Department of Classics and Ancient History at Durham University. Tweets by Director of Communications.
Durham, England
Joined March 2016
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Excited to be in the latest magazine @ShearsmanBooks, with some very loose queer #Polari versions of #Catullus. My first published poems. Hope readers enjoy these trifles. #ClassicalReception
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I'm in a film that premieres in Athens tonight - Army of Lovers, about the Sacred Band & its importance for #LGBTQ+history. Proud to feature in this brave & much needed film in #PrideMonth - link below to access film @5 PM BST.
@sapphicapuella features as one of the experts interviewed for the film Army of Lovers. youtube.com/watch?v=6S35CtSo… The film can be accessed on 12.6.25 at 5pm here youtube.com/watch?v=6S35CtSo…
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Join the film premiere of Army of Lovers at 5-6 pm today as @sapphicapuella
from our @durham_classics discusses ancient homosexuality & modern responses to it.
‘Army of Lovers’ tells the untold epic saga of the Sacred Band.
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Meet Dr Katherine McDonald from our @Durham_Classics. As a specialist is ancient languages, Katherine uses linguistic detective work to uncover what life was like over 2,000 years ago.
Find out more 👉 brnw.ch/21wTH1V
Congratulations to Chris De Lisle!
AIO launches all inscriptions of the healing sanctuary of Asklepios on the Acropolis; dedications for Amphilochos, Dionysos, Artemis, Herakles, Hera, Men, Theseus; decrees on relations with Priene in west Anatolia. For a full list of today's new entries: atticinscriptions.com/browse…
ALT Marble plaque with Greek inscription and a disembodied leg
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Blog on a week in North-Eastern Classics--prison teaching, reception, pedagogy research, and bittersweet day with an invaluable friend and mentor edithorial.blogspot.com/2024… @AgainstLore @PublicAristotle @AristotleStyle @Durham_Classics
From the @BMCReview of @annapjudson amazing book! 'This work’s combination of wide-ranging overviews with detailed textual interpretation makes it unrivalled as a guide to understanding the texts' The new documents in Mycenaean Greek – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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Alessandro Vatri enthralling us at our @Durham_Classics departmental seminar on Margaret Doody’s novels starring Aristotle as a sleuth. Chaired by other postdoc Rory McInnes-Gibbons. So much cooler than Poirot. @AristotleStyle @PublicAristotle
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Out now and available at this link: journals.openedition.org/hel…
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Congratulations👏 to early career researcher @Katherine_McDon @Durham_Classics who has been recognised as a rising global star by @LeverhulmeTrust
for the international impact of her research 🌍
👉 brnw.ch/21wPd4j
ALT Dr Katherine McDonald standing in the amphitheatre in Capua, Italy.
New publication by @ProfArleneHH ! Dixon, J. and Holmes-Henderson, A. (2024) Classics in Action, Hodder Education, London.
Classics in Action johncattbookshop.com/product…
Check out @ZiogasIoannis article on 'Actaeon's Gaze in Ovid's Metamorphoses' in the latest issue of Illinois Classical Studies.
The latest issue of Illinois Classical Studies, Vol. 48, No. 1-2, is a double issue with a special section, and it is the first by new editor Brian Walters. Two additional articles, including one by @ZiogasIoannis, also make up the volume. On @ProjectMUSE: muse.jhu.edu/issue/51943
ALT Cover of Illinois Classical Studies, Volume 48, Issue 1-2, Spring/Fall 2023 Denarius of Otho (1919.63.0252), on a blue background. Photo courtesy of The Spurlock Museum, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Check this double bill showing of Euripides' "Elektra" (trans. Emily Wilson) and Aristophanes' "The Women at the Thesmophoria" (adapted by Samantha Dotson).
durhamstudenttheatre.org/wha… . There is a concession price for Classics Society members, bringing the ticket down to only £6!
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Interesting reflections on our Syriac conference last spring, by some of those who were there!
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A few highlights of #Aristotle’s recent public reception…@Bridgerton and @mbfgreekwedding 3! @publicaristotle @durham_classics @LeverhulmeTrust @edithmayhall
@RIPhilo @PhilosophyNow
ALT Sophia Connell with Bridget ton actor on screen behind
ALT Scenes from movie
ALT Scene from movie with subtitles
Join us on the 13 of November for the Postgraduate Open Day to find out where a postgraduate degree can take you. Our Director of MA Dr. Katherine McDonald @Katherine_McDon is happy to answer your questions!
👉 durhamuni.eventsair.com/post…
Congratulations to Prof. Polly Low and Dr. Chris DeLisle, editors of Attic Inscriptions Online!
Today we publish our latest set of Attic #deme inscriptions, covering: Phegaia, Prasiai, Phrearrhioi, Phyle, & Plotheia, plus the trittys of Epakreis, and the herm of Hipparchos.
For a full list: atticinscriptions.com/browse…
ALT Upright rectangular block inscribed in stoichedon, with some damage to edges: IG I3 258 (Decree of the deme Plotheia). Credit: Louvre
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Huge congratulations to @ProfArleneHH and Luke Sewell from @Durham_Classics for their publication for @PolicyUpen on how Arts and Humanities Research can influence policy. #transformativehumanities
New publication! 🆕
@durham_uni’s Professor @ProfArleneHH & @LaidlawFoundatn scholar Luke Sewell’s new publication provides an in-depth insight into the policy engagement process for those working in Arts and Humanities disciplines.
Take a look 👉upen.ac.uk/resources/how-doe… 🧵
Have a look at this amazing resource by @ProfArleneHH upen.ac.uk/resources/how-doe…