Antiquité | Religions | Classics - Ottawa
banner
antrelclaottawa.bsky.social
Antiquité | Religions | Classics - Ottawa
@antrelclaottawa.bsky.social
News about Classics, Antiquity and Religious Studies in Ottawa and beyond.
Actualités sur les études anciennes et les sciences des religions à Ottawa et ailleurs.
Fresh scholarship in Classics: Hermann Amon's analysis of the Third Century Crisis examines how Rome navigated simultaneous challenges: Germanic and Persian invasions, imperial instability, currency crises, and regional transformations. buff.ly/Em7ib8x #uOttawa #RomanEmpire #SOSClassicsUO
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Jeudi prochain à l'Université d'Ottawa : "Protagoras et la doxographie platonicienne : le cas du plus éminent des sophistes" avec Osvaldo Cunha Neto (chercheur invité) - 27 novembre, 13:00 (MHN 509, uOttawa)
#Ottawa #Protagoras #PhilosophieGrecque #PhilosophieAncienne #HistoireAncienne #Antiquité
November 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Supporting Greek & Roman studies and ancient language at uOttawa. Here's what people are saying online about the proposed cuts. Sign the petition: buff.ly/PKodcK2 #SOSClassicsUO #SaveTheHumanities #uOttawa #Ottawa
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Tomorrow, Nov, 19th, 8:30 PM at the Ottawa Art Gallery, Cypriot Film "Smaragda: I Got Thick Skin and I Can’t Jump". Details: buff.ly/6iJCmFB #Ottawa #EUFF #CypriotFilm
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Exciting news! UOttawa undergraduate Phoebe Hancock will be speaking at the Classical Association Conference in Manchester, UK next April on "'I Put a Spell on You: A Brief Survey of Homo- and Heteroerotic Greek Love Spells." One to highlight. #uOttawa #Ottawa #CA2026 #AncientHistory
November 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Reposted by Antiquité | Religions | Classics - Ottawa
Myths & Legends: A Classics Competition 2026 has officially opened! Entries close on 2 March 2026. This is a FREE outreach competition aimed at Key Stage 3 students, which has run for over 70 years at Leeds! Find more information on the competition website:
artsoutreach.leeds.ac.uk/our-subjects...
Myths and Legends: A Classics Competition | Arts and Humanities Outreach Team
artsoutreach.leeds.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Behind every "low enrolment " statistic is a real student.

Meet Madison who's studying Classics at uOttawa. Here she tells us more about what inspires her and her hopes for the future. #GreekRomanStudies #ottawa #uottawa #SaveClassicsUO #SaveHigherEd #AncientBluesky
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
New classics inductees to the Royal Society of Canada. So many new Classics additions as Fellows is exceptional and shows the vibrancy of Classical Studies research in Canada. #AncientBluesky #RoyalSocietyCanada #Classics
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Nouveaux Fellows en études classiques à la Société royale du Canada. Tant de nouvelles admissions en études classiques est exceptionnel et démontre la vitalité de la recherche en études classiques au Canada. #ÉtudesAnciennes #histoireancienne
November 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Fantômes antiques au féminin » : un regard neuf sur les revenantes d’agrippine à Philinnion. La doctorante Alex‑Anne Fortin‑Otis dévoile comment ces figures soulignent les crises de l’Antiquité gréco-romaine. buff.ly/KVMt3sQ #Antiquité #HistoireAncienne #AntiquitéGréco-Romaine
Fantômes antiques au féminin: Agrippine et Philinnion reviennent hanter les vivants
Selon la doctorante Alex-Anne Fortin-Otis, on peut associer les revenantes de l'Antiquité gréco-romaine aux questionnements des Anciens sur la mort et l'immortalité de l'âme
buff.ly
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Reposted by Antiquité | Religions | Classics - Ottawa
Glad to see an in-depth article on the wider problems in the Faculty of Arts at the university in the Fulcrum, the student newspaper, thefulcrum.ca/news/arts-in...
Arts in crisis - The Fulcrum
Reading Time: 8 minutesThe faculty of arts is one of the largest faculties at the University of Ottawa. But students, both undergraduate and graduate, have been plagued by budget cuts, poor course av...
thefulcrum.ca
November 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Reposted by Antiquité | Religions | Classics - Ottawa
It’s next week!!! Mark your calendars!! #Classicsblusky#Blueskyclassics #AncientBlueSky
November 13, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Reposted by Antiquité | Religions | Classics - Ottawa
The CAC is accepting applications from members for the Mark Golden Book Award.

Applications are due December 15th. See our website for full details: www.cac-scec.ca/2025/11/gold...

#AncientBlueSky
The Mark Golden Book Award/ Le Prix du Livre Mark Golden (Deadline December 15) - The Classical Association of Canada
Sign up for our newsletter to receive updates! Nous vous invitons à vous inscrire à notre newsletter afin de recevoir les mises à jour! First name Last name Email Institution/ Organization All subscri...
www.cac-scec.ca
November 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
When universities shrink their vision, students pay the price. The crisis is real. Quand les universités rétrécissent leur vision, ce sont les étudiants qui en paient le prix. La crise est réelle. buff.ly/0UIqjXf #uOttawa #ottawa #SOSClassicsUO #SOSÉtudesAnciennes
Arts in crisis
<span class="span-reading-time rt-reading-time" style="display: block;"><span class="rt-label rt-prefix">Reading Time: </span> <span class="rt-time"> 8</span> <span class="rt-label…
buff.ly
November 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Supporting Greek & Roman Studies and ancient languages at UOttawa. Here's what supporters are writing to the university administration. #SOSClassicsUO #AncientBluesky #AncientHistory #SaveTheHumanities #ONfr buff.ly/PKodcK2
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Prof.Jitse Dijkstra (UOttawa), talks to the Royal Society of Canada about his groundbreaking work on the shift from ancient religions to Christianity in Late Antiquity ahead of his induction tomorrow. Congratulations! #LateAntiquity #SOSClassicsUO #AncientBluesky #Ottawa
Jitse Dijkstra | 2025 New RSC Fellow | University of Ottawa
Jitse Dijkstra is an internationally renowned specialist of the transformation from ancient religions to Christianity in Late Antiquity, in particular in Egypt, where he has conducted fieldwork for…
buff.ly
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Supporting Greek & Roman studies and ancient language at uOttawa. Here's what people are saying online about the proposed cuts. Sign the petition: buff.ly/PKodcK2 #SOSClassicsUO #SaveTheHumanities #AncientBluesky #uOttawa #Ottawa
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tomorrow on Zoom: Weds, Novs 12, 2025, 8:00 p.m. Eastern. Dr. Alison Futrell (University of Arizona), "The People's Arena." Mass events in the Colosseum were highly visible performances of Rome’s imperial power. But what about the ordinary individuals in the stands..? buff.ly/EcgzEam #Archaology
AIA Event Listings - AIA Archaeology Hour November 2025: The People's Arena - Archaeological Institute of America
Archaeological event listing for Archaeological Institute of America
buff.ly
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NB: Friday Nov, 14th! (not Saturday as stated below 😜)
Ottawans! Don't forget Greek Trivia Night on Saturday Nov, 14th. Today's the deadline for tickets, so get in now. Free for students!
#Ottawa #AncientGreece #GreekCommunityOttawa
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Tomorrow! "Bards and Big-Men in the Aegean: Ethnographic Answers to Homeric Questions" with Emily Varto (Dalhousie Uni) November 12 at 11:00 (CRX C307, Learning Crossroads building, uOttawa) All welcome!
#Homer #AncientGreece #Ethnography #Classics #AncientHistory #AncientBluesky
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Ottawans! Don't forget Greek Trivia Night on Saturday Nov, 14th. Today's the deadline for tickets, so get in now. Free for students!
#Ottawa #AncientGreece #GreekCommunityOttawa
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
How can sacred stories inform our self-reflection on the climate crisis? UOttawa master's student Lucia tells us more. #uOttawa #Ottawa #ReligiousStudies #SacredStories
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🎧 Podcast fascinant sur le pillage du patrimoine syrien après des décennies de guerre et de dictature. Entre trafics d’antiquités et espoir de préservation, un regard poignant sur l’héritage millénaire de la Syrie. buff.ly/T4Rk2rz #Archéologie #Patrimoine #Syrie #HistoireAncienne
Syrie : sur la trace des passeurs d’antiquités
Des décennies de dictature, puis la guerre, puis Daech, ont mis à sac le patrimoine archéologique syrien. Mais depuis la chute d’Assad, les pillages continuent : trafics, fouilles clandestines et…
buff.ly
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM