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Hannah Čulík-Baird
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♑️🌕 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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Hannah Čulík-Baird @opietasanimi.com · May 2
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

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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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luxmea.bsky.social
SO MANY bad takes are circulating this morning so let’s put a couple of things clearly:

1) the biggest destroyers of historical sites have always been European colonisers (including Zionists ofc)
2) “ancient Israel” is a Zionist fairytale

everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/07/31/t...
There is no such thing as ‘Ancient Israel’ – #EOPalestine 22
by Marchella Ward Cover image: Ancient columns in Sebastia, 1925. Image: Wiki Commons. In May 2025, Walaa Ghazzal, the curator of the archaeological museum at Sebastia, in the occupied West Bank, s…
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December 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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ics.bsky.social
Revisiting the Ancient Mediterranean World at the British Museum: Race & the representation of the other

Mon 15 Dec, 4pm, Senate House
Full details: shorturl.at/dbH6p

Speakers include: Hardeep Dhindsa (Birmingham Museums Trust), Mai Musié (UoL), Eleanor Newman (Oxford), Joseph Skinner (Newcastle)
Revisiting the Ancient Mediterranean World at the British Museum: Race and the representation of the other
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December 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Looking forward to our next @ics.bsky.social – British Museum seminar with another terrific group of speakers, incl @hardeepdhindsa.bsky.social @drmaimusie.bsky.social, Eleanor Newman & Joe Skinner. Register at link below!
ics.bsky.social The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 4d
Revisiting the Ancient Mediterranean World at the British Museum: Race & the representation of the other

Mon 15 Dec, 4pm, Senate House
Full details: shorturl.at/dbH6p

Speakers include: Hardeep Dhindsa (Birmingham Museums Trust), Mai Musié (UoL), Eleanor Newman (Oxford), Joseph Skinner (Newcastle)
Revisiting the Ancient Mediterranean World at the British Museum: Race and the representation of the other
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December 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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🚨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:

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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…
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September 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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stunning new #OpenAccess article by Mauro Puddu and Peter van Dommelen on "Subaltern Identities in Punic and Roman Sardinia" - a sensitive and expansive decolonial approach to rural landscape www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Making Absence Present: Subaltern Identities in Punic and Roman Period Sardinia | Cambridge Archaeological Journal | Cambridge Core
Making Absence Present: Subaltern Identities in Punic and Roman Period Sardinia
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December 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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This looks amazing, on Lordean survival and natural disaster response.

Open access from Andrea Warmack, and just in time to be cited as my manuscript goes out!

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Uses of Survival: Response to The Epistemology of Disasters and Social Change | Canadian Journal of Philosophy | Cambridge Core
The Uses of Survival: Response to The Epistemology of Disasters and Social Change
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November 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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I took public transit from UCLA to LAX and it costs me zero dollars (was supposed to cost $1)
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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there’s something that happens to my brain whenever I take a bus or train in LA (about which I am evangelical); I just completely space out, and no matter how long it’s been, it seems to me that I arrive instantly
August 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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people who tell me I should pick my battles, well maybe the battles should stop picking me
November 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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was struggling to motivate regarding a regular task of my profession, and my husband remarked with epiphanic clarity: "it's because you don't believe in it" ⚡
November 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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This is my kind of good trouble.
victinibcn.bsky.social Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 14d
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
Israel plans to seize major Roman-era historical site in occupied West Bank
Anti-settlement group Peace Now says land grab would become Israel's largest of archaeologically significant land.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Reviewers are allowed to have their opinions about a text but they should not misrepresent what is and is not in the text
November 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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I used to handle interlibrary loans for a public library. ILL is a magnificent expression of the idea that readers deserve books, and books deserve readers. It’s libraries everywhere pooling their resources for the benefit of everyone.

Killing IMLS could have killed ILL.

This is great news. 📚
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Admin at UC have claimed various reasons why they aren’t fighting in court, but they simply are afraid to take on the Feds, believing antagonism will somehow make a terrible situation worse. Thing is, it can’t be much worse, and you can’t placate a bully.
Commentary: The UC faculty just won a big court victory over Trump. But why didn't UC join their lawsuit?
The UC faculty went to court to fight Trump's funding cutoffs and won. Why has the university system tried to negotiate instead?
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November 22, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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quidamabo.bsky.social
A reminder: we are very interested in having *school teachers* apply for the Classical Summer School, in addition to graduate students. Please pass this along to any teachers you may know!
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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littlebadger.bsky.social
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
“Prohibited words and concepts: Equity, diversity, & inclusion; anti-racism; Bias; Critical race theory; implicit bias; oppression; intersectionality; prohibited discriminatory practices; racial privilege; promoting stereotypes based on personal identity characteristics.”
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Rewatching this for ecocinema tomorrow. Hard not to see echoes of ICE in Chicago or the National Guard in L.A. while watching cops ruthlessly attacking the Water Defenders at Standing Rock in 2016. It's a stark reminder that Trump is mostly accelerating *what was already happening without him.*
AWAKE - A Dream From Standing Rock
In 2016, Standing Rock, North Dakota became one of the most watched places on earth. Josh Fox James Spione Myron Dewey Digital Smoke Signals are honored to present…
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November 20, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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I am so excited that this edited volume on the critical after lives of José Esteban Muñoz’s work for #biblicalStudies and #religiousstudies is out in the world at the Bible & Critical Theory. I am so honored to have worked with the contributors: bibleandcriticaltheory.com/volume-21-no...
VOLUME 21, NO 2 (2025)
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November 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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omg thank god
miriamposner.com Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 18d
WE JUST KEEP WINNING. (UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program RESTORED!!!!)
On official UC letterhead: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA James B. Milliken President Office of the President 1111 Franklin Street Oakland, CA 94607 universityofcalifornia.edu CAMPUSES Berkeley Davis Irvine UCLA Merced Riverside San Diego San Francisco Santa Barbara Santa Cruz MEDICAL CENTERS Davis Irvine UCLA San Diego San Francisco NATIONAL LABORATORIES Lawrence Berkeley Lawrence Livermore Los Alamos DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES November 18, 2025 Dear Chancellors: I'm writing with regard to the President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP) and the program's associated faculty hiring incentive. As you know, for more than 40 years, PPFP has provided postdoctoral research fellowships, professional development, and faculty mentoring to scholars in all fields whose research, teaching, and service advance the academic and research missions of the University of California. Since 2003, UC campuses that hire current and former PPFP fellows into ladder-rank positions have been eligible for a hiring incentive funded by the University that provides support for newly hired fellows for five years. Since the creation of the incentive, more than $162 million has been invested by the University to support PPFP faculty hires. This commitment has enabled our campuses to successfully recruit and retain outstanding faculty across a range of disciplines. Given the myriad challenges currently facing UC - including disruptions to billions of dollars in annual federal support, as well as uncertainty around the state budget- reasonable questions were raised in recent months about whether the University could maintain the commitment to current levels of incentive funding. After considering a recommendation to sunset the incentive program due to these significant fiscal constraints, I consulted with all of you as well as faculty and campus academic administrators and systemwide Academic Senate leadership. [continued on next image] After learning more about the history and success of the program and weighing the thoughtful perspectives that have been shared, I have concluded that barring extraordinary financial setbacks, the PPFP faculty hiring incentive program will continue while the University continues to assess the program's structure as well as its long-term financial sustainability. As a result of our continuing consultation and review, there may be consideration of some changes to elements of the program including the total number of incentives supported, a number that has fluctuated significantly over the years, and how the awards are distributed among campuses. In the meantime, the University will continue to fund the PPFP faculty hiring incentive program and campuses may continue to take advantage of these incentives. We will have an opportunity to discuss any potential changes prior to adoption. As we look to the future, I will continue to engage with faculty leaders, program stakeholders, and UC community members about this important program. I especially appreciate the thoughtful perspectives shared in recent weeks by Academic Council Chair Palazoglu and Vice Chair Scott, the Council of Graduate Deans, UC faculty members, and you as our campus leaders. Sincerely, James B. Milliken President
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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"What is history if not an attempt to fish out or pronounce life's strangest, most inscrutable turns?" - @maiakotro.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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it shouldn't have taken me by surprise how quickly scholars who made public commitments to disciplinary change have just been unapologetically "mask off" during this political era. I've been critical about the rhetorical veneer of progressiveness (still am), but apparently it was doing *something*
November 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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I think a common misconception about the Epstein Guys is that they're all emeritus skeletons wandering the halls. Larry Summers is teaching multiple classes. Nathan Wolfe is a program officer at the UK equivalent of DARPA. We're all stuck with these freaks and no one knows how to solve this problem
November 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians received a grant for its Choctaw Dictionary project in 2020. However, as the department was nearing completion of the dictionary, the Trump administration terminated the award.

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Mississippi Choctaw Dictionary Project Helps Preserve Language
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians’ Choctaw Dictionary Project is designed to help teach the language and encourage more daily use.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM