Reposted by Linda GosnerSociety for Classical Studies @scsclassics.bsky.social · 13/05/2026The SCS has signed onto @historians.org's statement opposing new Texas Tech University Course Content Guidelines which prohibit content related to “Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity” in core and undergraduate classes, without defining those terms. Read more: www.historians.org/news/aha-opp... 24518
Linda Gosner @lgosner.bsky.social · 15/04/2026I’ve seen a lot of slightly wrong ideas about Texas Tech on here. What people need to understand is that this is an R1 public university, not a random rural technical college. This is an experiment to see how far policies can be pushed, and then replicated nationally at similar institutions. 1114
Reposted by Linda GosnerLizzie Hoelscher @ehoelscher.bsky.social · 10/04/2026TTU just released a memo institutionalizing censorship. As a grad student researching gender minority mental health and suicide prevention at TTU, I see this as an attack on academic integrity & professional readiness. Sharing some/a lot of thoughts as I make sense of this mess🧵(opinions my own)texastribune.orgTexas Tech System cancels programs focused on gender, orientationChancellor Brandon Creighton directed provosts to phase out the programs and ordered universities to recognize only “two human sexes.” 164
Reposted by Linda GosnerCambridge University Press - Archaeology @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org · 19/02/2026The Paper of the Month from Journal of Roman Archaeology is "Lead exposure in the Roman Empire: a review of the written, material, and bioarchaeological evidence" by Rachel M. L. Simpson and Sandra J. Garvie-Lok, available #openaccess! 📚 cup.org/470uABQ #Archaeology #PaperOfTheMonth 0269
Linda Gosner @lgosner.bsky.social · 13/02/2026New arrival: New Approaches in Archaeology 6 @brepols.net! This one is about traditions of teaching archaeology in Europe. I learned so much reading it! @rosiebonte.bsky.social 141
Linda Gosner @lgosner.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Last chance to take this important survey on archaeological fieldwork and caregiving responsibilities from the Archaeological Institute of America.surveymonkey.comFieldwork and Families: Survey for Caregivers in ArchaeologyTake this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free. 001
Reposted by Linda GosnerMineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 02/11/2025With ONE DAY until #OreCup, we got into the gritty details of what is a mineral, what is an ore, and what is an ore mineral. Check out the definitions at the bottom of the About page below the bracket: www.mineralcup.org/about-ore-cupmineralcup.orgAbout Ore Cup — Mineral CupMineral Cup is partnering with the International Mineral Association to bring you the first-ever Ore Cup, a mini-cup of entirely ore minerals. Your votes will decide the IMA’s official Ore Mineral of… 23213
Linda Gosner @lgosner.bsky.social · 29/10/2025🚨🚨TT job in Greek or Roman Art History at Temple, specialty in archaeology and/or emerging technologies and ethical issues related to collections. 🚨 🚨 tyler.temple.edu/about-tyler/... #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics 🏺tyler.temple.eduFaculty Openings 143
Linda Gosner @lgosner.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Celebrating the arrival of a dear friend’s new book: The Comedy of Computation by Ben Mangrum! Check it out at Stanford UP: www.sup.org/books/litera... 020
Linda Gosner @lgosner.bsky.social · 16/07/2025The internet was made for threads like this ❤️. Here are my mining spoons. The one on the left is from Nome, Alaska. 1141
Reposted by Linda GosnerAmerican Council of Learned Societies @acls1919.bsky.social · 06/05/2025📣Town Hall: Defending Anthropology @americananthro.bsky.social ACLS President Joy Connolly will be part of a panel discussion on the growing challenges facing #anthropology departments nationwide, from closures to threats to #academicfreedom. 📅May 6, 3-5 PM ET Register: bit.ly/4jTnZx2bit.lyDefending Anthropology: Strategies for Sustaining Our Departments - The American Anthropological AssociationAnthropology departments across the country are facing unprecedented challenges—from budget-driven closures and mergers to increasing threats to academic freedom. Now more than ever, faculty, students... 021
Reposted by Linda GosnerAmerican Council of Learned Societies @acls1919.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Today ACLS, AHA, and MLA filed a lawsuit in federal district court seeking to reverse the recent actions to devastate the National Endowment for the Humanities, including the elimination of grant programs, staff, and entire divisions and programs. bit.ly/4lWubq5 0293110
Linda Gosner @lgosner.bsky.social · 18/04/2025New arrival from @brepols.bsky.social! Our fourth volume in the New Approaches in Archaeology Series is out. This one is a great series of chapters on hoards. 1150
Linda Gosner @lgosner.bsky.social · 10/04/2025I look forward to reading about these projects every year. A relief and a pleasure to see this program continue. Congrats to the new winners! 040
Reposted by Linda GosnerJen @cassiciacum.bsky.social · 14/03/2025TX SB 37 is *really bad.” It’s important to read the whole thing to understand the scope of the efforts to completely hand over all power to politically appointed governing boards, including over most department hiring. 2328
Linda Gosner @lgosner.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Delightful present in the mail! This book on one of the most influential sculptures in Spanish history was originally published in French and Brepols has done a fantastic job of reproducing it for anglophone audiences. www.brepols.net/products/IS-... 091
Linda Gosner @lgosner.bsky.social · 08/02/2025🏺It’s time again for the Joukowsky Institute postdoc job cycle at Brown. A really wonderful two-year position for early career archaeologists.🏺archaeology.brown.eduPostdoctoral Research Associates (formerly Fellows) in Archaeology and the Ancient WorldThe Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World (JIAAW) at Brown University invites applications for the position of Postdoctoral Research Associate in Archaeology and the Ancient World. 044
Reposted by Linda GosnerEthan Watrall @ethanwatrall.bsky.social · 13/11/2024I found the searchable starter pack particularly useful blueskydirectory.com/starter-packsblueskydirectory.comStarter Packs - Bluesky DirectoryA curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform. 32915
Reposted by Linda GosnerAmanda Pavlick @akpavlick.bsky.social · 11/11/2024Great project for a coffee break. This is just a first pass - please let me know if you’d like to be on/off/have a suggestion! A starter pack for those working on Italic and Roman material culture, in its broadest definition: go.bsky.app/2sJUWWJ 275320
Reposted by Linda GosnerMerle Eisenberg @merleeisenberg.bsky.social · 09/11/2024I made one of these for late antiquity. I definitely don't have everyone, so feel free to comment and I'll add you or other people you suggest. go.bsky.app/KP1nQVP 4416676
Reposted by Linda GosnerEvan Jewell @quidamabo.bsky.social · 09/11/2024Colleagues, applications for the 2025 Classical Summer School of the American Academy in Rome are now open! Deadline of December 20 (with possible extension). Please let me know if you or your students have any questions! Please spread the word! aarome.org/apply/2025-c...aarome.orgClassical Summer SchoolThis five-week program is designed to provide participants with a well-founded understanding of the growth and development of the city of Rome through a careful study of material remains and literary ... 12515
Linda Gosner @lgosner.bsky.social · 02/10/2024Really very excited about this one: Negotiating Identities, Constructing Territories: Pre-Roman Iberia, 900-200 BCE. Register here, Chicago friends: www.eventbrite.com/e/negotiatin... 152
Linda Gosner @lgosner.bsky.social · 24/09/2024The deadline is approaching for our Tt job in ancient Mediterranean history at Texas Tech. Looking forward to having a new colleague in history! 033
Linda Gosner @lgosner.bsky.social · 03/09/2024CFP for a great conference on rethinking old finds in Roman and Late Antique Iberia! Sept. 15th deadline. In Granada but hybrid format! 000
Linda Gosner @lgosner.bsky.social · 25/03/2024Pleased to see that our edited volume is out today with Monographs in Mediterranean Archaeology @equinoxpub.bsky.social!! Many fantastic contributions on local responses mobility and connectivity in the ancient Mediterranean. One of my main postdoc projects at UMich. 063
Reposted by Linda GosnerKatie Spoon @kspoon.bsky.social · 20/10/20231/ New paper! “Gender and retention patterns among U.S. faculty” w/ N Laberge KH Wapman @samzhang AC Morgan M Galesic BK Fosdick @danlarremore @aaronclauset: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... A systematic study of gendered rates & reasons for faculty attrition in US academia 🧵 14447279
Linda Gosner @lgosner.bsky.social · 11/10/2023Enjoying having a look at the new Phoenician-themed issue of JEMAHS: muse.jhu.edu/issue/50318muse.jhu.eduProject MUSE - Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies-Volume 11, Numbers ... 000
Linda Gosner @lgosner.bsky.social · 09/10/2023Come be our colleague, part 2: TT job in Roman literature and culture at Texas Tech! ClassicsBluesky AncientBluesky 🏺 020
Reposted by Linda GosnerProfessor Nutella @jpnudell.bsky.social · 04/10/2023The contingent faculty grant program is live again for this cycle. This is a great program, please spread the word! 01415
Linda Gosner @lgosner.bsky.social · 20/09/2023Just to provide another data point, I was able to get a Pfizer booster this evening in NJ at CVS, but the pharmacist said they didn’t have doses for this morning’s appointments. Call ahead to check! 000
Reposted by Linda GosnerStacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 19/09/2023The UC Davis Classics Department is hiring an Assistant Professor of the Ancient Mediterranean! Seeking applicants whose research focuses on ancient Egypt, North Africa, or the Levant, with preference for work in cross-cultural exchange. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06016recruit.ucdavis.eduAssistant Professor of the Ancient MediterraneanUniversity of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now! 24436
Reposted by Linda GosnerJen @cassiciacum.bsky.social · 20/09/2023I took a job at and continue to work at a public university precisely because I believe that all students should have access to a top notch humanities education. I fear that I will spend the next 15 years watching that opportunity disappear. 23314
Linda Gosner @lgosner.bsky.social · 13/09/2023New job at Texas Tech for classicists starting in the spring. Come be our colleague! 110
Linda Gosner @lgosner.bsky.social · 13/09/2023I see the residential fellowship commentary going around and want to say that my baby was accepted into the Institute for Advanced Study daycare but rejected from my university’s option and is still in waiting lists around town for next year. Wild, but beyond relieved to be in Princeton this year. 380
Reposted by Linda GosnerThe Sportula: Microgrants for Classics Students @sportula.bsky.social · 31/08/2023WE'RE HERE ✌️ 35720
