What does it mean to be a man? The answer to that might surprise you. In fact, different people will give different answers. The idea of what is ‘masculine’ is increasingly being shown to be based on cultural expectations, and the many cultures of ancient Western Asia were no different. This question was at the …
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Digital Applications in Assyriology Summer School, Uppsala, 2022
This week I had the pleasure of participating as a teacher in the Digital Applications in Assyriology Summer School, hosted by Uppsala University, in collaboration with ANEE at the University of Helsinki. I was one of six teachers: Rune Rattenborg, Seraina Nett, Aleksi Sahala, Stefan Smith, and Lena Tambs. We had 12 students attend from …
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End of my first working week!
I might have neglected explicitly saying this, but I got the position of Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Helsinki! So the past few weeks have been very hectic, and this week I’ve spent settling in to academic life. I’m part of a wider research group called the Centre of Excellence: Ancient Near Eastern Empires …
Week 2: One Helluva Pizza Order!
I have had a doozey of a week. So on Saturday, as part of my new ‘Ellie will do ALL THE WALKING’ I walked up a hill with Erik. It was lovely, but we accidentally walked 11km when we should have done, like, 4. Woops…. So to celebrate (and soothe my aching hip) we ordered …
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