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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

A #CreativeWriting & #History 🧵 Yesterday I gave a seminar at the University of Suffolk on "Life-writing as History-writing", looking at historians who have used memoir as a way of writing history, & the relationships between (auto)biography, family history, creative nonfiction, memoir, etc. 1/9

A PowerPoint slide. On the left is the text: "Life-writing as History-writing. Dr Elizabeth Boyle, Maynooth University, elizabeth.boyle@mu.ie. Humanities Seminar, University of Suffolk, 24 January 2025." On the right is a generic image of a birdseye's view of a wooden desk or table with a computer keyboard, a notebook and pen, a plant, a cup of black coffee, and some paperclips.

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qmackie @qmackie.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

For #mosaicmonday 🏺 St Vincent of Saragossa rushing to the gridiron to be martyred, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna. My late mother Gillian wrote a seminal re-interpretation of this work, challenging the long-standing orthodoxy it represented St Lawrence. drive.google.com/file/d/1n-EK...

Colourful blue and red mosaic within an arched space showing a man with a halo dressed in flowing white robes running towards a flaming gridiron where he will be martyred for his Christian faith.

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ljredux @ljredux.com · 30/08/2024

A stunning fresco from the House of Sirico, Pompeii, showing Aeneas being treated by Iapyx as described in Virgil’s Aeneid. His tearful son Ascanius—who would become the first King of Alba Longa—at his side. You can see this today at the Archaeological Museum of Naples. #FrescoFriday #AncientBlueSky

Iapyx removing an arrowhead from the leg of Aeneas, with Aeneas's son, Ascanius, crying beside him. Antique fresco from Pompeii.

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 01/04/2024

Marlborough Mound is 19 meters high and was built in 2400 BC. It's often referred to as Silbury Hill's little sister and is located within the grounds of Marlborough College. Legend has it, this was the final resting place of Merlin, and was once called Maerla’s Barrow. 🧙‍♂️

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 10/02/2024

#MedievalSky: if you'll be at the Medieval Academy (#MAA2024) meeting in March, do make a note that I'll be doing a lightning round presentation on my new teaching module on the Black Death/2nd Plague Pandemic. 1:30pm 03/16. Can't make the presentation? Grab me at coffee time for details.

An outline of the *History for the 21st Century* (H21) module on the Black Death (2nd Plague Pandemic). A quick presentation about the project will be made at the Medieval Academy of America meeting at Notre Dame University, 16 March 2024.

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

“If you haven’t got anything nice to say about anyone, come and sit here by me.” -- Alice Roosevelt Longworth (who had it needlepointed onto a pillow) 1st c. CE Roman fresco fragment with two women. #GettyVilla (96.AG.302). 📸 my own 🏺

Small fresco fragment with two women. The one in the foreground is looking downwards with a smile on her face, and the other one faces towards her and appears to have just said something, or is perhaps gazing at her with love. Mother and daughter, lovers, friends?

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Helen McVeigh @helenmcveigh.bsky.social · 07/01/2024

Excavations in a cricket club in Carlisle, north-west England, revealed an Imperial Bath House, built for Septimius Severus while he was in the city around 200 AD. 34 tiles with the letters IMP suggest the bath house was built for the emperor. 📸 Dot Boughton 🏺 Ancientbluesky

Large tile with the letters IMP engraved upon it.

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Kim Fowler @drkimfowler.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

I'm really looking forward to speaking about women in 'Gnostic' Christian traditions as part of a day of talks at Southwark Cathedral on 2 March next year. Also featuring @kateantiquity.bsky.social, Helen Bond, and Sara Parvis. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-voi...

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Women's Voices in Early Christianity - A Day of Talks

Uncover untold stories of women in early Christianity at our in-person event on 2 March, 2024 - a day filled with enlightening talks!

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And-Boo 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

well hello *Gospel Thrillers* in the new books column of HARPERS MAGAZINE (!!!!!! ad. inf.) harpers.org/archive/2023... (that URL is awesome)

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New Books, by Dan Piepenbring

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Kate Cooper @kateantiquity.bsky.social · 19/11/2023

Such a pleasure to join a virtual almost-conversation on the Augustine Blog, thinking about Monnica in Book 9 of the Confessions. Also: three cheers for whoever chose this window to evoke the Ostia vision - an inspired choice! augustineblog.com/the-voice-of...

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The Voice of Monnica

Kate Cooper on Monnica's stories and the story of Monnica

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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

Bit of an odd story this one - the main analysis says women don't use AI because they lack STEM skills, confidence and value in the workplace. Yet the anecdotes suggest that women excel at communication, whether writing or interpersonal, and can spot ChatGPT's flaws www.bbc.co.uk/news/busines...

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Why are fewer women using AI than men?

The use of artificial intelligence appears to have a significant gender imbalance.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

What's some amazing phrase-ology that you first saw on social media and now use all the time in real life? I'll go first: "Normal to want and possible to achieve"

Screenshot of a tumblr post that reads "getting a good grade in crab is normal to want and possible to achieve" related to finding a horseshoe crab with a scientific tag on it

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Excavations underneath Basilica San Giovanni in Laterano (Rome) revealed vivid fresco in what were 2nd c. CE elite houses, followed by a complex sequence of spatial reuse and rebuilding ending up with the first ever cathedral. 🏺 ClassicsBlueSky

An archaeologist guiding a group of people wearing masks in a series of ancient Roman structures

An ancient Roman coloured fresco partially preserved of a person sitting

An ancient Roman coloured fresco partially preserved on a fragmentary wall

An ancient Roman coloured fresco partially preserved on a ruined wall with people standing in front of it wearing masks

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Dr Sophie Hay @pompei79.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

Almost too many fine details to digest. The flowing garments of the floating figure, the serenity and luminosity of the figures against the black background, the delicate greenery of the tree What it must have been like to live with these decorations... Villa San Marco, Stabiae

A floating female figure seemingly dashing across deep yellow ochre background; her white and purple garment flowing as she does. Her right arm is extended outwards and her left carries a torch

A black background with a red pointed arch framing a female figure in white and red garments. She holds a golden platter.

A nude male figure draped in a purple-brown shawl extends his left out outwards. He stands framed by a red arch against a black background decorated with a delicate band of vegetation and other decorative borders. In the register above him are a white and a red panel divided by a glowing golden column

A view in a fresco looking over a garden fence with two star-cross gates with a tree behind. The branches are thick but spindly at their ends and the greenery is a series of delicate fronds.

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Eric Poehler @epoehler.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

I'm writing up the final report of our (with @sebhth.bsky.social) Pompeii Artistic Landscape Project (PALP) - generously funded by a Getty Foundation's Digital Art History Grant - so I thought maybe I can share some of the results of that work to get started on here.

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 08/09/2023

"📢📢In partnership with the journal Early Medieval Europe, the British School at Rome is pleased to announce the BSR/Early Medieval Europe Fellowship 📢📢" bsr.ac.uk/bsr-early-me...

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BSR/Early Medieval Europe Fellowship – bsr.ac.uk

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Johannes Bernhardt @jobernha.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Many thanks to @kateantiquity.bsky.social antiquity.bsky.social for sending me a code and giving me access to this new adventure!

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

Listening to @kateantiquity.bsky.social talking about Augustine and his family, in particular his mother Monnica.

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Kate Cooper @kateantiquity.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

Happy St Thekla’s Day to all who celebrate! 💓

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

John Rylands Research Library & Institute, Manchester, England explores slavery in its history and its funding (20 September 2023-23 March 2024): www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/visi...

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Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social · 19/09/2023

Please RT if you are interested in history/heritage! I need to find my people 🖤

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Isabel Köster @iotasubscript.bsky.social · 18/09/2023

Call for Papers, Association of Ancient Historians 2024 meeting www.aah2024.org/home

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 26/07/2023

I'm reminded of the way that towns are rendered on Trajan's Column, and the fantasy town backgrounds in the cubiculum fresco from the villa of P. Fannius Synistor (Met Museum, below). Photos of the fresco: my own Photo of Trajan's Column: Steven Zucker, Smarthistory (edited)

Part of the cubiculum (bedroom) fresco from the villa of P. Fannius Synistor in Boscoreale, which was buried in the same Vesuvian eruption as Pompeii. This shows a fantasy town in the background, seemingly using several points of perspective, one building on top of another. They're painted beautifully - yellow walls, red and pink covered balconies, and a light red public building with many columns at the top of everything. A red lacquered column with gems and gilded bronze vines is next to this scene, and a tragedy mask hangs over it all.

The right side of the same wall, almost an exact reverse of the town scene on the left side. The same type of shrine is in the foreground, with a golden statue of Hecate in front, and golden gates leading into the inner sanctum.

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Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 16/09/2023

Now this is the kind of tabloid I can get behind

A picture of a magazine called UNSOLVED MYSTERIES

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Flora 🏺 Ancient History Art @flaroh.bsky.social · 14/09/2023

Hiya everyone! I'm Flora, a freelance artist specialising in vibrant illustrations of the ancient Mediterranean world 🏺🏛️🌞 I'm still building up my audience here, so any shares are greatly appreciated 🧡🧡🧡

art by flaroh illustration. A mock book cover of the iliad done in reds and teals

art by flaroh illustration. a study of the roman marine mosaic from pompeii featuring a variety of fishes and an octopus

Art by flaroh illustration. Medea stands in a dynamic pose, left hand holding a dagger swung infront of her face, and her right hand holds the bloody hand of her child. Around her is blue, pink, and green magical smoke. She is dressed in an orange chiton with a sheer long sleeve white top underneath. Her hair is dark purple and she wears gold jewelry. her expression is both one of rage and maniacal pleasure. Behind her is a red snake-like dragon with a deep purple crest. Its mouth is open showing a green tongue and bright teeth. it curves in an S shape behind her.

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Robert Paulett @robertpaulett.bsky.social · 16/09/2023

I asked one of the founders of my wife’s company why they liked working with historians and nothing in The Discourse to date has better captured what it was about the work itself that drew me in as an 18 year old.

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Kate Cooper @kateantiquity.bsky.social · 16/09/2023

In the US, the number of jobs for historians of the pre-modern world has fallen precipitously, even though students remain interested in the subject. How can we reverse the trend?

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Candace Robb @candacerobbauthor.bsky.social · 08/09/2023

Rereading Roberta Gilchrist's Medieval Life: Archaeology and the Life Course (so rich with detail) before bed. In my dreams people wore shoes gorgeously embroidered with fantastical birds & vines. Look for them in the next Owen Archer. 😍

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Maia Kotrosits @maiakotro.bsky.social · 12/09/2023

Looking forward to visiting @egsaba.bsky.social ‘s and Pamela Klassen’s classes this Fall to talk about my book, Theory, History, and the Study of Religion in Late Antiquity. If you are also teaching it this year and you want me to zoom in, get in touch. www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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Theory, History, and the Study of Religion in Late Antiquity

Cambridge Core - Religion: General Interest - Theory, History, and the Study of Religion in Late Antiquity

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Lieke Smits @elckerlieke.bsky.social · 12/09/2023

I can buy myself towers Saint Barbara, ca. 1450, National Gallery of Art Washington, 1943.3.585. Medievalsky

Medieval coloured woodcut of Saint Barbara standing and holding a tower.

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Kate Cooper @kateantiquity.bsky.social · 11/09/2023

Many lovely reading suggestions on this thread! But just the tip of the iceberg! I would add Pat Barker, The Silence of the Girls; would love to hear other suggestions!

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 08/09/2023

For #FrescoFriday a glimpse into Terrace House 2 at #Ephesus, Turkey. The luxurious residential complex from the #Roman period was built on a slope, that had been terraced. It consists of seven separate dwellings. Foto: Bob Fosbury via Flickr

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Dr Jane Draycott @handle.invalid · 08/09/2023

I’m very excited to have Bettany Hughes’ long-waited new tome to crack open this weekend! Thanks Maddy at W&N.

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Bettany Hughes proof copy.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 05/09/2023

An amazing #Roman gold fibula (brooch) carrying the Latin inscription VTERE FELIX - use this happily, one of the most common inscriptions on Roman finger rings and fibulae. From Ostrovany, Slovakia. Dating late 3rd century AD Photo: KHM Wien

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 01/09/2023

Beowulf taps into the primal human of fear of defeating someone in combat and then being forced to fight their mom

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Jens Notroff @jensnotroff.com · 24/08/2023

Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Those who prevent history from being taught intend to repeat it.

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οὐ φροντὶς - Tim Goodwin @ouphrontis.bsky.social · 27/08/2023

University student here: Please *do* tell us about your new work. I follow many people whose work interests me, and sometimes is relevant to my studies, and I like hearing their latest. Also I love seeing people being proud of their work.

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m. r. sauter @oddletters.bsky.social · 05/08/2023

barbie is the new pope

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