Eduardo García-Molina
@egarcmol.bsky.social
Ancient Historian. Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. PhD UChicago. Seleukid Empire, ancient archives, Hellenistic law, inscriptions, coins, antiquity in video games, & otters. 🇵🇷 🇨🇺 & 🏳️🌈
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Aristotle, Historia Animalium 7(8) 595a3-5:
"The otter also bites humans and does not surrender, so they say, until it hears the crack of bone."
"The otter also bites humans and does not surrender, so they say, until it hears the crack of bone."
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May 2026 👀
My monograph "Characters and Characterization in Mythological Video Games" will be out next year in @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social's IMAGINES series!
Many thanks to @ubisoft.com for the #ImmortalsFenyxRising art ⚡
More information (soon!) on www.bloomsbury.com/uk/character...
My monograph "Characters and Characterization in Mythological Video Games" will be out next year in @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social's IMAGINES series!
Many thanks to @ubisoft.com for the #ImmortalsFenyxRising art ⚡
More information (soon!) on www.bloomsbury.com/uk/character...
October 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
May 2026 👀
My monograph "Characters and Characterization in Mythological Video Games" will be out next year in @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social's IMAGINES series!
Many thanks to @ubisoft.com for the #ImmortalsFenyxRising art ⚡
More information (soon!) on www.bloomsbury.com/uk/character...
My monograph "Characters and Characterization in Mythological Video Games" will be out next year in @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social's IMAGINES series!
Many thanks to @ubisoft.com for the #ImmortalsFenyxRising art ⚡
More information (soon!) on www.bloomsbury.com/uk/character...
And a final action shot thanks to my colleagues. Never thought I’d be talking about Seleukids in video games. Such a great conference filled with fellow Seleukid nerds, much-needed inspiration to get back to my other writing projects.
November 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
And a final action shot thanks to my colleagues. Never thought I’d be talking about Seleukids in video games. Such a great conference filled with fellow Seleukid nerds, much-needed inspiration to get back to my other writing projects.
Public transportation AND Pride?! Utrecht, I love you. Now if only I could ride a bike…
November 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Public transportation AND Pride?! Utrecht, I love you. Now if only I could ride a bike…
A lunch break in Seleukid Study Day VIII to look at a first edition Droysen and a 16th century Polybios in the special collections of Utrecht University.
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
A lunch break in Seleukid Study Day VIII to look at a first edition Droysen and a 16th century Polybios in the special collections of Utrecht University.
Library of Alexandria slide done.
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Library of Alexandria slide done.
Game Pitch ideas coming in from students in The Ancient World in Vídeo Games course, continually stoked by how much discussion there is in class and how they’re shaping the creative projects and mini research paper.
November 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Game Pitch ideas coming in from students in The Ancient World in Vídeo Games course, continually stoked by how much discussion there is in class and how they’re shaping the creative projects and mini research paper.
Europa Universalis V dropping in the middle of the semester the week before I have an international conference. Nasty work.
November 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Europa Universalis V dropping in the middle of the semester the week before I have an international conference. Nasty work.
Taking some breaks between grading Greek civ midterms to try my hand at 18th century generalship.
November 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Taking some breaks between grading Greek civ midterms to try my hand at 18th century generalship.
Heads up, UIUC Classics is accepting applications for MAT and MA/PhD programs for fall 2026. All resident grads are supported by full tuition waivers and a combo of fellowships TAships, and RAships. For any questions, Dan Leon ([email protected]) is our fearless DGS and I'll link our website below.
October 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Heads up, UIUC Classics is accepting applications for MAT and MA/PhD programs for fall 2026. All resident grads are supported by full tuition waivers and a combo of fellowships TAships, and RAships. For any questions, Dan Leon ([email protected]) is our fearless DGS and I'll link our website below.
The world isn’t ready for the toxic Caesar discourse that would reemerge within the context of the current internet with a Fallout New Vegas remaster.
October 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The world isn’t ready for the toxic Caesar discourse that would reemerge within the context of the current internet with a Fallout New Vegas remaster.
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The 2026 Warwick numismatic day is 'Women, Power and Money'. If you work on coin-like things (broadly defined) and women, you might be interested in the call for papers below.
warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/cla...
warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/cla...
Women, Power and Money
warwick.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
The 2026 Warwick numismatic day is 'Women, Power and Money'. If you work on coin-like things (broadly defined) and women, you might be interested in the call for papers below.
warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/cla...
warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/cla...
While some are, of course, dubious representations, will never not take advantage of the manga Historie giving us Eumenes.
October 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
While some are, of course, dubious representations, will never not take advantage of the manga Historie giving us Eumenes.
Guess what period I’m starting to teach in Greek Civ this week?!
October 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Guess what period I’m starting to teach in Greek Civ this week?!
I hate gay Halloween, what do you mean you’re Ancient Greek particles used in conjunction to denote correlative clauses.
October 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I hate gay Halloween, what do you mean you’re Ancient Greek particles used in conjunction to denote correlative clauses.
A reminder to check your kid's Halloween candy this year, just found Socrates corrupting the youth in a Snickers bar.
October 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
A reminder to check your kid's Halloween candy this year, just found Socrates corrupting the youth in a Snickers bar.
Given recent reactions to the Super Bowl, tempted to just teach my classes 50% in English and 50% in Spanish.
October 7, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Given recent reactions to the Super Bowl, tempted to just teach my classes 50% in English and 50% in Spanish.
September 30 October 1
September 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
September 30 October 1
Well well well, looks like my multi-year procrastination to update my academia. edu account with any work has paid off.
September 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Well well well, looks like my multi-year procrastination to update my academia. edu account with any work has paid off.
Digital heritage and virtual realities class in “The Ancient World in Video Games” course went smoothly thanks to the excellent people at the UIUC VR Lab. Not pictured, me hitting the table to pick up the wands.
September 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Digital heritage and virtual realities class in “The Ancient World in Video Games” course went smoothly thanks to the excellent people at the UIUC VR Lab. Not pictured, me hitting the table to pick up the wands.
Set of three endearingly wonky DIY hoplite aspides done 24 hours before the Greek Warfare lecture by my wonderful husband, check.
September 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Set of three endearingly wonky DIY hoplite aspides done 24 hours before the Greek Warfare lecture by my wonderful husband, check.
Turning 32 today which means I have one more year before I traditionally weep at the base of a statue of Alexander during my quaestorship in Spain.
September 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Turning 32 today which means I have one more year before I traditionally weep at the base of a statue of Alexander during my quaestorship in Spain.
Uttered the phrase “testicular bath bomb” in class today when describing Aphrodite’s birth if you’re wondering how I’m doing.
September 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Uttered the phrase “testicular bath bomb” in class today when describing Aphrodite’s birth if you’re wondering how I’m doing.
Out of all the insanity coming out about the shooter, seeing older journalists and online accounts parse internet memes like they’re Greek and Roman texts might be one of the most surreal aspects of this whole thing.
September 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Out of all the insanity coming out about the shooter, seeing older journalists and online accounts parse internet memes like they’re Greek and Roman texts might be one of the most surreal aspects of this whole thing.
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Here's a conundrum... What a great @peoplingthepast.bsky.social post: peoplingthepast.com/2025/09/12/b... . But as full disclosure, the author is an @isawnyu.bsky.social student. I'm her chair (my great honor). So don't believe me, go check it out. (And my congrats/empathy to Lylaah!)
Blog #109: Graduate Student Feature with Lylaah L. Bhalerao: On Serendipity and Sanskrit in the Study of the Mediterranean World
We are kicking off the 2025/26 academic year over here at Peopling the Past with a blog by Lylaah L. Bhalerao, a PhD Candidate at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York Univer…
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September 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Here's a conundrum... What a great @peoplingthepast.bsky.social post: peoplingthepast.com/2025/09/12/b... . But as full disclosure, the author is an @isawnyu.bsky.social student. I'm her chair (my great honor). So don't believe me, go check it out. (And my congrats/empathy to Lylaah!)
Liberal pundits extolling someone who had a watch list of college professors whose political views he disagreed with and actively targeted minorities as a saint of free speech, WaPotheosis in real time.
September 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Liberal pundits extolling someone who had a watch list of college professors whose political views he disagreed with and actively targeted minorities as a saint of free speech, WaPotheosis in real time.