Hehe I was going on how Jocelyn came across in his exchange with T - but that's a tiny fraction of the man no doubt! What do you think his politics were in general?!
Hehe I was going on how Jocelyn came across in his exchange with T - but that's a tiny fraction of the man no doubt! What do you think his politics were in general?!
The Critical Antiquities Public Lecture is back in 2026. On February 24 (US/UK) or 25 (Australia), Page Dubois (UC, San Diego) will give her lecture entitled, 'Blind Spot: Marxism in U.S. Classics.' More details at our website (criticalantiquities.org) and in the attached flyer.
How in the world did I miss this in January .... Tom Geue (@tomgeue.bsky.social), Major Corrections: An Intellectual Biography of Sebastiano Timpanaro (@versobooks.bsky.social, 2025; #skystorians) www.versobooks.com/products/312...
Till the end of 8 May, you can get you some Timpanaro cheap as part of Verso's May day sale. Sale details here: versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...
And Major Corrections here: versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
Timpo was a helluva thinker riding the crest of a great red wave - let's get back on it
Giving a talk online @ the BSR later today on the possible impressions left by enslaved secretaries on Latin literature; part of wonderful conference on the politics of anonymity organised by Alessandra Tafaro. Registration and timetable here: bsr.ac.uk/city-of-rome...
See ya Anon
CAN co-director @tomgeue.bsky.social has published a brilliant book with @versobooks.bsky.social on an Italian Classical philologist and radical activist. See it launched @ Gleebooks April 10 with Tom, Tristan Bradshaw, Andrew Brooks and Frances Muecke. Register: gleebooks.com.au/event/tom-ge...
Could well be! Dialling @henrystead.bsky.social, whose new project on Red Antiquity has a huge soft spot and many pages for Jack Lindsay