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Dr Jack Lennon

@drjacklennon.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Ancient History at the University of Leicester. Research on Roman religion, magic, dirt/dirtiness, stigma, and marginalisation. Always happy to get involved with public-facing history projects and to talk about Roman dirt!

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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Decades of mechanistic talk about university degrees as if they were bundles of 'skills' and 'prep' are about to be proved completely wrong (obviously). Want to get a real boost? Do History or English.
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Dan Stewart @drdanstewart1.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Please share: we have a Teaching Fellow in Roman History post available! I want to be up front: 0.4 FTE for basically 10 months. We know what that means, but we are supportive, friendly & not cruel taskmasters. Applications close June 30. Full advert here: jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/11....
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Teaching Fellow in Roman History in Leicester | University of Leicester Recruitment Team
View details and apply for this Teaching Fellow in Roman History vacancy in Leicester. An exciting new post has arisen for a Teaching Fellow in Roman History to join the University of Leicester...
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Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
👀 www.cnbc.com/2025/05/16/c...
“Even so, demand for humanities majors is on the rise, and with good reason.

“At a conference last year, Robert Goldstein, the chief operating officer of BlackRock, the world’s biggest money manager, said the firm was adjusting its hiring strategy for recent grads. “We have more and more conviction that we need people who majored in history, in English, and things that have nothing to do with finance or technology,” Goldstein said.

“This demand for liberal arts degrees is due in part to the rise of artificial intelligence, which drives the need for creative thinking and so-called soft skills.”
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Dr Jack Lennon @drjacklennon.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Very sad to hear of the passing of Prof. John North. A phenomenal historian and wonderfully supportive colleague. 25 years after its publication, his little book on Roman religion remains *the* best introduction to the subject. He will be missed by so many.
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Dr Jack Lennon @drjacklennon.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
I appear to have turned 40. No idea how that happened!
A cartoon of a very old mam with thick glasses talking about his age
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
“The God-Emperor would like a 9,495th term. And also a cheeseburger” From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
If it refuses to share eggs with anybody else, a goose that lays golden eggs is absolutely worthless. www.cityam.com/james-dyson-...
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James Dyson: Reeves' inheritance tax hike 'is killing the geese that lay golden eggs'
Dyson hit out at Chancellor Reeves, saying she will "kill off" British family businesses with a "vindictive" budget and tax hikes.
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Dr Crom @doccrom.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
I've said it before and I'll say it again... Not only is this pulling of support for Latin in the maintained sector bloody stupid and short-sighted, but also the timing of it seems needlessly cruel.
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Dr Jack Lennon @drjacklennon.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
The teaching term starts tomorrow. I'm so glad I still get excited about this! Looking forward to introducing my final year students to Justinian and my first years to Pliny.
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Dr Jack Lennon @drjacklennon.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Want to see Agathias in a whole new (unclean) light? Of course you do! My new article, 'The role of pollution in Agathias's Histories', co-written with my old friend Nick Wilshere, is out now in the new volume of Dumbarton Oaks Papers. www.dopapers.org/for-readers/...
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Volume 78 (2024)
All of the articles in Dumbarton Oaks Papers 78 (2024).
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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
🏺 British Academy & heritage orgs push for archaeology in UK schools! Prof Collins: "It bridges STEM & humanities while teaching crucial skills." Heritage sector's £15.3B impact shows growing career opportunities. Proposal includes new modules & assessment frameworks 🔍📚 #Education #Heritage #UKNews
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British Academy Calls for Greater Role of Archaeology in School Curriculum
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School of Archaeology & Ancient History, University of Leicester @archanchistleic.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
🍿 Prepare the popcorn. SAAH is going to be Time Team famous! 🔥Get cosy and tune in at 7pm tonight on YouTube to find out more about the short film we've been making with @timeteam.bsky.social about our first year fieldschool excavating a Roman villa last May. 🎥: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTCK...
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X-RAY DISCOVERIES | TUNNEL VISION | Time Team News | + Corfe Castle & 'X Marks the Spot'
YouTube video by Time Team Official
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School of Archaeology & Ancient History, University of Leicester @archanchistleic.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
📢Job Klaxon! We're recruiting a zooarchaeologist and a database officer for a new AHRC project “Many New Worlds” working with Alice Samson, Roberto Valcarcel & Jago Cooper. Closing date January 6th. Email Alice (avms1@le.ac.uk) for info. jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/11... jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/11...
Pottery adorno from Mona Island, Puerto Rico, Caribbean
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Dr Jack Lennon @drjacklennon.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Want to see Agathias in a whole new (unclean) light? Of course you do! My new article, 'The role of pollution in Agathias's Histories', co-written with my old friend Nick Wilshere, is out now in the new volume of Dumbarton Oaks Papers. www.dopapers.org/for-readers/...
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Volume 78 (2024)
All of the articles in Dumbarton Oaks Papers 78 (2024).
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School of Archaeology & Ancient History, University of Leicester @archanchistleic.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
🎉Our very own Kathryn Tempest was today elected Chair of the Council of University Classical Departments.🎉 🔎Her current research focuses on a collection of letters attributed to Marcus Brutus & if she could travel back in time she'd go to Tarsus in 41BC to hang out with Antony and #Cleopatra!
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FGLIF - First-Generation Low Income Federation @fglif.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Hello! We are the First-Generation Low-Income Federation, a @scsclassics.bsky.social affiliated group! Can you help us find our friends here on Blue Sky? AncientBluesky
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
I feel seen
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Jane Sancinito @janesancinito.bsky.social · 16/08/2023
The proofs have come! The Reputation of the Roman Merchant is coming January 2024!
Mostly blue-gray book cover. Title reads “The Reputation of the Roman Merchant” above an image of a Roman funerary relief of a wool worker, below “Jane Sancinito.”
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Dr Jack Lennon @drjacklennon.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
With all the praise/criticism of Gladiator II going around, I still can't believe nobody has done a really good tv series set in the reign of Justinian. I'm sure someone's pitching it somewhere, but I have such a great idea for how to do it!
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Hannah Čulík-Baird @opietasanimi.com · 31/01/2024
sometimes I feel like lecturing is the time I come closest to true mindfulness or meditation. sometimes something just takes over and my own consciousness seems to be set aside while it happens
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