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Dr Amanda Blake Davis 🌱 @abdavis.bsky.social · 14d

Happy to have my essay on P.B. Shelley and Wordsworth's 'woodland state' included in the 'Tree Cultures and the Arboreal Humanities' special issue of @plantperspectives.bsky.social, ed. by @treeseeker.bsky.social & @planthums-uk.bsky.social 🌿🌳

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Advances in Archaeological Practice @saa-aap.bsky.social · 13h

Don't miss out on AAP author Kaitlyn Davis's seminar, "Preparing to Direct Your First Field Project or Field School" on November 5th!

Advances in Archaeological Practice @saa-aap.bsky.social · 23d

Kaitlyn Davis authored a piece in our 2021 special issue on Health and Wellness in Archaeology. On November 5th, she will host a seminar: "Preparing to Direct Your First Field Project or Field School."

Read her article: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Register here: www.saa.org/career-pract...

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Clio and the Contemporary @cliocontemporary.bsky.social · 1d

In our second guide @cliocontemporary.bsky.social
editor Sarah King provides advice to students considering PhD programs: "Embarking on a PhD in history can be incredibly rewarding, but before you apply, it's best to have a clear-eyed view of academia as a whole..."

What to Think About When Thinking About Grad School: So, you want to do a PhD?

Embarking on a PhD in history can be incredibly rewarding, but before you apply, it’s best to have a clear-eyed view of academia as a whole (including the various types of universities where …

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 3d

I think I don’t dislike endnotes as much as many others. Just heard someone on a podcast mention them negatively. I don’t love them, but also I’m like “whatever, I’ll get another bookmark.”

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks! I only did a cursory search before I asked, so I’ll look more when I’m on a computer later.

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 3d

Today I'm doing a talk about Women and the (early) Gothic and it might be time for a list!

So here are ten early women writers of the Gothic to give an idea of the range of things that women were creating in the period!

a cartoon of a wizard holding a wand and a purple pot

Alt: a cartoon of a wizard holding a wand and conjuring books into a purple bag

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, I’ve not heard of Valerius- do you know where I might find it?

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 4d

Idk what they use to pre-caption gifs, but this one is pretty bad.

Screenshot of Bluesky’s alt text screen showing their suggested text for a gif. The gif shows Teddy from Arsenic & Old Lace charging up the staircase while pretending to draw a sword.

The suggested alt text reads: a man in a suit is walking down a set of stairs holding a gun.

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 4d

Watching Arsenic & Old Lace tonight.

a man in a suit is walking down a set of stairs holding a gun .

Alt: a man in a suit is running up a flight of stairs while drawing an imaginary sword. He shouts “charge!”.

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 4d

I’d buy that shirt.

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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 9d

Provost Joel P. Christensen (@sentantiq.bsky.social) explains what Odysseus’s violent homecoming reveals about autocracy, memory, and the impossibility of resolution neoskosmos.com/en/2025/10/0...

When kings return: Homer's lesson for divided societies - Neos Kosmos

What Odysseus's violent homecoming reveals about autocracy, memory, and the impossibility of resolution

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 4d

Oh no! That’s sad news.

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 4d

Excited to do it. Not sure why signing up kept sliding down my to-do list.

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 4d

My phone served up this fritto misto memory today. Such a good memory. #TinyJoys

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 4d

Been catching up on podcasts over fall break. Lots of good stuff out there. I’m definitely a fan of the 20-40 minute length. Also, interesting to see that some styles of delivery are okay for a one off episode, but multiple episodes in a row can be off-putting for me.

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Guilherme Nunes - Commissions Open!! @guilhernunes.bsky.social · 4d

missing kitten just doesn’t care

painting of a Siamese cat taking a selfie in front of a post with a picture of him on a missing person poster

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 5d

Here I am. Once again. I'm out of archaeologists.

We matched 576 groups w/archaeologists, leaving 13 groups unmatched. This brings me pain! We've never run out of scientists like this before. 598 requests for one category is A LOT. But still.

Archaeologists 🥺
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Skype a Scientist gives you the opportunity to connect with students and the public around the world.

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks for the reminder. Going to sign up now.

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 5d

Me, shortly.

Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 5d

Then Toad fell asleep.

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Katie Robinson @nclgmagistrainotio.bsky.social · 5d

4 Blockbuster speakers on topics bringing connections in ancient cultures into focus in the way Classics should be studied! Qin, Tang, Han, India, Greece, & Rome! Students welcome also!
ccasouth.org has all details, abstracts, bios. Check it out! Thx,
@ancientlyric.bsky.social for leading this!

CCA South - Fall 2025 Program

JOIN US ! OCTOBER 18, 2025 9:30 am - 1:00 pm CCA South Virtual Conference University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Classics and the California Classical Association - South are pro...

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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · 5d

📢 New SCS Blog Post

Amy Norgard and Joshua Nudell -- in the first part of a two-part series -- explore the deep roots of our thinking about the nature of human relationships with artifical companions, stretching from Hollywood to Ovid and back again.

Great reflections on classical reception here!

SCS Blog: Part 1 of 2: Pygmalion in the Age of AI Companions | Society for Classical Studies

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NathanL75 @nathanl75.bsky.social · 5d

Pac Man kind of brought video games into the mainstream. Sort of the Mario of its day.

It was the first one that was a big deal in general.

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 5d

Idk how but the bookstore emails we get seem to be wrong every semester since they’ve gone to an anonymous sender/system(?). Got an email earlier this week saying orders are due by 10/31. Today I have an email saying orders are due today, but the header says 10/31 🤷‍♂️

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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 5d

Me too!

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Dr Naomi Scott @drnaomiscott.bsky.social · 5d

I have a suuuuuuuper niche question about tense usage in Ancient Greek lexicography who do I know who might know stuff about this???? All pointers and bibliography suggestions greatly received!!! #ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky

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