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Archéologue et féministe, spécialiste de céramique grecque 🏺et d’archéologie du genre

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02.03.2026 06:16 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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...

13.02.2026 18:19 👍 26 🔁 20 💬 1 📌 5
A fundamental feature of Greek ceramics and their offshoots is that they could be used. By contrast, this vase, with its lid fixed onto the body, serves a purely symbolic function. It belongs to a class of pieces associated with the site of Centuripe in Sicily. They are characterized by elaborate and delicate applied decoration and by refined polychromy executed after firing. The vase was made for the tomb. 

The scene shows a bride surrounded by attendants. The background is a deep, vibrant pink, and the colors of the women's clothing includes cream, yellow, blue, green, orange, lilac, and red. Their skin is very pale. One female attendant wears a grape-leaf wreath on her head and bangs on a tympanum (hand drum). The bride is veiled. 

The sealed vessel resembles a tholos-style tomb or temple, with lion-headed waterspouts, triglyphs and metopes.

Greek, Sicilian, Centuripe, 3rd-2nd century BCE. 

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (53.11.5)

A fundamental feature of Greek ceramics and their offshoots is that they could be used. By contrast, this vase, with its lid fixed onto the body, serves a purely symbolic function. It belongs to a class of pieces associated with the site of Centuripe in Sicily. They are characterized by elaborate and delicate applied decoration and by refined polychromy executed after firing. The vase was made for the tomb. The scene shows a bride surrounded by attendants. The background is a deep, vibrant pink, and the colors of the women's clothing includes cream, yellow, blue, green, orange, lilac, and red. Their skin is very pale. One female attendant wears a grape-leaf wreath on her head and bangs on a tympanum (hand drum). The bride is veiled. The sealed vessel resembles a tholos-style tomb or temple, with lion-headed waterspouts, triglyphs and metopes. Greek, Sicilian, Centuripe, 3rd-2nd century BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (53.11.5)

This Greek terracotta vase from Centuripe, Sicily (a Greek colony) is brightly painted with a scene depicting the mostly-naked red-haired enthroned god Dionysos cradling a thyrsos in his right arm. A female figure veiled in a white himation - a priestess? - stands next to him, her face lost to time. A shield is propped up against the side of Dionysos' throne. The background here is a vivid pink madder, and the skin of the god is very realistically portrayed - pale, with reddish toning, and highlights and shadows.

Even in its partially ruined state, the painting technique is obviously wonderfully realistic while the intensity of the colors make it look fantastical. The top of the vase includes architectural features, including a Lesbian kyme cornice (with remains of gilding) below lion-head waterspouts. The base is an open acanthus plant, as if the vase were growing out of its center. Probably made for the tomb.

Greek, Sicilian, Centuripe, 3rd-2nd century BCE. Terracotta, gilding, and pigments.

H. 15 3/4 in. (40 cm.); diameter 14 1/2 in. (36.83 cm.)

Met Museum, New York (29.131.2)

This Greek terracotta vase from Centuripe, Sicily (a Greek colony) is brightly painted with a scene depicting the mostly-naked red-haired enthroned god Dionysos cradling a thyrsos in his right arm. A female figure veiled in a white himation - a priestess? - stands next to him, her face lost to time. A shield is propped up against the side of Dionysos' throne. The background here is a vivid pink madder, and the skin of the god is very realistically portrayed - pale, with reddish toning, and highlights and shadows. Even in its partially ruined state, the painting technique is obviously wonderfully realistic while the intensity of the colors make it look fantastical. The top of the vase includes architectural features, including a Lesbian kyme cornice (with remains of gilding) below lion-head waterspouts. The base is an open acanthus plant, as if the vase were growing out of its center. Probably made for the tomb. Greek, Sicilian, Centuripe, 3rd-2nd century BCE. Terracotta, gilding, and pigments. H. 15 3/4 in. (40 cm.); diameter 14 1/2 in. (36.83 cm.) Met Museum, New York (29.131.2)

Ancient #polychromy is rarely more vibrant than this type of Greek painted pottery from Centuripe, Sicily. Both vases here are funerary and have architectural elements at top, looking like small tholos-shaped temples (lion head waterspouts!). The colors are blazingly vivid. 🏺 1/

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24.02.2026 18:35 👍 493 🔁 74 💬 9 📌 3
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Opening of Archaeo-Sexism Exhibition On Monday 2 March, the Faculty’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee will host the opening of the travelling exhibition Archaeo‑Sexism in the Reuvenshal at 16:00. The exhibition invites reflection on gend...

L’exposition #ArcheoSexisme bientôt à @unileiden.bsky.social !
🌏 Le tour du monde continue 💪💜
@payetatruelle.bsky.social #ArcheoEthique

➡️ www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

23.02.2026 11:59 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.

18.02.2026 19:00 👍 26479 🔁 6433 💬 552 📌 1078
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Heide Goettner-Abendroth et la pseudo-science des « Recherches matriarcales modernes » par Anne Augereau, Christophe Darmangeat, Jean-Loïc Le Quellec et Marilou Nordez Introduction Parmi l’abondante production concernant la lointaine histoire des rapports entre les sexes, l’œuv…

Heide Goettner-Abendroth et la pseudo-science des « Recherches matriarcales modernes » tempspresents.com/2026/02/07/h...

09.02.2026 10:56 👍 14 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 4
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Grèce: les Cyclades emportées par la fièvre du béton Grèce: les Cyclades emportées par la fièvre du béton

#Grèce : les #Cyclades emportées par la fièvre du béton.
www.sciencesetavenir.fr/nature-envir...

13.02.2026 16:54 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

🧪🏺 Update - authors have new paper showing how useless gen- #AI is for archaeological illustration.
All 400 images were multiply inaccurate (physically, socially, technologically, environmentally), even with improved prompts.

JUST USE HUMAN EXPERTS & ARTISTS

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

13.02.2026 18:09 👍 643 🔁 250 💬 28 📌 33

Au cas où vous l'auriez manqué, "Introduction à l'archéologie du genre" est désormais disponible en anglais ! 🎉 (Stupeur, tremblements, @greekvases.bsky.social)

06.02.2026 17:02 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Lyon, je débarque ce jeudi !

02.02.2026 20:23 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cover of the book Girl Archaeologist by Alice  Beck Kehoe

Cover of the book Girl Archaeologist by Alice Beck Kehoe

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Je suis en train de lire les mémoires de l’archéologue Alice Beck Kehoe. Mon passage préféré pour l’instant est celui où elle explique que son mari pleurait à Noël si sa pile de cadeaux était plus petite que celle de leurs enfants #ouinouin

26.01.2026 16:52 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

L'administration Trump ne veut pas seulement se débarrasser de l'antiracisme, elle veut aussi blanchir la nation et blanchir les blancs, dont les crimes dont ils sont historiquement coupables doivent être effacés, dont les torts qu'ils ont commis doivent être oubliés.

23.01.2026 20:55 👍 30 🔁 14 💬 4 📌 0

(... les empreintes sont les mêmes pour le pingouin et pour trump)

24.01.2026 07:38 👍 24 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 0
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La librairie queer Violette and Co perquisitionnée à Paris pour un livre de coloriage propalestinien Le parquet de Paris a confirmé la perquisition mercredi de la boutique féministe et lesbienne pour saisir « des objets interdits à la vente ». Violette and Co, qui ne vendait déjà plus l’ouvrage « Fr…

La librairie queer et féministe Violette and Co a été perquisitionnée à Paris pour un livre de coloriage propalestinien.

16.01.2026 18:24 👍 111 🔁 44 💬 3 📌 2

Yesterday I resigned from the EAA Appeals & Anti-Harassment Committee (AAHC) after I was targetted in what I believe was an attempt to disprupt & undermine the AAHC. Be assured, AAHC are v much committed to making EAA a safe space, despite the restrictions imposed on them by the existing statutes. 🏺

16.01.2026 07:53 👍 47 🔁 12 💬 10 📌 5
Iconographie et construction du genre dans la céramique attique Lécythe en terre cuite, vers 550-530 av. J.-C. Peintre d'Amasis. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

| CONFÉRENCE |

"Iconographie et construction du genre dans la céramique attique" par Isabelle Algrain (@greekvases.bsky.social).

📅 : Vendredi 16 janvier 2026 (15h-17h)
📍 : Institut national d'histoire de l'art (salle Benjamin) à Paris

ℹ️ : www.anhima.fr/agenda/confe...

10.01.2026 12:34 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Now Available! 🏺

Looking for the perfect present for the archaeologist in your life?

An Introduction to Gender Archaeology by Isabelle Algrain and Laura Mary is now available on our website!

@anemonenyme.bsky.social @greekvases.bsky.social @payetatruelle.bsky.social

17.12.2025 16:53 👍 23 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 2
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An Introduction to Gender Archaeology - BAR Publishing Gender archaeology seeks to understand the influence of gender on the social, economic, political and cultural practices of ancient societies, as well as their power dynamics. Integrating gender into ...

✨ La traduction anglaise de notre « Introduction à l’archéologie du genre » vient d’être publiée chez BAR !
Nous sommes particulièrement honorées de la préface de Rachel Pope 😊
Un grand merci à notre éditrice Jacqueline Senior et à son équipe !

👉 www.barpublishing.com/book/an-intr...

06.12.2025 13:24 👍 12 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1
Livre Les orageuses de Marcia Burnier

Livre Les orageuses de Marcia Burnier

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25 novembre : journée internationale pour l'élimination de la violence à l'égard des femmes ET grève des services publics en Belgique. Un bon jour pour lire des romans féministes

25.11.2025 12:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This Friday, conference in Valencia Spain on Antiquity and the Extreme Right in Europe and the US in the 21st century, hosted by @anihoproject.bsky.social

27.10.2025 12:16 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

En voilà une recension d'Introduction à l'archéologie du genre qui me touche beaucoup ! (En particulier car juste le fait que cet ouvrage soit LU est déjà ÉNORME de mon point de vue)

Merci d'avoir pris le temps, Alice ! ❤️

27.10.2025 16:59 👍 12 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Un exemple de genre fluide dans la nécropole du Céramique ? Introduction L’étude des catégorisations de sexe et de genre dans les sociétés antiques est complexe. Tributaires de sources lacunaires, il nous faut envisager avec beaucoup de prudence la reconsti...

I wrote this a few years ago: journals.openedition.org/frontieres/?...

28.10.2025 06:50 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Dessin d'Allan BARTE.
Titre :  Sébastien Lecornu renommé à Matignon

Bom ! Bom ! Bom ! Macron, concentré et langue pendue, essaye de forcer un cylindre bleu dans le trou triangulaire d’un cube pour enfants.

Dessin d'Allan BARTE. Titre : Sébastien Lecornu renommé à Matignon Bom ! Bom ! Bom ! Macron, concentré et langue pendue, essaye de forcer un cylindre bleu dans le trou triangulaire d’un cube pour enfants.

Et dire que les médias nous avaient vendu Macron comme un génie… 🙄

Sébastien Lecornu renommé à Matignon

Pour soutenir la lutte dessinée, engagée et indépendante :
▶️ ko-fi.com/allanbarte
▶️ fr.tipeee.com/allan-barte

10.10.2025 20:08 👍 1569 🔁 503 💬 34 📌 15
Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology | Archaeological Dialogues | Cambridge Core Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology

New paper. Recording the female experience of UK archaeology 1990-2010. Anne Teather and I document how an industry EDI agenda evolved in the 1990s and was dismantled, uncovering the ramifications of that for women archaeologists over the next decade.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#openaccess✅

26.09.2025 10:56 👍 237 🔁 92 💬 19 📌 14

Vu que les sociétés matriarcales, ça n’existe pas, ça promet d’être intéressant…

26.09.2025 18:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

😐 Ouh là, qu’est-ce que c’est encore que cette diablerie ???

26.09.2025 18:46 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Sébastien Lecornu n’a jamais validé le diplôme de droit qu’il prétendait avoir Confronté à une enquête de Mediapart, le cabinet du premier ministre reconnaît finalement que Sébastien Lecornu n’est pas diplômé d’un master de droit public. Selon plusieurs documents, lui ou ses éq…

Le Premier ministre Sébastien Lecornu a-t-il validé le master qu’il prétendait avoir ? La réponse est non.

En Espagne, de telles situations ont provoqué des démissions d’élus. « Un diplôme n’est pas indispensable pour gouverner, l’honnêteté l’est », rappelait « El Pais » cet été.👇

19.09.2025 14:02 👍 1007 🔁 530 💬 56 📌 67

If you are a member of EAA and want to make a change after the disastrous #EAA2025 annual meeting last week, sign and share this call ⬇️

09.09.2025 17:12 👍 14 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Dear colleagues, some concerning news has been circulating this week in relation to the 2025 @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social Annual Meeting (Belgrade Virtual). We, the IAI Board, believe it is important to acknowledge & share this info. Please see the full statement, with links, here: buff.ly/8YG0WmV

05.09.2025 09:28 👍 40 🔁 24 💬 0 📌 6

A statement from Paye TaTruelle regarding the current situation at #EAA2025 👇

04.09.2025 14:34 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0