Oh no! Did she pass???

Unreal. Unless, you know, you're an Outlook user these past few years, and then you just nod your head silently, knowingly.

The Kingdom of Hormuz The Kingdom of Hormuz was among the minor states of medieval period that rose as the result of the internal conflicts following the demise of the Abbasid power and the struggle for supremacy betwee…

A long time ago, I wrote a little history of the medieval Kingdom of Hormuz. My plan one day is to start a project in the pre 1250 history of it. But for now, here is what I have for your reading pleasure.

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Happy North America publication day to Slavery & the Jews of Medieval Egypt! I'll be giving talks this Winter and Spring in Atlanta, Columbia (SC), Urbana-Champaign, and Boston. And I'll be Zooming in to some seminars to discuss the work with students. I'm very happy to share this work with you!

Local identity in the Lives of the Fathers of Mérida: when ethnicity and religion aren’t the point While scholarship on early medieval Europe often centers ethnicity or religion over other forms of identity, they were not always the most relevant form of identification for contemporaries. In the...

My article is in the new issue of the Jrnl of Medieval Iberian Studies. Its aims are two-fold: 1) show how this text leveraged ethnic and religious IDs to construct a local, city ID, and 2) challenge historians to *show* local ID mattered, not just assume it did. tinyurl.com/5e5arv2e #medievalsky

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First one to come to mind for me: youtu.be/Mp3IENE0Wlc?...

Grateful to speak with @azelin.bsky.social about his recent trip to Syria—including a meeting with President Sharaa inside Assad’s former palace. We talked about what he saw on the ground and where the country goes from here.

I would read an academic murder book in which the murder was solved by reading the syllabus

Book opened to highly illustrative title page

Close up of highly-illustrative page of text

Close up image of the word "Christ" woven from silk

Close up image of silk fibers forming the letter C

Have you ever seen a book made entirely of silk? One item getting a lot of reading room attention recently is this "Livre de Prières." This book was manufactured with the Jacquard process, which relied on perforated punch cards to operate a loom, and is considered a precursor to early programming.

"$299."

On the list to get to!

Ohhhh, I'm quite looking forward to checking this out. Congrats!

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Columbus State University (Georgia, USA) is looking to hire an endowed professor in art who will also serve as the chair of the department.

Columbus is a very arts-focused city. It's a fantastic opportunity to work with great colleagues, talented students, and - vitally - an incredible Dean.

So: that's me! With so many academics migrating here, I figured it would be worth mentioning who I am. I'm not sure I'm going to ever be a "regular poster" here, but I also enjoy learning more from others sharing materials / opportunities on here - and hope to contribute now and again, too.

Finally, I also love that I get to connect my discipline and my love of history with my other interests, too. Thus, I'm really interested in technology and video games as a medium for engagement, and I've spent the last year working on a book related to history in games. More on that later!

Index - World History Volume 1, to 1500 | OpenStax This free textbook is an OpenStax resource written to increase student access to high-quality, peer-reviewed learning materials.

I also served as a lead editor and writer for an Open Educational Resource (OER) textbook for World History Surveys that I'm very proud of: OpenStax World History. Flexible and free, if you teach World History at the college/AP/IB level, I'd love if you checked it out. openstax.org/books/world-...

Arab Conquests and Early Islamic Historiography Winner of the 2021 Southeast Regional Middle East and Islamic Studies Society Book Prize Of the available sources for Islamic history between the seventh and ei…

Thus, I've written a specialist book on early Arabic historiography and the 'Abbasid scholar al-Baladhuri. I've also written a lot about the conquest / Umayyad / early 'Abbasid periods.

I teach at a public, regional university in the American South (Columbus, Georgia), a place I love with students that are wonderful. It's also a place that lets me explore lots of different interests and types of teaching/research at this stage of my career.

Hello, everyone! I'm a historian of the Islamic Middle East that works on the Islamization of the region, Arabic historiography, and the function/idea of an Islamic state throughout history.

These days, I'm also very interested in how we better engage the public in the study of the past.

☺️ That is so kind, Erica, thanks! Glad to hear things are going OK. Has felt like a very long term these past few months here, I have to say. Take care and all the best.

Thanks so much, Erica! ☺️ Hope you are doing well.

Not at all convinced that people are *really* going to start using this place over the "other" place, but getting settled here for now nonetheless.