Working Classicists

Working Classicists

@workingclassicists.bsky.social

www.workingclassicists.com 🏺A hub of resources, support & solidarity ⚡️Representing the working class in classics 🏛️ Run by @miri.bsky.social & @misterconnor1.bsky.social ✍️ Platforming working class academics ❤️ Woke AF email us: info@workingclassicists.com

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Working Classicists
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Cicero, eh? Irritating when he talks, but as @belovedofoizys.bsky.social has found, even more irritating when he doesn't! So, what WAS he doing with his gladiators in Cilicia? www.workingclassicists.com/zine/the-one...

workingclassicists.comThe One Time Cicero Didn't Talk Enough — Working ClassicistsCicero liked to talk. He's infamous for it, and many are the Classics students who lose their will to live waiting for Cicero to get to the verb in each of his lengthy sentences. Most ancient historia...
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Miri Teixeira-Connor@miri.bsky.social

Classicists criticising The Odyssey film without having watched it is making me cringe inside out. Sorry but it’s a win. It’s accessible, it’s appealing, it’s pissing off right wingers, and it’s explicitly named after a classical text that working class people will now go and pick up. Take the W.

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Miri Teixeira-Connor
@miri.bsky.social

Classicists criticising The Odyssey film without having watched it is making me cringe inside out. Sorry but it’s a win. It’s accessible, it’s appealing, it’s pissing off right wingers, and it’s explicitly named after a classical text that working class people will now go and pick up. Take the W.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux
@bretdevereaux.bsky.social

This has been something I've been meaning to write for quite some time and the Homer contretemps gave it the opportunity. The thing I most wanted to draw out is that it isn't one fool on Twitter with a helmet, but a radicalization pipeline designed to lead antiquity-curious young men into fascism.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

"It’s unfortunate that almost none of the people behind these accounts know very much about the ancient world." Unfortunately, ignorance is not the only thing wrong with them. @bretdevereaux.bsky.social on Elon Musk's X and the fascist statue accounts: www.thebulwark.com/p/why-stone-...

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Working Classicists
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ICYMI you can now pre-order @belovedofoizys.bsky.social’s upcoming book! We’ve been SO excited about this work from an incredibly impressive working class scholar, exploring the complex role of gladiators in Ancient Greece. ⚔️ www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Gladiators-i...

pen-and-sword.co.ukGladiators in the Greek WorldIt was once assumed that the sophisticated ancient Greeks rejected Roman gladiators as the most barbaric cultural import possible. Surely Greeks who loved philosophy and…

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Zena Kamash
@zenakamash.bsky.social

The OU department is full to bursting with wonderful people. Wave this at anyone you know who's eligible!

Working Classicists@workingclassicists.bsky.social

FULLY FUNDED MA IN CLASSICAL STUDIES! 🧵 2026 Leventis MA Studentships @openuniversity.bsky.social The Leventis Foundation/ Open University are offering paid studentships for candidates who meet one or both of the following criteria:

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Rachael Litherland
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🤩 I would love to do this in another life time but I am neither a teacher or a student 👇

Working Classicists@workingclassicists.bsky.social

FULLY FUNDED MA IN CLASSICAL STUDIES! 🧵 2026 Leventis MA Studentships @openuniversity.bsky.social The Leventis Foundation/ Open University are offering paid studentships for candidates who meet one or both of the following criteria:

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* purchases of books, resources, or attendance at events relating to the study of the MA; * (in the case of the schoolteacher studentship holders) the acquisition of resources, including books, for teaching classical subjects in the studentship holder’s school.

Working Classicists
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* Teachers working in state-funded primary schools, secondary schools, or sixth form colleges in the UK, and who intend to introduce or develop the provision of classical subjects in their school; * UK students from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background.

Working Classicists
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The OU's MA is studied part-time over two years. Successful candidates will be expected to begin their studies in September 2026. The deadline for applications is 4pm on Monday 1 June 2026. Further information about the MA is available on the OU website: www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate....

open.ac.ukMA in Classical Studies | Open University | F59In this MA, you'll develop your research and analytical skills as you investigate a range of ancient and contemporary ideas about the Greek and Roman worlds.
Working Classicists
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Closes tomorrow!

Working Classicists@workingclassicists.bsky.social

⚡️✊ GIVEAWAY! ✊⚡️ To celebrate International Workers’ Day, what could be better than a giveaway of @sarahebond.bsky.social’s study of workers, labour and resistance, STRIKE? Well, how about three copies? Just reply to this with “SOLIDARITY” and your name will go in the draw. Ts&Cs below 👇🏻

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Working Classicists
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⚡️✊ GIVEAWAY! ✊⚡️ To celebrate International Workers’ Day, what could be better than a giveaway of @sarahebond.bsky.social’s study of workers, labour and resistance, STRIKE? Well, how about three copies? Just reply to this with “SOLIDARITY” and your name will go in the draw. Ts&Cs below 👇🏻

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Infomercial
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I referenced this book in my latest video! It's great, definitely worth a read

Working Classicists@workingclassicists.bsky.social

⚡️✊ GIVEAWAY! ✊⚡️ To celebrate International Workers’ Day, what could be better than a giveaway of @sarahebond.bsky.social’s study of workers, labour and resistance, STRIKE? Well, how about three copies? Just reply to this with “SOLIDARITY” and your name will go in the draw. Ts&Cs below 👇🏻

Working Classicists
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This closes tomorrow! A really good book up for grabs! 📖

Working Classicists@workingclassicists.bsky.social

🎁📖🏺 GIVEAWAY! 🏺📖🎁 We've run the rule over Curtis Dozier's excellent "The White Pedestal" and to celebrate, we have a copy to give away. To win it, have a read of the article and follow the instructions at the end... www.workingclassicists.com/zine/book-re...

workingclassicists.comBook Review: The White Pedestal — Working ClassicistsA look at Curtis Dozier’s detailed critique of the weaponisation of Classics by the far-right. Essential reading? Could be…

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Curtis Dozier
@curtisdozier.bsky.social

So honored to have"The White Pedestal" reviewed and offered in a drawing from @workingclassicists.bsky.social! If you don't win but still want the book use promo code WHPED for 30% off from @yalebooks.bsky.social yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...

Working Classicists@workingclassicists.bsky.social

🎁📖🏺 GIVEAWAY! 🏺📖🎁 We've run the rule over Curtis Dozier's excellent "The White Pedestal" and to celebrate, we have a copy to give away. To win it, have a read of the article and follow the instructions at the end... www.workingclassicists.com/zine/book-re...

workingclassicists.comBook Review: The White Pedestal — Working ClassicistsA look at Curtis Dozier’s detailed critique of the weaponisation of Classics by the far-right. Essential reading? Could be…
Working Classicists
@workingclassicists.bsky.social

🎁📖🏺 GIVEAWAY! 🏺📖🎁 We've run the rule over Curtis Dozier's excellent "The White Pedestal" and to celebrate, we have a copy to give away. To win it, have a read of the article and follow the instructions at the end... www.workingclassicists.com/zine/book-re...

workingclassicists.comBook Review: The White Pedestal — Working ClassicistsA look at Curtis Dozier’s detailed critique of the weaponisation of Classics by the far-right. Essential reading? Could be…
Working Classicists
@workingclassicists.bsky.social

This is the stuff! Please share to teachers of all subjects in Scottish state schools.

The Classical Association of Scotland@cascotland.bsky.social

Calling Scottish State Schools: The Sharing Access to Classics Scheme is open for 2026/7! If you'd like to give pupils access to Higher/AH Classical Studies or N5 Latin but don't have capacity, we offer an online collaboration here free of charge! Find out more: drive.google.com/file/d/1Zkfs...

drive.google.comSATCS 2026 Brochure.pdf
Working Classicists
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👀 all eyes on this upcoming podcast! Very exciting ✨

Ancient History 101 Podcast@ancienthistory101.org

We have yet to launch, but that doesn't mean you can't subscribe to our show! You can follow us on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2l71KC2... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id18... Deezer: www.deezer.com/show/1002731... Acast: shows.acast.com/ancient-hist...

shows.acast.comAncient History 101Learn Everything About Ancient Greece, Rome and Beyond...
Working Classicists
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If you haven’t entered yet the draw closes TOMORROW!! Get your hands on some lovely stuff (check it all out in the thread below) forms.gle/tm82Z8AkWkRB...

Working Classicists@workingclassicists.bsky.social

🎉 SOLIDARITY SATURNALIA! 🎉 IO SATURNALIA! Our annual festive giveaway is here! 12 bundles of gifts, and all you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is: 🎄Follow us, 🎄Repost this thread, 🎄And fill out this form: forms.gle/zMcHKZqGNC... Read on for prizes and T&Cs (UK&I only)...🧵

Working Classicists
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Sharing this because A. Classical themed band name and B. It’s George’s band Check it out if you like metal made by Scottish people xo

Miri Teixeira-Connor@miri.bsky.social

If you’re a Bandcamp kind of person, George’s band @ostraka.bsky.social’s first album came out today! I’m so proud of them all 🥰 show them some love if you’ve got a sec ostrakamusic.bandcamp.com/album/magistri

ostrakamusic.bandcamp.comMagistri, by Ostraka8 track album