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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Today in my archaeology class one of my students said “Zoe, what is your dissertation actually about? Because I feel like it’s about everything” and honestly, almost 7 years in, I feel the same way

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I got to do this as an undergrad too 😂 we also helped with Cassandra Float Can!

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is so damn awesome 👏🏻

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

As an international DL PhD... yeah, it sucks 😭

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I spent every summer of my life in Hyannis (my dad is still in Barnstable)! Welcome to Four Seas country 🍦🍨

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

@diffendale.bsky.social you seem like the perfect person who might be able to help me with this...?

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I'm teaching an intro to #archaeology class this fall, and I was wondering if anyone would be willing to share some photos/scans/PDFs of paperwork (filled out SU sheets, matrices, etc) so I can show my students the type of documentation involved in an excavation? Sadly I've never photographed my own

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Can't believe there's a solar eclipse in Ireland on my birthday and I won't be there to see it 😭

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Anyway the whole “use your time between lectures in Cambridge as a writing retreat” idea might have worked too well, and I’m sorry in advance to my advisors for however long this chapter draft will be

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The agony and the ecstasy of hitting your allotted word count for your chapter draft after months of work (yay), but still having thousands of words' worth of thoughts left to cram into the chapter (uh oh)

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Well now you're speaking my language! I once gave a whole conference paper on the cobblestone vs asphalt battle in Rome... very much worthy of an entire episode, at least, in my humble opinion.

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

After 6 years of chasing them down, I finally ended up being in close enough proximity to a No Such Thing show at the right time to attend 😭🙌🏻 and I was rewarded with a fact that pertained to my most niche interest (cobblestones)! Thanks @andrewhunterm.bsky.social, @schreiberland.bsky.social et al ❤️🪨

Four brilliant nerds sitting at tables with black and yellow tablecloths that have “No Such Thing as a Fish” emblazoned on them. The room has a heady atmosphere of ~science~ and ~history~

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Heartbreaking scenes: flying past Ireland to go to England 😭😭😭😭😭 The flight attendants said I can’t use the emergency exit to get out here 💔

A plane map showing a route in progress flying over Ireland to land at Heathrow

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Me looking at the weather forecast for Cambridge and realizing my grand plan to avoid European heat this summer by swapping Rome for the UK has backfired miserably

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Nervous Laugh

ALT: Nervous Laugh

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I'll be in Cambridge soon for a few weeks and I need recommendations of cafes/places to work in central Cambridge that don't close at 4-5pm! So far all I've found is Caffe Nero 🥲

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

thank you for doing this important work 👍

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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

absorbing every SCOTUS take at once

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Yes, and I even visited a bunch more that I didn't include here! People kept asking me how I knew to find these sites, so I sang your praises. A few people already knew about you! Each of my visits to Ireland gets better than the last, and it's lodged deep in my heart now... until next time 🤞💚

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

And one more— not archaeology, but just spectacular views 🤩 I saw all this and so much more in the past two weeks! And once again, thank you to @tuatha.ie for helping me put so many of these on my “to see” list, and giving me the background knowledge I needed to appreciate them while I was there!

Dark jagged cliffs stretch into a shockingly blue ocean and clear blue sky (Dunquin Pier)

Rugged grey and green cliffs meet a stormy blue ocean under heavy fog (Kerry Cliffs)

A lamb looks at the camera in front of green hills in a rocky valley with a lake and stone bridge (Gap of Dunloe)

Three brown horses in a green field in front of a large lake (Killarney National Park)

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Amazing Irish archaeology pt 5 💚

A wedge tomb overlooks a small hill with wildflowers (Poulnabrone Dolmen)

An old stone archway frames graves and rolling hills (Corcomroe Abbey)

A stone cloister with an arched roof and grave slabs on the ground, and sunlight coming through (Quin Friary)

A towering stone church with a bell tower, decorative windows, a graveyard, and wall (Quin Friary)

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Amazing Irish archaeology pt 4 🌊

An old tree covered with scraps of fabric, with stone ruins in the background (on Inis Mór)

An old stone wall on a sheer cliff, with cliffs stretching a way behind it, overlooking the ocean (Dún Aonghasa)

A sheer rocky cliff hangs over the ocean, with a stone fort rising above it. People rather recklessly stand on the edge (Dún Aonghasa)

A cluster of stone churches and structures at the bottom of a hill with ocean behind it (Seven Churches, Inis Mór)

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Amazing Irish archaeology pt 3 🪨

Circular enclosures of grey stones (beehive huts) and walls with green hills rolling down to a blue ocean

An old stone church (Kilmalkedar church) stands behind old tomb stones, crosses, and ogham stones with a stone pathway winding between them

A curved square structure made entirely of stone under a blue sky with stone walls around it (Gallarus oratory)

A woman smiles while crouching in a stone doorway built into a stone wall

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Amazing Irish archaeology pt 2 ☘️

A stone circle (Ardgroom Stone Circle) stands peacefully on a green hill overlooking the ocean, under a blue sky

A stone circle with one massive leading stone (Uragh Stone Circle) stands on a green hill overlooking a bright blue lake under a perfect blue sky.

A tree with handmade offerings of dolls and flowers overlooking a stone circle on a green field with a blue sky

An intricate stone window at the end of high stone church walls, filled with grass, under a blue sky (Killagh Priory)

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Amazing Irish archaeology pt 1 🌀

A photo of an old stone friary (Muckross Abbey) with wildflowers growing in front of it.

Grey stone cloister arches framing an old, tall yew tree

A woman stands smiling next to a wedge tomb (Killaugh wedge tomb) in a bright green field with a blue sky

A woman communes with an extremely tall grey carved stone (Ballycrovane Ogham Stone) on a green field against a blue sky

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Heading back to Ireland tonight for another healing, cathartic dose of the Land of Saints and Scholars 💚 I’m armed with a full Bloomsday outfit and itinerary (!!!), and an annual membership to @tuatha.ie to help me see the best of the West Coast, from Kerry to Dingle to Inis Mór ☘️

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

🚨 Everyone needs to know about this Sappho bird on sale at Target for Pride 🚨 ... I bought two

a yellow bird figurine dressed in a pink and gold toga with a lyre and wreath

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

My first publication has officially been released-- I'm finally a published academic! Dedicated to my mom, who was obsessed with the idea of me being published. I wish she could see it, but I'm grateful that I could write it in her honor. italianstudies.org.uk/notes-in-ita...

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Notes in Italian Studies - Vol. 4 - The Society of Italian Studies

Notes in Italian Studies - Vol. 4 (2025) Notes in Italian Studies - Full Issue Table of Contents Foreword from the Chair of the Society for Italian Studies - Ruth Glynn (p. 4) Memory and Italian Cu...

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

My students had to made research logs to justify how they knew their sources were reliable, and one kid wrote this… enough said tbh #teachingresearchisfun

A note on a computer that says “it’s from JSTOR (Zoe’s favorite)”

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I've... never seen anything quite like this before

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

home home home home home home home home home home home homeeeeeee (translation: back at Bryn Mawr to present at the grad student conference this weekend!)

Grey stone cloisters framing a stone hall with turret and green grass

A great stone great hall with arched windows against a blue sky

A grey stone building with clock tower is framed by pink cherry blossoms

A selfie taken in the cloisters with the great hall in the background

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I am presenting at the conference! In the first panel before colloquium though, but see you there!

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Truly a momentous day! Happy birthday, Ozzy!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Unclear how many arms he will end with, given the ominous response

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

@weirdmedieval.bsky.social I introduced my 9th graders to your very important work today, and they were enthralled. They spent the whole class drawing their own medieval guys. My favorite moment was when I asked my student about this one, “does he have four arms??” and he replied “currently, yes”

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

there is no limit to his talents... a true renaissance cat

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Got this spam in my academic email inbox… Apparently, according to this bot, I am not writing a PhD dissertation on Augustan and Fascist demolition of working-class neighborhoods in Rome, but rather, a “delightful” book entitled “Franny the Undercover Granny” 👀

A screenshot of a spam email trying to convince me to hire this bot to promote “Franny the Undercover Nanny”, a book I definitely have not written

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Very important update from Pompeii: cats

A gorgeous orange and black mixed cat sits with yellow and red ancient Roman frescoes behind her

A fluffy and majestic grey cat sits with ancient columns and walls behind her

A lovely orange cat walks on a sidewalk with Roman ruins behind him

A cozy black cat loafs on several ancient blocks. There are ropes around him to make sure he is respected as the owner of the domus

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

to be face-to-face with the artworks I’ve poured over, analyzed, presented about, and (soon!) published about, and to see some small ripple effects of my research make their way into the exhibit. What a way to cap off my foray into Maria Barosso and Fascist demolition art… and bravo to all involved!

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

After two in-depth visits, I can finally control my emotions enough to say that I got to see the exhibit on my research subject of the past two years after 18+ months of waiting/postponements (#Italy). It was amazing to see room after room dedicated to the works that have occupied my mind for years,

A woman holding an umbrella stands in front of a sign for an exhibit titled “Maria Barosso”, with a watercolor of the Vittoriano in Rome

A woman smiling and pointing to a museum sign titled “Via dell’Impero”, alongside an archaeological drawing

A red exhibition hallway with the title “Maria Barosso, artista e archeologa nella Roma in trasformazione”

A woman smiles next to a watercolor depicting demolition activity in central Rome. She’s extra excited because her article that analyzes this painting is being published soon!

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

(Also, they have made me into a monster in that I am ravenous and refuse to stop going to the archives even when my advisors tell me that I have more than enough material 😅… it’s addictive and I keep finding new stuff, it’s not my fault!)

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

So incredibly apt as I wrap up another round of visits to Archivio Storico Capitolino, whose contents unexpectedly turned into the backbone of my PhD. I’m proud of the monstrosity of my project, which at this point is a chimera of archaeology, art history, Italian Studies, urban geography, and more

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

archaeologist’s day out at the stazione-museo

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

A few more photos because I’m so jazzed about this station! Also, the spotlight that it shines on the demolition of Quartiere Alessandrino and Fascist era Via dell’Impero was a pleasant surprise and one that will certainly get a shout-out in my dissertation. (Not pictured because I only took video)

A photo of ancient bronze buckets in an underground space. In the background are escalators going down to the metro platforms

A large black stone wall incised with a map of Via dei Fori Imperiali and the archaeological remains

A display with a circular case showing pottery sherds in a well. A reconstructed well stands in the background

Multiple tufa wells are built into a wall in an underground space. In the background is a bank of escalators

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

The new Colosseo Metro C station is a true feat of public archaeology. I’ve never seen so many people clamoring to see archaeological remains, and everything is so engagingly and beautifully presented. I spent over an hour just exploring the station, and the whole place was buzzing!

A big crowd clustered around a display of ancient columns

A display of pottery sherds in stratigraphic order, next to an explanation entitled “Down the Well”

Families looking into circular displays of finds from wells. A glowing map and lights imitating the wells are part of the display

Ruins of an ancient structure inside an underground space, with people looking into it. The display is titled “A Window on History”

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

When you discover that the last trace of the subject of your dissertation on fascist demolition has suddenly been demolished in 2025 and history is repeating itself and you also missed out on the excavation and now the street is gone and you’re distraught #merrychristmastome

A woman standing looking distraught in front of a construction sign that says in English, “the archaeological excavation of Via Alessandrina is underway to increase the knowledge and enhancement of the Imperial Fora”. A cobblestone street and large monument are in the background.

The Roman ruins of the Forum of Augustus at sunset. In front of the columns are the remains of a road with construction vehicles and fencing.

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Zoe Fox @zoesfox.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Buon Natale, Roma ✨🎄

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