bsky.social · 28/10/2025La pétition est EN LIGNE ! L'UOttawa a suspendu Antiquité grecque et romaine sans consultation, mettant fin au seul programme de langues anciennes en français en Ontario. Signez, partagez et suivez pour les mises à jour. buff.ly/hjj4J7u #SOSÉtudesanciennesUO #ONfr #FrancoOntarienbuff.lySign the PetitionSave Greek and Latin at the University of Ottawa! 046
Reposted by Conor WhatelyMichael Edward Stewart @mikeaztec.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Rance on @conorwhately.bsky.social : www.uni-muenster.de/Ejournals/in...uni-muenster.de ByzRev 07.2025.064: Conor Whately (ed.), Military Literature in the Medieval Roman World and Beyond: (Reading Medieval Sources 8). Leiden: Brill 2024. | The Byzantine Review 211
Conor Whately @conorwhately.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Until we have Philip Rance’s new translation, Dennis’ translation of Maurice’s Strategikon has been re-printed. 040
Reposted by Conor WhatelyUWinnipeg @uwinnipeg.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Classicist Dr. Conor Whately and psychologist Dr. Stephanie Bugden are this year's recipients of the Chancellor's Research grants. LEARN MORE ⬇️buff.ly2025 Chancellor's Research Grants | University of Winnipeg NewsThis year's 2025 Chancellor’s Research Excellence Chair and Chancellor’s Emerging Research Award have been given to Dr. Conor Whately, Classics and Dr. Stephanie Bugden, Psychology. 0103
Conor Whately @conorwhately.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Coming soon: www.routledge.com/Ancient-Warf...routledge.comAncient Warfare: The BasicsAncient Warfare: The Basics offers an engaging introduction to warfare in the ancient Mediterranean World from the mythical Trojan War, through the rise of hoplites and conquests of Alexander the Grea... 061
Conor Whately @conorwhately.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Seeing lots of posts about Leeds IMC 2025. I’m on a bus on my way to Poland, where I’ll be, briefly, at FIEC 2025 to talk about Roman soldiers in/around the Red Sea. I started the trip in Berlin, where I spoke on rituals & ritualized behaviour among Roman soldiers in late antiquity. 160
Conor Whately @conorwhately.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Should have added to that last set of posts my surprise at seeing a Greek depiction of Superman punching a horse at the British Museum but there you go. The lengths studios won’t go to advertise their films. 060
Conor Whately @conorwhately.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Am on my way to Oxford for a workshop on the Komneni with @chrysoboullon.bsky.social among others. Spent the night in London. Bit wild to be here after a hectic week of co-hosting the @cacscec.bsky.social with @drpeterjmiller.bsky.social, @melissakafunke.bsky.social and others. 150
Reposted by Conor WhatelyJoel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 14/05/2025about to land in Winnipeg to attend my first meeting of the @cacscec.bsky.social at @uwinnipeg.bsky.social. i will be giving a keynote talk "Rehumanized: The Iliad on Violence, Lament, and Becoming Human". the invitation was a great honor. my secret hope is that Canada will adopt me. 2293
Reposted by Conor WhatelyTheo Nash @theonash.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Time for the @cacscec.bsky.social 072
Reposted by Conor WhatelyPeter Miller @drpeterjmiller.bsky.social · 14/05/2025The annual meeting of the @cacscec.bsky.social is underway @uwinnipeg.bsky.social! 160 Classicists, ancient historians, and archaeologists are gathered on campus for a week of interesting papers and conversations. 0195
Reposted by Conor WhatelyΧοδαδαδίος Ρεζαχανίδης, PhD, KRT, Duc de Téhéran @sasanianshah.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Quite excited to announce that @ekaterinanechaeva.bsky.social & I have started a new talk series which we are calling the Ērān, Tūrān, and Hrōm series, focusing on the global history of the 1st millennium CE, viewed from Central & West Asia. Find more info at globallateantiquity.com/the-eths-tal...globallateantiquity.comThe ETHS Talk SeriesThe purpose of the Ērān Tūrān Hrōm talk series (ETHS) is to advance the study of late antique/first millennium West and Central Asia within a broader Global Historical and Afro-Eurasian framework. … 0187
Reposted by Conor WhatelyPeopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 02/04/2025In celebration of International Children’s Book Day today, April’s #ImageOfTheMonth is a unique Oxyrhynchus papyrus fragment featuring an illustrated story on the labors of Hercules (3rd c. CE). While we do not know for certain, the papyrus has been interpreted as a type of children’s book 📚 1154
Reposted by Conor WhatelySafaitic @safaitic.bsky.social · 07/03/2025An ancient celebration : a dancing scene with a double-reed flute in the black desert some 2000 years ago. BES19s 30: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8o-...youtube.comBES19s 30: A Safaitic dancing sceneYouTube video by OCIANA 2155
Reposted by Conor WhatelyIsabel Köster @iotasubscript.bsky.social · 15/03/2025And for the Ides we have a gem from last year. Alas, I have no idea who came up with this thing, so can’t give credit where a lot of credit is due. 013149
Reposted by Conor WhatelyTom Elliott @paregorios.bsky.social · 07/03/2025New map application from the Ancient World Mapping Center at UNC Chapel Hill: The Geography of Pliny the Elder "... compiles and maps the geographic data in Pliny's Natural History. The database, available for download from the ISAW website, includes some ..." pleiades.stoa.org/news/blog/ne...pleiades.stoa.orgNew from AWMC: The Geography of Pliny the Elder 081
Conor Whately @conorwhately.bsky.social · 05/03/2025While preparing slides for a Roman Society (1st year intro) class, and looking through my pics, I came across these two, a good boy and girl (?), from the Altes Museum in Berlin. 150
Reposted by Conor WhatelyAntiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 05/03/2025Archaeologist at the recently-discovered location of the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah. Declassified American spy satellite imagery in comparison with historic texts helped pinpoint the location of one of the most famous battles of early Islamic history. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 0122
Reposted by Conor Whatelyrogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Phryne: a life in fragments – Bryn Mawr Classical Review bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.02...bmcr.brynmawr.eduPhryne: a life in fragments – Bryn Mawr Classical Review 021
Reposted by Conor WhatelyOxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · 27/02/2025JOB OPPORTUNITY: Associate Professor in Byzantine History The Oxford Faculty of History and Corpus Christi College seek a highly motivated, inspirational person to join their thriving academic community and bring exciting perspectives to the teaching and study of Byzantine History at Oxford. 11211
Reposted by Conor WhatelyMoudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · 23/02/2025The Camel Site in northern Saudi Arabia is such a gem. About 7,000 years ago, people used stone tools, raised platforms, ladders, and incredible skill to carve life-sized camels into the rock faces. Fascinating article by @mariaguagnin.bsky.social and colleagues anetoday.org/guagnin-came...anetoday.orgMonumental Sandstone Reliefs from the Neolithic: New Insights from the Camel Site in Saudi Arabia - The Ancient Near East Todayjuly 2022 | Vol. 10.7 By Maria Guagnin, Guillaume Charloux, and Abdullah M. AlSharekh Today the austere deserts of Saudi Arabia evoke images of wandering nomads. But in late prehistory Saudi Arabia wa... 727674
Reposted by Conor WhatelyMurat Ates @wpgmurat.bsky.social · 23/02/2025RT if you think people should follow me on here for #NHLJets and NHL content. I'd love to build more engagement over here. 28166199
Reposted by Conor WhatelyCAC - SCÉC @cacscec.bsky.social · 20/02/2025York University recently announced that admissions to the Classics and Classical Studies programs have been suspended for Fall 2025. Classical Studies colleagues and students at York would be grateful for letters of support. How you can help: www.cac-scec.ca/2025/02/supp... AncientBlueskycac-scec.caUrgent: Letters of Support for Classics and Classical Studies at York University! - The Classical Association of CanadaSign up for our newsletter to receive updates! Nous vous invitons à vous inscrire à notre newsletter afin de recevoir les mises à jour! First name Last name Email Institution/ Organization All subscri... 03330
Reposted by Conor WhatelyCAC - SCÉC @cacscec.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Looking for undergraduate spring/ summer language course offerings at Canadian universities? Look no further - we've compiled a list for you! www.cac-scec.ca/2025/02/spsu... AncientBlueSkycac-scec.caSpring/Summer Language Offerings at Canadian Universities - The Classical Association of CanadaSign up for our newsletter to receive updates! Nous vous invitons à vous inscrire à notre newsletter afin de recevoir les mises à jour! First name Last name Email Institution/ Organization All subscri... 051
Reposted by Conor WhatelySafaitic @safaitic.bsky.social · 15/02/2025One of the most important inscriptions for the history of Arabic now on #OCIANA: an Arabic-language inscription (pre-4th c. CE) written entirely in Greek letters, shedding light on the pronunciation of Arabic centuries before Islam. A 1: ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions... 04013
Reposted by Conor WhatelyDr Claire Millington ✍🏻🏺 @clairemillington.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Really excited that my book 'Roman military households' is now published! Available from BAR Publishing (below) or from all good archaeology libraries. 35511
Reposted by Conor WhatelyDr Claire Millington ✍🏻🏺 @clairemillington.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Shout out to the Roman officers' wives Claudia Severa and Sulpicia Lepidina whose correspondence at Hadrian's Wall sparked my interest and led to my book. #RomanFortThursday romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions... 1497
Reposted by Conor WhatelySheila Liming @seeshespeak.bsky.social · 07/02/2025A good sandwich will solve a lot of problems in your life, if only for an hour or so. 3728
Reposted by Conor WhatelyFlint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Please sign and share this student-led petition to save Ancient History here at Cardiff University www.change.org/p/save-cardi...change.orgSign the PetitionSave Cardiff University Ancient History Degree 14402266
Reposted by Conor WhatelyMoudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · 29/01/2025No biggie, just an ancient equivalent of a clay photograph that shows a man walking his dog 3,800 years ago in the city of Borsippa 🥹 603450672
Reposted by Conor WhatelyMoudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · 30/01/2025For anyone wondering, some possible dog names have survived from cuneiform sources. On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names. dan rigiššu “loud is his bark” munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe” mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil” 9956641961
Reposted by Conor WhatelyKristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 29/01/2025"When I saw it marked 'Nabataean,' I exclaimed, 'It's Greek to me!", papyrus expert Hannah Cotton said. 🏺livescience.com1,900-year-old papyrus 'best-documented Roman court case from Judaea apart from the trial of Jesus'A newly translated papyrus found in Israel provides information about criminal cases and slave ownership in the Roman Empire. 1226
Reposted by Conor WhatelyDr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 27/01/2025My @cambridgeup.bsky.social Element, “The Author in Early Christian Literature,” is officially out and free to download for the next 4 weeks! I hope you enjoy these thoughts on Paul, Irenaeus, Tertullian, Eusebius, and a host of other ancient folks. www.cambridge.org/core/element...cambridge.orgThe Author in Early Christian LiteratureCambridge Core - Biblical Studies - New Testament - The Author in Early Christian Literature 2318448
Reposted by Conor Whatelyrogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 23/01/2025When Thucydides meets Tecumseh | The Manitoban themanitoban.com/2025/01/when...themanitoban.comWhen Thucydides meets TecumsehThis past Sunday, classicist Emily Greenwood presented a guest lecture on campus about ancient Greek and Indigenous histories. The event was part of the 0205
Reposted by Conor WhatelyPeter Miller @drpeterjmiller.bsky.social · 15/01/2025If you’ve wanted to submit to @cacscec.bsky.social in Winnipeg in 2025 but have been distracted by - *waves hands around * - everything(!), fear not. We’ve extended our deadline to Jan 31! 077
Reposted by Conor WhatelyKristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 15/01/202521 curse tablets were found in an unusual Roman cemetery in France — at least one is written in the extinct language Gaulish. 🏺🧪livescience.comCurse tablet found in Roman-era grave in France targets enemies by invoking Mars, the god of warExcavation of a Roman-era cemetery in France yielded nearly two dozen lead tablets inscribed in Latin and Gaulish. 717549
Reposted by Conor WhatelyHelen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 07/01/2025'Sutton Hoo & Syria: The Anglo-Saxons Who Served in the Byzantine Army?' This is one of the most exciting things I've written (so far..!). Thanks to everyone who helped. academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... 817556
Reposted by Conor WhatelyRory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social · 05/01/2025A very exciting and important new piece of reading from @helengittos.bsky.social on connections between 6th/7th-century England and the Near East. Highly recommended! academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...academic.oup.comSutton Hoo and Syria: The Anglo-Saxons Who Served in the Byzantine Army?*Abstract:. The Sutton Hoo ship burial is one of the most famous examples of a group of lavishly furnished graves of the late sixth and early seventh centur 415246
