Clare Parry

FHEA • Assyriologist • Ancient Near East, Outreach & Teaching • PhD Researcher @CardiffUni • @SHAREwithSchool • Musician • She/Her • All views own

[Clare Parry @ClareParry_]

A pleasure to organise @AMPAHistory! Thank you to my fellow organisers for everything. Thank you to our speakers, in person & online for their amazing papers. Thank you to staff @CUHistArchRel for their support.Thank you to @CardiffDA & @CUHistArchRel for their sponsorship.

[AMPAH 2024 @AMPAHistory]

Thank you to all our speakers and attendees for a wonderful two days of engaging discussion on the ancient world. Thank you to the staff who came and chaired some panels alongside our sponsors @CUHistArchRel and @CardiffDA for supporting this wonderful international conference!

[Clare Parry @ClareParry_]

@CUHistArchRel

#AncientHistory #Classics #PostGraduate #Research

[UWICAH @uwicah]

The next UWICAH conference will be hosted by Cardiff University on the 6-7th March 2025.

The theme is 'Crisis: Continuity and Change in the Ancient World'.

Please send your abstracts to [email protected] by the 10th January 2025.

[CardiffCA @CA_Cardiff]

Last week we held our first event of the academic year. Dr Emily Hauser gave a fantastic paper on ‘Women in Homer’ at @CAVC! Thank you Dr Hauser for coming and thank you to all that attended.

Keep your eyes open for our next event 👀

@Classical_Assoc #ClassicsInWales

[Dave 💙 @SHAREWyatt]

1/ Incredible day @ our Making in History in Cardiff Discovery day as part of the @BeingHumanFest 24 with c. 140 visitors getting hands on with heritage! HUGE thankyou to the amazing @CUHistArchRel @cardiffuni colleagues & students for such awesome activities & support!

[Being Human Festival @BeingHumanFest]

A fantastic day at Cardiff West Community High School for 'Making History in Cardiff', a day full of family-friendly activities, including a 'Science of the Lambs' quiz, object handling, brick painting, clay Mesopotamian cylinder seals, and much more! #BeingHuman2024

[Maria Fragoulaki 💙 @MariaFragoulaki]

⁦@BeingHumanFest⁩ in #Cardiff begins!! ⁦@terezaspilioti⁩ ⁦⁦⁦⁦@SHAREwithSchool⁩ ⁦@ClareParry_⁩ ⁦@cardiffuni⁩ ⁦@SHAREWyatt⁩

[Clare Parry @ClareParry_]

It was so exciting to launch this workshop! It’s taken a lot of hard work and I’m very proud of the learners engaged with the material. Here’s to many more ‘Mesopotamian Society’ workshops!

Thank you @Classical_Assoc for the support!

[SHARE with Schools @SHAREwithSchool]

After lunch, we ended the day we the launch of our Mesopotamian Society workshop funded by @Classical_Assoc! Learners created their own cylinder seals, made a top trump deck of demons and deities, made ‘tributes’ for the King (aka Mr Smith) & became Mesopotamian Drs!

[SHARE with Schools @SHAREwithSchool]

Yesterday we hosted @FitzalanHistDep for a bespoke return visit. We had a fantastic lecture from @LoefflerMarion showcasing a historians work. We then split in 2 for a tour of the conservation labs with Eric Nordgren and learned about medieval peasant farmers via a TTRPG.

[Clare Parry @ClareParry_]

Thank you to my panel co-organisers @strostrong and @GarciaEspinosaA! Thank you to our speakers: @PuerAchaemenius, @sasanianshah, Alex McAuley, Nik Overtoom & Scott McDonough! And thanks to our chairs @gevemac and Lloyd! Looking forward to continuing the conversations!

[Clare Parry @ClareParry_]

A great week at #CCCCardiff2024! A pleasure to be a part of the organising committee and work on the website. Thank you to all the team @ltotelin, @guyjbradley, @gevemac, @MariaFragoulaki (& everyone else)! A big thank you to the fantastic students and IT team for their support.

[Ana García-Espinosa @GarciaEspinosaA]

Thank you to the best panel co-organisers @ClareParry_ and @stros006 and to our speakers for a wonderful two days discussing dynasties in the Ancient Near East!

[Laurence Totelin @ltotelin]

Sad it's over, but looking forward to a rest after months of organising #CCCCardiff2024 with @guyjbradley, @ClareParry_ & team. Particularly proud of seeing so many Cardiff alumni return as delegates.

[Guy Bradley @guyjbradley]

Massive thanks to our great team of student helpers for #CCCCardiff2024, including those who couldn't make the photo, and to Rob & crew for IT support

[Sean Strong @stros006]

Speakers: Clare Parry, @PuerAchaemenius, Ana Garcia-Espinosa, Alex McAuley, Nikolaus Overtoom, Sean Strong, Scott McDonough. Conference Plenary: Khodadad Rezakhani. Chairs: Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and @gevemac.

[Sean Strong @stros006]

Two successful days discussing Near Eastern + Classical conceptions of dynasty and rulership. From Neo-Assyria to the Sasanians. Thank you to our speakers, chairs, attendees and fellow organisers @ClareParry_ and @GarciaEspinosaA! #CCCCardiff2024

[Eve MacDonald @gevemac]

And further scenes from @stros006 @ClareParry_ @GarciaEspinosaA who organised an excellent panel on ANE dynastic processes covering #assyrian #achaemenid #seleucid #parthian and #sasanian things

[Eve MacDonald @gevemac]

Today’s #CCCCardiff2024 plenary 💃🕺🏻

[Eve MacDonald @gevemac]

@sasanianshah at #CCCCardiff2024 delivering a fascinating plenary on the late #Sasanian empire — with a big map

[SHARE with Schools @SHAREwithSchool]

We’re here and ready for the Primary School Graduation for the Passport to the City! We’re talking all things cylinder seals from our new Mesopotamian Societies workshop funded by @Classical_Assoc!

@CU_Outreach @cardiffuni @CUHistArchRel #Mesopotamia #AncientHistory #Outreach

[Dave 💙 @SHAREWyatt]

Fab day sharing expertise, networks & ideas for engaging people with amazing research @CUHistArchRel, brilliant sessions inc. @CheyenneHist @LoefflerMarion @treorchyexile @DavidRobertsArc @ClareParry_ @PASTHUMANIMAL @EstherWrigh_ @Lancophone @Origin010 @abusamibryant ✊

[SHARE with Schools @SHAREwithSchool]

Thank you/Diolch to every volunteer, past and present, for being involved in SHARE with Schools. If you have any stories from being involved in SHARE with Schools, drop them in the comments below!

#VolunteersWeek @CUHistArchRel @CU_Outreach