@palaeofuturist.bsky.social
He/him. Reader in Digital Classics @dh-researchhub.bsky.social & @ics.bsky.social University of London. #EpiDoc #DigiClass #Epigraphy #Papyrology #AncientMagic #LinkedOpenData #Prosopography #3Dimaging #CulturalHeritage. Writes 100% in personal capacity.
@palaeofuturist.bsky.socialClassical Studies PhD Welcome: Monday 19th Oct 2026
2:00—3:00 pm BST (online). Come and find out how the @ics.bsky.social resources and activities can support your doctoral research.
@palaeofuturist.bsky.socialPelagios Network People Working Group, Monday 19th Oct 2026, 12:00 BST. Led by Jun Ogawa (Tokyo) and Gabriel Bodard (London).
Register to join online: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
@monica-berti.bsky.socialReposted by @palaeofuturist.bsky.social📚 Just out: the Open Data volume from University of London Press, dedicated to Charlotte Roueché. Delighted to have a chapter in it!
Open access: doi.org/10.63674/shc...
Thanks to editors @palaeofuturist.bsky.social and @nottinauta.bsky.social!
@palaeofuturist.bsky.socialReposted by @palaeofuturist.bsky.socialReleased yesterday:
Open Data in Ancient and Byzantine Studies. Valeria Vitale (Editor), Gabriel Bodard (Editor). University of London Press. doi.org/10.63674/shc...
@palaeofuturist.bsky.socialReleased yesterday:
Open Data in Ancient and Byzantine Studies. Valeria Vitale (Editor), Gabriel Bodard (Editor). University of London Press. doi.org/10.63674/shc...
@palaeofuturist.bsky.social#ancientmagic
This was a wonderful seminar. Looking forward to Jessica Lamont and Jaime Curbera's full publication of these tablets and other votive texts from the Fountain of the Lamps.
@palaeofuturist.bsky.socialJessica L. Lamont (Yale University), Magic in Roman and Late Antique Corinth. Institute of Classical Studies Ancient History Seminar, Thursday 8 Oct 2026, 4:30–6:00 pm BST (today).
@palaeofuturist.bsky.socialReposted by @palaeofuturist.bsky.socialWhat was it like to use Roman wax tablets?
Anna Willi (British Museum)
Wednesday 7th October 17:00 BST, Institute of Classical Studies, London. In person. Register: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
The Cutting Edge: Conversations in Epigraphy
@palaeofuturist.bsky.social::squints:: I don't think that says "stipend"...
@palaeofuturist.bsky.socialWhat was it like to use Roman wax tablets?
Anna Willi (British Museum)
Wednesday 7th October 17:00 BST, Institute of Classical Studies, London. In person. Register: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
The Cutting Edge: Conversations in Epigraphy
@hannahkateboast.bsky.socialReposted by @palaeofuturist.bsky.socialSecond week on strike with UCU Edinburgh. We will be on strike for five weeks - taking out the entire first half of term, up to the first assessments - but we could be back in the classroom tomorrow if management withdrew the threat of compulsory redundancies.
@palaeofuturist.bsky.socialReposted by @palaeofuturist.bsky.socialLast call!
Taster Session: Introduction to EpiDoc XML for Encoding Textual Editions, 6 Oct 2026, 2:00–3:30 pm BST (in person only)
www.sas.ac.uk/digital-huma...
#epigraphy #digitalhumanities #EpiDoc
@palaeofuturist.bsky.socialStarting in 45 minutes:
Geographical and Spatial Data in the Digital Classicist Wiki (with @geophilologist.bsky.social and @paregorios.bsky.social)
Sign up at ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
@palaeofuturist.bsky.socialLast call!
Taster Session: Introduction to EpiDoc XML for Encoding Textual Editions, 6 Oct 2026, 2:00–3:30 pm BST (in person only)
www.sas.ac.uk/digital-huma...
#epigraphy #digitalhumanities #EpiDoc
@palaeofuturist.bsky.socialRIP 2067 years ago Gaius Cassius Longinus, leading conspirator among the Liberatores who assassinated the dictator Julius Caesar, and dubbed "last of the Romans" for his famous virtue. Died after losing the Battle of Philippi #onthisday in 42 BCE.
@palaeofuturist.bsky.socialICS PhD Students undertake Turing Scheme Placements at the University of Warsaw (with videos) ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
@palaeofuturist.bsky.social#TEIFriday
Can anyone give examples of magical texts (spells/curses...) encoded in TEI XML? Any language, date, etc.
@palaeofuturist.bsky.socialHappy St Jerome's Day to all librarians📚, archaeologists and archivists🗄️ today! (Hieronymus of Stridon died #onthisday 1606 years ago.)
@palaeofuturist.bsky.socialReposted by @palaeofuturist.bsky.socialAncient Magic and Religion (autumn term 2026, University of London)
ICS Ancient History Seminar
#ancientmagic
@palaeofuturist.bsky.socialAncient Magic and Religion (autumn term 2026, University of London)
ICS Ancient History Seminar
#ancientmagic
