Seth Bernard

Seth Bernard

@profbernard.bsky.social

Romanist who has just left the empire, prof at U of Toronto

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Seth Bernard
@profbernard.bsky.social

Bluesky friends, I am happy to advertise a conference on ancient and medieval slave trading in the Mediterranean, co-organized by myself and Elizabeth Fentress, to be held in Toronto next month (April 15-17, 2026). Contact me via email (rather than here) or the email on the poster for more info!

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Evan Jewell
@quidamabo.bsky.social

The search for the next director of the Classical Summer School at the AAR, to start in 2027-28, is now open. Be my successor! www.aarome.org/about/open-p... Please share with anyone who might be interested in applying. You’d get to shadow me for a week in 2026. Happy to answer any questions!

aarome.orgOpen PositionsThe American Academy in Rome is seeking candidates for Chief Operating Officer and Director of the American Academy in Rome Classical Summer School.
Seth Bernard
@profbernard.bsky.social

yes, Sarah, don’t overlook the monkey buried with its own pet kitten! Of everything @gregwoolf.bsky.social, Mantha, and I have edited for #JRA so far this year, this one is up there with my favorites—don’t sleep on the human skull from La Loma on #FirstView either. The Dec ‘25 issue is absolutely🔥

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Christopher Smith
@christophersmith.bsky.social

Delighted to see Corinna Riva's outstandingly innovative essay on the 1st millennium BCE now published link.springer.com/article/10.1...

link.springer.comMulti-scalar Lenses on the Mediterranean in the First Millennium BC - Journal of Archaeological ResearchIn the current era of global approaches in archaeology and, more broadly, in the social and historical sciences, questions on the benefits, modes, and challenges of addressing multiple analytical scal...
Seth Bernard
@profbernard.bsky.social

Happy to see my book reviewed in @antiquity.ac.uk!

Antiquity Journal@antiquity.ac.uk

📕 #BookReview What did prehistoric people think about their past? Can #archaeology reveal 'historical culture' in societies without written literature? @profbernard.bsky.social's 'Historical culture in Iron Age Italy' breaks new ground on these questions 1/2 (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺

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Hyperallergic
@hyperallergic.com

How did Pompeii come to reach such levels of success and affluence? A new study argues that this was largely due to the labor of enslaved people, who were indispensable to the city’s growth until its demise in 79 CE.

hyperallergic.comNew Research Shows Slavery’s Outsized Role in Pompeii’s EconomyIt was the violent profitability of slavery as an exploitative labor system that allowed for the region to prosper, the study demonstrates.
Seth Bernard
@profbernard.bsky.social

Rarely post here, but check out my new, highly ambitious study of slavery and the Roman economy!

Past and Present@pastpresentsoc.bsky.social

New on advance access: "Slavery, Prosperity, and Inequality in Roman Pompeii" by @profbernard.bsky.social (@uoft.bsky.social) #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/past...

doi.orgSlavery, Prosperity, and Inequality in Roman Pompeii*Abstract. Historians of premodern economies, in contrast to modern ones, have only infrequently contemplated the economic contribution of slavery. Here, I
Seth Bernard
@profbernard.bsky.social

The Drususstein, on a beautiful blue day. The massive concrete core once clad in marble, set up to commemorate Drusus’ death by his troops in the #Roman city of his founding, Mogantiacum (Mainz)

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