Dr. Rachel Schine
@rachelschine.bsky.social
~*Award-winning author*~
Pretty mid otherwise.
Professes Arabic and History @ UMD
Now haunting @ IAS at Princeton
Pretty mid otherwise.
Professes Arabic and History @ UMD
Now haunting @ IAS at Princeton
Pinned
Performing Blackness in the Medieval Muslim Metropolis: Arabic Literature and Tropicalization
This essay aims to chart a path between premodern blackface performance and postcolonial theory that escapes colonial teleologies. It analyzes moments from the Abbasid through Mamluk era (ca. 750–1517...
read.dukeupress.edu
My article shows how we can use postcolonial lenses to navigate something we as yet don't know how to acknowledge or talk about well: premodern, non-European people doing things that look a lot like what we now call blackface.
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Hi, Cheryl, since you just liked something I posted about, I thought I would just let you know that the stuff you repost is the most witheringly antisemitic bottom-of-the-barrel conspiracy bullshit I've seen in a while, and I'm a Jewish woman on the Internet in 2025.
December 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Hi, Cheryl, since you just liked something I posted about, I thought I would just let you know that the stuff you repost is the most witheringly antisemitic bottom-of-the-barrel conspiracy bullshit I've seen in a while, and I'm a Jewish woman on the Internet in 2025.
Respectfully, AHA, what am I looking at here?
I've got a review essay coming out with the AHR soon of three new books in my field, you're telling me if I'd had AI summarize those books for me before I read them and didn't cite that that would be acceptable practice?
I've got a review essay coming out with the AHR soon of three new books in my field, you're telling me if I'd had AI summarize those books for me before I read them and didn't cite that that would be acceptable practice?
December 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Respectfully, AHA, what am I looking at here?
I've got a review essay coming out with the AHR soon of three new books in my field, you're telling me if I'd had AI summarize those books for me before I read them and didn't cite that that would be acceptable practice?
I've got a review essay coming out with the AHR soon of three new books in my field, you're telling me if I'd had AI summarize those books for me before I read them and didn't cite that that would be acceptable practice?
Reposted by Dr. Rachel Schine
So when the AHA says it's OK to use AI to summarize scholarship, the greatest risk this guideline poses isn't simply to the quality or accuracy of research; the hazard it poses is to the communal nature of the knowledge production. A pursuit that puts people across time & space into conversation 4/n
December 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
So when the AHA says it's OK to use AI to summarize scholarship, the greatest risk this guideline poses isn't simply to the quality or accuracy of research; the hazard it poses is to the communal nature of the knowledge production. A pursuit that puts people across time & space into conversation 4/n
!!!
Also in some cases it
means milk/cloudy—cataracts in the eyes are often described as azraq
Also in some cases it
means milk/cloudy—cataracts in the eyes are often described as azraq
Oh hell YES.
I've long maintained that based on the result of ink recipes, the word "azraq" couldn't mean "blue" in early Arabic texts but seems instead to be yellowish. Now I have textual proof: "Take red arsenic [realgar] or if you wish, azraq"—no such thing as blue arsenic, this means yellow!
I've long maintained that based on the result of ink recipes, the word "azraq" couldn't mean "blue" in early Arabic texts but seems instead to be yellowish. Now I have textual proof: "Take red arsenic [realgar] or if you wish, azraq"—no such thing as blue arsenic, this means yellow!
December 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
!!!
Also in some cases it
means milk/cloudy—cataracts in the eyes are often described as azraq
Also in some cases it
means milk/cloudy—cataracts in the eyes are often described as azraq
Reposted by Dr. Rachel Schine
Today’s prized find in Cairo: One of Ahmad Adawiya’s early records featuring “Salametha Umm Hassan.”
December 21, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Today’s prized find in Cairo: One of Ahmad Adawiya’s early records featuring “Salametha Umm Hassan.”
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Getting a lot more people on this list for sharing antisemitic lies about the Talmud over the past couple of days.
Reminders:
1. The entire Talmud is public and freely available online. This Anyone claiming to know about "secret" or "hidden" Jewish teachings from it is lying to you.
Reminders:
1. The entire Talmud is public and freely available online. This Anyone claiming to know about "secret" or "hidden" Jewish teachings from it is lying to you.
December 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Getting a lot more people on this list for sharing antisemitic lies about the Talmud over the past couple of days.
Reminders:
1. The entire Talmud is public and freely available online. This Anyone claiming to know about "secret" or "hidden" Jewish teachings from it is lying to you.
Reminders:
1. The entire Talmud is public and freely available online. This Anyone claiming to know about "secret" or "hidden" Jewish teachings from it is lying to you.
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I feel like I'm going to get a lot of use out of this Pluribus screencap
December 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I feel like I'm going to get a lot of use out of this Pluribus screencap
A Lord of the Rings cover band called EntSYNC
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Flock of Smeagols
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Chappell Rohan
December 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
A Lord of the Rings cover band called EntSYNC
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Congratulations to the ADL for deciding to go all-in on working with this administration because of some college student protestors who used intemperate rhetoric.
December 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Congratulations to the ADL for deciding to go all-in on working with this administration because of some college student protestors who used intemperate rhetoric.
So the gimmick is we just put his name + memorial on everything now, right? I personally think that every sewage outlet in the city should now say Trump Memorial Sewage Outlet
Trump Memorial DMV
Trump Memorial Adult Store
Trump Memorial Dick's Sporting Goods
Trump Memorial DMV
Trump Memorial Adult Store
Trump Memorial Dick's Sporting Goods
December 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
So the gimmick is we just put his name + memorial on everything now, right? I personally think that every sewage outlet in the city should now say Trump Memorial Sewage Outlet
Trump Memorial DMV
Trump Memorial Adult Store
Trump Memorial Dick's Sporting Goods
Trump Memorial DMV
Trump Memorial Adult Store
Trump Memorial Dick's Sporting Goods
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After the major technical difficulties last time, me and Gabriel Reynolds decided to do another Live Q&A. So, of course, the first thing that happened was that my WiFi died, and then we got audio issues.
After some editing it is now put back online!
www.youtube.com/live/vkiji1e...
After some editing it is now put back online!
www.youtube.com/live/vkiji1e...
Qur'an Manuscripts and Qur'anic Arabic: Live Q & A with Dr. Marijn van Putten!
YouTube video by Exploring the Quran and the Bible
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
After the major technical difficulties last time, me and Gabriel Reynolds decided to do another Live Q&A. So, of course, the first thing that happened was that my WiFi died, and then we got audio issues.
After some editing it is now put back online!
www.youtube.com/live/vkiji1e...
After some editing it is now put back online!
www.youtube.com/live/vkiji1e...
People lying through their teeth about the nature of academia don’t deserve your rebuttals, go write a footnote or something.
December 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
People lying through their teeth about the nature of academia don’t deserve your rebuttals, go write a footnote or something.
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THERE ARE NO JOBS IN ACADEMIA! NO JOBS! DOZENS OF HYPER QUALIFIED APPLICANTS PER JOB!
December 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
THERE ARE NO JOBS IN ACADEMIA! NO JOBS! DOZENS OF HYPER QUALIFIED APPLICANTS PER JOB!
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so I broke out the Nambé menorah and it occurs to me that some of you may not know about Nambé which is one of the most American stories I know
December 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
so I broke out the Nambé menorah and it occurs to me that some of you may not know about Nambé which is one of the most American stories I know
Writing an explanatory summary of my teaching evals for my tenure file and how do I explain the statement “S-tier professor!” to anyone over the age of 42?
December 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Writing an explanatory summary of my teaching evals for my tenure file and how do I explain the statement “S-tier professor!” to anyone over the age of 42?
Awwwwwwwwesome!
My forthcoming book—
For which I began research in 2006.
Is now posted on the website for Princeton University Press.
Cover will be added soon.
The King’s Slaves: The British Empire & the Origins of American Slavery
For which I began research in 2006.
Is now posted on the website for Princeton University Press.
Cover will be added soon.
The King’s Slaves: The British Empire & the Origins of American Slavery
The King's Slaves
A provocative account of how empire and absolutism institutionalized slavery in America
press.princeton.edu
December 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Awwwwwwwwesome!
A particularly irksome form of peer review is the kind where a reviewer makes several good points but in an unnecessarily rude or snarky way. Like I wanna hate bro, but I can't.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
A particularly irksome form of peer review is the kind where a reviewer makes several good points but in an unnecessarily rude or snarky way. Like I wanna hate bro, but I can't.
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We have an opening for "big cat trainer." Must be faster than our previous big cat trainer.
December 14, 2025 at 7:53 AM
We have an opening for "big cat trainer." Must be faster than our previous big cat trainer.
“Excuse the cough, baby’s tickling my throat”
Musacchio says that medieval bestiaries cite ancient texts to explain a belief that weasels conceive through the ear and give birth through the mouth [!].
Certainly there was a consensus the process was miraculous – so weasels become a talisman for pregnant women.
Certainly there was a consensus the process was miraculous – so weasels become a talisman for pregnant women.
December 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“Excuse the cough, baby’s tickling my throat”
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No no no no! The Apple Store deal allowed the Historical Society of Washington (now the DC History Center) to stay and maintain its library, staff, and programming in the building without having to pay for the upkeep of the building. They had struggled for decades to find a sustainablle +
December 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
No no no no! The Apple Store deal allowed the Historical Society of Washington (now the DC History Center) to stay and maintain its library, staff, and programming in the building without having to pay for the upkeep of the building. They had struggled for decades to find a sustainablle +
No it’s ok we can cut all the area studies programs. We’ll just hire one “global studies“ Prof with a degree in English literature.
December 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
No it’s ok we can cut all the area studies programs. We’ll just hire one “global studies“ Prof with a degree in English literature.
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JFC. UNC’s Centers for:
European Studies
African Studies
Middle East & Islamic Studies
Slavic, Eurasian & East European Studies.
The Asia Center.
The Institute for the Study of the Americas
All prestigious National Resource Centers. Incomprehensible from an institution of UNC’s caliber.
European Studies
African Studies
Middle East & Islamic Studies
Slavic, Eurasian & East European Studies.
The Asia Center.
The Institute for the Study of the Americas
All prestigious National Resource Centers. Incomprehensible from an institution of UNC’s caliber.
December 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
JFC. UNC’s Centers for:
European Studies
African Studies
Middle East & Islamic Studies
Slavic, Eurasian & East European Studies.
The Asia Center.
The Institute for the Study of the Americas
All prestigious National Resource Centers. Incomprehensible from an institution of UNC’s caliber.
European Studies
African Studies
Middle East & Islamic Studies
Slavic, Eurasian & East European Studies.
The Asia Center.
The Institute for the Study of the Americas
All prestigious National Resource Centers. Incomprehensible from an institution of UNC’s caliber.
Ah, we're now in that flurry of "asking people to do stuff over break that you forgot to ask them for during the semester."
Well guess what--you give it you get it. I *will* send my WIPs to people who request things of me, I ain't scared.
Well guess what--you give it you get it. I *will* send my WIPs to people who request things of me, I ain't scared.
December 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Ah, we're now in that flurry of "asking people to do stuff over break that you forgot to ask them for during the semester."
Well guess what--you give it you get it. I *will* send my WIPs to people who request things of me, I ain't scared.
Well guess what--you give it you get it. I *will* send my WIPs to people who request things of me, I ain't scared.
Reposted by Dr. Rachel Schine
Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
December 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.