#DOTD: Yang Kuan 楊寬 (1914–2005), #classicist and #historian of pre-imperial 先秦 #ChineseHistory. A member of the Doubting Antiquity/Debates on Ancient History Group #古史辨派, he is one of the greatest scholars of the Warring States 戰國 period (475–221) in #ModernChina
#DOTD: Guo Moruo 郭沫若 (1892–1978), #Chinese historian and #classicist of #Hakka #客家 descent. One of the most influential scholars of #ModernChina and first president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences #中國科學院, he is often seen as a mouthpiece of Mao #毛澤東 and the #CCP.

Books for #classicist​s/#medievalist​s: I give away (against postage cost) the following titles (disaccessioned library copies or reprints, all but one in rather good condition):

- Thierfelder, A. (1971). De rationibus interpolationum Plautinarum (Repr. d. Ausg. Leipzig: Teubner 1929). Olms.
- Hirzel, Rudolf. (1964). Untersuchungen zu Ciceros philosophischen Schriften Hildesheim Olms.
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#BOTD: Guo Moruo 郭沫若 (1892–1978), #Chinese historian and #classicist of #Hakka #客家 descent. One of the most influential scholars of #ModernChina and first president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences #中國科學院, he is often seen as a mouthpiece of Mao #毛澤東 and the #CCP.
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#Classicist fans of #irony will be interested to learn that #Egypt is the world's largest importer of #wheat.
Looking for more of my fellow #classics and #classicist buddies. I'm finding it painful now to even get on Twitter, but will really miss the great classics community there. So - I work on #Cicero, #intellectualhistory, and #classicism. Also devoted to improving things for women in #academia. Hoping to find like minded types!
Toot!! I’m a Tooter, bigger and badder than Henry the VII! Here’s what I’m interested in #medieval #history #archaeology #classicist #art #graphicdesign #Democracy #politics
I think the three year old is either on the leading edge of a new written language or discovering an ancient one on the walls of our home. If #classicist and/or #linguist mastodon could help me out.