Friends! Duke Religious Studies is hiring 2 TT professors. Open specialty but a strong desire for those who reach out to other fields. & a dept that has historically been very strong in ancient religion and would love to grow in that area as well. Please share! academicjobsonline.org/ajo?action=j...
Picture of the Laudatio Turiae (fragment). See more at e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laudatio_Turiae# FInd an older translation here: https://www.u.arizona.edu/~afutrell/survey/laud%20tur.htm
Today I learned about this elaborate eulogy carved into stone of a 1st c Roman husband for his wife (identity uncertain, traditionally referred to as "Turia") It’s the longest personal document of this kind. He loved her a lot, they were married for 40 years. Highlights: 1/
We're hiring a 2-year, full-time instructor in art history at Kenyon College! The specialization is open, but candidates with teaching expertise in the arts of the Islamic world or Ancient Art of any region before 600 CE are especially encouraged to apply. careers.pageuppeople.com/695/cw/en-us...
Edits done! Read 12 pages, figures, send!!
Only 10 pages!!! And then figures! And then this is not my problem for a while!
Crushed ~40 pages of edits today!!!
66 pages of editing to go. Can I do it in 2 days? That would be swell
I printed out my chapter rough draft and I’m almost finished reading it through once and then I need to write the conclusion(s??), actually edit it, add in the figures and then bing bang boom that’s the ball game (until the next chapter starts)
Since questions have been raised about Cassandra sitting on the omphalos I thought I'd take a deep dive into depictions of Cassandra in #Pompeii. 🏺🏛️🧵
Scanning my greek vocab lists from 2017/2018 and recycling them is so freeing. A weight is literally being lifted
It keeps spitting snow here and I have to say, it’s BS. Get out of here, it is April
Imposter syndrome levels are impossibly high today
I have graded 3 things and I must grade 3 more things to move on with my life but unfortunately I am taking an unplanned retreat (watching Taskmaster)
I love that grumpy #squid on a Greek #fish plate from Apulia, dating 330-300 BC. Fish plates were decorated with various examples of seafood. They were invented in Athens in the 5th c. BC. Most of them are found in Southern Italy, where they were produced in the 4th c. BC. 1/2
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There is a clear fashion at Kenyon of wearing long white skirts and I really admire the students’ tenacity in wearing them even below 50°
Every month I tell myself I will finish my now *200 double spaced page chapter* and every month ends with just a couple sections left and I’m almost ready to give it a Viking funeral
Every day is a reminder that the things I find shameful (having trouble writing a diss chapter, feeling complicated about change) are things that are very normal and everyone relates to and sympathizes with
I was nominated for a university award at my PhD institution by anonymous faculty and peers and I don’t know who nominated me but I feel really touched 😭 I didn’t win but knowing people think nice things about me when I’m not there…
I know I’m an optimist because every time I open my email apps, my first thought is “maybe someone is emailing me to say they’ll give me money”
Color photo of a white lily blossom, overlaid with a black skull and cross bones and text that reads “no lilies for kitties”.
I just saw an Easter ad so it's time to start reminding people: LILIES ARE DEADLY FOR CATS. The leaves, the petals, the stem, even drinking a bit of vase water or licking a few grains of pollen from their fur can cause fatal kidney failure. ⚠️ www.fda.gov/animal-veter....
Are you working on Goddess Worship, Religion on the move, Ancient Elite Values, or other aspects of Greek or Roman religion (including interactions with Judaism, Christianity, and modern paganism)? Take a look at the cfp from Greco-Roman religions for sbl24
greco-roman-religions.org/2024/01/25/g...
My favorite thing about researching Samothrace is the frequency with which scholars feel the need to state no one knows why anyone would ever want to go there 😂
This is the part of the audiobook I always skip ahead to.
“It’s watching it” 😂😂😂
Every snow storm has come as a surprise! It has been nice to go on some snowy walks, but I came from North Carolina and I’m ready to put away my fleece lined clothes
Also when I moved to north-central Ohio, I was told that there was maybe 1 snowstorm a year and here we are on snowstorm no. 3
I’m re-listening to Doomsday Book by Connie Willis and I truly cannot recommend it enough
Perfectly said.
A book with a white ground image of a seated woman receiving a helmet from a returning warrior who stands in front of her. Above this is the book’s title: Demanding Witness: Women and the Trauma of Homecoming in Greek Tragedy.
Im ALL CAPS excited to tell everyone on here to go and read my super smart colleague’s new book. It’s an innovative look at how trauma theory can reveal new stories Greek tragedy. It’s certain to be a ‘must read’ for anyone interested in ancient drama or anyone interested in trauma theory.
Got 1k words in my dissertation chapter 💪💪 time to throw my computer in the abyss until tomorrow morning
