Joel
@sentantiq.bsky.social
Antiquity. Cats and kids. Books. Humanities. Education. NY/MA/TX
contact JoelChristensen @ gc.cuny.edu
Check out Storylife: On Epic, Narrative, and Living Things:
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300269239/storylife/
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contact JoelChristensen @ gc.cuny.edu
Check out Storylife: On Epic, Narrative, and Living Things:
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300269239/storylife/
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Joel
@sentantiq.bsky.social
· Jan 14
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A new report on dietary findings in a select area of Pompeii likely inhabited by enslaved people came out in Scavi di Pompei. Many newspapers are now running w/a headline about Roman slaves “eating better” than free Romans. pompeiisites.org/e-journal-de... Let’s discuss why this is problematic
December 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A new report on dietary findings in a select area of Pompeii likely inhabited by enslaved people came out in Scavi di Pompei. Many newspapers are now running w/a headline about Roman slaves “eating better” than free Romans. pompeiisites.org/e-journal-de... Let’s discuss why this is problematic
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Next week is the last week of classes here. As I say every semester, I try and end many of my history seminars with a quote from James Baldwin that answers the question of: why take humanities courses? (Time Magazine, May 24, 1963).
December 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Next week is the last week of classes here. As I say every semester, I try and end many of my history seminars with a quote from James Baldwin that answers the question of: why take humanities courses? (Time Magazine, May 24, 1963).
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⭐ The inaugural RAFFAELLA CRIBIORE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING TRANSLATION from the Society for Classical Studies has just been announced ⭐
C. Luke Soucy, *Ovid's Metamorphoses* (University of California Press, 2023).
C. Luke Soucy, *Ovid's Metamorphoses* (University of California Press, 2023).
2025 Raffaella Cribiore Award for Outstanding Translation | Society for Classical Studies
The Committee on Translation of Classical Authors is delighted to announce the inaugural recipient of the Raffaella Cribiore Award for Outstanding Literary Translation. The Cribiore Award honors outst...
www.classicalstudies.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
⭐ The inaugural RAFFAELLA CRIBIORE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING TRANSLATION from the Society for Classical Studies has just been announced ⭐
C. Luke Soucy, *Ovid's Metamorphoses* (University of California Press, 2023).
C. Luke Soucy, *Ovid's Metamorphoses* (University of California Press, 2023).
“Remember that you are an actor in a drama, whatever kind the playwright desires. If he wishes it to be short, it is short. If he wants it to be long, it is long."
sententiaeantiquae.com/2023/09/14/p...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2023/09/14/p...
Play The Part You’re Given: Epictetus, Teles, and Shakespeare
Epictetus, Encheiridion, 17 “Remember that you are an actor in a drama, whatever kind the playwright desires. If he wishes it to be short, it is short. If he wants it to be long, it is long. If he …
sententiaeantiquae.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
“Remember that you are an actor in a drama, whatever kind the playwright desires. If he wishes it to be short, it is short. If he wants it to be long, it is long."
sententiaeantiquae.com/2023/09/14/p...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2023/09/14/p...
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The CFP is now open for the second cohort of faculty fellows in the Critical AI Literacy Institute @gctlc.bsky.social.
We’re recruiting in 3 tracks.
1. Critical Foundations of AI
2. Ecological Implications of AI
3. T(h)inkering with AI
Read the full call here:
cuny.is/cali2-cfp
We’re recruiting in 3 tracks.
1. Critical Foundations of AI
2. Ecological Implications of AI
3. T(h)inkering with AI
Read the full call here:
cuny.is/cali2-cfp
Call for Participation 2026 – Critical AI Literacy Institute
cuny.is
December 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The CFP is now open for the second cohort of faculty fellows in the Critical AI Literacy Institute @gctlc.bsky.social.
We’re recruiting in 3 tracks.
1. Critical Foundations of AI
2. Ecological Implications of AI
3. T(h)inkering with AI
Read the full call here:
cuny.is/cali2-cfp
We’re recruiting in 3 tracks.
1. Critical Foundations of AI
2. Ecological Implications of AI
3. T(h)inkering with AI
Read the full call here:
cuny.is/cali2-cfp
Moon setting over New Jersey
December 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Moon setting over New Jersey
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December 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My office is at the corner of 34th st and 5th avenue and the tourist buses and bike rickshaws are playing seasonal music.
that means I hear bursts of Mariah Carey all day long, but never the whole song.
that means I hear bursts of Mariah Carey all day long, but never the whole song.
mariah carey is wearing a santa claus costume and standing in front of a group of female dancers .
ALT: mariah carey is wearing a santa claus costume and standing in front of a group of female dancers .
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My office is at the corner of 34th st and 5th avenue and the tourist buses and bike rickshaws are playing seasonal music.
that means I hear bursts of Mariah Carey all day long, but never the whole song.
that means I hear bursts of Mariah Carey all day long, but never the whole song.
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Curious about this text? Check out this blog post by @blindscholar.bsky.social, who covers the work in "Reading Creation Myths Economically in Ancient Mesopotamia and Israel"
www.blindscholar.com/2025/08/04/b...
www.blindscholar.com/2025/08/04/b...
Book Release—Free to Read for Two Weeks!
My new Element, Reading Creation Myths Economically in Ancient Mesopotamia and Israel, has now been released in the Cambridge Elements in Ancient and Premodern Economies series. Elements are short …
www.blindscholar.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Curious about this text? Check out this blog post by @blindscholar.bsky.social, who covers the work in "Reading Creation Myths Economically in Ancient Mesopotamia and Israel"
www.blindscholar.com/2025/08/04/b...
www.blindscholar.com/2025/08/04/b...
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We see similar discourse in Atra-hasis, a literary work from the 2nd millennium BCE that opens with a narrative of dissent between the ruling and the ruled. Humans have spent a long time thinking, writing, and conveying the difficulty of balancing political power and social liberties.
"The Iliad is in part the story of ‘civilizing’ conventions of wars dismissed. What we learn from the beginning is that political institutions are not strong enough to enforce the maintenance of normative behaviors."
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/04/w...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/04/w...
War Crimes: Iliad 6, Infanticide, and the Mykonos Vase
CW: Infanticide, Sexual Violence. Reference to current events. Iliad 6 picks up at the end of book 5, where Diomedes enjoyed his aristeia. The audience witnesses a series of Achaean kills, before f…
sententiaeantiquae.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We see similar discourse in Atra-hasis, a literary work from the 2nd millennium BCE that opens with a narrative of dissent between the ruling and the ruled. Humans have spent a long time thinking, writing, and conveying the difficulty of balancing political power and social liberties.
"The Iliad is in part the story of ‘civilizing’ conventions of wars dismissed. What we learn from the beginning is that political institutions are not strong enough to enforce the maintenance of normative behaviors."
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/04/w...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/04/w...
War Crimes: Iliad 6, Infanticide, and the Mykonos Vase
CW: Infanticide, Sexual Violence. Reference to current events. Iliad 6 picks up at the end of book 5, where Diomedes enjoyed his aristeia. The audience witnesses a series of Achaean kills, before f…
sententiaeantiquae.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"The Iliad is in part the story of ‘civilizing’ conventions of wars dismissed. What we learn from the beginning is that political institutions are not strong enough to enforce the maintenance of normative behaviors."
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/04/w...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/04/w...
"How should feel about Agamemnon's desire to kill the unborn children of Troy is contained in the structure of Iliad 6: Astyanax is a metonym for all the babies who die at the fall of Troy."
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/04/w...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/04/w...
War Crimes: Iliad 6, Infanticide, and the Mykonos Vase
CW: Infanticide, Sexual Violence. Reference to current events. Iliad 6 picks up at the end of book 5, where Diomedes enjoyed his aristeia. The audience witnesses a series of Achaean kills, before f…
sententiaeantiquae.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"How should feel about Agamemnon's desire to kill the unborn children of Troy is contained in the structure of Iliad 6: Astyanax is a metonym for all the babies who die at the fall of Troy."
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/04/w...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/04/w...
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Not to put too fine a point on it, fuck Alex Karp
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Not to put too fine a point on it, fuck Alex Karp
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I think the killer app for AI is search, because it always gives you something that seems right quickly, rather than admit that the information doesn’t exist or requires talking to a person. But seeming right is not the same thing as right, and everyone who thinks that’s ok is why we are fucked.
December 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I think the killer app for AI is search, because it always gives you something that seems right quickly, rather than admit that the information doesn’t exist or requires talking to a person. But seeming right is not the same thing as right, and everyone who thinks that’s ok is why we are fucked.
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The last Pasts Imperfect of 2025 is out! The incomparable @toriflee.bsky.social has our annual ancient world gift guide. Then, saving Sudan's cultural heritage, cats in Ancient China, Indigenous canoe-making, ancient disability, new ancient world journals by @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & much more!
Pasts Imperfect (12.4.25)
This week, the one and only Tori Lee returns with her annual ancient world gift guide. Then, racing to preserve Sudan's cultural heritage, a new study on domestic cats assesses the leopard cats of anc...
pasts-imperfect.ghost.io
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The last Pasts Imperfect of 2025 is out! The incomparable @toriflee.bsky.social has our annual ancient world gift guide. Then, saving Sudan's cultural heritage, cats in Ancient China, Indigenous canoe-making, ancient disability, new ancient world journals by @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & much more!
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Mr. Rogers:
"You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful than any computer could ever be. You know why? You're a living human being, and a computer is just a machine. Human beings are far more wonderful than machines."
"You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful than any computer could ever be. You know why? You're a living human being, and a computer is just a machine. Human beings are far more wonderful than machines."
yeah...but we'll always have the words from man himself
December 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Mr. Rogers:
"You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful than any computer could ever be. You know why? You're a living human being, and a computer is just a machine. Human beings are far more wonderful than machines."
"You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful than any computer could ever be. You know why? You're a living human being, and a computer is just a machine. Human beings are far more wonderful than machines."
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Thank you to everyone who supported our students on #CUNYTuesday. Money raised will help our students attend professional and academic conferences. Our giving site will be open through 12/31 We appreciate your contribution bit.ly/CUNYTuesdayGC
December 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Thank you to everyone who supported our students on #CUNYTuesday. Money raised will help our students attend professional and academic conferences. Our giving site will be open through 12/31 We appreciate your contribution bit.ly/CUNYTuesdayGC
Upper east side from central park reservoir near dawn
December 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Upper east side from central park reservoir near dawn
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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:
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…
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September 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🚨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/
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I know everyone is asking for giving tuesday donations, but if you're keen to give to higher education, think about an organization like CUNY and @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
www.cunytuesday.org/organization...
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Support The Graduate Center | #CUNYTUESDAY 2025
I’m ready to support The Graduate Center on December 2, 2025 during #CUNYTUESDAY 2025.
Learn more about The Graduate Center and all the other organizations
participating in #CUNYTUESDAY 2025.
www.cunytuesday.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I know everyone is asking for giving tuesday donations, but if you're keen to give to higher education, think about an organization like CUNY and @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
www.cunytuesday.org/organization...
www.cunytuesday.org/organization...
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What has the Roman military ever done for Britain and for cats? 🐱 Well, a lot, it seems. Romans roads are excellent routes for carrying soldiers, disease, ideas, and felines.
www.popsci.com/environment/...
www.popsci.com/environment/...
Roman military helped bring cats to Europe
Military roads helped the felines domesticate about 2,000 years ago.
www.popsci.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
What has the Roman military ever done for Britain and for cats? 🐱 Well, a lot, it seems. Romans roads are excellent routes for carrying soldiers, disease, ideas, and felines.
www.popsci.com/environment/...
www.popsci.com/environment/...
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Romans + Cats? It's like this was made for me and @sentantiq.bsky.social @illdottore.bsky.social and all the other classics/ancient history cat lovers
December 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Romans + Cats? It's like this was made for me and @sentantiq.bsky.social @illdottore.bsky.social and all the other classics/ancient history cat lovers
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Some shameless self promotion here… but if you’re interested in using @wikipedia.org @wikieducation.bsky.social in the classroom, I co-wrote an OPEN-ACCESS chapter on this very topic with Chelsea Gardner available here www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-... 👇🏻
December 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Some shameless self promotion here… but if you’re interested in using @wikipedia.org @wikieducation.bsky.social in the classroom, I co-wrote an OPEN-ACCESS chapter on this very topic with Chelsea Gardner available here www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-... 👇🏻