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Australasian Society for Classical Studies. Page managed by Dan Osland and Lea Beness. Any queries to [email protected]. Best wishes

[ASCS @ASCS1966]

Website and registration for the ASCS 2025 annual conference at Australian National University now live! Dates 2-5 February 2025

[Tom Geue @TomGeue]

Registration now open for the Australasian Society of Classical Studies 2025 conference at the Australian National University: https://t.co/mkAP8zIC2A

We've got a great line-up of keynotes, some wonderful HDR events in the works, and a bumper programme in the making. Join us!

[Lindsay Powell FRHistS @Lindsay_Powell]

"A suspected Roman oyster processing site has been unearthed on the banks of the Humber Estuary."
#RomanSiteSaturday
https://t.co/fFK8aiMha7

[The Partial Historians🏺 @p_historians]

What a fantastic way to start the weekend! We had the pleasure of reading some key passages from our book Rex and discussing the regal period with docents from @GettyMuseum. We had an absolute blast 🥳

[Ross Anderson @ross_p_anderson]

5-year funded Post-Doctoral Fellowships open for applications at All Souls College @UniofOxford!

Subjects: Archaeology, Classics, Mathematics, Modern Languages, Politics, Theoretical Physics

Deadline 6 Sept.

https://t.co/zHJBMYVsT7

[James Corke-Webster @jcorkewebster]

Now available - a new special issue of Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum / Journal of Ancient Christianity (Volume 28 Issue 1):

Justin of Rome: Apology, Empire and Identity

Co-edited with the brilliant Ben Kolbeck.
https://t.co/OmBHCFQ7C3

[CARC @CARC_Oxford]

We are deeply saddened to receive news of the death of our Oxford colleague and CARC Senior Research Associate, Professor Sir John Boardman. https://t.co/fuvqT3lEMk

[Dr Sophie Hay @pompei79]

Conservators and the tools of their trade. The ongoing conservation work in the appropriately named House of the Painters at Work in #Pompeii

[Falerii Novi Project @FaleriiNovi]

Successful end to week 1 with trench tours! 🙏🏺 #Excavation in Area 1 revealing a triangular space in the macellum; Area 2 with remnant opus sectile and #mosaic flooring; and Area 5 showcasing lengthy occupation history and reuse in forum tabernae.

[Pinchgut Opera @pinchgut]

Enjoy these striking photos of Dido and Aeneas. The performances by all are electrifying! This is an unmissable Sydney Opera event at @cityrecitalhall

📷 Cassandra Hannagan

#pinchgut2024 #opera #theatre #sydneyevents #eventssydney

[Res_Australes: Ancient World Studies, Australasia @res_australes]

Christopher Allen in today's Weekend Australian @australian on some of the recent #Pompeii wall paintings [paywall https://t.co/41lx4HuyKw]

[Res_Australes: Ancient World Studies, Australasia @res_australes]

Sam Ryan @AustBookReview: Roslyn Orlando's _Ekhō_ "three-part narrative poem takes the Grecian myth of Echo & Narcissus & intertwines & transforms it with that other famously voiceless & ventriloquised figure, Amazon Alexa (via the Echo Smart Speaker).." $ https://t.co/Pjys1xQ8ZN

[Res_Australes: Ancient World Studies, Australasia @res_australes]

Miles Pattenden on _How the World Made the West: A 4,000-year History_ by by Josephine Quinn - review in this month's ABR Australian Book Review @AustBookReview https://t.co/VsuLbV7JRk [paywall]

[MAARC Med Arch Australasian Research Community @maarc_research]

Late Roman shipwreck off the coast of Mallorca reveals new type of amphora via @https://twitter.com/Archaeology_Mag https://t.co/qtN8j5PtrC

[Res_Australes: Ancient World Studies, Australasia @res_australes]

#blog New publication: “Matrilineal succession in Greek myth” - by Greta Hawes - MANTO - https://t.co/NVVxOZzHTq @GretaHawes

[Pinchgut Opera @pinchgut]

😍Toi Toi Toi to the Dido and Aeneas company for a brilliant opening night performance at City Recital Hall tonight. What a sparkling and enchanting performance of Purcell's masterpiece this will be!

#pinchgut2024 #opera #sydneyevents #eventssydney #theatre

[Stephen C. Carlson @sccarlson]

Multi-spectral imaging of manuscripts: what's not to love?

[Charles Jones @AWOL_tweets]

In Her Own Words: The Life and Poetry of Aelia Eudocia https://t.co/1NWPMd8xfc

[Dr Karin Sowada @KS_Archaeology]

Cultural heritage preservation includes recording
intangibles eg cuisine, customs, craft working
Here Kurdistani women (northern #Iraq) make a special stew called smat

Fascinating window into Yazidi life. Full story @ASOResearch https://t.co/QHvpwYsCj6

https://t.co/1FNIfzBzAy

[AntiquityinMedia @antiquity_media]

Antiquity in Media Studies announces our call for papers for the 2024 AIMS conference in the second week of November (dates in the image!). Our special conference theme for 2024 is Technology and Technē in Receptions of the Ancient World. As usual, this will be free and online.

[AustArchAssoc @AustArchaeology]

A special issue of the Australian Archaeology journal has been published in open access format!

Featuring 50 Voices in Aus archaeology celebrating the depth, diversity and energy of people, communities, and ideas: https://t.co/XV0ZzsqFWs

#heritagematters #NRW2024 #2024NAW /mc