Jamie Calhoun
@jamiecalhounabz.bsky.social
Aberdeen / Obar Dheathain 🏴🇬🇧 I like: Roman history, Gàidhlig, tartans, cats, haggis, stout, but not necessarily in that order.
New term as Department Head calls for a new @newyorker.com cartoon on the office door. Appropriate given that I am teaching Caesar this term.
September 14, 2026 at 3:54 PM
New term as Department Head calls for a new @newyorker.com cartoon on the office door. Appropriate given that I am teaching Caesar this term.
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With big thanks to @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca : U of M exhibition brings ancient documents to life
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U of M exhibition brings ancient Roman Egyptian documents to life
Two thousand years ago, people in Roman Egypt wrote letters, kept receipts, made lists and dealt with the everyday bureaucracy of life. Some of those pieces of ancient life are now on display in Winni...
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August 17, 2026 at 11:35 PM
With big thanks to @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca : U of M exhibition brings ancient documents to life
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Today I got to experience a piece of Canadian history...a DHC Beaver flight around the Lake of the Woods.
August 9, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Today I got to experience a piece of Canadian history...a DHC Beaver flight around the Lake of the Woods.
I am without an office for the next two weeks it seems. On a positive note, new lot of Cambridge green and yellows have arrived.
July 26, 2026 at 2:06 AM
I am without an office for the next two weeks it seems. On a positive note, new lot of Cambridge green and yellows have arrived.
The first reviews are in: www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2026/0...
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July 16, 2026 at 2:25 AM
The first reviews are in: www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2026/0...
I have resumed my duties as Head and I have settled back into my office. Here are two new companions, Artemis and Hermes, to watch over me.
July 4, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I have resumed my duties as Head and I have settled back into my office. Here are two new companions, Artemis and Hermes, to watch over me.
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Just over 24 hrs until the Summer Institute in Papyrology begins in @umanitoba.bsky.social’s Dafoe Library. The participants and 3+ dozen @umichlibrary.bsky.social papyri have arrived in Winnipeg for 5 weeks of research sponsored by the American Society of Papyrologists and @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca.
June 28, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Just over 24 hrs until the Summer Institute in Papyrology begins in @umanitoba.bsky.social’s Dafoe Library. The participants and 3+ dozen @umichlibrary.bsky.social papyri have arrived in Winnipeg for 5 weeks of research sponsored by the American Society of Papyrologists and @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca.
Watching my new MP Douglas Lumsden (Scottish Conservative and Unionist, Aberdeen South) being sworn in makes me reflect about how fortunate I am to be a citizen of two democracies. www.youtube.com/shorts/6Grji...
IT'S OFFICIAL: Your newest Scottish Conservative MP, Douglas Lumsden.
YouTube video by Scottish Conservatives
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June 23, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Watching my new MP Douglas Lumsden (Scottish Conservative and Unionist, Aberdeen South) being sworn in makes me reflect about how fortunate I am to be a citizen of two democracies. www.youtube.com/shorts/6Grji...
Some news from my constituency.
June 19, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Some news from my constituency.
Aberdeen South: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Gain from SNP. @scottories.bsky.social 🏴
❗ Conservative GAIN from SNP
Aberdeen South () council by-election result:
CON: 49.5% (+25.1)
SNP: 28.6% (-4.2)
REF: 8.6% (+1.7)
LAB: 5.4% (-19.4)
LDEM: 4.4% (-1.9)
GRN: 3.4% (-0.1)
Aberdeen South () council by-election result:
CON: 49.5% (+25.1)
SNP: 28.6% (-4.2)
REF: 8.6% (+1.7)
LAB: 5.4% (-19.4)
LDEM: 4.4% (-1.9)
GRN: 3.4% (-0.1)
June 19, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Aberdeen South: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Gain from SNP. @scottories.bsky.social 🏴
Today at the Warfare in the Ancient World conference @uwinnipeg.bsky.social, I am presenting 'Military Discipline in Frontinus' Stratagems'.
June 10, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Today at the Warfare in the Ancient World conference @uwinnipeg.bsky.social, I am presenting 'Military Discipline in Frontinus' Stratagems'.
Salve! The Warfare in the Ancient World Conference is now underway, hosted jointly by the University of Madrid and @uwinnipeg.bsky.social. #wawic2026
June 9, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Salve! The Warfare in the Ancient World Conference is now underway, hosted jointly by the University of Madrid and @uwinnipeg.bsky.social. #wawic2026
A nice article on one of our @umanitoba.bsky.social Classics graduates: umtoday.ca/stories/hold...
Holding history in his hands
Fascinated with the ancient world, this classics grad found his path in archeology.
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May 26, 2026 at 8:08 PM
A nice article on one of our @umanitoba.bsky.social Classics graduates: umtoday.ca/stories/hold...
Campaigning for the Aberdeen South by-election is in full swing! I ran into the @scottories.bsky.social on my walk through Mannofield. #aberdeen #scotland #aberdeensouth
May 21, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Campaigning for the Aberdeen South by-election is in full swing! I ran into the @scottories.bsky.social on my walk through Mannofield. #aberdeen #scotland #aberdeensouth
Shameless selfie. When in Roma...
May 14, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Shameless selfie. When in Roma...
One of the wonderful things about Italy is that there are bookshops everywhere. They all have a good selection of ancient history books and even a section for Greek and Latin. #rome #roma #italy #italia #ancienthistory
May 14, 2026 at 9:30 PM
One of the wonderful things about Italy is that there are bookshops everywhere. They all have a good selection of ancient history books and even a section for Greek and Latin. #rome #roma #italy #italia #ancienthistory
I turned 53 today, which according to Generation Z means that I have entered old age. So, here I am on a sunny afternoon in Duthie Park in Aberdeen.
April 28, 2026 at 9:42 PM
I turned 53 today, which according to Generation Z means that I have entered old age. So, here I am on a sunny afternoon in Duthie Park in Aberdeen.
I am fair wappit after a very long walk to Dunnottar Castle.
April 22, 2026 at 9:24 PM
I am fair wappit after a very long walk to Dunnottar Castle.
Poutine and marag dhubh (black pudding) is a thing in Aberdeen. Result. #aberdeen #blackpudding
March 13, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Poutine and marag dhubh (black pudding) is a thing in Aberdeen. Result. #aberdeen #blackpudding
Aberdeen on Sunday. Mary, Queen of Scots on telly while having haggis pakoras and an IRN BRU for lunch.
March 8, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Aberdeen on Sunday. Mary, Queen of Scots on telly while having haggis pakoras and an IRN BRU for lunch.
Another research leave achievement: learning to make fresh Scottish porridge.
February 26, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Another research leave achievement: learning to make fresh Scottish porridge.
And so a successful week of library work, a museum visit, and writing in Cambridge has come to an end. Time to get back home to Aberdeen.
February 22, 2026 at 11:56 AM
And so a successful week of library work, a museum visit, and writing in Cambridge has come to an end. Time to get back home to Aberdeen.