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Society for the Study of the Past
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The Society for the Study of the Past is a new subject organisation that believes solidarity with the oppressed, liberation of the occupied and a more just future are core concerns of the historian. 🍉 Join us! ⬇️
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Society for the Study of the Past @socstudyofthepast.bsky.social · Oct 15
Let’s take a trip back to last week when we held our first ever annual meeting on the topic ‘Beyond Methodological Nationalism’. Thanks to all those who joined us, and those who were not able to will be able to catch up on the recordings soon! 🎥
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illdottore.bsky.social
Hello London, next Monday 1 Dec I'll be speaking at Senate House about how the histories of slavery and books in the ancient Mediterranean intersect in Rome. Book historians, slavery scholars, classicists, there will be something for everyone. ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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artcrimeprof.bsky.social
One of the most colorful figures in the black market for ancient art has died. For @lrb.co.uk, I wrote about Jonathan Tokeley-Parry - a smuggler who made fake fakes to defeat border inspections to get Egyptian artifacts to the UK and US, whose downfall both changed and didn’t change the market.
lrb.co.uk London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 2d
‘By his own estimate, Jonathan Tokeley-Parry smuggled three thousand antiquities out of Egypt in 65 trips over six years. His success was down to his skill as a “fabricator”.’

Erin L. Thompson (@artcrimeprof.bsky.social) on the blog:

www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Erin L. Thompson | Fake it till you make it
Jonathan Tokeley-Parry, who died last month, had a business card in the early 1990s that described him as ‘Jonty “...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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monicamedhist.bsky.social
Wow! @lollardfish.bsky.social & @profgabriele.com going all in on a new study using pollen to document biodiversity at & around the Abbey of St Gall in the Carolingian Age. buttondown.com/ModernMediev... #MedievalSky #interdisciplinarity
Carolingian Biodiversity
How Interdisciplinary Can and Should Work
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November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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davidcollard.bsky.social
The Barbellion Prize celebrates and promotes writing that represents the experience of chronic illness and disability. Since the re-launch laste week we've raised 10% of our target, so there's still a way to go. Pllease support this unique literary award barbellionprize.org Thank you!
The Barbellion Prize | A prize recognising literary representation of chronically disabled lives.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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isisnaucratis.bsky.social
🏺The conference "Urban Heritage in Crisis in Egypt, Sudan & Palestine" was SO special!
🙏Huge thanks to @gmandreou.bsky.social
@archaeologuest.bsky.social & Noha Abou-Khatwa for being a dream team
📽️Recordings coming up on Everyday Orientalism
everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/c...
November 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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thearabdailynews.com/2025/11/19/i... #🏺
Israel Civil Administration Plans to Seize 1,800 Dunams in Sebastia — the Largest Antiquities Expropriation to Date
Israel Civil Administration Plans to Seize 1,800 Dunams in Sebastia — the Largest Antiquities Expropriation to Date The Israeli Civil Administration has
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November 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social
Israel to seize 180 hectares near Bronze Age heritage site in West Bank - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-seize-1800-dunams-near-west-bank-heritage-site
Israel to seize 180 hectares near Bronze Age heritage site in West Bank
Palestinians say the move masks a plan to expand settlements on privately owned Palestinian land under pretext of ‘developing an archaeological site’ 
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November 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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workingclassicists.bsky.social
It’s that time again… 👀 🎄

If you are a business or creator and you’d like to donate something to our Christmas giveaway please do drop us an email at [email protected]

We’ve got most of it covered but always grateful for such things 🥰
November 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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thefunambulist.bsky.social
We are happy to share with you our new issue "Building Trans Communities" (November–December 2025), where we mobilize collective embodiments and solidarities against transphobia around the world.

Order your copy here: thefunambulist.net/shop/62-buil...
Cover of The Funambulist 62 with a sepia-toned photograph of ten people somewhere in Malaysia.
November 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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medievalists.bsky.social
This week on The Medieval Podcast with @5minmedievalist.bsky.social : The Medieval Moon with @ayoushlazikani.bsky.social www.medievalists.net/2025/11/the-... #medieval #moon
The Medieval Moon with Ayoush Lazikani - Medievalists.net
This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Ayoush Lazikani about what – and who – medieval people across the world believed the moon to be.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
Abolition School is fundraising to continue their political education out in Philly - they've lost nonprofit sponsorships due to the political environment downstream of the Trump administration. please support (donate and/or share) as you can!

www.gofundme.com/f/all-in-for...
Donate to Go All in for Abolition School 2026!, organized by Geo Maher
Go All in for Abolition School in 2026! We’re gonna be honest with you: Abolition S… Geo Maher needs your support for Go All in for Abolition School 2026!
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November 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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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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sparrows4palestine.bsky.social
🐦🔎The University of British Columbia hosts talk on excavation conducted next to Israeli torture camp: Megiddo is the site of one of the largest torture camps for Palestinians; the dig is right next to the prison
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UBC hosts talk on excavation conducted next to Israeli torture camp
Megiddo is the site of one of the largest torture camps for Palestinians; the dig is right next to the prison
sparrows4palestine.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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monicamedhist.bsky.social
Today's issue of Pasts Imperfect, the newsletter for all things ancient that bring a global perspective to the Classical world, is out: pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/pasts-imperf.... As always, thanks to @sarahebond.bsky.social and her amazing set of editors. Today's main essay: Egyptomania!
Pasts Imperfect (11.20.25)
This week, media psychology and classical reception specialist Kristen Leer discusses Ancient Egypt in horror movies and the problems surrounding "Egyptomania." Then, mapping the thousands of miles of...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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antiquitypod.bsky.social
And here we go! A new episode discussing the relationship between magic and early Christianity with @vox-magica.bsky.social!
classicalantiquitypod.com/2025/11/20/s...
Sidequest 27 – Magic and Early Christianity with Dr. Shaily Patel
In response to a suggestion from Dr. Rhiannon Garth Jones, I reached out to Dr. Shaily Patel at Virginia Tech (GO HOKIES!) to see if she would come on the podcast. Turns out she was willing to do s…
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November 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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candidamoss.bsky.social
My latest for Nat Geo on things you didn't know about Roman Emperors. Co-authored with Max J. Foa and featuring the work of @sarahebond.bsky.social, Stephanie Frampton, A. B. Bosworth, and Tom Geue.

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The Roman emperor who died from eating too much cheese
Lots of emperors met ignominious ends. And then there was Antoninus Pius.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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mattseybold.bsky.social
“Adversarial poetry.”

Love this. Obvs.
November 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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isisnaucratis.bsky.social
Will anyone at this year's conference ask for ASOR to be held to account for its active complicity with the archaeology-washing of apartheid and genocide in Palestine? How are they complicit, you might ask? Here's a refresher 🧵 1/
asor-research.bsky.social ASOR @asor-research.bsky.social · 7d
The ASOR 2025 Annual Meeting begins today in Boston & online! Join scholars for 4 days of sessions, workshops, and celebration—starting tonight with the Opening & Plenary Session feat. Dr. Timothy P. Harrison.

Welcome to #ASOR25, celebrating 125 years of archaeological research and collaboration.
November 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Officially: the only help coming in is people who clicked “weekly.”

This covers only 51% of our absolute minimum per week.

That math is deadly.

If we make that 51% into 100%, it’d be lifesaving.

🤷🏾‍♂️
divyampersaud.com Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · 11d
New day, new week, same hope...our current priorities on the giving circle are still:

- Emergency medical care for three women
- Newborn supplies
- Shelter before winter

Click “weekly” on a coffee. This is the ONLY support coming in for these urgent needs. chuffed.org/project/hope...
A graphic featuring a black ink illustration of a falcon with his wings partly open. Title: “Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza giving circle". Text: We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK helping our friends on the ground keep tehir families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. More than ever, they need our sustainable support. Click weekly to join: https://tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCircle.”
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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hannahmstrommen.bsky.social
New issue out in The Bible and Critical Theory journal. Special issue this time on The Bible after José Esteban Muñoz: bibleandcriticaltheory.com/volume-21-no...
VOLUME 21, NO 2 (2025)
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November 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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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 10:34 PM
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caitlinmoriah.bsky.social
many people are saying!
CHAPTER 5 Toward a Big Tent Linguistics: Inclusion and the Myth of the Lone Genius Rikker Dockum, Caitlin M. Green Pages 95-126 Published: March 2024
November 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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mississippifreepress.org
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
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vincente.bsky.social
My first peer-reviewed article, based on my BA thesis at FU Berlin, has just been published (OA). It traces Palestinian libraries from the late Ottoman period in the so-called Abandoned Property Collection (NLI). Thank you to everyone who supported! doi.org/10.1353/mns.... @sims-mss.bsky.social
Project MUSE - From Private Libraries in Late Ottoman Palestine to "Abandoned Property": Reconstructing the Dajānī Family Manuscript Collections in the National Library of Israel
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November 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM