Mark Letteney
@letteney.bsky.social
Assistant professor of ancient history at the University of Washington. Histories of the prison, book, rocks of note. Opinions are official communications from the provost.
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Mark Letteney
@letteney.bsky.social
· Aug 12
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...
www.ucpress.edu/books/ancien...
I asked Copilot how to remove Copilot from my Microsoft Word document.
BRB driving to Redmond to scream at somebody.
BRB driving to Redmond to scream at somebody.
November 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I asked Copilot how to remove Copilot from my Microsoft Word document.
BRB driving to Redmond to scream at somebody.
BRB driving to Redmond to scream at somebody.
Fascinating conversation with Christopher Bonura about his new book on the Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius. We're lucky to Professor Bonura at the University of Washington this year! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy3x...
A Prophecy of Empire, a conversation with Christopher Bonura
YouTube video by University of Washington Department of History
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Fascinating conversation with Christopher Bonura about his new book on the Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius. We're lucky to Professor Bonura at the University of Washington this year! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy3x...
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starter packs are old model. now we make finisher packs that liberate you from discourse
October 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
starter packs are old model. now we make finisher packs that liberate you from discourse
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If you would like to hear me talk about the main interventions of Gender Violence in Late Antiquity, check out this podcast interview with @mikemotia.bsky.social His careful engagement with my work really made this a great experience. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j... @ancientjewreview.bsky.social
Jennifer Barry,
Podcast Episode · New Books in Late Antiquity · 09/29/2025 · 52m
podcasts.apple.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
If you would like to hear me talk about the main interventions of Gender Violence in Late Antiquity, check out this podcast interview with @mikemotia.bsky.social His careful engagement with my work really made this a great experience. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j... @ancientjewreview.bsky.social
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This, but first I make sure the classroom recording system named for Jeremy Bentham's dystopian surveillance prison is running smoothly.
bsky.app/profile/bell...
bsky.app/profile/bell...
September 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This, but first I make sure the classroom recording system named for Jeremy Bentham's dystopian surveillance prison is running smoothly.
bsky.app/profile/bell...
bsky.app/profile/bell...
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Letter to NYT by Elizabeth Castelli &
Hilary Callahan (via the former FB)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...
Hilary Callahan (via the former FB)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...
Opinion | Struggles for Free Expression on Campus
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Letter to NYT by Elizabeth Castelli &
Hilary Callahan (via the former FB)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...
Hilary Callahan (via the former FB)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...
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Jewish/Christian relations, Jewish scholarship on Jesus, Harry Austryn Wolfson meets JFK, and more tidbits from the Harvard archives... humanhistoriesofkn.substack.com/p/from-the-a...
From the Archives of Prof. Harry Austryn Wolfson: Jewish/Christian Relations in an Age of Judeo-Christian Rhetoric
In an earlier post, I engaged some of the archival materials at Harvard pertaining to Prof.
humanhistoriesofkn.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Jewish/Christian relations, Jewish scholarship on Jesus, Harry Austryn Wolfson meets JFK, and more tidbits from the Harvard archives... humanhistoriesofkn.substack.com/p/from-the-a...
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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...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
God, Slavery, and Early Christianity
Cambridge Core - History of Religion - God, Slavery, and Early Christianity
www.cambridge.org
September 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
Wishing a very fine Gerald Ford Stuck in an Elevator Day to all who celebrate
September 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Wishing a very fine Gerald Ford Stuck in an Elevator Day to all who celebrate
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Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime (Published 1939)
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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just did a fun podcast interview about GOSPEL THRILLERS so I thought i'd remind blooskie:
i wrote a book! GOSPEL THRILLERS! it's a fun, somewhat quirky dive into fiction, conspiracy, and the Bible in (mainly) US culture!
available wherever you like to get books!
www.google.com/books/editio...
i wrote a book! GOSPEL THRILLERS! it's a fun, somewhat quirky dive into fiction, conspiracy, and the Bible in (mainly) US culture!
available wherever you like to get books!
www.google.com/books/editio...
Gospel Thrillers
What if the original teachings of Jesus were different from the Bible's sanitized 'orthodox' version? What covert motivations might inspire those who decide what the text of the Bible 'says' or what i...
www.google.com
September 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
just did a fun podcast interview about GOSPEL THRILLERS so I thought i'd remind blooskie:
i wrote a book! GOSPEL THRILLERS! it's a fun, somewhat quirky dive into fiction, conspiracy, and the Bible in (mainly) US culture!
available wherever you like to get books!
www.google.com/books/editio...
i wrote a book! GOSPEL THRILLERS! it's a fun, somewhat quirky dive into fiction, conspiracy, and the Bible in (mainly) US culture!
available wherever you like to get books!
www.google.com/books/editio...
New (and compelling) data on ceramic change and possible trade route collapse in late ancient Hispania www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The chronological and geospatial dynamics of fineware ceramic imports to Late Roman Hispania | Journal of Roman Archaeology | Cambridge Core
The chronological and geospatial dynamics of fineware ceramic imports to Late Roman Hispania - Volume 38 Issue 1
www.cambridge.org
September 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
New (and compelling) data on ceramic change and possible trade route collapse in late ancient Hispania www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
It is a rare and special day, long awaited and ever delightful: publication day for a new @maryroach.bsky.social masterpiece www.maryroach.net/replaceable....
September 16, 2025 at 7:32 AM
It is a rare and special day, long awaited and ever delightful: publication day for a new @maryroach.bsky.social masterpiece www.maryroach.net/replaceable....
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New pod! Matthew D. C. Larsen and Mark Letteney on Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration
You can now subscribe to the show too.
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2Vys...
You can now subscribe to the show too.
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2Vys...
September 15, 2025 at 9:49 AM
New pod! Matthew D. C. Larsen and Mark Letteney on Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration
You can now subscribe to the show too.
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2Vys...
You can now subscribe to the show too.
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2Vys...
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Publishers: Open Access publication destroys the market for a monograph, so you need to pay us the full production cost up front so we can break even.
Also publishers: Here's the paperback run of your OA monograph
Also publishers: Here's the paperback run of your OA monograph
September 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Publishers: Open Access publication destroys the market for a monograph, so you need to pay us the full production cost up front so we can break even.
Also publishers: Here's the paperback run of your OA monograph
Also publishers: Here's the paperback run of your OA monograph
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❗️Our recent work around the #ancient tower at Palaiopyrgos (Paros) is published in JAS Reports 🎉 🏺
We used multi-method #survey & #geophysical prospection to better understand landscapes of #agriculture and production in the rural #Cyclades.
READ OPEN ACCESS: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
We used multi-method #survey & #geophysical prospection to better understand landscapes of #agriculture and production in the rural #Cyclades.
READ OPEN ACCESS: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
September 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
❗️Our recent work around the #ancient tower at Palaiopyrgos (Paros) is published in JAS Reports 🎉 🏺
We used multi-method #survey & #geophysical prospection to better understand landscapes of #agriculture and production in the rural #Cyclades.
READ OPEN ACCESS: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
We used multi-method #survey & #geophysical prospection to better understand landscapes of #agriculture and production in the rural #Cyclades.
READ OPEN ACCESS: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
This is now out in paperback and the publisher sent me copies. I've got four to give away — if you're a graduate student, early career, or contingent researcher, I'm happy to send you a copy in the US, or deliver to AIA/SCS/AAR/SBL. Just chime in here or send me a DM.
September 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This is now out in paperback and the publisher sent me copies. I've got four to give away — if you're a graduate student, early career, or contingent researcher, I'm happy to send you a copy in the US, or deliver to AIA/SCS/AAR/SBL. Just chime in here or send me a DM.
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SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
September 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
Petition to outlaw calling an all-day, on-campus meeting a "retreat."
September 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Petition to outlaw calling an all-day, on-campus meeting a "retreat."
The Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration Database is live at historyofincarceration.com.
Both the platform and the data are very much a work in progress, and we will continually update it over the coming years. I hope that it is useful, and if you would like to contribute, please do be in touch.
Both the platform and the data are very much a work in progress, and we will continually update it over the coming years. I hope that it is useful, and if you would like to contribute, please do be in touch.
Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration
Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration online database
historyofincarceration.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration Database is live at historyofincarceration.com.
Both the platform and the data are very much a work in progress, and we will continually update it over the coming years. I hope that it is useful, and if you would like to contribute, please do be in touch.
Both the platform and the data are very much a work in progress, and we will continually update it over the coming years. I hope that it is useful, and if you would like to contribute, please do be in touch.