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 →
I'm very excited to be able to flag the publication of Oscan inscriptions (this does not happen every day, or even every year). In 2024, there was big new find of five new inscriptions in the Greek alphabet at the Rossano di Vaglio sanctuary in Basilicata. Considering the site only has about sixty inscriptions total,... 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 →
This summer, I was finally able to return to Italy for the first time since 2019. It was, of course, fantastic to be back and soaking up the atmosphere again. It was also the last funded research trip of my AHRC fellowship, and I wanted to make the most of it by visiting some lesser-known... 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 →
This past week, I ran another digital and practical epigraphy workshop with Dr Gabriel Bodard and Dr Irene Vagionakis. There was one big difference between this workshop and the one we ran back in 2019: this time, we decided to run the workshop in hybrid format, to allow for both in-person and remote participation. To... 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 →
Katherine McDonald 