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Darrel Janzen

@dcjanzen.bsky.social
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I research Roman literature and history (solitude, environmental humanities, social epistemology). Ancient Studies for all. he/him 🇨🇦

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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 13h
Sending you solidarity from North America
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 08/10/2026
Just in! New Nobel Prize laureate in literature Anne Carson stands surprised in her kitchen in Reykjavík, Iceland. Stay tuned for our exclusive interview with her coming soon. Join us in congratulating our 2026 literature laureate - send your greetings in the comments.
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Dave Dustin @dustin.nz · 07/10/2026
"YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK"
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
He looks like he is very well cared for!
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Professor Nutella @jpnudell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is one of the challenges in drawing students to humanities majors. Either the subjects are frivolous so why take them, or students are shocked that the teachers expect them to do work so they seek easier pathways that promise greater material rewards.
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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻
A painting of fat blobby bears
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
odi et amo 😅
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Clever! My own indoctrination has taken different directions
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 20/08/2026
let's all take a moment to thank the EU for being the only slightly serious governing body in the west
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
"Some universities have been cowed into dropping their diversity, equity, and inclusion programs by the Trump administration, but how deeply dedicated these institutions ever were to equity is unclear, given that they run on the backs of highly skilled, low-paid, precarious labor" 🔥🔥🔥
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Dr Victoria Austen @vickyausten.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
“Despite their compromised positions, adjuncts still win teaching awards, publish books, and contribute widely to scholarship, literature, and the arts. And they do this even though their academic research and writing—meant to be supported by a tenured position—has been relegated to unpaid labor.”
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Your reading makes sense to me - LSJ s.v. σύνναος 'having the same temple' even cites your passage
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
it me
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Hannah Čulík-Baird @opietasanimi.com · 06/08/2026
run don’t walk to read my UCLA colleague Kelly Nguyen’s new book!! academic.oup.com/book/63209
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Critical Classicality in Vietnam and the Diaspora
Abstract. This is the first book to study Vietnamese classicisms. Drawing on decolonial theory, critical refugee studies, and queer of color critique, Nguy
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
There is money for a robot but not for giving teachers a living wage...#abudgetisamoraldocument
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
💯 % 🎯
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Expect them to use Ai
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Congrats! This looks very interesting!
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Not what you're looking for, but oddly enough, my Latin textbook (Suburani) has a slave who is tortured before being allowed to testify on behalf of his domina.
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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
oof this is good advice
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Yes, I'd also read that as a surrender - his shield is on the ground. Here's another, clearer example from the same mosaic
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
In some classes more than others. Whenever I get to teach literature (my focus), pretty regularly.
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
this looks like a must read - congrats!
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I accidentally April fools-ed my Greek 2 students today by forgetting that we had a quiz today.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Starting on the academic equivalent of 3rd and making it to home plate is not, in fact, as impressive as the people who start in a rec league and somehome still make it into the majors.
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
This reads as very reasonable to me! (I wish I had had this when I was interviewing...)
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alexis simpson is confused by display name changes @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
meme from The Simpsons.

Top: Moe (labelled "USA") throws Barney (labelled "Ayatollah Khameni) out of Moe's Tavern.

Middle: Moe, labelled USA, wipes his hands after a job well done.

Bottom: Moe (labelled USA) stares out, hands on hips. Behind him, appears Barney (labelled "Ayatollah Khameni").
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Jonathan Greig @jabgreig.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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Geoffrey Greatrex @otavano.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Je suis très déçu et étonné de la décision de l'université d'Ottawa de revenir sur sa décision de lever la suspension du programme du B.A. spécialisé en Antiquité grecque et romaine. On avait travaillé fort pour attirer des étudiants. #SOSÉtudesanciennesUO #SOSClassicsUO #ONfr #uOttawa
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CAC - 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...
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Call 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 Canada
Sign 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...
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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Classical Philology Vol. 121, No. 1 (2026) www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/cp/2026/... @chicagojournals.bsky.social @therculesdavies.bsky.social
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Classical Philology | Vol 121, No 1
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Pub-day! This one is special, because I co-wrote it with an extremely talented student. "A New Dimension to Faunus' Ambiguous Prophecy: A Noah-Acrostic at Aeneid 7.96-101" (Classical Philology) Accessible here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/VPHNT...
Abstract: Recent scholarship has identified several name-based acrostics in Virgil’s poetry and highlighted prophecy as a significant context for his acrostics. One such acrostic (G. 4.458–65) also reflects Virgil’s interest in Judaism. We identify another name-based Virgilian acrostic in a prophecy scene that likewise concerns Judaism, a marginal reference to the Biblical patriarch Noah that occurs as Latinus receives a prophecy from Faunus (Aen. 7.96–101). After identifying the acrostic, we argue that Virgil could have been familiar with the Jewish flood narrative. Next, we highlight several acrostic signposts in Faunus’ prophecy before arguing that the acrostic reinforces the misleadingly optimistic nature of Faunus’ predictions.
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Asst. Professor of Practice here: my grad students encounter them in my teaching pedagogy seminar - a few are assigned and others appear in a pedagogy bibliography that they are given
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Michael Freeman @michaelfreemanphd.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
The ink is officially dry and I am thrilled to announce that my book “Hands That Write: The Training and Lived Experiences of Ancient Mediterranean Scribes” is under contract with OUP! @oxfordunipress.bsky.social Sincere thanks to the editors, readers and mentors who have supported this project.
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Aesop (enslaved, in his biography) comes to mind: from chapter 1: "worthless as a servant, *potbellied*, misshapen of head, snubnosed, swarthy, dwarfish, *bandy-legged*, short-armed, squint-eyed, the sin of a slumbering Prometheus."
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Fascinating detail about the tablets tucked into his belt. There's a great volume that just came out that talks about the importance of the literacy of enslaved & formerly enslaved figures that this figure reminds me of (academic.oup.com/book/60683)
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Writing, Enslavement, and Power in the Roman Mediterranean, 100 BCE–300 CE
Abstract. This volume interrogates the intersections between writing and enslavement around the Roman Mediterranean. Drawing upon methods developed in stud
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
haha sounds like shades of 'Bic for her' museumoffailure.com/exhibition/b...
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Bic for Her — Museum of Failure
The French company BIC is best known for their ballpoint pens, which have been produced since the 1950s. Bic for Her are pens designed to »fit comfortably in a woman’s hand
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Dr. Karen Carr @quatrus.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Emergency zoom latin teacher needed to replace someone who has fallen ill. Anyone? 🏺
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Colleagues,
Due to a medical emergency for one of our colleagues, I am writing to ask if you know of anyone who might be able to take on a Latin 101 (MoWe 10:00AM - 11:15AM and Fr 10:00AM - 10:50AM) and Latin 201 (MoWe 8:30AM - 9:45AM) class on Zoom for the time that he is away.
We would be able to offer a stipend of $1500 for two weeks of class coverage, ideally starting Friday, 10/24, but later if need be. If the duration should be longer than two weeks, we could of course adjust this stipend.
Our colleague shares the following about his courses:
We are using the Oxford Latin Course, second edition.
In Latin 101, we are on Chapter 10 of Book I.  
We are a bit behind in Latin 201. [...]I had to start at the beginning of Oxford Latin Course Book III in that class.  We are now on Chapter 41 in that book.
Please let me know if you know of anyone who could take this on. We are, as I'm sure is evident, anxious to get someone in place as quickly as possible to minimize disruption for our students.
Thank you so much for considering,
Erin
Erin C. Tarver, Ph.D.
​Chair, Humanities Division
Professor of Philosophy
Oxford College of Emory University
770-784-8369
e.c.tarver@emory.edu 
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Book time to meet with me
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
So many congrats Tara, I look forward to reading this!
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
In 2023, I was a Visiting Fellow at @antrelclaottawa.bsky.social. Got to experience the department as a world class center for our discipline (especially Late Antiquity). University management now wants to axe their honours programme. Please consider signing and sharing this petition for support:
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Save Greek and Latin at the University of Ottawa!
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Antiquité | Religions | Classics - Ottawa @antrelclaottawa.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Shocking news from uOttawa: Greek & Roman Studies closed to new students without consultation. Teaching of ancient languages to end. Open letter coming soon - follow for how you can help. #DefendClassicsUOttawa #Ottawa #AncientHistory #SaveHigherEd #HigherEdCuts #AncientGreek #Latin
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Clauss Slaby's website is super if you have a shred of text
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I haven't seen something specific about Harvard Classics, but this will presumably affect them: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for the next two years.
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Super news, Curtis! So many congratulations and I look forward to reading it!!
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
There is a lot of him to appreciate!
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
I would add that this is where companions shine - I might not read a stack of books on e.g. hoplite warfare, but I would hopefully read a recent contemporary companion article that could redirect me from repeating debunked, say, 1950s-isms about hoplite warfare
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Some fun with vocab teaching
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Darrel Janzen @dcjanzen.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Pleased to say an article I wrote on Plautus and social epistemology is coming out about a month! www.steiner-verlag.de/Forgetting-a...
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