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Greg Woolf @gregwoolf.bsky.social · 6h

Very good to see Brown University joining MIT in declining to sign up to the Adminstration's proposed "Compact for Academic Excellence" www.brown.edu/news/2025-10...

Brown University president declines invitation for Brown to join federal Compact

In a letter to the White House, President Christina H. Paxson wrote that Compact provisions restricting academic freedom and undermining autonomy would impede the University’s ability to fulfill its m...

www.brown.edu

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Laprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 3d

Courtesy of colleagues at Penn

A variation on Benjamin Franklin’s 1754 engraving in the Pennsylvania Gazette, published in Philadelphia, in an effort to foster cooperation among the various colonies against the tyrant king of Britain, with the American colonies replaced by the nine universities selected for special collaboration opportunities

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Greg Woolf @gregwoolf.bsky.social · 5d

Great line up. Wish I could be there!

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Greg Woolf @gregwoolf.bsky.social · 8d

Congratulations!

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 13d

Sorry to see schools placed in this situation but very glad Newsom is doing this. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Newsom threatens state funding for California universities that agree to Trump demands

Newsom said California universities that sign what he called the “RADICAL AGREEMENT” will lose state funds, including those for scholarships.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Greg Woolf @gregwoolf.bsky.social · 20d

Hi Debby, great to see you over here!

Debby Sneed @debscavator.bsky.social · 20d

Maybe it's dorky, but I'll introduce myself. I'm a nondisabled university professor who specializes in disability in ancient Greece. I approach this all through the lens of disability studies and critical disability theory, and advocate for disabled students in Classics and Archaeology.

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Debby Sneed @debscavator.bsky.social · 20d

Maybe it's dorky, but I'll introduce myself. I'm a nondisabled university professor who specializes in disability in ancient Greece. I approach this all through the lens of disability studies and critical disability theory, and advocate for disabled students in Classics and Archaeology.

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Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · Sep 13

Very excited to advertise the full programme and registration details for our Athens conference, 22-24 October 2025!

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/13/c...

Conference programme

Mountains of Greece: Heritage Narratives from the Past for a Sustainable Future, Athens, 22-24 October 2025

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Aug 30

Life’s getting a bit more crap here if you are a person from an ethnic minority 🧵

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Greg Woolf @gregwoolf.bsky.social · Aug 30

f you want something a bit more niche there's a famous burial monument at Igel, now on the borders of three EU countries. Its reliefs are a key source for the textile industry that flourished there in Roman times. www.eifel.info/en/pois/igel...

Column of Igel near Trier (UNESCO World Heritage Site) | Holidays in the Eifel

www.eifel.info

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Greg Woolf @gregwoolf.bsky.social · Aug 30

So much to see! Love the Landesmuseum although I haven't been for years. Constantine's basilica (if a bit rebuilt), the amphitheatre, bridge, two sets of amazing baths...and of course the Porta Nigra as on your pic!

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Greg Woolf @gregwoolf.bsky.social · Aug 29

Also

www.amazon.com/Gods-Temples...

Gods, Temples and Ritual Practices: The Transformation of Religious Ideas and Values in Roman Gaul (Amsterdam Archeological Studies , Part 2)

Gods, Temples and Ritual Practices: The Transformation of Religious Ideas and Values in Roman Gaul (Amsterdam Archeological Studies , Part 2) [Derks, Ton] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Gods, Temples and Ritual Practices: The Transformation of Religious Ideas and Values in Roman Gaul (Amsterdam Archeological Studies , Part 2)

www.amazon.com

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Greg Woolf @gregwoolf.bsky.social · Aug 29

I recommend www.amazon.com/RELIGION-EN-...

LA RELIGION EN GAULE ROMAINE: Piété et politique (Ier-IVe siècle apr. J.-C.)

LA RELIGION EN GAULE ROMAINE: Piété et politique (Ier-IVe siècle apr. J.-C.) [Van Andringa, William] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. LA RELIGION EN GAULE ROMAINE: Piété et politique (Ier-IVe siècle apr. J.-C.)

www.amazon.com

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Greg Woolf @gregwoolf.bsky.social · Aug 16

There’s still the centennial of our World Cup win coming up in 2066

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · Aug 15

In February 1896, two men ploughing a field unearthed one of the greatest prehistoric treasures ever found on the island of Ireland – the Broighter Hoard.

#Archaeology 🏺 #SpéirGhorm #Ireland

A small model of a boat with oars, all made out of gold. It is set against a dark green background

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Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · Aug 15

Updated my grad syllabus for the new year! The latest version of the weekly schedule and readings is now on the Teaching page of my website: samuelrutherford.com/teaching/

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Dr Hannah Čulík-Baird @opietasanimi.com · Aug 13

here's a recording of our lecture from earlier this year for UCLA's Global Antiquity symposium; a preview of our in-progress book project, "Cicero and the Rhetorics of Race" @mhanses.bsky.social

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · Jul 31

The British Academy is opening a call for evidence from individuals and organisations with expertise in the key public policy areas for social and economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Find more information and details about how to respond here: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/programmes/c...

SHAPE the Future: Call for evidence

The British Academy is opening a call for evidence as part of a new phase of the SHAPE the Future programme, which will seek to examine the progress made against the long-term societal impacts identif...

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Archaeologists Against Apartheid and Genocide @archagainstaparth.bsky.social · Jul 31

As we continue on to engage other archaeological institutions, we are posting this final statement on the WAC campaign. We, unlike the World Archaeological Congress organisation, will not move quietly on, while Palestinians continue to be starved and slaughtered by Israel.

AAAWACStatement.pdf

drive.google.com

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Advocating Classics Education @aceclassics.bsky.social · Jan 30

So @profarlenehh.bsky.social & are now in the Blue Sky, fresh from an exciting meeting to develop our prison education programme bringing the skills, competencies and cultural literacy that encountering the ancient Greeks, Romans & their neighbours offers to some of our most marginalised citizens.

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Greg Woolf @gregwoolf.bsky.social · Jul 26

Thank you for writing this.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · Jul 26

It's very telling what happens to the comment whenever I write on this subject. Every other week, the comments in my substack are witty, funny and kind. On this topic, they're bitter, vicious, demented.

open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

The trans rights stitch-up

How government plans to silence debate on the new rules

open.substack.com

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · Jul 21

heads up historians of the Roman period - very, very, short deadline on this *permanent* job to start this academic year at Uni of Nottingham
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNX393/a...
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Assistant Professor in Roman History at University of Nottingham

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Assistant Professor in Roman History at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Chris Hinchliff MP @chrishinchliff.bsky.social · Jul 16

My statement on today's news. 👇

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Jul 15

‘England’s higher education system risks long-term decline unless ministers overhaul their “confused, if not incoherent” approach to universities’

FT interview with outgoing @britishacademy.bsky.social President Julia Black where she pulls no punches!

www.ft.com/content/3162...

Universities in England at risk of long-term decline, says British Academy

Outgoing president Dame Julia Black calls on ministers to overhaul their ‘confused’ approach to higher education

www.ft.com

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Hannah White @drhannahwhite.bsky.social · Jul 14

We at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk have coordinated a letter in @thetimes.com today in which numerous individuals and organisations call on the government to withdraw its mistaken rules which are having a serious chilling effect on civil servants speaking in public…