Alastair Blanshard (@alastairblan) 's Twitter Profile
Alastair Blanshard

@alastairblan

Paul Eliadis Professor of Classics & Ancient History at University of Queensland. Director @UQ_News RD Milns Antiquities Museum. FSA FAHA. RT≠endorse.

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'Wedgwood: Artists and Industry' has opened at Townsville City Galleries in Queensland, Australia, with a fantastic reception. 170 objects from our collection, trace the story of Wedgwood production over 265 years. Don't miss your opportunity to visit! Images © Roslyn Budd

'Wedgwood: Artists and Industry' has opened at Townsville City Galleries in Queensland, Australia, with a fantastic reception.

170 objects from our collection, trace the story of Wedgwood production over 265 years.

Don't miss your opportunity to visit!

Images © Roslyn Budd
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Looking forward to a great afternoon on Sunday May 4th (1.45pm) at the UQ News Friends of #Antiquity Sunday series - talking with Dr Paul Eliadis AM & Michael Halliday about "#Greece & the birth of #medicine and #law" - more information & booking link ($) alumni.uq.edu.au/event/session/…

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#Elections 🗳️ on #etymology with Angela Catterns ABC Australia: #politics (the stuff of the #polis/city), #voting & sacred promises, #suffrage, #ballots, #blackballs⚫️, wrapping kids in #canvas, & #democracysausage🌭 -📻2:58:20 abc.net.au/listen/program… UQ News #democracypikelet🥞

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🍄 Beef #Wellington, #duxelles🧑‍🍳, patriotic food rebranding (liberty cabbage🥬, freedom fries🍟, Canadiano☕️), the mystery of the #mushroom, & #toxicology🧪 vs. #toxology🏹 on #etymology with Angela Catterns ABC Australia - from 📻2:56:10 abc.net.au/listen/program… UQ News

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Great to be talking about "The Birth of Portraiture and the Divine" for UQ Arts & the Brisbane Portrait Prize -- on May 29th, 5.30pm in Brisbane CBD -- details in the registration link ($) hass.uq.edu.au/birth-of-portr…

Great to be talking about "The Birth of Portraiture and the Divine" for UQ Arts & the Brisbane Portrait Prize -- on May 29th, 5.30pm in Brisbane CBD -- details in the registration link ($) hass.uq.edu.au/birth-of-portr…
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“For the discipline, a distinct voice in an array of subjects is interrupted: owing to his many publications, it will never be silenced.” - charming #obituary for pioneering NZ classical receptionist Prof. Art Pomeroy in latest ASCS newsletter [pdf] ascs.org.au/news/newslette…

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#Albatross around your neck? #Migration on #etymology w/ Angela Catterns ABC Australia: #loggerhead turtle🐢, #pelican🪣, #albatross & Greek myth of #Diomedes🪽 - 📻2:27:30 abc.net.au/listen/program… (& check out Migratory Connectivity in the Ocean mico.eco UQ News)

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🛑 All about "park"🏞️ & "parking"🅿️ via paddocks, deer🦌, fences, gun placement🪖, ranking🚕 & the $600,000💰 Sydney carpark on #etymology with Angela Catterns ABC Australia - from📻 2:59:25 abc.net.au/listen/program… UQ News

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Hannah Jorsh BMCR on Emma Stafford, #Hercules performed: the hero on stage from the Enlightenment to the early twenty-first century bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.05.3… - "a comprehensive and compelling analysis of Hercules’ representation in theatrical performances &.. his relevance.."

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🆎 The #etymology of #varicose veins, the Roman #cognomen #Varus, 🦵bow-legged, & #bloody🩸 words from the ancient Greeks to the early modern world of the #blueblood🎨 - on #etymology📚 with Angela Catterns ABC Australia - from 📻3:00:45 abc.net.au/listen/program… UQ News

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🌋 #Volcano, the very active Mount #Etna 🇮🇹 (#Vulcan's mountain🔨⛰️), #craters 🏺 & #lava 🔥 on #etymology📚 ABC Australia - from 📻 3:00:10 abc.net.au/listen/program… UQ News

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🫖 ⚱️ #pottery words on #etymology📚 with Angela Catterns ABC Australia as I visit the fabulous #Wedgwood exhibition🖼️ in Townsville [townsville.qld.gov.au/facilities-and…] -- #ceramic 🏺, #porcelain🍶, cowrie shells🐚, piglets🐖 & death ☠️- 📻 2:59:35 abc.net.au/listen/program… UQ News

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My new book is coming soon from Yale University Press: "Behind Caesar's Back: Rumor, Gossip, and the Making of the Roman Emperors" yalebooks.yale.edu/book/978030027…

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🪩 Celebrating the 🇦🇺 #hibernal #solstice on #etymology📚 with Angela Catterns ABC Australia - marking the 'standing still of the sun' - surviving the winter🥶 with #Isis, #feasting🥩, #winetasting🍷, #Saturnalia 🥳 & more - from 📻 2:56:30 abc.net.au/listen/program… UQ News

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🎠 Behaving in a #cavalier🐎fashion on #etymology📚 with Angela Catterns ABC Australia as we discuss the 🐴 origins of #chivalry & #gallantry 🎩- from 📻 2:59:25 abc.net.au/listen/program… UQ News

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#Formication: crawling about on the ground as Angela Catterns & I #formicate ABC Australia - all things #ants🐜🐜🐜, #formic acid, #Formica & #formicaries - from 📻 2:55:35 abc.net.au/listen/program… UQ News

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🍓 #etmological mysteries of the #Wimbledon🎾#strawberry🍓 (hint: not a berry🫐): #achenes, #chaos & more on #etymology📚 with Angela Catterns ABC Australia - from 📻3:00:20 abc.net.au/listen/program… UQ News🍓