Classics, Ancient History, Linguistics, Academia and more
Some new things from around the internet today - only one of which directly involves me. The first is this wonderful new open-access book, which I have a very short response chapter in. If you just read one chapter, I highly recommend Rebecca Redfern's chapter on the archaeology of human suffering. It's just as devastating... Continue Reading →
Last week (alongside Erica Bexley and Lucy Jackson) I hosted the conference 'Writing from the Margins: New Approaches to Ancient Authorship'. The call for papers and programme are linked here if you're interested in seeing more about our ideas and the speakers the conference attracted. Although I didn't give a paper myself, Erica and I... Continue Reading →
I've been writing about sanctuaries recently, and in this field it really stands out how few names of ancient sites we know for certain. Pietrabbondante, Rossano di Vaglio, Campo della Fiera, Grotta Poesia - all are known by Italian names because their ancient names are not known. The inscriptions found at the site do not... Continue Reading →
If you're looking for something to listen to as we start 2023, have a look at the Radio 3 Free Thinking episode I recorded back in October, which is still available through the BBC website. There's also still plenty of time to catch the British Museum exhibition Hieroglyphs: Unlocking Ancient Egypt referred to in the... Continue Reading →
Developing and teaching new modules is probably one of my favourite parts of my job. It doesn't come around very often, and it's hugely fun to think about presenting cutting-edge research to undergraduates, who are so open to new ideas and take them to pieces very effectively. So I was very excited to be asked,... Continue Reading →
I'm very pleased to say that my new sourcebook, Italy Before Rome, is out on Friday. If you want to use the discount code below, which is valid until the end of 2021, then you can order direct from the publisher on this link: https://routledge.pub/ItalyBeforeRome So you can get an idea of what the book... Continue Reading →
On Tuesday, we held the second half of the Digital Italy seminar. Like last time, I wanted to post a links round-up so that people can find these great projects and resources and see how they develop over the coming years. Luca Rigobianco (Venice) - Building a digital corpus and a computational lexicon of the... Continue Reading →
It was a real treat to host the first part of our Digital Italy seminar from my new office in Durham. We had participants and speakers from all over the world today, and we heard about a range of new and existing digital projects linked to ancient Italy. This post serves as a link round-up,... Continue Reading →
This week is all about numbers (specifically the number 270). As we all sit here waiting for the counting to happen, I thought I'd share one of the most intriguing little pieces of detective work in Etruscan studies: the number system. As we've discussed before, it's not difficult to read Etruscan - we know what... Continue Reading →
Over the last few years, the field has been hugely enriched by lots of innovative new books on pre-Roman Italy and its populations. Many of them have really committed to interdisciplinary methods, combining historical, archaeological and linguistic evidence - with great results. Even better, these books are perfect to set for undergraduate reading (if you... Continue Reading →
Katherine McDonald 