Thomas Hendrickson
@thomashendrickson.bsky.social
Latin philology. Latin teaching/learning. Book history. Latin in the early modern era (and other eras).
1. Feeling unduly proud of myself.
2. If there is any substance more disgusting than what you find when cleaning out a slow-draining sink, I DON'T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT
2. If there is any substance more disgusting than what you find when cleaning out a slow-draining sink, I DON'T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT
November 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
1. Feeling unduly proud of myself.
2. If there is any substance more disgusting than what you find when cleaning out a slow-draining sink, I DON'T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT
2. If there is any substance more disgusting than what you find when cleaning out a slow-draining sink, I DON'T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT
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Public transport isn't just for Middle Earth. Narnia's getting in on the act!
I've drawn a subway map covering all 7 books of The Chronicles of Narnia. Follow the plots lines, but don't touch the third rail! #Narnia #Maps #Subway
You can buy prints on my Etsy store:
www.etsy.com/listing/4345...
I've drawn a subway map covering all 7 books of The Chronicles of Narnia. Follow the plots lines, but don't touch the third rail! #Narnia #Maps #Subway
You can buy prints on my Etsy store:
www.etsy.com/listing/4345...
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Public transport isn't just for Middle Earth. Narnia's getting in on the act!
I've drawn a subway map covering all 7 books of The Chronicles of Narnia. Follow the plots lines, but don't touch the third rail! #Narnia #Maps #Subway
You can buy prints on my Etsy store:
www.etsy.com/listing/4345...
I've drawn a subway map covering all 7 books of The Chronicles of Narnia. Follow the plots lines, but don't touch the third rail! #Narnia #Maps #Subway
You can buy prints on my Etsy store:
www.etsy.com/listing/4345...
I DO have a pie ranking:
1. Hittite
2. Vedic Sanskrit
3. Tocharian B
Anyone who puts the Sabellic dialect continuum in the top 3 is kidding themselves.
1. Hittite
2. Vedic Sanskrit
3. Tocharian B
Anyone who puts the Sabellic dialect continuum in the top 3 is kidding themselves.
i have no pie ranking — i like all pie — but i will say that my sweet potato pie once won an award
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I DO have a pie ranking:
1. Hittite
2. Vedic Sanskrit
3. Tocharian B
Anyone who puts the Sabellic dialect continuum in the top 3 is kidding themselves.
1. Hittite
2. Vedic Sanskrit
3. Tocharian B
Anyone who puts the Sabellic dialect continuum in the top 3 is kidding themselves.
New Acquisition!
This one is particularly special because the author is an old friend-- I remember reading Thucydides with her on frozen Minnesota mornings when we were undergrads together.
This one is particularly special because the author is an old friend-- I remember reading Thucydides with her on frozen Minnesota mornings when we were undergrads together.
November 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
New Acquisition!
This one is particularly special because the author is an old friend-- I remember reading Thucydides with her on frozen Minnesota mornings when we were undergrads together.
This one is particularly special because the author is an old friend-- I remember reading Thucydides with her on frozen Minnesota mornings when we were undergrads together.
Well, it worked for Sarah Palin.
Marjorie Taylor Greene RESIGNS from Congress effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Well, it worked for Sarah Palin.
Question for classicists: was Cornelia ("mater gracchorum") the first Roman figure to circulate their letters publicly? Was there anyone earlier?
(Apart from the fragments, the letters are mentioned by Cic. Brut. 211 and Quintilian IO 1.1.6)
(Apart from the fragments, the letters are mentioned by Cic. Brut. 211 and Quintilian IO 1.1.6)
November 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Question for classicists: was Cornelia ("mater gracchorum") the first Roman figure to circulate their letters publicly? Was there anyone earlier?
(Apart from the fragments, the letters are mentioned by Cic. Brut. 211 and Quintilian IO 1.1.6)
(Apart from the fragments, the letters are mentioned by Cic. Brut. 211 and Quintilian IO 1.1.6)
Dear Nerds: I have just learned that Smith's "Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary" is now available in a searchable online format (thanks to Johan Winge and Latinitium): latinitium.com/latin-dictio...
Dictionaries
latinitium.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Dear Nerds: I have just learned that Smith's "Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary" is now available in a searchable online format (thanks to Johan Winge and Latinitium): latinitium.com/latin-dictio...
Looks like a party!
New issue of Convivium Vol. 12, No. 1 (2025) www.brepolsonline.net/toc/convi/20... @brepols.net #openaccess 𝗦𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 @adambursi.bsky.social
Convivium: Vol 12, No 1
www.brepolsonline.net
November 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Looks like a party!
Sometimes I wonder if, in the white house, anyone is ever like "Whatever happened with Greenland?"
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Sometimes I wonder if, in the white house, anyone is ever like "Whatever happened with Greenland?"
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I want a tool like Adblock that blocks all AI tools and content from my browser
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I want a tool like Adblock that blocks all AI tools and content from my browser
There's so much cool stuff happening on Latin and bilingualism lately.
www.italianisti.it/news/congres...
www.italianisti.it/news/congres...
Convegno "Utriusque linguae auctores. L'elegia latina e volgare nel Rinascimento italiano"
Utriusque linguae auctores. L'elegia latina e volgare nel Rinascimento italiano
Padova, 3-4 dicembre 2025
Si segnala il convegno Utriusque linguae auctores. L'elegia latina e volgare nel Rinascimento...
www.italianisti.it
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
There's so much cool stuff happening on Latin and bilingualism lately.
www.italianisti.it/news/congres...
www.italianisti.it/news/congres...
Writing books.
November 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Writing books.
I didn't know it until I breezed through the table of contents, but I WAS looking to spend my evening reading about ancient Greek lexical semantics, with a case study on the color-word "chloros."
New issue of Journal of Greek Linguistics Vol.25, No. 2 (2025) brill.com/view/journal... #openaccess @dgb-linguistics.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I didn't know it until I breezed through the table of contents, but I WAS looking to spend my evening reading about ancient Greek lexical semantics, with a case study on the color-word "chloros."
Reposted by Thomas Hendrickson
How did oral and written traditions influence the transmission of sacred texts in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam? A new volume uncovers the complex interplay between spoken word and manuscript culture in the medieval Middle East:
uhh.de/csmc-intersame
Open access!
uhh.de/csmc-intersame
Open access!
The Transmission of Sacred Texts in the Medieval Middle East
uhh.de
November 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
How did oral and written traditions influence the transmission of sacred texts in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam? A new volume uncovers the complex interplay between spoken word and manuscript culture in the medieval Middle East:
uhh.de/csmc-intersame
Open access!
uhh.de/csmc-intersame
Open access!
Does anyone know: where do you go to complain about AI intrusions into Word?
November 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Does anyone know: where do you go to complain about AI intrusions into Word?
Well, these emails will surely mean consequences for the man who faced no consequences for a recording of him bragging about sexual assault, and no consequences despite being held liable by a court for a different(!) sexual assault.
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Well, these emails will surely mean consequences for the man who faced no consequences for a recording of him bragging about sexual assault, and no consequences despite being held liable by a court for a different(!) sexual assault.
Reposted by Thomas Hendrickson
Delighted that from January 2026 all research articles published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org will be Open Access
view.updates.cambridge.org?qs=85c24bbd7...
view.updates.cambridge.org?qs=85c24bbd7...
Cambridge University Press
view.updates.cambridge.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Delighted that from January 2026 all research articles published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org will be Open Access
view.updates.cambridge.org?qs=85c24bbd7...
view.updates.cambridge.org?qs=85c24bbd7...
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The Society for Neo-Latin Studies is organising a panel on career opportunities for PhDs and early career researchers as part of our AGM at the Warburg Institute on Friday 14 November!
All are welcome and attendance is free! Registration is encouraged via this link: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ren...
All are welcome and attendance is free! Registration is encouraged via this link: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ren...
November 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The Society for Neo-Latin Studies is organising a panel on career opportunities for PhDs and early career researchers as part of our AGM at the Warburg Institute on Friday 14 November!
All are welcome and attendance is free! Registration is encouraged via this link: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ren...
All are welcome and attendance is free! Registration is encouraged via this link: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ren...
Reposted by Thomas Hendrickson
Announcing the J.P. Gumbert Dissertation Award 2025! 🏆
We are looking for the best PhD thesis on any aspect of manuscript studies defended between 1 Sep 2024 and 31 Dec 2025. The award includes a prize of 5,000 EUR and a fellowship at the CSMC.
Apply by 6 February 2026!
uhh.de/csmc-jpga-2025
We are looking for the best PhD thesis on any aspect of manuscript studies defended between 1 Sep 2024 and 31 Dec 2025. The award includes a prize of 5,000 EUR and a fellowship at the CSMC.
Apply by 6 February 2026!
uhh.de/csmc-jpga-2025
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Announcing the J.P. Gumbert Dissertation Award 2025! 🏆
We are looking for the best PhD thesis on any aspect of manuscript studies defended between 1 Sep 2024 and 31 Dec 2025. The award includes a prize of 5,000 EUR and a fellowship at the CSMC.
Apply by 6 February 2026!
uhh.de/csmc-jpga-2025
We are looking for the best PhD thesis on any aspect of manuscript studies defended between 1 Sep 2024 and 31 Dec 2025. The award includes a prize of 5,000 EUR and a fellowship at the CSMC.
Apply by 6 February 2026!
uhh.de/csmc-jpga-2025
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Starting Nov 26 (4pm CET) - online Prolepsis Research Network seminar series "#NeoClassica: Texts and Perspectives from the Early Modern Classical Tradition" listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A... Link: email [email protected]
November 11, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Starting Nov 26 (4pm CET) - online Prolepsis Research Network seminar series "#NeoClassica: Texts and Perspectives from the Early Modern Classical Tradition" listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A... Link: email [email protected]
Me, looking at a stack of ungraded papers: "Well, looks like I should get started on doing the dishes."
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Me, looking at a stack of ungraded papers: "Well, looks like I should get started on doing the dishes."
Reposted by Thomas Hendrickson
Every time I hear someone say a given "crisis" is really an "opportunity," I think of Littlefinger saying "Chaos is a ladder!"
November 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Every time I hear someone say a given "crisis" is really an "opportunity," I think of Littlefinger saying "Chaos is a ladder!"
Incredible that they've rediscovered the phrenology (the appeal of which was always its scientistic bells and whistles)
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Incredible that they've rediscovered the phrenology (the appeal of which was always its scientistic bells and whistles)