#Classical

κιννάβαρι

cinnabarim

In today’s #thread we will be talking about Late Classical and Hellenistic painting techniques, from Greece and Macedon to present-day Bulgaria and Italy. Aren’t these Tyrian purple backgrounds from Tomb

Classics at UAlberta

ClassicsAlberta

Now, let’s meet another of our academic teaching staff (non-permanent, non tenure-track academics with a focus on teaching), @KatyMackay Katy Mackay is an Associate Lecturer and has taught Classics (Latin,

John Hoare

mumoss

Here's a thread about why I really, really wish PasC sheets contained the correct information... and how they often don't. So, the Gregorian chanting coming out of the radio in

Tom Holland

holland_tom

A lot of the current navel-gazing over the validity or otherwise of studying Greek & Roman history neglects to acknowledge an obvious truth about it: the stories are amazing. Why

Kevin Daly

kevinddaly

The Sound of Music opened on Broadway 61 years ago tonight. Here's the Preludium from the 60th-anniversary OBCR re-release that restored the tolling bells heard in the Lunt-Fontanne and on

Jonathan Beardsley

JBeardsleyMath

Okay so what's a model category? First of all, I'm talking about Quillen model categories, which are things that show up in algebraic topology and homotopy theory. Sorry to disappoint

𝔖𝔲𝔰𝔞𝔫𝔫𝔞𝔥 𝔅𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔨

suzania

1/ Reading Gregory of Nyssa's Life of his sister, St Macrina, and thinking about the way that writing of all kinds, but maybe especially nonfiction, opens our *social* circle to

CulturalHusbandry

APhilosophae

Conservative Autonomy: A Modern alternative to secessionWhat conservatives need to do is divorce themselves from any and all liberal institutions. Start at home. Avoid public schools, go to private school

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

Let me show you why this white-centric hyperbolic fear is mired in white supremacy.First of all, the notion that being more inclusive renders black people as “other” fails to recognize

Mohammed Nizami

mnizami_uk

Is it surprising that those who most speak of enlivening the monotheistic spirit that leads to the likes of early medieval Andalusia/Baghdad are foremost in every regressive & reductive way

Moustafa Assad aka Farmi 🇨🇦|🇱🇧

masss11

The war for Karabakh is over and here are some highlights and lessons.1- Azerbaijan successfully transformed their classic backward armed forces into a state of the art tech equipped units.2-

Zach Weinersmith

ZachWeiner

So, there’s a post going viral about how “the canon” can’t be that great because we have to force kids to read it. I broke my own “no Internet fighting”

Jack Keating

JackKCLST6

#CLST6For this #CYO3, I listened to an engaging lecture by Dylan Rogers. Rogers revisits the siege of Athens by the Roman Empire in the year 86 BCE, and calls for

David Windt

DavidLWindt

"Wolin lays bare the realities of our bankrupt democracy, the causes behind the decline of American empire & the rise of a new & terrifying configuration of corporate power he

openmind

HebbarNaini

"Muslim rule should not attract any criticism. Mention of destruction of temples by Muslim invaders and rulers should not be mentioned." ~ Circular, Boards of Secondary Educationhttp://www.pragyata.com/mag/legacy-of-muslim-rule-i

Guillaume Verdon

quantumVerd

To understand the state of the quantum industry: imagine if there were 200+ companies trying to be @SpaceX the same year Sputnik made it to orbit, before @NASA even landed

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