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Durham Classics and Ancient History @durhamclassics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

✨ Call for papers! 👉 Language and Labour in the Ancient World 📅 📍 15–16 April 2027 ⏰ Submit by Saturday 31st October 2026 🔗 Find out more: www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

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Paul du Plessis @sententiaepauli.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The local big house is hosting a Roman army reenactment society. It’s on the Antonine wall. #Rome

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Paul du Plessis @sententiaepauli.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

On behalf of our friends at the Peking School of Transnational Law. #RomanLaw

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Paul du Plessis @sententiaepauli.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

If you’re interested in receiving information about events run by the Centre for Legal History. Please sign up to our mailing list and encourage others to do so also: lnkd.in/e-pFyKXK The Centre runs an active online blog: lnkd.in/epKccMxR #LegalHistory

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Seth Bernard @profbernard.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Publication day: new book on the Roman censorship! Check out my chapter, a global history of water power, censors, and Roman state-formation www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

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Paul du Plessis @sententiaepauli.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

CFP: a postgraduate conference hosted by the University of Edinburgh, focusing on labour and employment in the Graeco-Roman world (6th century BC to 6th century AD). More details are available at: drive.google.com/file/d/1dWs3... The conference will take place during the week of 11 January 2027.

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CfP Techne, Ars, Professionalism 2027.pdf

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Paul du Plessis @sententiaepauli.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Binface should be pronounced like Boniface.

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Paul du Plessis @sententiaepauli.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Happy John Calvin day. But don't celebrate. Suffer.

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Paul du Plessis @sententiaepauli.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Honorary doctorate of laws awarded to the French legal historian, Professor Jean-Louis Halperin this afternoon. Seated to the left, Professors Jo Shaw and Sarah Prescott. Professor John W Cairns standing. #LegalHistory

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Paul du Plessis @sententiaepauli.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

A bit like the Midas touch, but everything you touch turns to stercus.

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Mitra Sharafi @mitrasharafi.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

For anyone who published a book, article, or digital project on legal history between Jan.2025 and Dec.2026: you should apply to be featured in the ASLH's virtual event series for next yr--"Making Connections: New Works in Legal History, 2026-27." Due June 30, 2026: aslh.net/virtual-book... (1/2)

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Making Connections: New Works in Legal History, 2026-27 | American Society for Legal History

Making Connections: New Works in Legal History Series Sponsored by the American Society for Legal History Deadline for Applications: June 30, 2026 The ASLH Making Connections: New Works in Legal Histo...

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Paul du Plessis @sententiaepauli.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

A fun afternoon ahead talking about Scottish Heraldry Law.

Programme of conference on Scottish heraldry

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St Andrews Classics @staclassics.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

"Land and Power in the Later Roman World " #Conference 📆 29 June to 1 July 2026 📍 Tübingen 🔗 View details: bit.ly/4tsST40 Please send enquiries to Dr Giordana Franceschini, giordana.franceschini@histsem.uni-tuebingen.de #AllWelcome

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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

531 years ago, on the 1st of June 1495, Scottish monk John Cor is ordered by King James IV of Scotland to use 'eight bolls of malt to make aquavitae (whisky)' according to an entry in the Exchequer Rolls. It's the first mention of whisky in a Scottish source. #otd #history 🗃️

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Paul du Plessis @sententiaepauli.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

The simple reason why today's Loch Ness Monster hunt is doomed to fail - The Scotsman I can think of one …

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

A mandalorian is an equitable remedy which can only be discharged by the mandaloree applying for a writ of grogu against the mandalor.

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Paul du Plessis @sententiaepauli.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Our friends at the Peking School of Law has asked me to share this.

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Jaakko Husa @husajaakko.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Here you can check the first chapter of my new book 'Contrarian Jurists — The Story of Comparative Law and How Collisions Shaped It' (Hart Publishing/Bloomsbury 2026). bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/viewer/6a0c4...

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Since today is National Barbecue Day, 🔥 remember to give a nod to the patron saint of Barbequers, Saint Lawrence, who—when being persecuted on a hot gridiron under Valerian in 258 CE—noted: “Assum est, versa et manduca.” “This side is done, turn (me) over & eat.” csla.history.ox.ac.uk

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna with the apse of Saint Lawrence

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Paul du Plessis @sententiaepauli.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

“Dear Author Name” - great start to an email.

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Stephen Hopkins @phil-lol-ogist.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

My favorite art history genre is "Judith beheading Holofernes"

A photo of a cat biting a dog's neck with magnificent lighting worthy of Caravaggio

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Edinburgh University Press @edinburghup.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Pick up your copy ahead of the event! Enjoy 30% off with discount code NEW30:

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Lessons from Scottish Schools

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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

1497 years ago, on the 7th of April 529, the first Corpus Juris Civilis was issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I. It is also known as the 'Codex Justinianus'. The 'Digest' and 'Institutes' were also created during Justinian's reign while the final part, 'Novels', was compiled later. #otd 🗃️

13th-century manuscript of the Codex with the glossa ordinaria on the margins.

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St Andrews Classics @staclassics.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The lecture is hosted by the ERC-funded project "SLaVEgents: enslaved persons in the making of societies and cultures in Western Eurasia and Northern Africa, 1000 BCE - 300 CE". 🔗 Read about the project and view their #OpenAccess publications: bit.ly/40Kc4KC.

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St Andrews Classics @staclassics.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

"Manumission in the Roman world and the Americas" Myles Lavan (St Andrews) Online #Lecture 📆 26 March at 18.00 Athens time (16.00 UK time) 🔗 To watch and participate in discussion, register: bit.ly/3PM4pZR

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Paul du Plessis @sententiaepauli.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

But of course buildings are assets while staff are costs. Aye. Right.

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Simon Tillotson @simontillotson.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Now available for download globally: The Code of Hammurabi (from modern day Iraq) and the long history of the rule of law www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The Code of Hammurabi

The impact of the wide-ranging laws of Hammurabi, King of Babylon from 4,000 years ago.

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Hidetaka Hirota @hidehirota.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

If you study legal history, please consider submitting a proposal for the 2026 conference of the American Society for Legal History in Banff, Canada in November! The Program Committee accepts proposals until March 24! #ASLH #legalhistory 🗃️ aslh.net/2026-annual-...

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2026 Annual Meeting Call for Papers | American Society for Legal History

Call for Papers 2026 American Society for Legal History Annual Meeting (November 12 - 14, 2026) The Program Committee of the American Society for Legal History invites proposals for the 2026 meeting t...

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Dr Renske Janssen🟥 @renskejanssen.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

If you're in Leiden tomorrow: at 15.30, I will speak on "De Principiis Iuris: Tacitus talks Legal History" as part of the Forum Antiquum lecture series. I will be talking about Tacitus' discussion of the origins of Roman law in book 3 of the Annals. DM for location!

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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Research time ‘sacrificed’ as universities cut costs and jobs. Academics at institutions implementing job cuts warn of “more work falling on fewer shoulders”. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

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Tom Ashbyトムアシュビー @tomaashby.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Forthcoming! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

The cover of a book by Martha C. Nussbaum called "The Republic of Love: Opera and Political Thought"

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John Morgan @johnmorgan3.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Nottingham move to cut academics' protected research time to 25%, as staff-student ratios rise, brings strong warning from the UCU branch - this "threatens Nottingham's status as a research-intensive institution".

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