Dr Esther Meijer

Latinist. Loves Flavians, SciFi, and crochet. Also really enjoys bitterballen. 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺

[Dr Esther Meijer @hypsipyle]

Hello! My new article is now out in Arethusa: '(Re)Producing The Egyptian: Arboricultural Cultivation Of The Roman State In Lucan’s Civil War'. I consider the epic's tree imagery as metaphor for the Roman state, pointing to the protagonists' attempts at cultivation & propagation.

[Dr Esther Meijer @hypsipyle]

@sapphicapuella To my great relief we have lots of them here in Fife too :)

[Dr Jenny Thatcher @JennyAThatcher]

Unpaid internships ‘locking out’ young working-class people from careers

Research by Sutton Trust found that middle-class graduates made more use of internships as stepping stones even in cases where the internships paid nothing or below the minimum wage
https://t.co/xLPz7UybKC

[Dr Esther Meijer @hypsipyle]

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[Dr Esther Meijer @hypsipyle]

Hello! My new article is now out in Arethusa: '(Re)Producing The Egyptian: Arboricultural Cultivation Of The Roman State In Lucan’s Civil War'. I consider the epic's tree imagery as metaphor for the Roman state, pointing to the protagonists' attempts at cultivation & propagation.

[Dr Esther Meijer @hypsipyle]

@Hosmeriana I am a sucker for fizz so this sounds great

[Dr Esther Meijer @hypsipyle]

@Hosmeriana This is a great tip I’m taking notes

[Dr Esther Meijer @hypsipyle]

@NoreenMasud I have! I have used it for lectures and seminars on displacement of prisoners of war in the context of flat landscapes in Latin literature 😊 both for UK summer schools in Classics and for an honours module I designed for the School of Classics at Uni of St Andrews

[King of Megcenae @agameganon]

Hate to do it but money is very tight and I would appreciate any traction you can give my shop! I will be working all outstanding orders over the weekend so any order placed between now and Sunday will be dispatched on Monday 🫶

[Dr Esther Meijer @hypsipyle]

@matilda_jt such a mood

[Dr Esther Meijer @hypsipyle]

@ConsMW Rude :p

[Dr Esther Meijer @hypsipyle]

In Athens, I gave a paper in which I attempted to trace fragments of Republican tragedy via Cicero, Lucretius, and Seneca to Valerius Flaccus, thinking about murmura, ships, sea storms, and theatre acoustics - it was great fun!

[Dr Esther Meijer @hypsipyle]

Have had an awful time at the Tragedy in Flavian Epic conference in Athens this week 🌞🍦🏛️🐈‍⬛

[Dr Esther Meijer @hypsipyle]

@Hosmeriana @forarthistory @walkergallery I BOW TO U

[Dr Esther Meijer @hypsipyle]

@LeniaKouneni Thank you Lenia!

[Dr Esther Meijer @hypsipyle]

Some tables have turned in unexpected ways, and I am so pleased to be at St Andrews again this upcoming academic year. This time I have brought posters.

[Dr Esther Meijer @hypsipyle]

Last day on the job. Slightly heartbroken that my contract is ending: I found friends and community in St Andrews, and I will miss my students and colleagues greatly (as well as the bonkers office view over the North Sea). #FTContracts #ECR

[Dr Esther Meijer @hypsipyle]

@anna_coopey 😊😊 I’ll be in the same office, name plate and all!

[Dr Esther Meijer @hypsipyle]

@VsevolodKhusid 😊😊