Amanda Ball
@amandacball.bsky.social
American Archaeologist of Greece, northeast Aegean, colonial contexts, religion and magic. PhD candidate at UNC Chapel Hill, fellow at ASCSA, member of American Excavations Samothrace
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Friends! Duke Religious Studies is hiring 2 TT professors. Open specialty but a strong desire for those who reach out to other fields. & a dept that has historically been very strong in ancient religion and would love to grow in that area as well. Please share! academicjobsonline.org/ajo?action=j...
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August 23, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Friends! Duke Religious Studies is hiring 2 TT professors. Open specialty but a strong desire for those who reach out to other fields. & a dept that has historically been very strong in ancient religion and would love to grow in that area as well. Please share! academicjobsonline.org/ajo?action=j...
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Today I learned about this elaborate eulogy carved into stone of a 1st c Roman husband for his wife (identity uncertain, traditionally referred to as "Turia") It’s the longest personal document of this kind. He loved her a lot, they were married for 40 years. Highlights: 1/
May 6, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Today I learned about this elaborate eulogy carved into stone of a 1st c Roman husband for his wife (identity uncertain, traditionally referred to as "Turia") It’s the longest personal document of this kind. He loved her a lot, they were married for 40 years. Highlights: 1/
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We're hiring a 2-year, full-time instructor in art history at Kenyon College! The specialization is open, but candidates with teaching expertise in the arts of the Islamic world or Ancient Art of any region before 600 CE are especially encouraged to apply. careers.pageuppeople.com/695/cw/en-us...
Kenyon College - Details - Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History
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April 25, 2024 at 5:02 PM
We're hiring a 2-year, full-time instructor in art history at Kenyon College! The specialization is open, but candidates with teaching expertise in the arts of the Islamic world or Ancient Art of any region before 600 CE are especially encouraged to apply. careers.pageuppeople.com/695/cw/en-us...
66 pages of editing to go. Can I do it in 2 days? That would be swell
April 24, 2024 at 12:21 PM
66 pages of editing to go. Can I do it in 2 days? That would be swell
I printed out my chapter rough draft and I’m almost finished reading it through once and then I need to write the conclusion(s??), actually edit it, add in the figures and then bing bang boom that’s the ball game (until the next chapter starts)
April 13, 2024 at 7:48 PM
I printed out my chapter rough draft and I’m almost finished reading it through once and then I need to write the conclusion(s??), actually edit it, add in the figures and then bing bang boom that’s the ball game (until the next chapter starts)
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Since questions have been raised about Cassandra sitting on the omphalos I thought I'd take a deep dive into depictions of Cassandra in #Pompeii. 🏺🏛️🧵
April 12, 2024 at 9:12 AM
Since questions have been raised about Cassandra sitting on the omphalos I thought I'd take a deep dive into depictions of Cassandra in #Pompeii. 🏺🏛️🧵
Scanning my greek vocab lists from 2017/2018 and recycling them is so freeing. A weight is literally being lifted
April 11, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Scanning my greek vocab lists from 2017/2018 and recycling them is so freeing. A weight is literally being lifted
It keeps spitting snow here and I have to say, it’s BS. Get out of here, it is April
April 5, 2024 at 6:29 PM
It keeps spitting snow here and I have to say, it’s BS. Get out of here, it is April
Imposter syndrome levels are impossibly high today
April 5, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Imposter syndrome levels are impossibly high today
I have graded 3 things and I must grade 3 more things to move on with my life but unfortunately I am taking an unplanned retreat (watching Taskmaster)
April 4, 2024 at 5:51 PM
I have graded 3 things and I must grade 3 more things to move on with my life but unfortunately I am taking an unplanned retreat (watching Taskmaster)
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I love that grumpy #squid on a Greek #fish plate from Apulia, dating 330-300 BC. Fish plates were decorated with various examples of seafood. They were invented in Athens in the 5th c. BC. Most of them are found in Southern Italy, where they were produced in the 4th c. BC. 1/2
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April 3, 2024 at 12:13 PM
There is a clear fashion at Kenyon of wearing long white skirts and I really admire the students’ tenacity in wearing them even below 50°
March 27, 2024 at 6:33 PM
There is a clear fashion at Kenyon of wearing long white skirts and I really admire the students’ tenacity in wearing them even below 50°
Every day is a reminder that the things I find shameful (having trouble writing a diss chapter, feeling complicated about change) are things that are very normal and everyone relates to and sympathizes with
March 26, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Every day is a reminder that the things I find shameful (having trouble writing a diss chapter, feeling complicated about change) are things that are very normal and everyone relates to and sympathizes with
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Deadline announced the rest of the Murderbot cast! deadline.com/2024/03/murd...
Apple TV+’s ‘Murderbot’ Rounds Out Cast With Sabrina Wu, Tattiawna Jones, Akshay Khanna & Tamara Podemski
Apple TV+’s 'Murderbot' Rounds Out Cast With Sabrina Wu, Tattiawna Jones, Akshay Khanna & Tamara Podemski
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March 8, 2024 at 1:43 AM
Deadline announced the rest of the Murderbot cast! deadline.com/2024/03/murd...
I was nominated for a university award at my PhD institution by anonymous faculty and peers and I don’t know who nominated me but I feel really touched 😭 I didn’t win but knowing people think nice things about me when I’m not there…
March 8, 2024 at 12:47 PM
I was nominated for a university award at my PhD institution by anonymous faculty and peers and I don’t know who nominated me but I feel really touched 😭 I didn’t win but knowing people think nice things about me when I’m not there…
I know I’m an optimist because every time I open my email apps, my first thought is “maybe someone is emailing me to say they’ll give me money”
March 6, 2024 at 2:30 PM
I know I’m an optimist because every time I open my email apps, my first thought is “maybe someone is emailing me to say they’ll give me money”
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I just saw an Easter ad so it's time to start reminding people: LILIES ARE DEADLY FOR CATS. The leaves, the petals, the stem, even drinking a bit of vase water or licking a few grains of pollen from their fur can cause fatal kidney failure. ⚠️ www.fda.gov/animal-veter....
March 4, 2024 at 12:13 AM
I just saw an Easter ad so it's time to start reminding people: LILIES ARE DEADLY FOR CATS. The leaves, the petals, the stem, even drinking a bit of vase water or licking a few grains of pollen from their fur can cause fatal kidney failure. ⚠️ www.fda.gov/animal-veter....
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Are you working on Goddess Worship, Religion on the move, Ancient Elite Values, or other aspects of Greek or Roman religion (including interactions with Judaism, Christianity, and modern paganism)? Take a look at the cfp from Greco-Roman religions for sbl24
greco-roman-religions.org/2024/01/25/g...
greco-roman-religions.org/2024/01/25/g...
GRR Call for Papers at SBL 2024
Below is a summary of our call for papers at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in November 2024. Below this summary will soon be an expanded version giving further details. If y...
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March 3, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Are you working on Goddess Worship, Religion on the move, Ancient Elite Values, or other aspects of Greek or Roman religion (including interactions with Judaism, Christianity, and modern paganism)? Take a look at the cfp from Greco-Roman religions for sbl24
greco-roman-religions.org/2024/01/25/g...
greco-roman-religions.org/2024/01/25/g...
My favorite thing about researching Samothrace is the frequency with which scholars feel the need to state no one knows why anyone would ever want to go there 😂
February 29, 2024 at 10:58 PM
My favorite thing about researching Samothrace is the frequency with which scholars feel the need to state no one knows why anyone would ever want to go there 😂
This is the part of the audiobook I always skip ahead to.
“It’s watching it” 😂😂😂
“It’s watching it” 😂😂😂
@marthawells.bsky.social Re-reading Murderbot Diaries to refresh the memory before getting into System Collapse (woohoo!). Drew attention to myself laughing at this bit.😂
February 25, 2024 at 3:51 PM
This is the part of the audiobook I always skip ahead to.
“It’s watching it” 😂😂😂
“It’s watching it” 😂😂😂
Also when I moved to north-central Ohio, I was told that there was maybe 1 snowstorm a year and here we are on snowstorm no. 3
February 24, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Also when I moved to north-central Ohio, I was told that there was maybe 1 snowstorm a year and here we are on snowstorm no. 3
I’m re-listening to Doomsday Book by Connie Willis and I truly cannot recommend it enough
February 24, 2024 at 1:17 PM
I’m re-listening to Doomsday Book by Connie Willis and I truly cannot recommend it enough
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Perfectly said.
The first draft is for telling yourself the story, revisions are for telling your readers.
I don't like "Your first draft will be shitty" as advice, because it's a really negative framing.
I prefer, "You have the freedom to be messy creating your first draft."
Anyone crafter knows what their room looks like mid-creation. Writers should be as free to be as exhuberent and messy.
I prefer, "You have the freedom to be messy creating your first draft."
Anyone crafter knows what their room looks like mid-creation. Writers should be as free to be as exhuberent and messy.
February 16, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Perfectly said.
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Im ALL CAPS excited to tell everyone on here to go and read my super smart colleague’s new book. It’s an innovative look at how trauma theory can reveal new stories Greek tragedy. It’s certain to be a ‘must read’ for anyone interested in ancient drama or anyone interested in trauma theory.
February 13, 2024 at 12:30 AM
Im ALL CAPS excited to tell everyone on here to go and read my super smart colleague’s new book. It’s an innovative look at how trauma theory can reveal new stories Greek tragedy. It’s certain to be a ‘must read’ for anyone interested in ancient drama or anyone interested in trauma theory.
Got 1k words in my dissertation chapter 💪💪 time to throw my computer in the abyss until tomorrow morning
February 11, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Got 1k words in my dissertation chapter 💪💪 time to throw my computer in the abyss until tomorrow morning