Trinity College and the La Perouse Aboriginal Community celebrate the permanent return to their owners of four spears taken by James Cook in 1770 at the time of first contact trin.cam.ac.uk/news/return-of…

#ExTRINordinary AIATSIS @AUSHouseLondon Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology National Museum of Australia

Photo: Jenny Magee

Whether you're in Cambridge in person or on-line at home, do come and listen to Jane Draycott talking 'Cleopatra's Daughter' tonight at 6.00 pm!

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Alongside the The Leverhulme Trust, we invite postdoctoral – or equivalent – scholars in humanities and social sciences to apply for the BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. The awards are up to £10,000 in value. Application deadline is 5 June. Apply now: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-lev…

And now, a new party political broadcast by Count Binface, which is both a crucial call-to-arms about water pollution, and my tribute to Tina Turner... 🪙👁️ #VoteBinface #MayorBinface #BindependenceDay Feargal Sharkey

I have a postdoc position available on our 'COREX: From correlations to explanations: towards a new European prehistory' grant: ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…
... working at the intersection of archaeology, ancient DNA, computational modelling and stats

The skies in Athens are blood-red with Sahara dust. Here is a poem I wrote on this worsening phenomenon, with thanks to Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics :

Do you want to bring more Classics into your Classroom? 🏺Join us in Cambridge this summer for a Teacher CPD event that will help you do just that. Including sessions with mary beard , @twhittermarsh and many more! 👇

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The birth of Rock against Racism and the Anti-Nazi League – a 🧵
 
Eric Clapton performs drunk at the Birmingham Odeon - 5 August 1976
 
He singled out ‘fucking wogs’ and ‘fucking pakis ‘ - “I don’t want you here, in the room or in my country,” Clapton declared.
#Defiance

New Pasts Imperfect (4.4.24): Enslaved Scribes & the Bible, Open Images, Recreating Feudal Japan, and More pastsimperfect.substack.com/p/pasts-imperf… Tim Whitmarsh Candida Moss Shogun Gabriel Zuchtriegel Arpita Das (she/her) American Research Center in Egypt

Here are some Equality, Diversity & Inclusion groups & initiatives in #Classics (broadly conceived) with a UK focus that you should know about #Classics Twitter

1. The Christian Cole Society for Classicists of Colour, a group for BAME classicists in Oxford share experiences ...

Endangered Greek dialect is ‘living bridge’ to ancient world, researchers say theguardian.com/science/2024/a…

The British Academy's Early Career Researcher Network will be rolled out nationwide over the next 18 months, in partnership with Wolfson Foundation and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Find out more: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/early-car…

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Whole team a joy to watch! Sunderland AFC 👏🏽

Are you looking for #Roman -inspired cocktail recipes (alcoholic and non-alcoholic options)? The @gettymuseum has you covered with their new ‘How to Drink Like an #Ancient #Roman ’ resource:

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SCS @classical_assoc Institute of Classical Studies (ICS) @classcivanchist

Election of two new Professors Classics@Cambridge:
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In Athens in the 2nd century AD there was a group of worshippers of Dionysus called the Iobacchoi. The name derives from the ritual cry 'Yo! Bacchus!'

Come and replace me for two years!

Less than a week to go till the closing date (21st) for this permanent Latin job at Cambridge ...

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Going through some old books I came across these: arrangements of two of Mesomedes’ hymns for piano by Bernhard Ziehn