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Rathbone Professor of Ancient History and Classical Archaeology, University of Liverpool Editor, Journal of Hellenic Studies Lover of olive trees All views expressed are my own.
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So here’s my personal impact story. I had been approved to be a Fulbright visiting scholar in a Latin American country (not naming to protect my proposed hosts) on the topic of feminist and gender archaeology. The approval for the project was retracted. I’m pretty sure that isn’t legal.

submitted 21 days ago • 6 comments

I lost my job at the National Science Foundation yesterday, along with 167 of my colleagues, including some dear friends. This was the best job I've ever had, and I thought it would be my last. The PI community has been sympathetic and supportive, without exception. I will miss working for you.

submitted 25 days ago • 603 comments

I realise there’s a lot going on in the world for news media to report, but can anyone tell me why there is no coverage of widespread Presidents Day protests against the current actions of the US administration by BBC, NYT, CNN, etc?

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.

submitted 26 days ago • 133 comments

What is the actual point of this ?

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

New federal mandates are transforming the curriculum of U.S. military base schools to restrict discussions of history, race, and gender, which creates glaring differences from the education systems of their host nations. open.substack.com/pub/usamomin...

submitted 34 days ago • 3 comments

People continued to use stone tools long after ‘prehistoric’ periods: their use in classical Greece is well documented but often neglected. Many tools were unmodified objects: a stick, a reed, a useful rock, a handy piece of broken pot. This is my rock for destoning olives. Works a treat!

submitted 91 days ago • 1 comment

Classics at the University of Otago is now offering Ancient Greek and Latin by distance. These classes are open to anyone interested in studying the languages by distance. For further information or details about how to enrol as a non-Otago student, visit: otago.ac.nz/classics/lan...

submitted 103 days ago • 3 comments

A shout out of gratitude to the kind and brilliant taxi driver who took me and 5 others to Gatwick from Three Bridges braving the chaos caused by the airport’s major security alert. Would never have made my flight without him.

submitted 113 days ago • 0 comments

Most content of Journal of Hellenic Studies 144 (2024) is now available on the Journal’s Cambridge Core webpages under ‘FirstView’. Most research articles are full open access. With thanks to Laurence Totelin, Michaela Senkova and CUP colleagues! Have a look! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

submitted 117 days ago • 1 comment

@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social Do we get to hear from the cats on Bluesky? They’ll like it much better than the other one.

submitted 122 days ago • 0 comments