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Mattias Brand

@mbinzurich.bsky.social

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Historian of religion\s at University of Fribourg (CH). linktr.ee/drMBrand PhD, first book: http://tinyurl.com/5n7kt5fs. Interested in Religion, Alternative Histories, History, Comparison, Theory - and sometimes in Manichaeans. #Schweiz

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Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · May 2

🥳🎉🎊 Since this week, I'm working at the Study of Religion\s at @unifr.bsky.social on a project regarding visuality in alternative histories!

Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · Oct 23

We just submitted a fabulous research project application. I cannot give you the details, but it involves history, religion, and aliens.

Creepy Facebook image with three alien-looking figures dresses as pharaohs

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Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · 1d

Gefeliciteerd!

Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · 1d

My new "theory of religion"...

Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 3d

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

A comic strip in six panels. The panels inerlock like a jigsaw with knobs and sockets. Two stick figures walk right to left through all the panels.

Panel 1: Person 1 says "I hear you're working on a new theory."
Panel 2 & 3: Person 2 says: "Yes, I'm calling it the jigsaw model. I think it could change our whole View of reality."
Panel 4: Person 1 says "When Will you publish?:
Panel 5: Person 2 says "But a couple of things are still bothering me." (this piece/panel is a bit squint)
Panel 6: This piece is rotated ninety degees and fits to the others very badly. Person 2 is saying "Soon. I feel like I'm really close"
A second look at the whole comic shows that the last two panels read in the wrong order because the jigsaw has been put together incorrectly.

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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 1d

UVA's Sociology department is looking to hire a tenured sociologist of religion at the Associate or Full level. Here is the advertisement. @sssreligion.bsky.social @asareligion.bsky.social

Details here: apply.interfolio.com/173879

The Department of Sociology at the University of Virginia invites applications for a tenured Associate or Full Professor position specializing in the sociology of religion. We are particularly interested in a theoretically engaged scholar whose work addresses religious pluralism in complex modern societies, the relationship between religion, civic engagement, and democratic political cultures, the social and economic impact of religion from a cultural and historical perspective. Relevant questions may include but are not limited to: how does religion shape cultural and political conflicts? How does religion relate not only to political participation but to the shaping of collectives? How do different understandings of the sacred inform the development of, and dispute over, morality?

For additional information about our dynamic department, please visit https://sociology.as.virginia.edu/. For questions regarding this position, please contact Isaac Reed, Search Chair, at iar2c@virginia.edu.

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Donovan Schaefer @feelingtheory.bsky.social · 1d

Science and religion folks: Check out this job posting at one of the most storied religious studies departments in the country--and share with our junior colleagues!

unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

Assistant Professor

The Department of Religious Studies is recruiting for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Religion and Science. Candidates should have broad training in their field of expertise, a commitment to int...

unc.peopleadmin.com

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Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · 4d

Dat is alvast een stem voor de democratie en tegen de fascistische trekjes van onze politiek. Nu jullie nog! #verkiezingen

Nederlandse stem envelop in buitenlandse brievenbus

Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · 4d

Welzijn boven welvaart

Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · 7d

Could you please send me the link?

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Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · Aug 8

Would you know any good publications on the function of b/w images in non-fiction and/or academic books after the 1950s/1960s? #history

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Myrthe Hilkens @myrthehilkens.bsky.social · 14d

De Wolven voelen de tijdsgeest goed aan.

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Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · 16d

Would anyone have access to this publication for me? go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=G...

go.gale.com

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WOZ @woz.ch · 22d

Antifa ist überall.

Grosses Eboard neben der Abfahrtsanzeige im Hauptbahnhof Zürich. Auf gelbem Grund ist in Schwarz "Antifascist Intelligence" zu lesen, darunter ein Packshot der WOZ.

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Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · 22d

So they are both on Telegram, not on Signal?!

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 25d

Just days after a far-right majority in the Dutch parliament asked the government to designate “Antifa” as a “terrorist organization”, far-right “protesters” shows yet again that they are the real threat to public order in the Netherlands.

Anti-immigratie-demonstratie Den Haag escaleert, confrontatie met politie

De actievoerders steken vuurwerk af en zwaaien met Nederlandse vlaggen maar ook met prinsenvlaggen.

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Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · 26d

Ik weet trouwens niet waarom we het RD in deze context citeren.

Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · 26d

Anti-fascistisch is een democratische ondergrens, net als anti-authoritarian, toch?

Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 26d

The far-right majority in the Dutch parliament (BBB-FvD-JA21-PVV-SGP-VVD) has just designated “Antifa” a terrorist organization.

This is a dark day for Dutch democracy and the final nail in the coffin of the VVD as a serious liberal democratic party.

Kamermeerderheid vindt Antifa terroristische organisatie

Een meerderheid in de Tweede Kamer wil dat Nederland, in navolging van de Verenigde Staten, de extreemlinkse beweging Antifa aanmerkt als terroristische organisatie. Een motie daartoe van Lidewij de V...

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Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · 27d

Zecharia Sitchin would say: I told you so...

WIRED @wired.com · 27d

Analysis by researchers at the University of Bern suggests that water and other volatile compounds arrived on Earth from outer space—specifically via a collision with a Mars-sized planet billions of years ago. www.wired.com/story/a-coll...

A Collision With Another Planet Could Have Allowed for Life on Earth

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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 27d

Nothing screams "First day back on the job", like urging colleagues everywhere to delete their Academia Dot Edu pages.

Which I'm about to do myself as soon as I got coffee in me.

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 27d

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???

This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · Sep 15

I finally finished "Fingerprints of the Gods" and am looking forward to read how Hancock in later books explains why the world hasn't ended yet...

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Historici vertellen @historicivertellen.bsky.social · Sep 15

Er zijn veel soorten Romeinse amuletten. Dit piepkleine steentje is aan de voorkant gegraveerd met magische afbeeldingen, zoals een slang die in zijn eigen staart bijt en een magische cirkel vormt. Op de achterkant staat in het Grieks: ‘Verteer!’ Een amulet voor buikpijn dus. Object RMO, Leiden 🧿/3

Donkere ovale steen met gegraveerde afbeeldingen van o.a. Harpocrates en schorpioenen. Rondom slang die in staart bijt.

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Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · Sep 11

congratulations!

Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · Sep 10

I would be super interested in reading this piece!

Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · Sep 10

Endless comparisons based on postulated similarity. It's fascinating how appealing (archaeological) diffusionism is...

Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · Sep 10

One day you'll find out that it was already online for a week, just on another page...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Sep 9

If you're in there, register here:

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