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H-Net Job Guide @h-net-job-guide.bsky.social · 5d

New job:

Assistant Professor in Medieval European Art and Architectural History in the World

Brown University

jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69288

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medievalJewishStudiesNow! @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social · 5d

Job: Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, Binghamton University.
#jewishstudies
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Job: Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, Binghamton University

Deadline: Review of applications will begin November 14, 2025. The Judaic Studies Department and the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Binghamton University invite applications for a tenu...

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medievalJewishStudiesNow! @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social · 15d

NEW BOOK - Ross Brann, Moses Maimonides: A Very Short Introduction.
#jewishstudies
mjsnow.hypotheses.org/18786

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David Wacks @davidwacks.bsky.social · 16d

The buried lede here is that Comegalletas can make maduros.

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Nic Morton @nicmorton.bsky.social · 20d

It's the lastest addition to the Crusade Texts in Translation series!

"The Swan Knight texts of the Old French Crusade cycle"

Translated by Carol Sweetenham
@routledgehistory.bsky.social

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 23d

Come share all your papers! about.hcommons.org Also, you only need an account to upload. If you just want to read and download PDFs, you don't need to register.

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David Wacks @davidwacks.bsky.social · 22d

Follow @lucykpick.bsky.social and delete your academia not edu account

Lucy Pick @lucykpick.bsky.social · 23d

Medievalist colleagues: I just deleted my academia account. I’m on Researchgate and might later turn up on knowledge commons too.

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · Sep 7

Cognitive scientists and AI researchers make a forceful call to reject “uncritical adoption" of AI in academia
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/cognitive-...

Cognitive scientists and AI researchers make a forceful call to reject “uncritical adoption" of AI in academia

A new paper calls on academia to repel rampant AI in university departments and classrooms.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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David Wacks @davidwacks.bsky.social · 22d

@miriamposner.com ask Alonso Quijano

Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 23d

Do you think it’s possible to be addicted to narrative? I’ve often gotten myself in trouble because I’m unable to pause an audiobook to, e.g., do work or talk to a neighbor. 😬

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Penn Press @pennpress.bsky.social · 26d

Penn Press and @katzcenterupenn.bsky.social are delighted to announce that @thejqr.bsky.social will become fully Open Access beginning with the winter 2026 issue (coming in January)!

www.pennpress.org/blog/jewish-...

Jewish Quarterly Review to become Open Access in 2026 - University of Pennsylvania Press

Penn Press and the Katz Center are delighted to announce a new chapter in the history of the Jewish Quarterly Review. Beginning with the winter 2026 issue

www.pennpress.org

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David Wacks @davidwacks.bsky.social · 29d

Consider backing this anthology of fiction on Kickstarter.

The Speculative Detective Agency

A Curious Collection of Mysterious Cases

www.kickstarter.com

David Wacks @davidwacks.bsky.social · Sep 8

Here's a sample syllabus for teaching this as an introduction to cultural history - students choose texts and pitch them to the class, choose themes, etc. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

SPAN 341 OpenIberiaAmerica

SPAN 341 Cultural history Students will work together to develop a shared idea of cultural history, develop criteria for the selection of works for inclusion on the syllabus (choosing from a bank of ...

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David Wacks @davidwacks.bsky.social · Sep 8

@aljamiadonnie.bsky.social I'd have the students themselves select the texts and have them pitch the class for the text they would like to include as activities for week 1.

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David Wacks @davidwacks.bsky.social · Sep 8

openiberiaamerica.hcommons.org has English and Spanish versions (both of which also include the original language of the text) of over 20 premodern Iberian and Latin American texts available to download, alter, and distribute free of charge under a @creativecommons.bsky.social license.

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Jeremy Schulman @jeremyschulman.bsky.social · Sep 4

Mother Jones is looking for a fluent Hebrew/English speaker who can help us fact-check some translations -- ideally someone with research/fact check/journalism experience. It would be a few hours of paid work. DM me if interested!

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Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · Aug 30

Due 9/1 - Position (tenured) in ancient/late antique Jewish history, religion, and culture at Harvard academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14958

Tenured Professor in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations seeks to appoint a tenured professor in Jewish Studies, with a specialization in Jewish history, religion, and culture in antiquity and/or la...

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United Academics of the University of Oregon, AAUP-AFT 3209 @uauoregon.bsky.social · Aug 30

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United Academics of the University of Oregon, AAUP-AFT 3209 @uauoregon.bsky.social · Aug 29

📝 Learn more about UO's finances, our goals for transparency and shared governance, and how to take action against cuts on our faculty website: strengthenuo.org/finance-faqs #WorkersStrengthenUO

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United Academics of the University of Oregon, AAUP-AFT 3209 @uauoregon.bsky.social · Aug 27

newsletter.uauoregon.org/media-adviso...

Media Advisory – United Academics of the University of Oregon – 08/27/2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, August 27, 2025 Contact: Kristy Hammond, UA Staff; Chris Sinclair, UA Communications VP Phone: (541) 636-4714 Email: [email protected] ; sinclair@uauoregon…

newsletter.uauoregon.org

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action

Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Aug 24

I'm not reflexively anti-technology. I was always that guy at my uni who was eager to try out some new thing that might be a cool new way for students to learn. But those new things were just tools we could choose to use, they weren't the entire ocean in which we had no choice but to swim.

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Mexican Studies Research Collective @msrcollective.bsky.social · Aug 24

Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Spanish (Colonial Studies Specialist) joblist.mla.org/job/2000149/...

Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Spanish (Colonial Studies Specialist) job with College of the Holy Cross, Spanish Department | 2000149

The Department of Spanish at the College of the Holy Cross invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor specializing in ...

joblist.mla.org

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David Wacks @davidwacks.bsky.social · Aug 23

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · Aug 21

Now that the academic purge is coming for Jewish Studies and Holocaust Studies, can we please stop pretending this has anything to do with "fighting antisemitism?"

Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · Aug 21

University of Oregon is planning to close dept and lay off faculty—incl many *tenured* faculty—& among those impacted are Religious Studies, Jewish Studies, and Holocaust Studies. Here is a link to a petition asking the president to reconsider actionnetwork.org/petitions/fi...

Fight Cuts, Defend Higher Education at the University of Oregon

The University of Oregon is planning to lay off an undisclosed number of faculty—including many tenured faculty—and to close units based on a projected budget deficit that was discovered late spring t...

actionnetwork.org

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David Wacks @davidwacks.bsky.social · Aug 21

The University of Oregon is threatening to lay off many faculty and close entire departments and programs in the humanities. Visit strengthenUO.org for more information, including how you can take action.

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