Department of Classics and Ancient History at Durham University. Tweets by Director of Communications.
Durham, England
Joined March 2016
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Excited to be in the latest magazine @ShearsmanBooks, with some very loose queer #Polari versions of #Catullus. My first published poems. Hope readers enjoy these trifles. #ClassicalReception
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I'm in a film that premieres in Athens tonight - Army of Lovers, about the Sacred Band & its importance for #LGBTQ+history. Proud to feature in this brave & much needed film in #PrideMonth - link below to access film @5 PM BST.
@sapphicapuella features as one of the experts interviewed for the film Army of Lovers. youtube.com/watch?v=6S35CtSo… The film can be accessed on 12.6.25 at 5pm here youtube.com/watch?v=6S35CtSo…
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Join the film premiere of Army of Lovers at 5-6 pm today as @sapphicapuella
from our @durham_classics discusses ancient homosexuality & modern responses to it.
‘Army of Lovers’ tells the untold epic saga of the Sacred Band.
Durham Classics and Ancient History retweeted
Meet Dr Katherine McDonald from our @Durham_Classics. As a specialist is ancient languages, Katherine uses linguistic detective work to uncover what life was like over 2,000 years ago.
Find out more 👉 brnw.ch/21wTH1V
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Blog on a week in North-Eastern Classics--prison teaching, reception, pedagogy research, and bittersweet day with an invaluable friend and mentor edithorial.blogspot.com/2024… @AgainstLore @PublicAristotle @AristotleStyle @Durham_Classics
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Alessandro Vatri enthralling us at our @Durham_Classics departmental seminar on Margaret Doody’s novels starring Aristotle as a sleuth. Chaired by other postdoc Rory McInnes-Gibbons. So much cooler than Poirot. @AristotleStyle @PublicAristotle
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Out now and available at this link: journals.openedition.org/hel…
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Congratulations👏 to early career researcher @Katherine_McDon @Durham_Classics who has been recognised as a rising global star by @LeverhulmeTrust
for the international impact of her research 🌍
👉 brnw.ch/21wPd4j
ALT Dr Katherine McDonald standing in the amphitheatre in Capua, Italy.
Durham Classics and Ancient History retweeted
A few highlights of #Aristotle’s recent public reception…@Bridgerton and @mbfgreekwedding 3! @publicaristotle @durham_classics @LeverhulmeTrust @edithmayhall
@RIPhilo @PhilosophyNow
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Durham Classics and Ancient History retweeted
Huge congratulations to @ProfArleneHH and Luke Sewell from @Durham_Classics for their publication for @PolicyUpen on how Arts and Humanities Research can influence policy. #transformativehumanities
New publication! 🆕
@durham_uni’s Professor @ProfArleneHH & @LaidlawFoundatn scholar Luke Sewell’s new publication provides an in-depth insight into the policy engagement process for those working in Arts and Humanities disciplines.
Take a look 👉upen.ac.uk/resources/how-doe… 🧵
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Edith and the @Durham_Classics team are doing great work! 🎉
Durham Classics and Ancient History retweeted
New @durham_uni podcast here in which I talk about #Classics #education, #rhetoric, #oracy and the importance of #engaged #research in the #Humanities.
talking-humanities.simplecas…
@DurhamArtsHums @classcivanchist @british_academy @ahrcPress @EnglishAssoc @classical_assoc @SASNews
Durham Classics and Ancient History retweeted
Join us in Oxford on Dec. 9th for a workshop on Literary Beginnings in Late Antiquity!
International experts will discuss the rise of Syriac, Coptic, Armenian, and Ethiopic literatures in the early centuries of our era.
sites.google.com/view/litera…
@Durham_Classics – at Oxford, England
ALT Conference programme and information for registration. These are also available at https://sites.google.com/view/literarybeginnings/homepage
Durham Classics and Ancient History retweeted
Great to see that #ClassicalReception is in such a healthy state, with what sound like many wonderful doctoral theses (including one by @Durham_Classics alum, Alice Ahearn, I was happy to see). Congratulations to all whose work is mentioned here!
Blog reporting on the results of the Inaugural Durham Prize in Classical Reception, won by Nebo Todorovic. The prize is organised by the Durham Centre for Classical Reception. edithorial.blogspot.com/2024…
@Durham_DCCR @Durham_Classics @durham_uni @buondibuondi1
Durham Classics and Ancient History retweeted
Blog reporting on the results of the Inaugural Durham Prize in Classical Reception, won by Nebo Todorovic. The prize is organised by the Durham Centre for Classical Reception. edithorial.blogspot.com/2024…
@Durham_DCCR @Durham_Classics @durham_uni @buondibuondi1
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Come and work at my wonderful Department @Durham_Classics. I have worked there exactly 20 years to the day & I wish I could work there another 20.
We are hiring for a full-time permanent position of Assistant Professor in #DigitalHumanities and the Ancient World!
Closing date 20/10/24, interviews mid-December. Full details and to apply: durham.taleo.net/careersecti…
#AncMedTwitter #ClassicsTwitter
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It’s publication day for ‘#Curriculum in a changing world’. Thanks to my co-editors and our esteemed contributors for all their hard work on this important contribution to #educational #research. #50years #BCF
@DUSofE @durham_classics @durham_uni @BERANews @GCzerniawski
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In today's launch, Attic Inscriptions Online adds entries on all Athenian inscriptions connected to #Hadrian : Hadrian's arch; a law on oil; letters about fish, philosophy, and musicians; statue bases; and altars.
For a full list: atticinscriptions.com/browse…
ALT Base of a statue for Emperor Hadrian, inscribed "God Hadrian Panhellenios" in Greek, lit by the sun, with plants growing around about
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My amazing colleague @Caroline_Barron on ‘Reconstructing Pompeii in pictures’ youtu.be/sGArEmO4caA?si=ddA3… via @YouTube @Durham_Classics
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First up is Nora Goldschmidt with her book on "Fragmentary Modernism: The Classical Fragment in Literary and Visual Cultures, c.1896 - c.1936", published by @OxUniPress
