@drdanstewart1
Ancient historian/archaeologist at the University of Leicester. Likes ancient landscapes, Roman Crete, Peloponnese, & Pausanias. Obviously views expressed are my own and not those of my employer. He/him.
I guess I didn’t wake up thinking I needed to know the names of the 279 named triremes ⛵️in the 4th century BCE Athenian navy, but it appears we all do. link.springer.com/article/10.1... I do like that 3.58% had animal names like Λεοντῆ (lion skin) and Λέαινα (lioness). Greek epigraphy is fun! 🪦
New Ancient History podcast coming soon - launches on the Ides, I believe! #AncientBluesky 🏺
Muna in the sunshine in front of her title slide for Wadi Gaze with the textures and histories of a river map.
Our third CISA seminar and the brilliance of Muna Dajani and how to speak of a river! Oh how she presenced that 9km of the Wadi in Gaza - people and heritage and ecologies!!
A big thank you to our amazing audience for their thoughtful questions and insightful discussion -
Boo! Don’t listen to the haters, you two rock
Bring back shame.
“Thanks for the explanation.” = If you had told me this last week, you would’ve saved me a lot of time.
“Perhaps there was a misunderstanding.” = You didn’t fucking listen to me.
“I suppose that’s one way to go about it.” = Stop improvising and just do what I asked you to do.
“Why do I get the feeling that something awful is about to happen?”
theburninghell.bandcamp.com/track/no-pea...
once again reminding everyone to funnel your emotions into organizing and building solidarity in your community and not pointless doomscrolling
Banner showing the following slogan - Stop killing people you fucking twats.
Excellent piece, not just about Lee but about journalism
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Friends! For the @openuniversity.bsky.social’s free learning platform I wrote a course: Exploring Ovid’s big ideas. It’s about Pacific Islander creation myth, monsters, Brazilian art, how stories change their meaning across time, British-Nigerian poetry, and of course… about Ovid. 💻🏺
We're setting up our online spaces!
Click here to learn where else to find us:
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White chalk on a blackboard: "Beware the Ides of March..."
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The government's immigration plans: a dog’s dinner of half-conceived policy, Reform rhetoric, mean-spirited sentiment, and profound intellectual muddle iandunt.substack.com/p/can-we-ext...
Birkbeck, University of London, is seeking a Lecturer in Ancient History and Classics to join our dynamic team within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Autumn 2026. As Lecturer in Ancient History and Classics, you will contribute to the teaching of ancient Greco-Roman history and Classics in the School of Historical Studies - this includes our BA Ancient History and Archaeology, BA Classics, BA Classical Studies, as well as MA Classical Civilisation and MA Classics. This post is offered on a permanent contract at Birkbeck, full time, 35 hours per week, with a salary of £44,247 rising to £60,858 per year. Teaching hours will vary from 6-9pm Monday to Friday. To be successful, you will bring research expertise in ancient Greek history, broadly understood (this could include the history of Greek-speaking lands under the Roman empire), as well as ancient Greek literature, and demonstrate a capacity to contribute to interdisciplinary research and teaching, participate actively in curriculum development, supervise doctoral students, and help shape the intellectual life of our vibrant academic community. We would also welcome applicants who could contribute to collaborative teaching programmes or research in the Faculty, in areas such as identity, race/ethnicity, or gender - experience of collaboration with cultural institutions, whether through research or teaching, is also welcome. The postholder could potentially take advantage of Birkbeck’s new Immersive Learning Centre for teaching or research. As Lecturer, your core responsibilities will initially include programme/module administration, teaching, supervision, assessment, student support and pastoral care. You will also be equipped to supervise doctoral students. With a PhD in any area of Ancient History/Classics relating to the ancient Greek world,...
We're hiring at Birkbeck!
Lecturer in Ancient History and Classics, full-time and open-ended. Closing date March 18th.
Details here: cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
Can heritage contribute to recovery after conflict? We're holding a roundtable in March at the Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies on the role of heritage in recovery and transitional justice in Syria. All welcome!
The importance of a river's life.
March news! Come join us for our next CISA seminar on March 4th to hear Dr Muna Dajani, Fellow in Environment at LSE, talk on 'Wadi Gaza: a river valley recalcitrant to erasure'. More information and link on the CISA website to sign up.
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
"Developing the series of lessons, I focused on the question ‘Why were the Ancients so Significant?’, which also subliminally answers a common question asked by pupils: ‘why should I learn this? Or, why do I need to know this?’ "
The settlement consultation is enraging. Fill it out and let them know!
' Ronald Barnett describes the contemporary fascination with skills as a form of ‘bewitchment’ (others have put it more strongly elsewhere)....When individuals are defined in this way, they become more easily interchangeable in the labour market, increasing workers’ vulnerability.'
Anything from Manolis is worth paying attention to!
Your periodic reminder that you can start learning ancient Greek right now, free of charge!
Calling all Early Career Academics, on Weds 11 Feb at 10am we will be hosting an online Researcher Training:
Applying for Postdoctoral and Early-Career Fellowships and Funding
ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Photograph of a PowerPoint Title slide. The title reads "From 'mannish houswives' and 'Honorary males' to 'non-binary' and 'intersex' - A Tumultuous Tales of Terms in Gender Archaeology" and is accompanied by a meme of three spidermen pointing at eachother each labeled with a different term from 1990s Gender Archaeology
Sorting out my ppt for my public talk at the University of Leicester School of Heritage and Culture's Wednesday Seminar Series on the 11th of this month at 16:30.
If you'd like to attend either in person or online, then you can email the organisers for all the info: shac-wedseminar@leicester.ac.uk
I happen to know that this department is chockablock with wonderful people, and the social mission of Birkbeck is hard to beat
🚨 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...
Dear all, we have a shiny new website pelagios.org. We hope that it does a better job of setting out who we are, what we do, and why you might want to join us.
Hannah Arendt did not mince words, did she?
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
Want to take a deep dive into an ancient studies topic, but don't know where to start? Check out the #NEW SASA Intro Guides project to get basic overviews of general and complex topics
Check out our NEW Intro Guides, here: saveancientstudies.org/intro-guides