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David Wacks
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Professor of Spanish at the University of Oregon. Medieval Iberian and Sephardic literature and culture. https://davidwacks.uoregon.edu/
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Did you miss our Open House for prospective MA and PhD Students? You can now watch online! Tune in to presentations from our Faculty, Students, and Alumni, and follow the Q&A for in-depth answers to frequently asked questions.
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Virtual Open House - November 6, 2025
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November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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El viernes pasado falleció a sus 100 años Margit Frenk, maestra absoluta de literatura del Siglo de Oro y de cultura popular. No sé por dónde empezar, pero quiero hablar de ella. Pocas obras de investigación humanística tienen la trascendencia de su legado
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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ICYMI AAUP is starting a PAC news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
Professors Launch PAC to Fight Back Against Trump’s Attacks
The American Association of University Professors, a union whose members are fighting policies from the Trump administration and GOP Congress, launched a PAC this week to spend in federal elections.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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mlnjournal.bsky.social
We are thrilled to announce a call for our inaugural Yiddish & Hebrew issue edited by @samspinner.bsky.social
Please circulate widely. We are open to work that engages with Jewish literature, culture, and thought in any language.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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mazarine.bsky.social
JOB POSTING!

Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints at the @folger.edu

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Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Rare Books and Prints
The Folger Shakespeare Library knows that an exceptional staff is the backbone of any great organization. We hire exceptionally qualified individuals who are committed to the mission, vision, and valu...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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My department is hiring a tenure track assistant professor in in the visual arts, architecture, and/or material culture of the Islamic world. Please circulate!

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Details - Assistant Professor - History of Art & Architecture | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
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November 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Research Spotlight: Albert Evan Kohn, review of Judah D. Galinsky, The Making of a Medieval Bestseller: Rabbi Isaac of Corbeil’s Pillars of Exile and Its Readers (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2025).
#jewishstudies
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November 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Francisco Goya, Girl Dancing to a Guitar, 1796-97, Indian ink wash, 170 x 99 mm (Museo del Prado, Madrid)
"This popular scene, traditionally interpreted as being set in an Andalusian context, could also be set in Madrid. Drawn with just the tip of the brush, it stands out for the light wash used to depict the majo in the background. The young woman shown in profile, dancing with her arms at her waist, seems to be slightly moving her feet to the sound of music. Nevertheless, her serious gesture and her distant gaze introduce an element of restlessness in contrast to the guitarist´s smile." https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/girl-dancing-to-a-guitar/6f78681e-07ea-4f7f-8d65-adf80988fb88
November 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Mañana, DM y te mando el enlace
November 16, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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UC alums take note
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The federal government is trying to place the University of California under political control. Join with UC Unbowed before the Board of Regents meeting on November 18-20 and tell President James B. Milliken and the Regents to protect UC's independence.
University of California: Reject the federal government's political control
The federal government is trying to place the University of California under political control. Join with UC Unbowed before the Board of Regents meeting on November 18-20 and tell President James B. M...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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[book] Rose Walker, Art and Artifice in Twelfth-Century Iberia www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...
Art and Artifice in Twelfth-Century Iberia
"This innovative, wide-ranging and erudite book illuminates the sophistication of artistic exchange at this time and place. " Costanza Beltrami, Stockholm University. Sculptors and painters produced e...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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[book] Elena Caetano Álvarez, Alfonso X, the Dream of Empire, and (Re)Writing History in the Estoria de Espanna www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...
Alfonso X, the Dream of Empire, and (Re)Writing History in the <I>Estoria de Espanna</I>
Why did Alfonso X of Castile-Leon-Galicia relentlessly pursue his claims to the imperial thrones of the Holy Roman Empire and the Iberian 'empire', despite the high costs and probability of failure? W...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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If you know anyone who works on medieval Judaism, please send them this! Binghamton is hiring a Talmud/Rabbinics assistant prof: half in Judaic Studies, half in the Med/Ren center. A killer R1 job for the right person, and not a ton of applicants so far....
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November 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Interested in doing a Ph.D. in Hispanic literatures, cultures, and linguistics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst? We are holding an information session next week, on Friday. Please share widely!
Information about an Open House for the graduate programs in Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics at UMass Amherst.
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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catacombsociety.bsky.social
We are now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Shohet Scholars Grant for research on the Ancient Mediterranean! Awards range from $2,000-$30,000.

Deadline is Feburary 1, 2026.

More information: www.catacombsociety.org/shohet-schol...
2026-2027 SHOHET SCHOLARS GRANT FOR RESEARCH ON THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN The Shohet Scholars Grant of the International Catacomb Society is now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Shohet Scholars cohort. Awards up to $30,000. Submission deadline is February 1, 2026. This annual grant program funds research on the Ancient Mediterranean. Projects need not focus on the catacombs. Shohet Scholars may do their research in archaeology, art history, classical studies, history, comparative religions, or related subjects. We welcome interdisciplinary projects that approach traditional topics from new perspectives. For further information and to apply go to the ICS website: www.catacombsociety.org/shohet-scholars/. Email questions to ShohetICS@gmail.com Image of fresco of a bird and a shepherd with a sheep over his shoulders. Paintings from the Catacombs of Domatilla in Rome.
November 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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perurealfonso.bsky.social
Guillem Gavaldà (@uab.cat) online about Alonso de Espina's Fortalitium fidei, next Tue, Nov 11 16.00 CET
Link medieval.udl.cat/en/activitie...
#Conversos #MedievalSky
November 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Katja Šmid, David Bunis & Chava Turniansky (eds), #Rabbinical Literature in #Yiddish and #Ladino www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... from @degruyter_brill #JewishHistory #JewishBooks #OA A long awaited project finally coming to fruition! בשעה טובה ומוצלחת!
Rabbinical Literature in Yiddish and Ladino
The volume offers a broad introduction to the rabbinical literature written in the two major traditional Jewish languages of Europe: Yiddish, the language which arose in the Middle Ages amongst the Je...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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[podcast] Què tenen en comú Joanot Martorell i Quentin Tarantino? Clàudia Rius conversa amb Marta Marfany sobre l’univers de Joanot Martorell, un escriptor singular i més modern del que sembla open.spotify.com/episode/7poR...
Joanot Martorell, amb Marta Marfany
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November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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@davidwacks.bsky.social sobre el Shevet Yehuda de Shelomo ibn Verga, entre la historia y ficción #EarlyModern #JewishHistory #JewishStudies
En línea y luego disponible en canal de YT de la benemérita cátedra libre de Estudios Judíos de la #UBA
👉https://www.youtube.com/@catedramosesmendelssohnffy3260
November 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Here's a nice public humanities DH project memorializing David Miller AKA Frog, who sold his joke books on the streets of Eugene for some 40 years before his passing last year: frogsjokes.org
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November 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Konkurso de Kompozision en Ladino /#Ladino Short Story Contest! 3 levels! Deadline 12/31/25 - all details here: americanladinoleague.org/programs/con...
November 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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I miss translating literature so much. last week I read a chapter from henry berlin’s “alone together” for @albertlloret.bsky.social’s class and couldn’t resist trying to translate the ausiàs march excerpts into portuguese.
here’s one example (lines 9-12) from poem XIII.
image of lines 9-12 of poem xiii by ausiàs march in the original catalan and a translation into portuguese. original: Cascú requer e vol a son semblant; per ço no·m plau la pràtica dels vius. D’imaginar mon estat són esquius; sí com d’om mort, de mi prenen espant. translation: Toda gente gosta de quem lhe é irmão; por isso não m'apraz a parla dos vivos. De imaginar meu estado são esquivos; assim como a um morto, me têm aversão.
October 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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La Universitat de Xicago busca algú per a un contracte de 4 anys, cofinançat per l'Institut Ramon Llull, d'Assistant Instructional Professor in Catalan and Spanish
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Academic Jobs | The University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private, nondenominational, culturally rich and ethnically diverse coeducational research university located in Hyde Park, Chicago.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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[Open Iberia/América] Día de los Muertos/Halloween are coming up: read a medieval 'Danza general de a muerte' edited by Michelle Hamilton to celebrate openiberiaamerica.hcommons.org/2021/10/18/a...
Anónimo, La danza general de la Muerte (s. XV) | Open Iberia/América
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October 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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A good note here.
In our co-authored paper (now in pre-print), Kenney and I wrote “The National Education Policy Center argues that the promise of genAI is currently supported only by 'commercial marketing claims' (...) and not by peer-reviewed evidence.”
Cal State’s growing industry ties offer a glimpse into an extraordinary shift in campus power dynamics unfolding across the United States. Some major universities are inviting tech companies, which typically supply campus computers and email, to take on a much bigger role as education thought partners, A.I. instructors and curriculum providers. That means dominant tech companies are now helping to steer what an entire generation of students learn about A.I, and how they use it — with little rigorous evidence of educational benefits and mounting concerns that chatbots are spreading misinformation and eroding critical thinking.
October 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM