College of Arts & Sciences pauses admission to 20 majors amid portfolio review Syracuse University paused admission into 20 majors in the College of Arts & Sciences without faculty input amid its portfolio review.

“Syracuse University paused admission to 20 majors in the College of Arts and Sciences without faculty input” dailyorange.com/2025/09/coll...

I think if you signed the @translatedhugo.bsky.social petition, you might be interested in this ko-fi that's crowdfunding the African Translation Project!

I wrote about these footprints in clay in my book. It’s devastating. The baby might have been too young for a footprint to be made.

Amazingly, we can follow the story of the twin toddlers into their later lives, which I find very moving.

Using Tech to Spread the Story of the 1939 Library Sit-in The 1939 Library Sit-in Project is a multi-year digital initiative to shed light on the first-recorded sit-in demanding unsegregated access to a public library. It includes a set of 10 video interview...

Using Tech to Spread the Story of the 1939 Library Sit-in 📚
www.newamerica.org/education-po...

Beige-coloured cuneiform tablet with slightly rounded edges. It has rulings with cuneiform characters.

Around 1800 BCE, a businesswoman named Taram-Kubi received 20 shekels of fine gold, presumably as payment for textiles she wove.

She lived in Assur, capital of the Assyrian empire, and sent her textiles to far-flung Anatolia for her husband to sell them cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/28...

A woodblock print depicting a snowy bridge.

Our annual #AshmoleanAdvent Calendar begins today! Check back each day until Christmas for a new seasonal surprise from our collections.

The first festive treat from the collection is this delightful Japanese woodblock print by master printmaker Utagawa Hiroshige.

I am so tired of waiting, aren’t you, For the world to become good and beautiful and kind? Let’s take a knife and cut the world in two- And see what worms are eating At the rind. Langston Hughes

Tar-Míriel of Númenor, played by Cynthia Addai-Robinson in Rings of Power, sits on a low bench wearing a green dress and holding a sheathed sword (Narsil) across her lap.

"All of the above" is valid!

If you see this, post a GIF of your favorite Doctor. #DoctorWho

A group of researchers have recreated the clothing of medieval Nubian royalty and clergy from the wall paintings in the cathedral of Faras, which sits at the border of modern Egypt and Sudan.

It's the divine rizz of his foremother Melian. 😁

Forthcoming from a brilliant colleague of mine. Looking forward to reading it when it's out, Ian!

Two scribes depicted in an ancient Assyrian low relief, using styluses to write on clay tablets.

A cuneiform tablet with writing on it.

For me, the most incredible artefacts from the ancient world are the letters people wrote on clay tablets and sent to one another over thousands of years in Mesopotamia, going back to more than 5,000 years ago.

They contain recognisable humanity, warmth and humour. Here's a thread of my favourites.

A mosaic fragment from a Roman villa in Spain depicting a stylised, octopus using red, yellow, and black limestone tesserae. The front facing octopus has bulging eyes and eight tentacles

A charming little octopus from a Roman villa at Villaquejida, León, Spain. Limestone, 2nd-3rd century AD.

Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 my own

#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology

Hello! I'd love to be added as well.

Earlier than I can remember! My parents read from The Hobbit to me as a toddler, and once I learned to read, I started trying to read it.

Introduce yourself with some jobs you've done apart from what you do now:
- steakhouse waitress
- nerd camp RA
- ballet studio front desk assistant
- Russian bellringer
- volunteer audiobook narrator (shoutout to librivox.org)

Res Difficiles, The Journal, guest-edited by Arum Park, Chris Waldo, and Tori Lee, the leadership team of the Asian and Asian American Caucus (AAACC): “Re(Orient): Reception, Power, and Asian Experience.”

It is my enormous pleasure to share the second issue of Res Difficiles, The Journal, guest-edited by Arum Park, Chris Waldo, and Tori Lee, the leadership team of the Asian and Asian American Caucus (AAACC): “Re(Orient): Reception, Power, and Asian Experience.”

#ResDiffJournal

Destiny is all! Dammit, I forgot that one.

Ten shows to get to know me:

1. Rings of Power
2. Doctor Who
3. Star Trek (TOS, VOY)
4. The Borgias
5. 1899
6. Avatar: The Last Airbender & The Legend of Korra
7. Fullmetal Alchemist (either version)
8. Parks & Recreation
9. House
10. The Good Place

UW Press: The Fractured Voice Description

Also, here's my book on voice loss in Roman imperial literature, published by #uwpress (obligatory academic self-promotion, sorry): uwpress.wisc.edu/books/5980.htm

Hi Bluesky! Here's a picture of my cat showing off her expertise in Hippocratic medicine.