Dr. Rachel Schine
@rachelschine.bsky.social
~*Award-winning author*~
Pretty mid otherwise.
Professes Arabic and History @ UMD
Now haunting @ IAS at Princeton
Pretty mid otherwise.
Professes Arabic and History @ UMD
Now haunting @ IAS at Princeton
Pinned
Performing Blackness in the Medieval Muslim Metropolis: Arabic Literature and Tropicalization
This essay aims to chart a path between premodern blackface performance and postcolonial theory that escapes colonial teleologies. It analyzes moments from the Abbasid through Mamluk era (ca. 750–1517...
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My article shows how we can use postcolonial lenses to navigate something we as yet don't know how to acknowledge or talk about well: premodern, non-European people doing things that look a lot like what we now call blackface.
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I also love that in most Arabic dialects it’s still “dik rumi,” Roman rooster, but “Rome” as in Byzantine Anatolia as in modern Turkey 😅
November 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I also love that in most Arabic dialects it’s still “dik rumi,” Roman rooster, but “Rome” as in Byzantine Anatolia as in modern Turkey 😅
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Native to the Americas, the Portuguese brought a “turkey” to India; in Ottoman Turkish, they were called “chicken from the land of India.”
An Englishman later described them as fowl from “Turkey,” and that’s where the English name appears to come from…
An Englishman later described them as fowl from “Turkey,” and that’s where the English name appears to come from…
My annual traveling turkeys post! What do you do when a New World bird visits the Mughal court? Paint it in miniature, of course! This essay by Neha Vermani follows the Muslim reception of our feathered friends.
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The turkey's journey from the Atlantic to the early modern Islamic world | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Native to the Americas, the Portuguese brought a “turkey” to India; in Ottoman Turkish, they were called “chicken from the land of India.”
An Englishman later described them as fowl from “Turkey,” and that’s where the English name appears to come from…
An Englishman later described them as fowl from “Turkey,” and that’s where the English name appears to come from…
My annual traveling turkeys post! What do you do when a New World bird visits the Mughal court? Paint it in miniature, of course! This essay by Neha Vermani follows the Muslim reception of our feathered friends.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
The turkey's journey from the Atlantic to the early modern Islamic world | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...
www.folger.edu
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
My annual traveling turkeys post! What do you do when a New World bird visits the Mughal court? Paint it in miniature, of course! This essay by Neha Vermani follows the Muslim reception of our feathered friends.
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...
Government works when it wants to… especially when it wants to bar all asylees from a country for whose issues we are largely responsible on the basis of one motherfucker’s bad actions
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Government works when it wants to… especially when it wants to bar all asylees from a country for whose issues we are largely responsible on the basis of one motherfucker’s bad actions
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Such a poignant piece, I'm sad to have shared many of these experiences and sentiments motivating my own departure from WVU. This excerpt is especially sad as the students there proved time and again that they deserved better.
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Such a poignant piece, I'm sad to have shared many of these experiences and sentiments motivating my own departure from WVU. This excerpt is especially sad as the students there proved time and again that they deserved better.
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Dish with Falcon Attacking a Water Bird https://clevelandart.org/art/1938.7
November 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Dish with Falcon Attacking a Water Bird https://clevelandart.org/art/1938.7
Heeey @brianjulrich.bsky.social!
New Medieval Books: The Medieval Persian Gulf www.medievalists.net/2024/11/new-... #books
New Medieval Books: The Medieval Persian Gulf - Medievalists.net
Although the Persian Gulf was not as prosperous or influential in the Middle Ages as it is today, the region boasts a fascinating history. This book delves into its communities, exploring their…
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November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Heeey @brianjulrich.bsky.social!
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700 Years of Persian Manuscripts Now Digitized & Free Online
700 Years of Persian Manuscripts Now Digitized & Free Online
Too often those in power lump thousands of years of Middle Eastern religion and culture into monolithic entities to be feared or persecuted. But at least one government institution is doing exactly th...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
700 Years of Persian Manuscripts Now Digitized & Free Online
TFW you send your work to one of the most intimidating experts in your field and they simply reply “I liked this, here are all your transliteration mistakes.” 💀
Winning?
Winning?
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
TFW you send your work to one of the most intimidating experts in your field and they simply reply “I liked this, here are all your transliteration mistakes.” 💀
Winning?
Winning?
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I would read 10,000 words on this. I really did not understand or appreciate book production until I started seeing some really dreadful ones in the last few years.
Very here for these shots being fired. I know that academic publishing is a tough business and margins are tight, but the precipitous drop in production quality across the board in recent years (without a corresponding drop in prices!) has really been something to behold.
I recently got a volume from Brill's series, Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies, and the poor quality of the paper and binding would be surprising at any price: much more so at over $200. Caveat lector et emptor.
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I would read 10,000 words on this. I really did not understand or appreciate book production until I started seeing some really dreadful ones in the last few years.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Are you looking for a christmas present for a creative person? Hoo boy do we have the auction for you. Hundreds of creatives from 20 countries are raising funds for people fleeing Genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan. Huge names, huge items! Bid here! app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Art by @raafaye, insta
Art by @raafaye, insta
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Are you looking for a christmas present for a creative person? Hoo boy do we have the auction for you. Hundreds of creatives from 20 countries are raising funds for people fleeing Genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan. Huge names, huge items! Bid here! app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Art by @raafaye, insta
Art by @raafaye, insta
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Stanislav Plutenko
Madonnas of Modernity, 2020
Oil and tempera on canvas
51 x 47 cm
Madonnas of Modernity, 2020
Oil and tempera on canvas
51 x 47 cm
November 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Stanislav Plutenko
Madonnas of Modernity, 2020
Oil and tempera on canvas
51 x 47 cm
Madonnas of Modernity, 2020
Oil and tempera on canvas
51 x 47 cm
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With the ceasefire, attention has gone elsewhere.
The need is still there, though.
Give to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund this holiday season
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The need is still there, though.
Give to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund this holiday season
give.pcrf.net/campaign/hol...
Holiday Campaign 2025
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November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
With the ceasefire, attention has gone elsewhere.
The need is still there, though.
Give to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund this holiday season
give.pcrf.net/campaign/hol...
The need is still there, though.
Give to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund this holiday season
give.pcrf.net/campaign/hol...
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Everyone knows you say in shāʾ Allāh for something you hope will happen, but what if you don't want it to happen?
Egyptian Arabic elides the hamza and their typical post positional negation -/ʃ/
إن شَٱلله ما يحصل
in shallāh ma-yiḥṣal
Egyptian Arabic elides the hamza and their typical post positional negation -/ʃ/
إن شَٱلله ما يحصل
in shallāh ma-yiḥṣal
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Everyone knows you say in shāʾ Allāh for something you hope will happen, but what if you don't want it to happen?
Egyptian Arabic elides the hamza and their typical post positional negation -/ʃ/
إن شَٱلله ما يحصل
in shallāh ma-yiḥṣal
Egyptian Arabic elides the hamza and their typical post positional negation -/ʃ/
إن شَٱلله ما يحصل
in shallāh ma-yiḥṣal
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It's an ancient Yiddish curse:
"May your television show live up to its name"
"May your television show live up to its name"
I need a button to tell Netflix that I absolutely do not want to fucking watch Nobody Wants This because I have zero interest in consuming media produced by goyim that hate Jewish women and they keep pushing it at me RELENTLESSLY and I get angry every time I see it pop up and I can’t stop it.
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's an ancient Yiddish curse:
"May your television show live up to its name"
"May your television show live up to its name"
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Artist: Bichitr. Mughal Emperor Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings, ca. 1615-1618. From the St. Petersburg Album. Freer Gallery. Smithsonian Institution @natasianart http://dlvr.it/TPRd3Z
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Artist: Bichitr. Mughal Emperor Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings, ca. 1615-1618. From the St. Petersburg Album. Freer Gallery. Smithsonian Institution @natasianart http://dlvr.it/TPRd3Z
I came, I saw, I conferenced.
See you freaks in a year—if they let me back in…
See you freaks in a year—if they let me back in…
November 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I came, I saw, I conferenced.
See you freaks in a year—if they let me back in…
See you freaks in a year—if they let me back in…
They gave me a plaque 😅
November 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
They gave me a plaque 😅
If you find my book at this cursed nerd convention we’re all going to this weekend… no you didn’t.
November 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
If you find my book at this cursed nerd convention we’re all going to this weekend… no you didn’t.
This paper is fascinating and I'm *not* just saying that bc it cites me (though, that's nice....)
www.academia.edu/145087922/Wh...
www.academia.edu/145087922/Wh...
What Do Sources Say about Agricultural Slavery (and Why Don't They Say More)? A Study on Legal Sources for Early Islamic Ifrīqiya
This study examines the evidence for agricultural slavery in early Islamic Ifrīqiya and relates it to the existing historiography on the topic. It argues that legal texts, which are used more than oth...
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November 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This paper is fascinating and I'm *not* just saying that bc it cites me (though, that's nice....)
www.academia.edu/145087922/Wh...
www.academia.edu/145087922/Wh...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Y'all should apply for this. The book budget is wild, the campus is chill, and the cats are many.
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New York University Abu Dhabi - NYUAD Humanities Research Fellowship for the Study of the Arab World - Postdoctoral Fellowship | H-Net
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November 21, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Y'all should apply for this. The book budget is wild, the campus is chill, and the cats are many.
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69504/n...
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69504/n...
New frontier of academic freedom just dropped 🫠
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
New frontier of academic freedom just dropped 🫠