@reb_lang

Classicist at University of Exeter, Director of Sex and History project

humanities.exeter.ac.uk/classics/staff/langlands/
Joined May 2012
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Rebecca Langlands retweeted
Exeter Classics@ExeterClassics17 Apr 2024
We are looking forward to welcoming award-winning poet Fiona Benson to deliver the 31st Jackson Knight Memorial Lecture on Tue May 14, 7pm. Full details and registration: exeter.ac.uk/events/details/…
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Listen to Dr Emily Hauser from @ExeterClassics on this @HistoryToday podcast about the new discoveries at #Pompeii 🍕🏛️ historyextra.com/period/roma…

Roman pizza, the Black Room, and renovation: 4 incredible things we learned from Pompeii: The New...

As the BBC’s new archaeological documentary series Pompeii: The New Dig debuts, we unpack some of the most amazing revelations from the show

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Looking forward to the launch of @HeathershawJ's book on May 1. Event co-hosted by the Centre for Advanced International Studies and Centre for the Study of the Christian East. Discussion to be chaired by @MorwennaExe.
John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social@HeathershawJ16 Apr 2024
If you're in Exeter, you're welcome to the launch of Security After Christendom, 2pm GMT, Weds 1 May. There will be refreshments! If you're not in Exeter but would like to listen in to 45 minutes of talks about the book, DM me with your email for the zoom link.
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Rebecca Langlands retweeted
Exeter Classics@ExeterClassics20 Mar 2024
🏺Job alert! 🏺 Hello #ClassicsTwitter! We're looking for an ancient historian to join us in @ExeterClassics for two years from September. Closing date April 17th. jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webre…
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Rebecca Langlands retweeted
UCLA Classics@ClassicsAtUCLA15 Mar 2024
Please join us for a talk given by Professor Alex Dressler (University of Wisconsin-Madison) on Thursday, April 4 at 4:00 PM. The lecture, entitled “The Way and Its Poor: Bareness of Life in Roman Aesthetic Theory,” will be held in Dodd 248. All are welcome!
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📚 Teaching RSE can be daunting. Our How To Deliver RSE course will prepare & empower you to navigate potential challenges in a constructive manner. And it will leave you able to do so in a way that fosters a safe, inclusive space for all students. brook.org.uk/education/how-t…
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Hear from Rebecca Shutt, Brook’s Head of Education, about the evidence for Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) in schools and why we all need to support high-quality RSE. brook.org.uk/blog/why-good-r…

5 reasons why good RSE is not only important but essential  - Brook

In this blog, Brook’s Head of Education, talks about the evidence for and the need to support high-quality RSE.

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Rebecca Langlands retweeted
Exeter Classics@ExeterClassics27 Feb 2024
Thank you to all those who worked on this important report. We are committed to discussing and, more crucially, acting upon its findings.
Network for Working-Class Classicists@ClassInClassics26 Feb 2024
#ClassicsTwitter The Class in Classics report is here: workingclassclassics.uk/2024…
Logo of the Class in Classics Report 2024 showing a set of unbalanced gold scales against a black background, plus the abbreviations for three networks involved in the creation of the report: Network for Working-Class Classicists (NWCC, the report's authors), Classical Association (CA, one of the report's funders) and the Council for University Classics Departments (CUCD, one of the report's funders).

ALT Logo of the Class in Classics Report 2024 showing a set of unbalanced gold scales against a black background, plus the abbreviations for three networks involved in the creation of the report: Network for Working-Class Classicists (NWCC, the report's authors), Classical Association (CA, one of the report's funders) and the Council for University Classics Departments (CUCD, one of the report's funders).

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Rebecca Langlands retweeted
Dr Emily Guerry@EmilyGuerry23 Feb 2024
The University of Kent continues to face devastating cuts to the Arts and Humanities - including the loss of Art History, Languages, Philosophy, & Religious Studies. Gutting these courses in Canterbury, a multilingual city of learning since the late 6th c…
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Prof Esther Reed and her students have visited the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth as part of the Military Ethics in Religious and Philosophical Perspectives module.
Britannia Royal Naval College@DartmouthBRNC7 Feb 2024
Taking Military Ethics Seriously ✅ 🇬🇧 Undergraduates from the University of Exeter👩‍🎓👨‍🎓visit @DartmouthBRNC #collaboration @UniofExeter @RNJobsUK @CaptAndyBray
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REF Impact Showcases 1: Education, Inclusion & Wellbeing Sign up now for 1/3 online workshops, aimed at future REF 2029 authors and those supporting the development of impact case studies in their institution 🗓️12 March, 1-3pm 👇More info booking: bit.ly/3NIwHR5
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I haven’t organised it so I can say this: it’s going to be such a dreamy event! There’s a roundtable discussing CAWS with some of my favourite scholars - @SSlabodsky, @platanoclassics and @CmsReorient’s S. Sayyid - then we’ll eat* tasty Syrian food 🥳 *not for the Zoomers, sorry
Dr Marchella Ward (always 'Chella')@LuxMea9 Feb 2024
Reminder: we’re launching the Critical Ancient World Studied volume on 21st Feb (2.30-5) in a hybrid event @UniofExeter and you can join us! Sign up here: forms.gle/sbPG7C1dUNp7y3gbA It’s open access, in case you want to do some homework before you come: routledge.com/Critical-Ancie… 🤓

CAWS book launch

We are delighted to invite you to the launch of Critical Ancient World Studies: The Case for Forgetting Classics, on the 21st February 2024. The launch will take the form of an online/hybrid roundt...

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It was brilliant to welcome local school students and teachers to Exeter today for our Philosophy and Religious Studies conference and a chance to learn more about studying at university. We hope you all had a wonderful time!
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Rebecca Langlands retweeted
Cycling UK@WeAreCyclingUK31 Jan 2024
The Highway Code update clarified the rule about cycling side-by-side: "You can ride two abreast and it can be safer to do so." 🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️ This can deter dangerous overtaking. ↔️ Keep up to date at: cyclinguk.org/highwaycode 📸: @davewalker
Cartoon diagram of two cyclists riding abreast, by Dave Walker

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Happy Monday! See below the CfP for the annual @_BIAHS_ conference, to be held @UniofExeter in July. It’s already set to be a great conference & will be even more so with your paper or panel forming part of it! Proposals are due 23rd February.
British & Irish Association for Holocaust Studies@_BIAHS_19 Jan 2024
We’re pleased to announce the call for papers for our summer in-person conference. It’ll be on 4-5 July, held at the University of Exeter. The theme is ‘Holocaust Comparisons: Controversies, Difficulties, and Potentials’. *The deadline for proposals is Friday 23 February*
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Rebecca Langlands retweeted
Exeter Cycling@ExeterCycling6 Jan 2024
What is the Exeter cycling Campaign? 🧵 1/ We are a registered charity working to ensure our lovely city thrives & that people are enabled to cycle, scoot & walk. We believe that cycling to school, work or the shops should not require bravery. RT welcome 😀
child cycles on safe cycle track beside main road

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Rebecca Langlands retweeted
Bess of Hardwick@besscountess23 Dec 2023
Follow the link for: “Nell’s Story” is a FREE RSHE resource for secondary, exploring sexual exploitation within the spiral curriculum. The use of WW2 diaries & letters students distance whilst reflecting on Nell's resilience & vulnerabilities. tes.com/teaching-resource/-n…
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Rebecca Langlands retweeted
ClassicalReceptions@CRSN_UK13 Dec 2023
The next post is live in our SACRA Asian takeover, this time about neo-latin elephants written by the brilliant Shruti Rajgopal! Do go give it a read and a share:) classicalreception.org/neo-l…

Neo-Latin Elephants

This post is written by Shruti Rajgopal, a final year PhD student at the school of History, University College Cork, Ireland Wildlife from Asia, especially from India, has stirred fascination among…

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Rebecca Langlands retweeted
Bess of Hardwick@besscountess10 Dec 2023
FREE high quality GCSE Drama resource. Working on the traverse throughout the students are introduced to the diverse stories of sexuality, gender and identity from the past. @DramaTeacher56    @Florencedrama  @GemmaLDriver  @CreateSheff  @willpooley   learningcreativelythroughhis…
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Rebecca Langlands retweeted
Justin Hancock@bishtraining1 Dec 2023
Why we have World Aids Day and why it’s important. It’s not just about sex education, but about also about justice and rights. For that reason we mark it on December 1st every year and make noise about it. #WorldAIDSDay bishuk.com/safer-sex/hiv-and…

HIV and AIDS

Find out about the difference between HIV and AIDS, how to get tested, what the treatments are and what we can all do to prevent stigma.

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