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AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE @avartnp.bsky.social · 18d

We're slowly getting edits back for the articles you'll soon read for AVAR 4.2!

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AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE @avartnp.bsky.social · 25d

We're a young journal, so we are back to our current issue this Monday: AVAR 4.1, a special issue on Mobility and Migration in the ANE! avarjournal.com/avar/issue/v...

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AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE @avartnp.bsky.social · Sep 8

GOOD MONDAY MORNING! AVAR 3.2 has three articles, from
@alexianafry.bsky.social, Jacob Dahl, Robert Miller II, and Jonathon Riley. avarjournal.com/avar/issue/v...

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AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE @avartnp.bsky.social · Sep 1

AVAR 3.1 holds a host of admirable articles from Timothy Hogue, Eric Wagner, Emanuel Pfoh, and Ekaterina Kozlova. ENJOY:
avarjournal.com/avar/issue/v...

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AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE @avartnp.bsky.social · Aug 25

This Monday, we're featuring AVAR 2.2, a special issue spearheaded by Zachary Rubin on Knowledge Construction in the ANE. Articles are by @sophushelle.bsky.social, @cwjones.bsky.social, Christian Casey, @nabalkattu.bsky.social, Walker Rhea, and Kay White! avarjournal.com/avar/issue/v...

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AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE @avartnp.bsky.social · Aug 18

Another Monday, another archive! AVAR 2.1 was special issue "Parenthood in the ANE" edited by Kristine Henriksen Garroway, with articles from Katrien De Graef, Luciana Urbano, Agnes Garcia-Ventura, Mireia López-Bertran, Sarah Fein, Anja Marschall, and Carol Meyers: avarjournal.com/avar/issue/v...

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AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE @avartnp.bsky.social · Aug 11

More archives coming at you this Monday, with issue 1.2! Articles about children, materiality, and color can be found, written by Kristine Henriksen Garroway, Jeremy D. Smoak, David Bosworth, Lucia Tosatto, and Ellena Lyell: avarjournal.com/avar/issue/v...

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AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE @avartnp.bsky.social · Aug 4

While we start working away at issue 4.2 for you, check out our archives! Our first issue (1.1), "Deviance in the ANE", features articles from @drrebekah.bsky.social, @moudhy.bsky.social, Ilan Peled, @katherinesouthwood.bsky.social, Ben Dewar, and Melanie Wasmuth: avarjournal.com/avar/issue/v...

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AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE @avartnp.bsky.social · Aug 1

You can still submit your article to us for Issue 4.2 TODAY! Check out our submissions checklist and SEND IT.
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AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE @avartnp.bsky.social · Jul 28

The past seven Mondays have featured 7/8 of our latest special issue (4.1) articles. We hope you've enjoyed them as much as we have. Let us know what you think!

AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE @avartnp.bsky.social · Jul 25

The deadline for submitting your article to Issue 4.2 is one week away (August 1)! We'd love to see your work featured with us.
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AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE @avartnp.bsky.social · Jul 21

Diaspora is a place where one can encounter the divine, where one finds refuge, where one is home. Go read it now! (3/3)

AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE @avartnp.bsky.social · Jul 21

Coining the term "polisification," because Aseneth's transformation is similar to but quite different from City-is-Woman metaphors, Glass argues that this realized metaphor replaces Aseneth as home for the displaced house of Jacob. (2/3)

Redefining Diaspora as Home through Realised Metaphor | Avar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in the Ancient Near East

AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE @avartnp.bsky.social · Jul 21

Another Monday, another article for you! Gillian Glass' "Redefining Diaspora as Home through Realised Metaphor: The Polisification of Aseneth" does exactly what the title claims, demonstrating how biblical tradition is negotiated in the novel: (1/3) 🧵
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AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE @avartnp.bsky.social · Jul 14

Ultimately, they land in a place where they do not agree with one another, calling for both reflection and reflexivity in this interdisciplinary work. Enjoy! (3/3)

AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE @avartnp.bsky.social · Jul 14

Coming from different backgrounds of study, like ancient history, biblical studies, and anthropology, these four work through how they have discussed the potential interplay of current migration research into the past, with both the strengths and weaknesses of doing so. (2/3)

Divergent Views of Migration | Avar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in the Ancient Near East

AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE @avartnp.bsky.social · Jul 14

It's Monday, and we've got another article for you! This special issue features a methodological article from a project @ucph.bsky.social, written by Ida Hartmann, @alexianafry.bsky.social, Kacper Ziemba, and Frederik Poulsen: (1/3) 🧵
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AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE @avartnp.bsky.social · Jul 7

Fry and Trinka touch on the ways ancient scholars have done some of this work problematically, as well as asking how we might join the conversation in reciprocity instead of simply taking. Do you have thoughts? Read it and let us know! (3/3)

AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE @avartnp.bsky.social · Jul 7

Each article features critiques of specific "cultures of mobility" as it pertains to what is in/visible, how researchers might tend to distinguish between movement and relation to place, and spectrums of movers' agency. (2/3)

At the Crossroads of Interdisciplinarity | Avar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in the Ancient Near East

AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE @avartnp.bsky.social · Jul 7

New Monday, New Article Feature! Today, we're featuring
@alexianafry.bsky.social and Eric Trinka's article that helps readers see the relationality that the first four articles of the special issue highlight: (1/3) 🧵
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Call for Submissions - Open Issue - Avar 4.2 | Avar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in the Ancient Near East

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AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE @avartnp.bsky.social · Jul 3

Enjoying our latest issue? We'd love to have your work featured in our next one! Our upcoming issue is an open call, submissions due on August 1.
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AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE @avartnp.bsky.social · Jun 30

Wolf helps us to be clearer about the issues migrants endure, as well as encourages readers to take concrete steps toward stopping these harms. READ IT! (3/3)

AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE @avartnp.bsky.social · Jun 30

Wolf uses the faces of oppression as laid out by Iris Marion Young (exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism, and violence) and an additional "face" (derivitization) to analyze instances and systems of oppression that migrants encounter. (2/3)

A Feminist Account of Migrant Justice | Avar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in the Ancient Near East

AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE @avartnp.bsky.social · Jun 30

It's MONDAY, which means it is time to highlight another article from our recent issue. Allison Wolf shares in "A Feminist Account of Migration Justice: An Overview," how she has conceptualized the study of oppression in mobility: (1/3) 🧵
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