Everyone who reads blogs about biology know the number of grad students who write about their subject and their work. Obviously I’m massively in favour of this, both because it lets us reach a wider audience, and put across our own take on our fields.
A new group blog, res gerendae, came online at the end of last year, and is interesting for a few reasons. Firstly, it is written by Classics students (those who study Roman, Greek and other societies of the Classical antiquity), who aren’t really known for their blogging. Secondly, the blog is open to all the Classics grads of Cambridge University, potentially acting as a voice for all students of the Faculty of Classics.
So far you can read about graffiti then and now, the real location of Troy and a surprisingly technical reading of a postcard.
Lets hope other student bodies take inspiration from this, and do their bit to get students involve in writing about their field.
