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Manolis Pagkalos

@immanump.bsky.social
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Associate Professor in the Humanities, Zhejiang A&F University. Ancient History; Reception Studies; Numismatics; Epigraphy; Publishing Classical Studies & Humanities (Isegoria Publishing C.I.C). Try your best and make the World a better place... Think!

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Mattias De Backer @mattiasdebacker.bsky.social · 23h
We are hosting the second conference of "Criminological perspectives on Palestine" in Brussels between 31 March and 2 April. Abstract submissions until 31 January!
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Save Ancient Studies Alliance @saveancientstudies.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
➡️ For more on this course and to RSVP, see here: www.saveancientstudies.org/event-detail...
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SASA Master Class: Dragons and Griffins in Ancient Mesopotamia | Save Ancient Studies
Tuesday, 11am ET on July 21 Led by Jinyan Wang
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Save Ancient Studies Alliance @saveancientstudies.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
‼️ Last chance to RSVP! ✨ Beginning Tuesday, July 21st at 11 AM ET, join archaeologist Jinyan Wang for her course: Dragons and Griffins in Ancient Mesopotamia.
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De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Look whom we met in Maynooth, at the Celtic Conference in Classics (CCC): Christopher Farrell, co-editor of the Brill Companion to the Reception of Xenophon. The book is one of the highlights on our display table. www.degruyterbrill.com/.../isbn/978... brill.com/display/titl...
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Save Ancient Studies Alliance @saveancientstudies.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
📣 Our Virtual Conference is nearly here; learn more about our special session! 🎙️ We’re partnering with the Archaeology Podcast Network to bring you “Podcasting as Public Scholarship” during this year’s Virtual Conference!
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Save Ancient Studies Alliance @saveancientstudies.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
📣 Join us for Social Hour, at this year’s virtual conference! 👥 At the end of this year’s FREE Virtual Conference, “Opening the Ancient World: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Ancient Apparel”, stick around for social hour!
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Save Ancient Studies Alliance @saveancientstudies.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
📣 SASA’s “Fashion Forward: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Ancient Apparel”- a FREE virtual conference open to ALL! 🧵 We’re happy to introduce our first keynote speaker, Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones!
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Katherine Harloe @katherineharloe.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
In March 2026 the University of Exeter was boasting of its top 100 QS World Rankings status for arts and humanities. Now it is devastating the same areas with drastic cuts. Something is seriously wrong. Solidarity to all the excellent colleagues affected by this. news.exeter.ac.uk/university/e...
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Exeter records sweeping successes in QS World Rankings by Subject
The University of Exeter has recorded sweeping success in the latest prestigious international ranking, reflecting its strong teaching and research excellence. Exeter has recorded significant, double-...
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
French Resistance fighter and historian Marc Bloch, murdered by the Gestapo in 1944, is inducted into Panthéon in Paris.
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Manolis Pagkalos @immanump.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
New chapter out! "Stoic Echoes of Xenophon's Memorabilia in Stobaeus' Florilegium" (Ch. 9), co-authored with Dr @manos36.bsky.social (BFSU), in Brill's Companion to the Reception of Xenophon (2026). Proud to contribute to this volume on Classical & Reception Studies! #Xenophon #ClassicalStudies
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British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
@atticinscriptions.bsky.social publishes Attic Inscriptions in UK Collections 4.7, a volume by Peter Liddel and Polly Low. The new volume is available for free here: www.atticinscriptions.com/papers/aiuk-47
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Save Ancient Studies Alliance @saveancientstudies.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
🏛️ Persepolis could be considered the ultimate show-off project of its time. Designed by Darius the Great in 518 BCE, Persepolis required multiple construction phases. The first construction phase resulted in a large terrace, an audience hall, and a treasury.
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Save Ancient Studies Alliance @saveancientstudies.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
📚 How the Mighty Fall: led by Catherine Nuckols, Times TBA 📚 Between Night and Justice: led by Nurgul 📚 “The Land Where Phoebus Never Frowned” - led by John Hayden, Saturday 7pm ET on July 11, July 18, July 25 ➡️ RSVP: saveancientstudies.org/events #FREE #SummerReadingList #SummerReadingGroup
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The Open University Library @oulibrary.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Whether you’re a student, researcher, or use technology for work, improving on digital literacy can open a new world of opportunities. Being digital features FREE activities designed to develop your digital literacy skills – take a look 👉 ow.ly/3k3R50Z6567 #BeingDigital
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Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 03/06/2026
We don‘t have conference budgets, but we do have Copilot licences. Perhaps I should have Copilot create an AI agent version of me to give my papers.
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The Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire project @chreproject.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
📖 Newly published: B. Hellings, M. Spoerri Butcher (@gordien3a.bsky.social) and C. Howgego (eds), Roman Coin Hoards across Frontiers (Oxford, 2026). doi.org/10.1093/9780... An impressive amount of new evidence for our understanding of the reach of Rome and the connectivity of the ancient world!
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Roman Coin Hoards Across Frontiers
Abstract. The book presents an introduction and thirteen other chapters on the hoarding of Roman coin outside the Roman Empire from c. 30 bc to ad 518, and
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Sean Redmond @rdmond.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Philosophy, Classics, and History the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th least likely to use LLMs in publications. Take that, theologians!
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Dr Kate Cook @katexe.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Delighted to see that the Routledge Companion to Video Games and History now has a webpage and a cover! There will be an ebook (which given the length of this I imagine will be many people's preferred reading approach), it just doesn't show on the page yet. www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
Purple cover to book The Routledge Companion to Video Games and History, edited by Kate Cook, Robert Houghton and Chris Kempshall. Below the title is a screenshot from an old Civilisation game showing Caesar in 3980BC and some possible player actions. The cursor hovers over "move".
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
This came across my IG feed and it's too good to not share here
A pie chart labeled "benefits of staying in academia after PhD" where the categories are salary, wellness, stable mental health, and confidence for your future. They are each associated with a different color. The pie chart has four pieces of different sizes and colors. But the colors in the pie chart do not match the colors Associated with the four items supposedly being visualized here.
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Manolis Pagkalos @immanump.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Off to IHAC, Northeast Normal University for the 1st "The Afterlife in Antiquity" meeting! Theme: Cross-Cultural Perspectives. Presenting: "Remembered, Therefore Alive(?): The Multiple Afterlives of Honorific Inscriptions." Looking forward to the exchange! #IHAC #Epigraphy #Research #ZAFU
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 02/06/2026
@catgyoung.bsky.social www.npr.org/2026/06/01/n...
A cancer vaccine, using the same core mRNA technology as the COVID vaccine, has shown an almost 50% reduction in the risk of melanoma recurrence or death when combined with immunotherapy.  This is why we fund mRNA technology.
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Manolis Pagkalos @immanump.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Great two days at the 6th Forum of European Researchers in China (Beijing)! Strong exchanges, especially for Day 2's SSH session when 40 participants discussed academic output and collaboration. Special thanks to EURAXESS Coordinator for hosting, and the SSH group and speakers. #FERC2026
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Manolis Pagkalos @immanump.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Attending the 6th Forum of European Researchers in China (2026)! Another strong year for EU–China research ties. As Coordinator of the SSH Thematic Group, we are laying the groundwork and excited for what lies ahead. Details: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/ch... #EURAXESS #ResearchCollaboration
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
This is the current director of Pompeii. I could not be more furious and I believe he could not be more wrong. www.westernwheel.ca/weather-news...
The digital portrait was created using Al and photo-editing techniques designed to translate skeletal and archaeological data into a realistic human likeness.
'The vastness of archaeological data is now such that only with the help of artificial intelligence will we be able to adequately protect and enhance them. If used well, Al can contribute to a renewal of classical studies," Pompeii park director Gabriel Zuchtriegel said in a statement.
The project aims to make archaeological research more accessible and emotionally engaging for the public while maintaining a scientific foundation, researchers said.
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Hannah Čulík-Baird @opietasanimi.com · 25/04/2026
Manolis Pagkalos (@immanump.bsky.social), “Across the Vast Land and Over the Sea: The Experiences of a Member of the Academici Vagantes” #ResDiff7 youtu.be/xDTe-sgwFj0
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Res Diff 7: Manolis Pagkalos, “Across the Vast Land and Over the Sea"
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Manolis Pagkalos @immanump.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Join the HelleNET Seminar Series: Monday, 20 April 2026, 18:00-19:00-18  CET (Thursday, April 21st, 00:00-01:00 GMT+8) | Dr. Manolis Pagkalos (Zhejiang A&F University) | Dialectics of Power: Negotiating Political Change in Hellenistic Greece. Zoom Link (reoccurring): us06web.zoom.us/j/8230752475...
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Manolis Pagkalos @immanump.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Fresh publication (First View), in the Classical Review: Pagkalos, M. E. (2026). Kings, Codes and Rules of Engagement: Perspectives on Hellenistic Leadership. The Classical Review, First View, 1-7 | doi.org/10.1017/S000... #publication #Hellenistic #history #reviewarticle #hellenistickingship
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Helen Lovatt @helenlovatt.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
What I hope is that new generations of scholars with power will stay generous and supportive with younger scholars and students, but not feel entitled to cross that line. Plenty did: you can care about people without freaking them out. Pedagogy can be engaged without erotic tension.
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Liv Mariah Yarrow (pronounced "leave") @profyarrow.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
No paywall copy of the article in the Times about unwanted sexual advances by Simon Goldhill at Cambridge. Thank god students in 21st century report this shit and the universities take it seriously archive.ph/2026.04.09-1...
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Dr Christine Plastow @chrissieplastow.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Unsurprising, which makes me sad, because it indicates how whisper networks operate to try (and fail) to protect survivors without any actual consequences for perpetrators.
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Manolis Pagkalos @immanump.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
A great talk and discussion yesterday, with Prof. Angelos Chaniotis (IAS) in the HelleNET Scholars Talk. Prof. Chaniotis talked about 'Theatricality and Illusion in the Post-Classical World'. A great thank you to the audience's questions, Samantha Sink and the HelleNET community for hosting!
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Ancient History 101 Podcast @ancienthistory101.org · 06/04/2026
Coming up this week... Athens has lost the Peloponnesian War, and democracy is the greatest casualty. @roelkonijn.bsky.social guides us through what happened when a different system of government was installed, one that murdered its citizens and plundered their wealth... Tune in on Wednesday!
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Which Iranian sites have been damaged? An important new GIS DH project maps the historic & archaeological sites damaged (69+ so far) by US-Israeli strikes in Iran. heritagewatch.camelab.net The Society of Iranian Studies is working with the Center of Ancient Mediterranean Landscapes & EAMENA.
Interactive map of Iranian sites damaged in the war
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Manolis Pagkalos @immanump.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Join the HelleNET Scholars Talk: Wednesday, 8 April 2026, 17:00-18:30 CET (Thursday, April 9th, 01:00-02:30 GMT+8) |  Dr. Angelos Chaniotis, IAS: Theatricality and Illusion in the Post-Classical World | Chair: Dr. Manolis Pagkalos (Zhejiang A&F University) Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/j/8299546796...
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Manolis Pagkalos @immanump.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Now published fully: Pagkalos, M. E. (2026). In the Service of the Demos: Civic Religion and Politics in Early Hellenistic Athens. Intellectual History Review, 36(1), 29-52. doi.org/10.1080/1749... #publication #Hellenistic #history #HellenisticAthens
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Hannah Čulík-Baird @opietasanimi.com · 13/02/2026
- Keynote: Samuel Agbamu (@samagbamu.bsky.social), “The Battle for Births: Rethinking the Birth of Biopolitics” #ResDiff7
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Hannah Čulík-Baird @opietasanimi.com · 13/03/2026
now listening to Derek Cebrián Ocampo #ResDiff7 bsky.app/profile/opie...
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Hannah Čulík-Baird @opietasanimi.com · 13/03/2026
now listening to Manolis Pagkalos #ResDiff7 bsky.app/profile/opie...
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Manolis Pagkalos @immanump.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Very close to the event, so you can tune in! Res Difficiles: A Conference On Challenges and Pathways for Addressing Inequity In Classics. Co-organized: Hannah Čulík-Baird (UCLA) and Elke Nash (UNH). With support of the UCLA Division of Humanities. (​All times are US Pacific). #ResDiff7
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/02/2026
Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
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Manolis Pagkalos @immanump.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Fresh from Production, although online only for now: In the service of the Demos: civic religion and politics in early Hellenistic Athens: Intellectual History Review (Read Online) | Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #publication #Hellenistic #history #HellenisticAthens
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In the service of the Demos: civic religion and politics in early Hellenistic Athens
This paper examines the role of “civic” religion in shaping Athenian cultural identity during the early Hellenistic period, with a particular focus on how religion and symbolism were used to negoti...
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Marco Perale @mperale.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Interesting article by A. Hardwick on teaching the Iliad in translation at undergraduate level. Freely available in The Journal of Classics Teaching: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Iliad Translations in the Undergraduate Classroom | Journal of Classics Teaching | Cambridge Core
Iliad Translations in the Undergraduate Classroom - Volume 26 Issue 52
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The latest Pasts Imperfect is out! Medievalist & historian of race @profcwhit.bsky.social discusses NPS' removal of plaques documenting slavery in Philly 🔔 Then, the ceramics of Roberto Lugo, a new DH project on the artifacts of refugees, ancient world journals by @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & more
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Pasts Imperfect (2.5.26)
This week, medievalist and historian of race Cord J. Whitaker discusses the National Park Service's removal of an exhibit on American slavery at Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park. T...
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TweetLD @tweetld.art · 01/02/2026
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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Save Classics and Medieval Studies at the University of Calgary! - Sign the Petition! c.org/Qj5YXGkcRC via @CdnChange
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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
~70% of PHerc. 172 is now digitally unwrapped scrollprize.substack.com/p/70-of-pher...
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~70% of PHerc. 172 is now digitally unwrapped
Automatic unwrapping is starting to kick in
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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Dwelling on the Margins of Empire by Lisa Binkley considers histories of home from the margins, highlighting the perspectives of displaced, colonised, and disenfranchised groups in imperial and settler colonial contexts. Out now! bit.ly/4iGA0GO
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Richard Baker @bakerart.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Another Cambridge street painting. I think these old views of people dressed up and thronging the streets in celebration of their exams being over are a bit of an antidote to what's going on now (original sold a long time ago). Direct watercolour no predrawing. #art #watercolour #mayweek
Watercolour drawn direct with the brush showing Trinity Street, Cambridge during May Week. Sold a while ago.
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Manolis Pagkalos @immanump.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Day 2; SCS/AIA 2026 – the first full day of discussion. Solid sessions, covering a good range of topics both in Classics and Archaeology. The discussions during Q&A have been particularly engaging. Nice to be back in an academic setting, exchanging ideas with colleagues. #SCS #AIA #SanFrancisco
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