Hannah Čulík-Baird
@opietasanimi.com
♑️🌕 Associate Professor, Classics at UCLA. Cicero and the Rhetorics of Race, co-authored with Mathias Hanses, under contract with Yale University Press. Co-founder and editor, Res Difficiles, The Journal. She/her.
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Res Diff 2.1 (2025)
Maia Kotrosits, The Matter of Form: Rewriting Our Way to a Changed Field Keywords: academic writing, black studies, colonialism, crip theory, disability studies. Abstract: This essay argues that th…
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It is my enormous pleasure to share the most recent issue #ResDiffJournal: Res Diff 2.1 (2025)
With contributions from Maia Kotrosits (@maiakotro.bsky.social), Chance Bonar (@chancebonar.bsky.social), Chiara Bozzone and Daniela Negro, Erin Lam
#openaccess
resdifficiles.com/res-diff-2-1...
With contributions from Maia Kotrosits (@maiakotro.bsky.social), Chance Bonar (@chancebonar.bsky.social), Chiara Bozzone and Daniela Negro, Erin Lam
#openaccess
resdifficiles.com/res-diff-2-1...
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ICE took the flower man in Echo Park 40 minutes ago. He’s at this corner every day. I’ve bought flowers from the man and woman here for anniversaries and birthdays. Lemmy loves to smell them whenever we walk by in the mornings. I was just at the street corner 15 minutes before it happened. Fuck.
January 25, 2026 at 5:50 PM
ICE took the flower man in Echo Park 40 minutes ago. He’s at this corner every day. I’ve bought flowers from the man and woman here for anniversaries and birthdays. Lemmy loves to smell them whenever we walk by in the mornings. I was just at the street corner 15 minutes before it happened. Fuck.
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TOMORROW: Two university students in Gaza share their lived experience & barriers to accessing a visa to study at a CDN university.
Monday, January 26, 9AM (SK time)
Please register for the event here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/HK5DN3B
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Thank you.
Monday, January 26, 9AM (SK time)
Please register for the event here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/HK5DN3B
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Thank you.
January 25, 2026 at 7:44 PM
TOMORROW: Two university students in Gaza share their lived experience & barriers to accessing a visa to study at a CDN university.
Monday, January 26, 9AM (SK time)
Please register for the event here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/HK5DN3B
OR
DM me for the link.
Thank you.
Monday, January 26, 9AM (SK time)
Please register for the event here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/HK5DN3B
OR
DM me for the link.
Thank you.
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i havent shut off the notification for this form and it has just been vibrating every minute in my hand.
just a steady beat.
just a steady beat.
Love Notes
docs.google.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:56 AM
i havent shut off the notification for this form and it has just been vibrating every minute in my hand.
just a steady beat.
just a steady beat.
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Keith Porter, another man killed by ICE.
Keith Porter.
Alex Pretti.
Renee Nicole Good.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Keith Porter.
Alex Pretti.
Renee Nicole Good.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Family of man killed by off-duty ICE agent in LA demands charges: ‘The ache will never go away’
After Renee Good’s killing in Minneapolis, calls grow for accountability in the shooting of Keith Porter Jr on New Year’s Eve
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Keith Porter, another man killed by ICE.
Keith Porter.
Alex Pretti.
Renee Nicole Good.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Keith Porter.
Alex Pretti.
Renee Nicole Good.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.
January 23, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.
I'll take any morale boost I can get
maaaajor photo of our mayor from @alexkrales.bsky.social in which we learn Mamdani is an iced-coffee-in-winter guy
HUGE win for that community, congrats!!!
(thought it was dunkin, which stopped me in my tracks, but no I don’t think the straw is the right shade of orange)
HUGE win for that community, congrats!!!
(thought it was dunkin, which stopped me in my tracks, but no I don’t think the straw is the right shade of orange)
January 23, 2026 at 8:51 PM
I'll take any morale boost I can get
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"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
January 23, 2026 at 3:22 PM
"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
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Congratulations to Minnesota for pulling off this very necessary strike and may we all prevail
Minneapolis art museums close in support of ICE protests
Museums that will close include the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Museum of Russian Art, the Textile Center, and more.
www.urgentmatter.press
January 23, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Congratulations to Minnesota for pulling off this very necessary strike and may we all prevail
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Good morning to everyone but especially our friends in Minnesota bravely organizing a general strike & protest in -20F weather.
In their honor, no wishlist posting today. Please check out standwithminnesota.com for ways to help them! 💕
In their honor, no wishlist posting today. Please check out standwithminnesota.com for ways to help them! 💕
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
standwithminnesota.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Good morning to everyone but especially our friends in Minnesota bravely organizing a general strike & protest in -20F weather.
In their honor, no wishlist posting today. Please check out standwithminnesota.com for ways to help them! 💕
In their honor, no wishlist posting today. Please check out standwithminnesota.com for ways to help them! 💕
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"If ICE’s expansion plans are realized, the immigration detention system will triple in size—detaining 120,000-150,000 people at any given time, mirroring the scale of Japanese American internment... Another prison boom is taking place."
[email protected]
truthout.org/articles/tru...
[email protected]
truthout.org/articles/tru...
Trump Has Made ICE the Largest Law Enforcement Agency in the Country
With Congress-approved funding, ICE detention is expected to triple in size, mirroring the scale of Japanese internment.
truthout.org
January 23, 2026 at 2:16 PM
"If ICE’s expansion plans are realized, the immigration detention system will triple in size—detaining 120,000-150,000 people at any given time, mirroring the scale of Japanese American internment... Another prison boom is taking place."
[email protected]
truthout.org/articles/tru...
[email protected]
truthout.org/articles/tru...
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Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges. This leaves in place a federal judge's ruling that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment and federal procedural rules. (Via AP) apnews.com/article/dei-... #ncpol #nced
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges
The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colle...
apnews.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges. This leaves in place a federal judge's ruling that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment and federal procedural rules. (Via AP) apnews.com/article/dei-... #ncpol #nced
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THIS WEEK! Love: A RaceB4Race Symposium is in-person in Tempe and online. Check out the program for schedule and more information on our speakers: asuevents.asu.edu/event/love-r...
Register today: na.eventscloud.com/raceb4race-l...
Register today: na.eventscloud.com/raceb4race-l...
January 20, 2026 at 4:25 PM
THIS WEEK! Love: A RaceB4Race Symposium is in-person in Tempe and online. Check out the program for schedule and more information on our speakers: asuevents.asu.edu/event/love-r...
Register today: na.eventscloud.com/raceb4race-l...
Register today: na.eventscloud.com/raceb4race-l...
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Jennifer Scappettone's Poetry After Barbarism is an all-timer btw, inarguably one of the most delicious, meaningful treatments of language and the stateless I've encountered. Review could have also just been: read this, seriously.
January 15, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Jennifer Scappettone's Poetry After Barbarism is an all-timer btw, inarguably one of the most delicious, meaningful treatments of language and the stateless I've encountered. Review could have also just been: read this, seriously.
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I’m grateful that @nehgov.bsky.social finds my work on Onesimus valuable for the humanities!
When the book comes out via @fortresspress.bsky.social, get excited about the reception (from Ethiopia and Greece to the UK and US) of one of the earliest known individuals who was enslaved by a Christian
When the book comes out via @fortresspress.bsky.social, get excited about the reception (from Ethiopia and Greece to the UK and US) of one of the earliest known individuals who was enslaved by a Christian
Congratulations to my Advising Fellow @chancebonar.bsky.social for winning an NEH fellowship for his project on Onesimus! Sorry you’re stuck with us instead, Chance!
NEH awards $75.1 million in grants to 84 humanities projects, including research, education, and public programs on the U.S. 250th anniversary. tinyurl.com/3a37thbk
January 15, 2026 at 5:51 PM
I’m grateful that @nehgov.bsky.social finds my work on Onesimus valuable for the humanities!
When the book comes out via @fortresspress.bsky.social, get excited about the reception (from Ethiopia and Greece to the UK and US) of one of the earliest known individuals who was enslaved by a Christian
When the book comes out via @fortresspress.bsky.social, get excited about the reception (from Ethiopia and Greece to the UK and US) of one of the earliest known individuals who was enslaved by a Christian
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me in @publicbooks.bsky.social thinking through what a philology beyond liberalism might look like via one book which really shows us a path forward and one which very much so does not // the age of babel is dead, long live the age of the pentecost!
Allegedly, some 45% of languages descend from one, ancient ”Proto-Indo-European“ tongue. In a new review, @aditilrao.bsky.social asks: Why focus on a hypothetical lost language, when we can work instead to hear one another today?
Against Babel: Or, How to Talk to Strangers - Public Books
Allegedly, some 45% of languages descend from one, ancient ”Proto-Indo-European“ tongue. But why focus on a hypothetical lost language, when we can work instead to hear one another today?
www.publicbooks.org
January 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
me in @publicbooks.bsky.social thinking through what a philology beyond liberalism might look like via one book which really shows us a path forward and one which very much so does not // the age of babel is dead, long live the age of the pentecost!
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A federal appeals court ruled that a judge had no jurisdiction to order the release of Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil from immigration detention, delivering Trump's administration a victory in its efforts to deport the pro-Palestinian activist reut.rs/4b1VnRc
Trump administration wins appeal of ruling releasing pro-Palestinian activist Khalil
A federal appeals court ruled on Thursday that a judge had no jurisdiction to order the release of Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil from immigration detention, delivering President Donald T...
reut.rs
January 15, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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As Trump’s immigration enforcement surge continues in full force, people across the country are still resisting, "putting everything on the line."
January 15, 2026 at 12:55 AM
As Trump’s immigration enforcement surge continues in full force, people across the country are still resisting, "putting everything on the line."
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In her latest fundraising effort for Palestinian children, Ms. Rachel is presenting an exhibition and sale of artworks by kids from Gaza in NYC this week. The show is open at Caelum Gallery for one day on Tuesday, January 13, and the art will remain on sale until the 30th.
Ms. Rachel Sells Artworks by Children From Gaza
The works are part of a new benefit exhibition organized by the global early childhood education star, a vocal supporter of Palestinian children.
hyperallergic.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:44 PM
In her latest fundraising effort for Palestinian children, Ms. Rachel is presenting an exhibition and sale of artworks by kids from Gaza in NYC this week. The show is open at Caelum Gallery for one day on Tuesday, January 13, and the art will remain on sale until the 30th.
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Sure, al-Mutanabbi but make him Scottish. 😂
Why not, 19th century Orientalists... why the fuck not.
Why not, 19th century Orientalists... why the fuck not.
January 14, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Sure, al-Mutanabbi but make him Scottish. 😂
Why not, 19th century Orientalists... why the fuck not.
Why not, 19th century Orientalists... why the fuck not.
threats to Indigenous peoples gives you a visceral sense of what “immigration” is now made to mean
ICE is now detaining Oglala Sioux Native American Tribe.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Oglala Sioux Tribe demands the release of Lakota men detained by ICE
The Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota has demanded the Department of Homeland Security release tribally enrolled citizens held by ICE, according to a statement released by the tribe.
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 2:06 PM
threats to Indigenous peoples gives you a visceral sense of what “immigration” is now made to mean
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The next #WCCWiki editing session is on Thursday 22 January 2026, 13.00-15.00 GMT. All warmly welcome to our online meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting us06web.zoom.us/j/85192010168.
Email [email protected] for more information
@womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social
Join Zoom Meeting us06web.zoom.us/j/85192010168.
Email [email protected] for more information
@womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 2:02 PM
The next #WCCWiki editing session is on Thursday 22 January 2026, 13.00-15.00 GMT. All warmly welcome to our online meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting us06web.zoom.us/j/85192010168.
Email [email protected] for more information
@womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social
Join Zoom Meeting us06web.zoom.us/j/85192010168.
Email [email protected] for more information
@womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social
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🚨 NEW: Platforming archaeologists who legitimize war crimes:
By continuing to ignore PACBI, archaeological institutions worldwide are enabling Israel’s occupation of & genocide in Palestine
open.substack.com/pub/sparrows...
By continuing to ignore PACBI, archaeological institutions worldwide are enabling Israel’s occupation of & genocide in Palestine
open.substack.com/pub/sparrows...
Platforming archaeologists who legitimize war crimes
By continuing to ignore the Palestinian Campaign For The Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, archaeological institutions worldwide are enabling Israel’s occupation of & genocide in Palestine
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:29 PM
🚨 NEW: Platforming archaeologists who legitimize war crimes:
By continuing to ignore PACBI, archaeological institutions worldwide are enabling Israel’s occupation of & genocide in Palestine
open.substack.com/pub/sparrows...
By continuing to ignore PACBI, archaeological institutions worldwide are enabling Israel’s occupation of & genocide in Palestine
open.substack.com/pub/sparrows...
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We can lift up Renee Good without "say her name." It's not *just* about not coopting Black women's space, it's understanding the PURPOSE of language. Say her name recognizes the ongoing erasure of Black women's stories from conversations about police violence. Recommend www.ted.com/talks/kimber...
The urgency of intersectionality
Now more than ever, it's important to look boldly at the reality of race and gender bias -- and understand how the two can combine to create even more harm. Kimberlé Crenshaw uses the term "intersecti...
www.ted.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:36 PM
We can lift up Renee Good without "say her name." It's not *just* about not coopting Black women's space, it's understanding the PURPOSE of language. Say her name recognizes the ongoing erasure of Black women's stories from conversations about police violence. Recommend www.ted.com/talks/kimber...
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as we start to look towards the new year (!): abstracts for #ResDiff7 are due 12th Jan
🚨CFP for #ResDiff7 is now available!🚨
Res Difficiles 7 will take place on 13th March 2026 with Dr Samuel Agbamu as our keynote speaker.
Submit an abstract by 12th January 2026:
resdifficiles.com/cfp/
Res Difficiles 7 will take place on 13th March 2026 with Dr Samuel Agbamu as our keynote speaker.
Submit an abstract by 12th January 2026:
resdifficiles.com/cfp/
CFP: Res Diff 7
CALL FOR PAPERSRes Difficiles 7Challenges and Pathways for Addressing Inequity In Classics Organizers: Hannah Čulík-Baird and Elke Nash Date: Friday March 13, 2026Platform: Webinar Since 2020 Res D…
resdifficiles.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
as we start to look towards the new year (!): abstracts for #ResDiff7 are due 12th Jan
if you're at the #AIASCS this week, keep an eye out for papers by UCLA Classics grads - we have about a dozen students presenting on a wide variety of topics. plus my colleague, Kelly Nguyen, speaking on the Presidential Panel
#AIASCS26
www.classicalstudies.org/annual-meeti...
#AIASCS26
www.classicalstudies.org/annual-meeti...
www.classicalstudies.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:03 PM
if you're at the #AIASCS this week, keep an eye out for papers by UCLA Classics grads - we have about a dozen students presenting on a wide variety of topics. plus my colleague, Kelly Nguyen, speaking on the Presidential Panel
#AIASCS26
www.classicalstudies.org/annual-meeti...
#AIASCS26
www.classicalstudies.org/annual-meeti...