Alex Slucky
@alexslucky.bsky.social
Central Eurasian Archaeobotany PhD w/ BioArCH @ Uni of York, Prior: UCL Institute of Archaeology, Sydney Uni, Kew Science w/ The Explorers Club GB & steppesistersNt #archaeobotany #centralasia #silkroads She/Her
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Alex Slucky
@alexslucky.bsky.social
· Mar 7
I received the most wonderful gift from my husband today, a first edition copy from 1939 of “The World was my Garden” by Dr. David Fairchild, who is a great botany hero. The copy was originally owned by Victoria Burbidge botanist at Edinburgh Botanic Gardens & at Kew, & Denver Botanic Garden.
I passed my PhD progress review yesterday! I got some valuable feedback that I am keen to take on and continue doing exciting work with my supervisors! @york.ac.uk
July 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I passed my PhD progress review yesterday! I got some valuable feedback that I am keen to take on and continue doing exciting work with my supervisors! @york.ac.uk
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Psst early birds. Yes you, put down your toast, we have a mind blowing fact for you! 🤯
The oak trees used in the construction of the Undercroft were felled in 1358. The trees were likely to be 200 to 250 years old. Making them saplings within 50 years of the Norman Conquest!
The oak trees used in the construction of the Undercroft were felled in 1358. The trees were likely to be 200 to 250 years old. Making them saplings within 50 years of the Norman Conquest!
June 4, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Psst early birds. Yes you, put down your toast, we have a mind blowing fact for you! 🤯
The oak trees used in the construction of the Undercroft were felled in 1358. The trees were likely to be 200 to 250 years old. Making them saplings within 50 years of the Norman Conquest!
The oak trees used in the construction of the Undercroft were felled in 1358. The trees were likely to be 200 to 250 years old. Making them saplings within 50 years of the Norman Conquest!
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I am thrilled to say that me and Thomas Dowson will be hosting a session at TAG 2025 titled '25 Years of 'Queer Archaeologies' - Where do we need to go?'.
We seek submissions that engage with queer archaeology in its broadest sense.
More details here: tag2025.hosted.york.ac.uk/en/call-for-...
We seek submissions that engage with queer archaeology in its broadest sense.
More details here: tag2025.hosted.york.ac.uk/en/call-for-...
June 2, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I am thrilled to say that me and Thomas Dowson will be hosting a session at TAG 2025 titled '25 Years of 'Queer Archaeologies' - Where do we need to go?'.
We seek submissions that engage with queer archaeology in its broadest sense.
More details here: tag2025.hosted.york.ac.uk/en/call-for-...
We seek submissions that engage with queer archaeology in its broadest sense.
More details here: tag2025.hosted.york.ac.uk/en/call-for-...
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The call for papers for @tag2025york.bsky.social is now OPEN!! 🏺
Abstracts for all sessions are available at
tag2025.hosted.york.ac.uk/en/call-for-...
Contact individual session organisers to submit your paper abstract by AUGUST 1st!
#TAG2025
#tag2025_york
#YorTAG
Abstracts for all sessions are available at
tag2025.hosted.york.ac.uk/en/call-for-...
Contact individual session organisers to submit your paper abstract by AUGUST 1st!
#TAG2025
#tag2025_york
#YorTAG
June 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The call for papers for @tag2025york.bsky.social is now OPEN!! 🏺
Abstracts for all sessions are available at
tag2025.hosted.york.ac.uk/en/call-for-...
Contact individual session organisers to submit your paper abstract by AUGUST 1st!
#TAG2025
#tag2025_york
#YorTAG
Abstracts for all sessions are available at
tag2025.hosted.york.ac.uk/en/call-for-...
Contact individual session organisers to submit your paper abstract by AUGUST 1st!
#TAG2025
#tag2025_york
#YorTAG
Being a neurodivergent female academic is sometimes really rough, that’s all 🫠
June 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Being a neurodivergent female academic is sometimes really rough, that’s all 🫠
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UoY staff! Join us online on Wednesday 11 June, 1-2pm for a bitesize training session on our reading lists system. Whether new to York or wanting a refresher, this session will help you get the most from reading lists, including accessible provision of texts. Book a place:
forms.gle/qQ2EUD6kRjep...
forms.gle/qQ2EUD6kRjep...
May 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
UoY staff! Join us online on Wednesday 11 June, 1-2pm for a bitesize training session on our reading lists system. Whether new to York or wanting a refresher, this session will help you get the most from reading lists, including accessible provision of texts. Book a place:
forms.gle/qQ2EUD6kRjep...
forms.gle/qQ2EUD6kRjep...
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So excited to head to Washington State University Honors College next week to talk about #medieval #Armenia, & specifically the lives of medieval folks who built a beautiful world in art even while surrounded by political chaos, & left traces of themselves for an uncertain future to remember
March 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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The guy whose daddy bought his way into Wharton, the guy whose grades were so shitty he's never disclosed them – that guy just destroyed the Department of Education. This is what dystopia looks like. This is what Fascism looks like.
March 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The guy whose daddy bought his way into Wharton, the guy whose grades were so shitty he's never disclosed them – that guy just destroyed the Department of Education. This is what dystopia looks like. This is what Fascism looks like.
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The 2025 Gordon Childe Lecture will be given by Professor Liv Nilsson Stutz Linnaeus University lnu.se/en/staff/liv...
'Piecing Together Past Human Encounters with Death'
🎟️ Link tickets for the lecture 14/05 - bit.ly/4bAFW0F
🎫 Link tickets for the seminar 15/05 - bit.ly/3DDZViz
#LocalAndGlobal
'Piecing Together Past Human Encounters with Death'
🎟️ Link tickets for the lecture 14/05 - bit.ly/4bAFW0F
🎫 Link tickets for the seminar 15/05 - bit.ly/3DDZViz
#LocalAndGlobal
UCL Institute of Archaeology Gordon Childe Lecture 2025
This year's UCL Institute of Archaeology Gordon Childe Lecture, to be given by Professor Liv Nilsson Stutz (Linnaeus University, Sweden), will take place on 14 May 2025.
bit.ly
March 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The 2025 Gordon Childe Lecture will be given by Professor Liv Nilsson Stutz Linnaeus University lnu.se/en/staff/liv...
'Piecing Together Past Human Encounters with Death'
🎟️ Link tickets for the lecture 14/05 - bit.ly/4bAFW0F
🎫 Link tickets for the seminar 15/05 - bit.ly/3DDZViz
#LocalAndGlobal
'Piecing Together Past Human Encounters with Death'
🎟️ Link tickets for the lecture 14/05 - bit.ly/4bAFW0F
🎫 Link tickets for the seminar 15/05 - bit.ly/3DDZViz
#LocalAndGlobal
I like springtime when it begins to get warm again, so I can sit outside with my kitties and drink my coffee to start my day ☺️
March 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I like springtime when it begins to get warm again, so I can sit outside with my kitties and drink my coffee to start my day ☺️
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Very proud father's day: Sam Dalrymple’s fabulous book Shattered Lands on the making of modern Asia is now available for pre-order!
amzn.in/d/0dNxZYr
amzn.in/d/0dNxZYr
March 17, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Very proud father's day: Sam Dalrymple’s fabulous book Shattered Lands on the making of modern Asia is now available for pre-order!
amzn.in/d/0dNxZYr
amzn.in/d/0dNxZYr
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Originally built in 1084, the Castle of Rocca Sinibalda (Rieti, Lazio, 70 kilometres east of #Rome) was turned into a magnificent fortress during the late #Renaissance by Architect Baldassarre Peruzzi and decorated with frescoes.
📸 Dimore Storiche Lazio
#MedievalMonday
📸 Dimore Storiche Lazio
#MedievalMonday
March 17, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Originally built in 1084, the Castle of Rocca Sinibalda (Rieti, Lazio, 70 kilometres east of #Rome) was turned into a magnificent fortress during the late #Renaissance by Architect Baldassarre Peruzzi and decorated with frescoes.
📸 Dimore Storiche Lazio
#MedievalMonday
📸 Dimore Storiche Lazio
#MedievalMonday
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If you are a Northern California person upset about Chuck Schumer’s @schumer.senate.gov ‘s craven betrayal of our country, his book tour will be in Corte Madera at The Book Passage on 3/22
Thanks to @chriswarcraft.bsky.social for the alert, now we know where to visit him in NorCal too 👍🏼
Thanks to @chriswarcraft.bsky.social for the alert, now we know where to visit him in NorCal too 👍🏼
March 15, 2025 at 5:52 AM
If you are a Northern California person upset about Chuck Schumer’s @schumer.senate.gov ‘s craven betrayal of our country, his book tour will be in Corte Madera at The Book Passage on 3/22
Thanks to @chriswarcraft.bsky.social for the alert, now we know where to visit him in NorCal too 👍🏼
Thanks to @chriswarcraft.bsky.social for the alert, now we know where to visit him in NorCal too 👍🏼
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Gutting the Department of Education will impact everything from internet access to school buses.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
March 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Gutting the Department of Education will impact everything from internet access to school buses.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
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Turnip surprise! Hahaha
Share far and wide! Another archaeogastronomical adventure is here!
Share far and wide! Another archaeogastronomical adventure is here!
Good morning! your commute became a little better!
New episode is out and you can have a little Baldrick in your lives!
Turnips, Salsify, Skirret, Scorzonera!
(yes real root vegetables, I'm not using new-fangled swearwords!)
#podcast #food #history #turnips
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
New episode is out and you can have a little Baldrick in your lives!
Turnips, Salsify, Skirret, Scorzonera!
(yes real root vegetables, I'm not using new-fangled swearwords!)
#podcast #food #history #turnips
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
A Brief History of Turnip (And other Medieval Root Vegetables)
Podcast Episode · The Delicious Legacy · 12/03/2025 · 32m
podcasts.apple.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Turnip surprise! Hahaha
Share far and wide! Another archaeogastronomical adventure is here!
Share far and wide! Another archaeogastronomical adventure is here!
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Regular reminder:
March 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Regular reminder:
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'Mothers, Priestesses, Fighters: Story of Greek Islands Retold Through Women’s Eyes'
Mothers, Priestesses, Fighters: Story of Greek Islands Retold Through Women’s Eyes
A new exhibition on the history of the Cyclades reveals the ‘untold stories’ of the islands’ women – and how they made the best of a male-dominated world.
balkaninsight.com
March 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
'Mothers, Priestesses, Fighters: Story of Greek Islands Retold Through Women’s Eyes'
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next Canadian government should think of boosting research funding up here and trying to grab as many American postdocs and researchers as possible
March 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
next Canadian government should think of boosting research funding up here and trying to grab as many American postdocs and researchers as possible
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In the 1790s a London woman named Eliza Denyer developed a modest reputation as a restorer of medieval manuscripts. She was forgotten by scholars and, in one case, her restorations were deliberately replaced by a man’s. I recovered her story & tracked all her known work here: tinyurl.com/2ktztx2e
March 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
In the 1790s a London woman named Eliza Denyer developed a modest reputation as a restorer of medieval manuscripts. She was forgotten by scholars and, in one case, her restorations were deliberately replaced by a man’s. I recovered her story & tracked all her known work here: tinyurl.com/2ktztx2e
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HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE.
(President of Mexico on International Women’s Day)
(President of Mexico on International Women’s Day)
March 9, 2025 at 4:19 AM
HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE.
(President of Mexico on International Women’s Day)
(President of Mexico on International Women’s Day)
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While I was on my Fulbright in Kyrgyzstan last year, I discovered a ton of amazing disco/funk music from Central Asia. Here's a small mix I made with some gems from Central Asia, interspersed with a smattering Turkish, Levantine and Chinese songs
soundcloud.com/yaxshiyan/ja...
soundcloud.com/yaxshiyan/ja...
jaz keldi mix
The past is the future: a nostalgic mix of disco, funk, soul and pop from the Levant through Central Asia and China
soundcloud.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:13 PM
While I was on my Fulbright in Kyrgyzstan last year, I discovered a ton of amazing disco/funk music from Central Asia. Here's a small mix I made with some gems from Central Asia, interspersed with a smattering Turkish, Levantine and Chinese songs
soundcloud.com/yaxshiyan/ja...
soundcloud.com/yaxshiyan/ja...
I received the most wonderful gift from my husband today, a first edition copy from 1939 of “The World was my Garden” by Dr. David Fairchild, who is a great botany hero. The copy was originally owned by Victoria Burbidge botanist at Edinburgh Botanic Gardens & at Kew, & Denver Botanic Garden.
March 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I received the most wonderful gift from my husband today, a first edition copy from 1939 of “The World was my Garden” by Dr. David Fairchild, who is a great botany hero. The copy was originally owned by Victoria Burbidge botanist at Edinburgh Botanic Gardens & at Kew, & Denver Botanic Garden.
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Amazing postdoc with the Heritage for Global Challenges Research Centre here at York:
🏺
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...
🏺
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...
Jobs - The University of York
jobs.york.ac.uk
March 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Amazing postdoc with the Heritage for Global Challenges Research Centre here at York:
🏺
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...
🏺
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...
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In my book Between Two Rivers, I dedicate a chapter to the origin of rule by a single person and ideas about the quintessential king in ancient Mesopotamia.
I also explore queens, including the very enigmatic Ku-Bau, a tavern-keeper turned queen in the ancient city of Kish.
I also explore queens, including the very enigmatic Ku-Bau, a tavern-keeper turned queen in the ancient city of Kish.
March 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
In my book Between Two Rivers, I dedicate a chapter to the origin of rule by a single person and ideas about the quintessential king in ancient Mesopotamia.
I also explore queens, including the very enigmatic Ku-Bau, a tavern-keeper turned queen in the ancient city of Kish.
I also explore queens, including the very enigmatic Ku-Bau, a tavern-keeper turned queen in the ancient city of Kish.