Cristian Gașpar
@cristigaspar.bsky.social
linguist, classicist & medievalist. lecturer at Central European University in Vienna. into languages, history of ancient & medieval sexualities, literature, beer, wine, sexy beards. bănățan. he/him 🏳️🌈
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today is treat day 🎂 so i'm treating myself to some roman cursive
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
today is treat day 🎂 so i'm treating myself to some roman cursive
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
I am glad I am not in #Romania today, so that I do not have to take part in the masquerade of the official day of mourning for Ion Iliescu, one of the most toxic politicians who ever ruled my country. he is finally gone, but the stench will linger.
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INTERVIU. În ziua înmormântării lui Ion Iliescu, mesaj de la „femeia în rochie albastră”, cea devenită simbol după ce a fost bătută de mineri. „Mă uit în jur și văd tineri de 40 de ani cu idei anti-de...
O fotografie este emblematică pentru mineriada din 13-15 iunie 1990. O femeie îmbrăcată într-o rochie albastră este luată pe sus de mai mulți mineri cu bâte
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August 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I am glad I am not in #Romania today, so that I do not have to take part in the masquerade of the official day of mourning for Ion Iliescu, one of the most toxic politicians who ever ruled my country. he is finally gone, but the stench will linger.
hotnews.ro/interviu-in-...
hotnews.ro/interviu-in-...
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I moved to Britain in 2005 when people were up in arms about ID cards like ones that exist in most European countries being an intolerable affront to liberty and now apparently they want a world where you have to scan your face to use the internet and your genitals to use the loo
July 30, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I moved to Britain in 2005 when people were up in arms about ID cards like ones that exist in most European countries being an intolerable affront to liberty and now apparently they want a world where you have to scan your face to use the internet and your genitals to use the loo
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Considering applying to CEU in the coming academic year? We're having online info sessions (via zoom) over the coming months. More sessions to follow in October, November and December.
#studyinvienna
historicalstudies.ceu.edu/article/2025...
#studyinvienna
historicalstudies.ceu.edu/article/2025...
Info Session for PhD Applications 2025/26 | Department of Historical Studies
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July 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Considering applying to CEU in the coming academic year? We're having online info sessions (via zoom) over the coming months. More sessions to follow in October, November and December.
#studyinvienna
historicalstudies.ceu.edu/article/2025...
#studyinvienna
historicalstudies.ceu.edu/article/2025...
one particular reason for me to rejoice this morning, beyond the triumph of decency over thuggery in the presidential elections in #Romanian yesterday are the results in my home county, #Timiș, in #Banat: 58.37 % for the pro-European candidate, Nicușor Dan, a spectacular increase from just...
May 19, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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I am *so sick* of generative language models being used for studying anything other than how generative language models work.
April 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I am *so sick* of generative language models being used for studying anything other than how generative language models work.
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"Bună dzăua lu' Aźun!" in my #Banat village, today is a special day. early in the morning groups of children, called on this occasion 'pițărăi' [pi.t͡səˈrəj], go from house to house chanting the following ritual text (my voice in the videoclip).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLdv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLdv...
December 24, 2023 at 8:38 AM
"Bună dzăua lu' Aźun!" in my #Banat village, today is a special day. early in the morning groups of children, called on this occasion 'pițărăi' [pi.t͡səˈrəj], go from house to house chanting the following ritual text (my voice in the videoclip).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLdv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLdv...
December is the only month named after a saint in the traditional #Romanian calendar: 'îndreá' [ɨn'dre̯a] < Latin 'Andrea(s)' (cf. Albanian 'shënëndre' "St. Andrew " & "December"), whose feast (30 November) helps kick-start the last month of the year. alternative names...
December 1, 2023 at 7:54 AM
December is the only month named after a saint in the traditional #Romanian calendar: 'îndreá' [ɨn'dre̯a] < Latin 'Andrea(s)' (cf. Albanian 'shënëndre' "St. Andrew " & "December"), whose feast (30 November) helps kick-start the last month of the year. alternative names...
a week from today, I will be in lovely #Bratislava to give an invited lecture on "Multilingual Elites and the Impact of Language Contact in 17th-century Transylvania" in the series "Reči o reči" organized by Peter Benka and Ivana Lukáč Labancová at the Department of Slovak...
November 21, 2023 at 4:36 PM
a week from today, I will be in lovely #Bratislava to give an invited lecture on "Multilingual Elites and the Impact of Language Contact in 17th-century Transylvania" in the series "Reči o reči" organized by Peter Benka and Ivana Lukáč Labancová at the Department of Slovak...
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...and also on how to find those who committed it:)
This Wednesday @relicsclerics.bsky.social comes to Erfurt to tell us everything about theft in a late antique city!
October 23, 2023 at 8:12 PM
...and also on how to find those who committed it:)
that feeling when you've just pressed the 'send' button to send off an overdue article at the same time as you get an e-mail from the editor to remind you it is overdue. priceless! 🤓😃 #linguistics #dialectology #Romanian #Banat
October 21, 2023 at 12:32 PM
that feeling when you've just pressed the 'send' button to send off an overdue article at the same time as you get an e-mail from the editor to remind you it is overdue. priceless! 🤓😃 #linguistics #dialectology #Romanian #Banat
so, this happened today. thank you to the organizers and especially to the amazing audience for a truly exhilarating Q & A session after my presentation! I'm still buzzing. 😃🤓
details: tinyurl.com/3u4593ad
details: tinyurl.com/3u4593ad
October 13, 2023 at 7:28 PM
so, this happened today. thank you to the organizers and especially to the amazing audience for a truly exhilarating Q & A session after my presentation! I'm still buzzing. 😃🤓
details: tinyurl.com/3u4593ad
details: tinyurl.com/3u4593ad
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"अहं ते पितास्मि"
(ahám te pitā́ ásmi)
~ Darth Veda
(ahám te pitā́ ásmi)
~ Darth Veda
October 10, 2023 at 12:11 PM
"अहं ते पितास्मि"
(ahám te pitā́ ásmi)
~ Darth Veda
(ahám te pitā́ ásmi)
~ Darth Veda
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October 4, 2023 at 11:39 AM
don't miss the chance to come and join us at our new department! info on application procedure, deadlines, and everything else available at the link below.
October 1, 2023 at 5:51 PM
#Romanian traditional calendar calls the month beginning tomorrow 'Brumărél' [bru.mə'rel], a noun formed from 'Brumar' "November" with the diminutive suffix -el. both go back to 'brumă' "(hoar) frost," descendant of Lat. 'bruma' "winter (cold)." let's prepare for Frosty's little bro! ❄️ 🥶
September 30, 2023 at 7:05 AM
#Romanian traditional calendar calls the month beginning tomorrow 'Brumărél' [bru.mə'rel], a noun formed from 'Brumar' "November" with the diminutive suffix -el. both go back to 'brumă' "(hoar) frost," descendant of Lat. 'bruma' "winter (cold)." let's prepare for Frosty's little bro! ❄️ 🥶
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Bluesky users handing out invite codes to Twitter users, 1614.
September 20, 2023 at 3:11 PM
Bluesky users handing out invite codes to Twitter users, 1614.
just arrived here from that other site, so, greetings to all blueskyers! I'm looking forward to posting and reading about #linguistics, #dialectology, my native #Banat, and everything else that's good.
September 21, 2023 at 12:14 PM
just arrived here from that other site, so, greetings to all blueskyers! I'm looking forward to posting and reading about #linguistics, #dialectology, my native #Banat, and everything else that's good.