Dr. Jeremy Swist

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Very excited to read this!

Titel and Abstract page of "A ladies' man: Julian Augustus as son, husband, and emperor'. Abstract: This article investigates the Emperor Julian’s relations with three of his female relatives: with his mother Basilina, with the wife of his cousin Constantius II, Eusebia, and with his own wife, Helena the Younger, also the sister of Constantius II. I argue that the relationships with these women not only shaped Julian’s agency and ultimately his ability to become Roman emperor, but that he also carefully incorporated these relationships into his imperial self-image, even or particularly after their death. By casting a light especially on Julian’s mother and on his wife, widely ignored by modern scholarship on Julian, the article invites us to consider the power that flowed through ancient men’s domestic ties created by women, and on imperial men’s acute awareness of this power.

Proofs!

Soon available in open access at the Bullettin of the Institute of Classical Studies - as soon as I have sorted out image permissions with the Soprintendenza in Rome...

Cover of "Classics and Race: A Historical Reader," edited by Sarah Derbew, Daniel Orrells, and Phiroze Vasunia. Image: black and white photograph of Anna Julia Cooper, African American author, educator, sociologist, seated with a book in her hands.

This term I'm teaching with "Classics and Race: A Historical Reader" (2025), edited by Sarah Derbew, Daniel Orrells, and Phiroze Vasunia. An incredible achievement: global sources from 14th-20th translated, and given commentaries by expert scholars. And OPEN ACCESS! uclpress.co.uk/book/classic...

Res Diff 7 2026 The 2026 Res Difficiles conference will take place on March 13th. Register for the conference here. Res Difficiles: A Conference On Challenges and Pathways for Addressing Inequity In Classics.&nbsp…

It is my pleasure to announce the program for #ResDiff7 (March 13, 2026), an annual digital conference addressing inequity in classics, co-organized with Elke Nash. Keynote: Samuel Agbamu (@samagbamu.bsky.social). Registration is now open: resdifficiles.com/res-diff-7-2...

Beyond Aesthetics: What ‘True’ Metal Really Means Under Repression in Iran — Inferno Music Conference

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💅 coming soon:

"Rethinking Popular Religion from Late Antiquity to the Early Medieval Period" Università Ca' Foscari #Venezia, 12-13 March 2026

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) at University of York Apply now for the Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

34 month PDRA position on my Roman Britannia: Mobility and Society project, based with fab project co-lead Dr Sophy Charlton at @york-bioarch.bsky.social - come join our interdisciplinary Cardiff-York team and reshape narratives of the Roman period in Britannia.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQT035/p...

Zeus and ‘Righting’ the Divine Constitution: An Introduction to Reading Iliad 15 Book 15 is one of those books that makes it hard to imagine the Iliad being constructed entirely out of shorter, more-or-less self-contained songs, insofar as it relies so much on the action of boo…

"The Theogony imagines a Zeus who may be an autocrat but is successful as one because he enjoins his subordinates and guarantees them a place in his realm."

sententiaeantiquae.com/2026/03/05/z...

The ‘male loneliness epidemic’ is entirely self-inflicted

Beyond Aesthetics: What ‘True’ Metal Really Means Under Repression in Iran — Inferno Music Conference

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"German side ruined! Must read Dutch instructions!"

Dr. Jeremy Swist @MetalClassicist I still think they should have called themselves De Grill. Traduci post ALT De Gruyter Brill @degruyter_brill • 8h De Gruyter Brill begins here. Today De Gruyter and Brill will continue as one company: De Gruyter Brill, the leading publisher in the humanities.

#ReliefWednesday - Sassanid relief depicting the triumph of Shapur I (r. AD 240-270) over Valerian at Naqsh-e Rostam, located 3 km north of Persepolis. It is the most impressive of eight Sassanid rock carvings cut into the cliff beneath the tombs of their Achaemenid predecessors.

@metalclassicist.bsky.social and I gave a lecture to the students of Dr. Kassi Miller’s “Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East” course where we talked about classical reception and my own research on Roman empresses in pop culture.

Close up of someone whispering “Amazon data center bombed in UAE”. Bottom panel shows goosebumps.

Death to AI.

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"The major themes of heavy metal fall into two clusters defined by a binary opposition: Dionysian and Chaotic. Dionysian experience celebrates the vital forces of life through various forms of ecstasy. It is embodied in the unholy trinity of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. The Dionysian is juxtaposed to a strong emotional involvement in all that challenges the order and hegemony of HEAVY METAL everyday life: monsters, the underworld and hell, the grotesque and horrifying, disasters, mayhem, carnage, injustice, death, and rebellion." -Deena Weinstein (2000 [1991]), Heavy Metal: The Music and its Culture. Boston: 35. THE MUSIC AND ITS CULTURE Milos Theef Uraes DUP

Well that was fun.

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'Ov Fire & the Void' The Use & Abuse of Greek Philosophy in Heavy Metal Music Jeremy Swist Dept. of Romance & Classical Studies Michigan State University

Talk #2 ready to rock n’ roll tonight at Colby College

Women Rulers & Scholars Antiquity, Reception, Today Christina Hotalen University of Massachusetts Amherst Jeremy Swist Michigan State University

Talk #1 of the day here at Colby College, ready to rock n' roll with @drchristinah.bsky.social .

Today!

Their very name divines well for them.

AMA A LOS GATOS ODIA EL FASCISMO

This is still so funny

Yeah that seems to be the case, but it's still hilarious.

Tomorrow @colbycollege.bsky.social !

“We are fighting the Epstein class that either rapes little girls or bombs little girls.”

The United States and Israel killed 148 and wounded 95 school girls yesterday.

To clarify, the vet did this, not my folks.

Patient ID: 4569 Patient Julio Name: FELINE Species: DOMESTIC MEDIUMHAIR Breed: MN Sex: Orange Color: 9/14/2015 (10 years 5 months) Birthday: 11.38 LBS Weight: Microchip:

My parents took Julio to the vet and they listed his sex as orange.