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William M. Barton

@krithemp.bsky.social
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Greek & Latin | Early modern literature | Uni Innsbruck | sometimes running | 📀

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William M. Barton @krithemp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In diesem Beitrag, habe ich mit einem Kollegen aus der Rechtstheorie zusammengearbeitet und formuliere eine literaturtheoretische Perspektive auf die Fragen rund um LLMs und Konzepte der Autorschaft u. des Werkes: Kelderer & Barton, “Subjekt, System, Zuschreibung” doi.org/10.33196/jur... #OpenAccess
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Subjekt, System, Zuschreibung: Zur Herausforderung des Werkbegriffs durch generative KI
Der Aufstieg generativer KI stellt das traditionelle Konzept der Urheberschaft und die bestehenden rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen in Frage. Im Mittelpu...
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Brepols @brepols.net · 25/09/2026
𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗝𝗲𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀 Eleftherios Despotakis More Info: bit.ly/4AypNVm #Historiography #History #Greek #Literature #Diaspora #Judaism
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Natasha Constantinidou @nconstantinidou.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
📢This Thursday! The first #EarlyModern Hellenism colloquium for this semester hosted by me and @hlamers.bsky.social ✨Anastasia Stylianou (warburginstitute.bsky.social) will discuss ‘Uncovering the Hidden Histories of England’s ‘Invisible’ Greeks, c.1450-1715' 📆 24 Sept, 15:00-16.00 CET Link below 👇
Image of the Greek Patriarch of Constantinople Kyrillos Loukaris (1572-1638)
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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Byzantium Beyond Byzantium: proceedings of the plenary sessions at the 25th International Congress of Byzantine Studies / Adrian C. Pirtea, Giulia Rossetto & Nikos Zagklas, eds. www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/themen-entde... @aieb-byzantium.bsky.social #openaccess
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Byzantium Beyond Byzantium
The volume contains the plenary papers delivered at the 25th International Congress of Byzantine Studies. The studies address multiple aspects of Byzantine history, culture, literature, archaeology, a...
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Antiquité | Religions | Classics - Ottawa @antrelclaottawa.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Reconsidering the Renaissance: Elizabeth I and Classical Persia buff.ly/ahke9Yh #ClassicalPersia #AncientHistory #RenaissanceHistory
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Reconsidering the Renaissance: Elizabeth I and Classical Persia « History# « Cambridge Core Blog
In the 1570s, Elizabeth I grappled with the question of whether to execute Mary, Queen of Scots. As she did so, she was urged to follow the compelling example of the Persian king Cyrus the Great. As…
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Australasian Classical Reception Studies Network (ACRSN) @acrsn.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
#classicalreception @ BMCR #review: Šime Demo on Llewelyn Morgan, Michael Lombardi-Nash, #Alaudae: the original #Latin text of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, with English translation and explanatory notes bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2026/2026.06...
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Alaudae: the original Latin text of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, with English translation and explanatory notes – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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Natasha Constantinidou @nconstantinidou.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
✨Lovely to be among great company @sarakbarker.bsky.social @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social @shantigraheli.bsky.social Arthur der Weduven, Chloe-Akers Brewer (of @universalstc.bsky.social) 📖The volume is entitled Multilingual Print in Early Modern Europe @dgb-mem.bsky.social #bookhistory
Cover of Multilingual Print in Early Modern Europe
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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
If you missed last week's excellent paper, here it goes! William Barton (@krithemp.bsky.social) •Byzantine Letters in Golden Age Spain. On Vicente Mariner’s Translation of Theophylact Achridensis’ Correspondence•
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TeTra | William Barton "Byzantine Letters in Golden Age Spain"
YouTube video by TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar
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William M. Barton @krithemp.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Excited to be talking to the Text and Transmission folks @tetraseminar.bsky.social next week on some Neo-Latin and New Ancient Greek engagement with Byzantine epistolary literature! 📜📝
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William M. Barton @krithemp.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
📣Check out the advertisement for a 3-year doctoral position (‘PreDoc’) in Neo-Latin studies as part of our Special Research Area in Innsbruck @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social: neolatin.eu/calls-for-ap... 📣 The position is part of the subproject on Catholic inculturation (neolatin.eu/sub-projects...)
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Calls for Applications - SRA Neo-Latin in the Modern World
Neo-Latin and the Newcomers: Catholic Inculturation(s)
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Dan Batovici @danbatovici.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
New job: Postdoc in Coptic Studies in Vienna. Join me and my colleagues in the ERC-CoG CLAIM project!
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Tuija Ainonen @tainonen.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Looking for Medieval Latin philologists: Postdoc specializing in Digital Philology in München job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/4...
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Postdoc specializing in Digital Philology (m/f/x)
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Paul Karras @paulkarras.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Ce week-end, visite de la magnifique exposition "Chypre à la BnF" au musée de la @labnf.bsky.social. Au menu : manuscrits, gravures et icônes exceptionnelles. À voir !
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Thomas Hendrickson @thomashendrickson.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
New open-access edition of Willetrudis "Verses about Susanna." Please share around if you know anyone interested in medieval Latin, women Latin authors, or the reception of Daniel 13. #medievalsky pixeliapublishing.org/book/willetr...
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Willetrudis. Verses about Susanna - Pixelia Publishing
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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies Vol. 50, No. 1 (2026) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org @hlamers.bsky.social @krithemp.bsky.social
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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
"The cooperative governance of artificial intelligence: The case of READ‑COOP’s Transkribus platform" by Morshed Mannan, Simon Pek and Vangelis Papadimitropoulos (2026). In Global Cooperative Economics and Movements (pp. 399-424). Routledge. www.routledge.com/Global-Coope...
The cooperative governance of artificial intelligence. The case of READ-COOP's Transkribus platform
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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
TT position at the IKGA in Vienna: Until 15.5.2026, applications can be submitted for a position as Principal Researcher w tenure option in Premodern Japanese Studies with a Focus on Buddhism. Apply here: oeawnr.onlyfy.jobs/job/rb4ev257 Perhaps @jamesabenn.bsky.social will know interested ppl? 1/2
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Principal Researcher (f/m/x) with Tenure Option - Japanese Studies
OeAW - Discovering the futureAs a central non-university institution for science and research, the Austrian Academy of Sciences - OeAW has the task of "promoting science in every respect". F...
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FALTER. Die Wochenzeitung aus Wien @falter.at · 08/04/2026
Der britische Comedian und Autor nahm als Nachfahre verfolgter Wiener Juden die österreichische Staatsbürgerschaft an. Ein Gespräch von @tessaszy.bsky.social​ über die Gründe dafür, über englischen Humor und jüdische Witze ↓
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Stephen Fry im Interview: Warum er trotz der Nazi-Gräuel Österreicher wurde
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Kathleen Commons @kabcommons.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Really pleased to share my (open access!) article on immigration control in early modern England, feat. rights-bearing subjects, rightsless migrants, and experiments in immigration control
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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Come join us on Wednesday 8 April 10 AM (note the different time from usual) for a paper on corrections in Greek and Latin literature by @dareiadareia.bsky.social (KULeuven). If you are not yet on our mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link!
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Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) @csmc-hamburg.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Computational paleography has become a key meeting ground for the humanities and computer science. We are delighted to offer workshop at this year’s #ICDAR2026 conference to showcase the latest developments in this dynamic field. CfP is open until 22 May!
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IWCP 2026
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Australasian Classical Reception Studies Network (ACRSN) @acrsn.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
March 26 online (4pm CET) NeoClassica: Texts & Perspectives from the Early Modern Classical Tradition seminar - The Classical Past in Early Modern Political and Historiographic Discourse - with Marianne Pade, Nicoletta Bruno, Paul White, Edward Wilson-Lee. www.facebook.com/prolepsis.as...
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Natasha Constantinidou @nconstantinidou.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
#earlymodern #skystorians #reformazing #classicalreception
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SNLS @neolatinsociety.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Join us online on 20 March for our next Postgrad and ECR Scholars Event! See flyer for programme and details of registration.
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The CLAIM & GenAut Projects @receptionmatters.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Brief presentation of the project by Dan Batovici for AIEP/IAPS, with a preview of the ERC CoG CLAIM project that will start in September. Many thanks Lavinia Cerioni for the kind invitation! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMCo...
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"Generative Authority" and "Secondary Pseudoepigraphy"
YouTube video by AIEP-IAPS
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imsforth.bsky.social @imsforth.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Το Institute for Mediterranean Studies - FORTH ανακοινώνει την πρόσφατη δημοσίευση του 8ου τόμου των Working Papers του προγράμματος "Ιστορία Μαύρης Θάλασσας" του Center of Maritime History: Ο τόμος είναι ανοιχτής πρόσβασης στους συνδέσμους www.ims.forth.gr/el/publicati... και books.blacksea.gr
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Natasha F. @natashaf.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Job alert! Our research focus area in Ancient Texts: Text, Context, and Reception has a vacancy for a postdoctoral research fellow position. Classics, Ancient Greek, Latin, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Semitic Languages... All are welcome! nwu.ci.hr/applicant/in...
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North West University | View - POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP - Research Focus Area, Ancient Texts: Text, Context and Reception
Join Our Team: POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP - Research Focus Area, Ancient Texts: Text, Context and Reception Opportunity at North West University Looking for a rewarding career? Ex...
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Brepols @brepols.net · 02/03/2026
𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 #𝟳 Clavis Clavium (ClaCla) The go-to database to access Late Antique and Medieval Christian literature Read Newsletter: bit.ly/3MPmLbx #OpenAccess #Classics #Medieval #ChristianLiterature #Byzantium #MedievalSky #ClassicsSky #Database
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William M. Barton @krithemp.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Das Certamen Tiro­lense Lati­num et Grae­cum fand am 26.02.2026 wie­der an der @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social statt. Die besten Latein- und Griechisch-Schüler:innen Tirols waren an der Uni zu Gast, um sich in den klassischen Sprachen zu messen. www.uibk.ac.at/de/newsroom/...
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Certamen Tirolense Latinum et Graecum wieder an der Uni
Am 23. Februar waren die besten Latein- und Griechisch-Schüler:innen des Landes wieder zu Gast an der Universität, um sich in den Klassischen Sprachen zu messen. Der Gesamttiroler Wettbewerb, der von ...
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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Job! A 21-month postdoc at Birmingham on French-language print publications in England to 1685 led by the marvellous team of Peter Auger and Suzanne Jones. International applicants are welcome and Birmingham can support a visa application where required. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQN896/r...
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Research Fellow (French-Language Print Publications in England to 1685) at University of Birmingham
An academic position as a Research Fellow (French-Language Print Publications in England to 1685) is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job ...
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William M. Barton @krithemp.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Latest issue from IJCT, with a contribution from LAGOOS Project team member Chiara Telesca on Hase’s trip to Algeria in 1839. The evidence for this trip is drawn directly from the scholar’s secret Greek diary. www.lagoos.org
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LAGOOS [λαγωoς]
A Life in Ancient Greek: The Secret Diary of Karl Benedikt Hase (1780–1864)
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Antiquité | Religions | Classics - Ottawa @antrelclaottawa.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Antiquité grecque et romaine à l'UOttawa est le SEUL programme en Ontario où l'on peut étudier le grec ancien et le latin en français. L'université l'a re-suspendu. Les franco-ontarien·ne·s n'ont plus AUCUN accès aux langues classiques en français. #SOSÉtudesAnciennes #ONfr #uOttawa buff.ly/UtgW0vq
Un panneau extérieur rouge de l’Université d’Ottawa se dresse parmi des arbustes verts et des fleurs rouges. Le panneau présente le logo de l’université—un bâtiment stylisé avec des colonnes—ainsi que le texte « Université d’Ottawa » et « uOttawa ».
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Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften @oeaw.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Nicht verpassen! #ÖAW-Forscherin Krystina Kubina über die Rolle der Hagia Sophia im alltäglichen Leben der Menschen. @imafo-oeaw.bsky.social
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
📷 A Coffee House in Salonica (Thessaloniki, Greece), 1900s #cafe
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SNLS @neolatinsociety.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
📜 Neo-Latin Call for Papers 📜 Proposals are now being accepted for the 26th annual NeoLatina Conference, to be held in Innsbruck on 24-25 September 2026! See attached flyer for more details and share to fellow Neo-Latinists!
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École française d’Athènes @efathenes.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
See you tonight!
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William M. Barton @krithemp.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Latein kürzen? Nicht mit uns! 🏛️💥 youtube.com/shorts/RaFFR... Ein Video der Gesellschaft für Klassische Philologie Innsbruck zum Erhalt der 12 Jahreswochenstunden Latein in der AHS-Oberstufe mit Stimmen aus Schule, Universität und Politik. Bitte anschauen und weiterleiten!📚🌐
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Latein in der AHS kürzen? Nicht mit uns! | Zur Bildungsreform von Minister Wiederkehr
YouTube video by Gesellschaft für Klassische Philologie Innsbruck
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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Humanistica Lovaniensia Vol. 74 (2025) poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?... #openaccess @peeterspublishers.bsky.social @adendros.bsky.social @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social
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Raf Van Rooy @adendros.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
📣 Publication alert 📣 The 2025 volume of HL is out. You can access the OA volume through the link below. It features a thematic section on ‘Lovanium’ in the frame of the university’s sexcentenary alongside regular articles spanning 6 centuries of Neolatinitas. poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?...
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PEETERS ONLINE JOURNALS
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William M. Barton @krithemp.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
If you’re concerned about the planned reduction of Latin at Austrian schools, please consider signing this petition addressed to Bundesminister Wiederkehr: Latein & Altgriechisch sind keine „toten Sprachen“: mein.aufstehn.at/petitions/la...
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Jetzt unterzeichnen: Latein ist kein Luxus - es ist Bildung
Das Bildungsministerium plant Latein durch KI-Bildung zu ersetzen. Wer Latein aus den Schulen streicht, schwächt Bildung und kritisches Denken.
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MarineLives @marinelives.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Launching the ottoman-archive GitHub organisation for all historians and linguists interested in learning about a world culture where only 10,000 people can now read its written records github.com/ottoman-arch... @ottomanhistory.bsky.social
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ottoman-archive
ottoman-archive has one repository available. Follow their code on GitHub.
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William M. Barton @krithemp.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
If you’re concerned about the planned reduction of Latin at Austrian schools, please consider signing this petition addressed to Bundesminister Wiederkehr: Latein & Altgriechisch sind keine „toten Sprachen“: mein.aufstehn.at/petitions/la...
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Jetzt unterzeichnen: Latein ist kein Luxus - es ist Bildung
Das Bildungsministerium plant Latein durch KI-Bildung zu ersetzen. Wer Latein aus den Schulen streicht, schwächt Bildung und kritisches Denken.
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Patrick J. Burns @diyclassics.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Announcing—LatinCy Readers v.1.0.2, i.e. LatinCy-powered corpus readers for Latin text collections. Quickly get sentences, lines, words annotated for lemma, POS, morphology, NER, etc. Supporting .txt, .xml, .tess, .conllu, and more. github.com/diyclassics/... #digiclass #nlproc
LatinCy Readers logo
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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
A new episode of Byzantium & Friends: The Classical Near East, with Kevin van Bladel www.medievalists.net/2026/01/the-... #history #NearEast
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The Classical Near East, with Kevin van Bladel - Medievalists.net
A conversation with Kevin van Bladel on his proposal regarding “The Classical Near East,” a constellation of fields defined by the classical literary…
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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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Marco Perale @mperale.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Very pleased to announce that The Classical Quarterly 75.1 (2025) has now been published. It contains 36 articles and 9 shorter notes. It can be accessed here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar @tetraseminar.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
We are excited to host Samet Budak (Princeton) next Thursday 29 January at 5PM CET (note the unusual timeslot!). The topic of his paper is Greek translations in the early Ottoman period! If you are not yet on our mailing list, please register w/ @andyhilkens.bsky.social to receive the Zoom link.
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Kate Astbury @100days1815.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
An important intervention in the House of Lords by Baronness Coussins on the sustainability of language learning in the UK: www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=20...
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Schools and Universities: Language Learning - Motion to Take Note
– in the House of Lords at 3:37 pm 8 January 2026
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Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.com · 07/01/2026
I spent Christmas thinking about Greco-Bactrian kings and Greek texts in Nubia, and now you can too! If you'd welcome some distraction from Armageddon, here's my January mega-post, all about the Greek language's life beyond Europe. dannybate.com/2026/01/06/g...
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Greek, the Asian and African Language
Just as the borders of Europe are geographically, politically and socially fuzzy, so too are its linguistic edges. Whatever lines of demarcation we care to draw, the many flavours of speech to be h…
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History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
📜 Pages from the Childhood Notebook of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II (the Conqueror), c. 1440 (Ages 7–10) The pages contain the Greek alphabet written by his tutor, alongside his own experimental imperial tughra designs, the Arabic alphabet, as well as various human and animal portraits. #15thCentury
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