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A summer books give-away (the first of several)! If you want a chance to win this haul of books on Greco-Roman history, literature & language, just retweet this message. On the eve of Sunday 9 July we will send them to the first @antigonejournal follower from the list. Good luck!

Showing my girlfriend Lord of the Rings for the first time. She is as of yet indifferent, because she "likes" Sam, but finds Gandalf "sleazy" 🧙‍♂️ Currently processing this.

Its happening again!! If anyone is around in Durham this weekend and fancies seeing myself and @TheMitchWalker bumble our way through some hilarious improvised comedy skits based loosely on a theme of our respective PhD studies, then please come along! ⚔️🧪

It’s our opening night at the Durham Fringe Festival this evening at 10:35pm in Cafedral! Tonight, we cover science - and Alastair’s feeling particularly keen. Check out our Insta story for a fun pop quiz! To catch our show, get tickets via the link in our bio, or buy them on the door

Mitch allowed me to make a history quiz in preparation for our show this evening. That may have been a mistake.

There is still plenty of time until the deadline for our IMC_Leeds #imc2024 CfP: 'Knighthood, Warfare, and the Church: Crises and Resolutions c.950-1400' 📅Deadline - 16th September 2023 Please do get in touch with myself or @grantosjones if you have any questions! ⚔️⛪️📜

CALL FOR PAPERS: Pleased to announce that myself and Paulo M. Dias are organising a Spoils of War panel for IMC_Leeds 2024. Papers on any and all aspects of plundering welcome, we are especially keen to hear from those working on war captives, ransom and slavery. #IMC2024

Its the last week of our CfP for IMC_Leeds 2024: 'Knighthood, Warfare and the Church: Crises and Resolutions, c. 950-1400' The deadline is this Friday (16 September 2023) Please do get in contact with myself or @grantosjones with any questions! :)

Indeed, last day for any last-minute submissions about Knighthood, Warfare, and (/or!) the Church for the IMC_Leeds 2024 conference!

Calling #medievaltwitter! Speaking opportunity at #IMC2024 on our panel Spoils of War, II: The Crusades, organised by myself and Paulo M. Dias. If your work explores pillage, looting or ransoming in crusade warfare please see details/contact info below and consider joining us.

*CALL FOR PAPERS* The call for papers for the 18th Annual MEMSA Conference has been released. Please submit abstracts to [email protected] by the Driday, April 5th 2024. Enquiries can be submitted to the same email (or via Twitter DM). Please circulate!!!

Excited to give a talk with DurhamMEMSA on royal deathbeds in monastic literature of the 11th and 12th centuries! Looking forward to a stimulating discussion and feedback on my preliminary research!

Very excited to have the opportunity to contribute to the EHS conference this July, sharing some thoughts about crusading and symbols of order!

Ok, Loeb give-away number 3: all 5 volumes of the lovely Greek Anthology, Propertius on the thrills & spills of love, Lucan on civil chaos, Cicero on the meaning of life, & Gellius on trivia worth knowing. Draw will be on Wed 3 July. Just retweet & follow us to be in the running!

On to Loeb Give-away IV: Homer's Iliad & Odyssey, Hesiod & the Homeric Hymns, Cicero on the gods, Catullus & Tibullus on love and loss, Ovid lustily on the same (sometimes roleplaying as famous women), and Marcus Aurelius' tutor on all sorts. Just RT this before draw on 11 July!

OK, our final -and biggest- Loeb give-away for the summer: 31 of them by the looks of it! Sophocles, Euripides, Cicero, Sallust, Suetonius, and the dirtiest poet of all, Martial in 3 vols. Draw 10pm Thurs BST: just RT and follow us before then! And vote below for 1 or 2 winners!

A small break from historical content - anybody in Durham until Friday come and see me be funny (promise!) on stage as part of Educated Idiots Presents: Study Hell with the Durham Fringe Festival festival!!!

Salve! It's the Antigone January Classics books give-away: 32 items on offer; share (RT/QT) this message to be entered into the draw, made on Sat 18 Jan. 1st Antigone Journal follower picked out chooses 20 items, the 2nd gets the other 12. Open to all worldwide; more details 👇!