We become embodied exhibits of moral rot. And the genuine moral depravity of the cruel systems we live in gets displaced onto our bodies and minds. As with, for example, this dissertation I'm working with for the first chapter of my book: 5/

Also, it and its fellow neurodivergences (notably ADHD) are disabilities whose associated behaviors are DEEPLY entwined with regnant narratives of who's a good person or a bad one. 1/

At the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies we are offering 10 fellowships for scholars at any stage in their careers to stay with us for up to 6 months (PhD candidates and senior academics) or 12 months (postdocs) to complete a research project:

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Azeen Ghorayshi at the NYT has moved on from going after trans people and is now pushing the leasing question that autism diagnoses are too common because of its expansion of it to a spectrum.

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Some bad news for STEM PhDs today regarding the eligibility for one of the biggest fellowships—only first-year graduate students and undergrads are able to apply to the NSF GRFP, no second-years. This will hurt a lot of graduate training and research, especially at less wealthy schools

Haven’t had any time to update this lately, but with fellowships season and a new academic year upon us, take a look for yourself and/or your students.

people helpfully replying "Trump doesn't have the power to do that" in response to discussions about Trump literally in the process of doing those things

The classic

Excuse the typo 😅. “Think”

I to k it’s a great idea! Chicago has a few tours specifically for gangster/ criminal ghosts and I would have loved to do that if I’d been able to teach a class

Conference announcement/call for papers! You’ll note that there’s no theme beyond “new research on apocryphal Christian literature.” We truly just want to hear about whatever interests you most in apocryphal Christian literature right now. More info here: www.nasscal.com/meetings/

joining the war on autism on the side of autism

The digital version of God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is officially out! If you're interested in ancient Mediterranean slavery's effects on Christian thought and practice, this is for you.

www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...

The Erich S. Gruen Prize | Society for Classical Studies
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We are looking for a one-year full-time Research Associate to work on Coptic manuscripts in Manchester as part of a wonderful project that connects mss with local communities. Requires strong skills in Coptic, English, & Arabic. Deadline 31/10. Please share! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Good recs for a _cultural_ history of "the alpha"? From evobio to its reception in pop culture, how ideologies about "biologically innate" "leadership" structures everyday social life for _humans_, and back to how evobio studies pack animals?

Especially today when writing and articulation is a dying skill, we need to TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO DO IT, preferably with empathy

Yes there are students who are just tying to get prestigious connections, but it can be an incredibly vulnerable experience to ask for help, and it’s dehumanizing to assume they aren’t really trying. Even if the student is bad at articulating something, that doesn’t mean they won’t get better at it.

It really disturbs me that so many people in higher education seem to think that students are trying to get one over on them or wasting their time because they aren’t strong enough at particular skills.

My cat Bruno is definitely living up to his namesake all snuggled up in bed in a monkish way.

I’m so sorry, Shaily. This is infuriating

Newsom has backstabbed trans people and homeless people repeatedly, but you’re fine with that because you’re not affected. People like you demand one-way coalitions. Morally and strategically bankrupt.

Publication day for a book that Matthew and I spent six years on, anguished over, fought for, rewrote twice, and nearly abandoned. I hope it proves useful in continuing important conversations about the ancient world and about the societies we choose to build today.

www.ucpress.edu/books/ancien...

Science is effectively dead in the US for at least the next 3½ years, and will then take another several years to even get started again. Canceled research doesn’t just uncancel itself, and scientists who find opportunity elsewhere won’t just come flocking back.

The damage is generational.