Paul Dilley
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Erling B. "Jack" Holtsmark Associate Professor in the Classics, Departments of Classics and Religious Studies, University of Iowa. Digital Humanist. Opinions are my own.
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Worth repeating: "University presses are essential infrastructure for the humanities & should be financially supported in the same way that other higher education inter-institutional infrastructure is." Some powerful examples here:
Institutions and funders must recognize the contributions of university presses to the humanities infrastructure (opinion)
Recognizing the university press community’s essential contributions to that infrastructure will be crucial as institutions and funders plan for the future, write Charles Watkinson and Melissa Pitts.
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October 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Worth repeating: "University presses are essential infrastructure for the humanities & should be financially supported in the same way that other higher education inter-institutional infrastructure is." Some powerful examples here:
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New guest post on Membra Dispersa Sinaitica: Habib Ibrahim identifies the Sinaitic parent codex of yet another leaf from the Mingana Collection in Birmingham.
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Reuniting James Intercisus: A Mingana Leaf Rejoins Sinai Ar. 369
A guest post by Habib Ibrahim* 1. While working on the Arabic dossier of James Intercisus,1 a Syrian-Persian saint of the 5th century, I came across a fragment in the Mingana Collection in Birmingham ...
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October 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
New guest post on Membra Dispersa Sinaitica: Habib Ibrahim identifies the Sinaitic parent codex of yet another leaf from the Mingana Collection in Birmingham.
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New issue of Journal of Early Christian Studies Vol. 33, No. 3 (2025) muse.jhu.edu/issue/55688 @projectmuse.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
New issue of Journal of Early Christian Studies Vol. 33, No. 3 (2025) muse.jhu.edu/issue/55688 @projectmuse.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social
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Breaking News: Sarah Mullally will become the next archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman to lead the Church of England.
Sarah Mullally Is Named as First Female Archbishop of Canterbury
Sarah Mullally, the bishop of London, will lead the Church of England. She has been a vocal supporter of the rights of women in the church.
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October 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Breaking News: Sarah Mullally will become the next archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman to lead the Church of England.
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Job posting: Research Associate - Coptic in Manchester, University of Manchester. Applications due October 31, 2025
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Research Associate - Coptic in Manchester, University of Manchester | Mary Jaharis Center
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September 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Job posting: Research Associate - Coptic in Manchester, University of Manchester. Applications due October 31, 2025
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🧵 Learn more about HMML’s collections—approximately 486,000 manuscripts photographed in partnership with more than 1,500 repositories worldwide: hmml.org/collections/
Collections
HMML Collections page
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September 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🧵 Learn more about HMML’s collections—approximately 486,000 manuscripts photographed in partnership with more than 1,500 repositories worldwide: hmml.org/collections/
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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/
September 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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/
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The UC Berkeley School of Information is hiring an assistant professor in the broad field of Information--including areas of info seeking/retrieval, digital humanities, cultural analytics, info viz, & philosophy of information (among others). Deadline Nov 1! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05014
Assistant Professor - Information - School of Information
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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September 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The UC Berkeley School of Information is hiring an assistant professor in the broad field of Information--including areas of info seeking/retrieval, digital humanities, cultural analytics, info viz, & philosophy of information (among others). Deadline Nov 1! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05014
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BookTok loves marginalia and neuroscience is down for it: 🧪 💙📚 www.scientificamerican.com/article/go-a...
The TikTok Trend of Writing in Margins Is Based on Real Neuroscience
Annotating the margins of books is an important part of deep reading and has a long legacy of merit in both science and literature
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September 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
BookTok loves marginalia and neuroscience is down for it: 🧪 💙📚 www.scientificamerican.com/article/go-a...
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Came home from traveling and found this in my post!!
What a strange feeling to finally have the actual published book in my hands. 🤯
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What a strange feeling to finally have the actual published book in my hands. 🤯
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September 22, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Came home from traveling and found this in my post!!
What a strange feeling to finally have the actual published book in my hands. 🤯
brill.com/display/titl...
What a strange feeling to finally have the actual published book in my hands. 🤯
brill.com/display/titl...
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Just out & FREE to read for 2 weeks!! www.cambridge.org/core/element...
The Pseudo-Clementine Tradition
Cambridge Core - History of Religion - The Pseudo-Clementine Tradition
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September 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Just out & FREE to read for 2 weeks!! www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Cross-Cultural Philology – Stellenausschreibungen im Exzellenzcluster: www.lmu.de/crosscultura...
Geplante Forschungsprojekte
Hier finden Sie eine Übersicht aller Forschungsvorhaben und der zugehörigen Stellenausschreibungen im Exzellenzcluster Cross-Cultural Philology.
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September 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Cross-Cultural Philology – Stellenausschreibungen im Exzellenzcluster: www.lmu.de/crosscultura...
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New book: Antje Bosselmann-Ruickbie, Falko Daim, and Susanne Greiff, eds., The Preslav Treasure from Bulgaria (Tenth Century): Historical Context, Excavations, Objects and Technology (Romisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, 2025) maryjahariscenter.org/blog/the-pre...
The Preslav Treasure from Bulgaria (Tenth Century): Historical Context, Excavations, Objects and Technology | Mary Jaharis Center
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September 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
New book: Antje Bosselmann-Ruickbie, Falko Daim, and Susanne Greiff, eds., The Preslav Treasure from Bulgaria (Tenth Century): Historical Context, Excavations, Objects and Technology (Romisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, 2025) maryjahariscenter.org/blog/the-pre...
This is devastating on so many levels
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Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The H-1B nonimmigrant visa program was created to bring temporary workers into the United
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September 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This is devastating on so many levels
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Very happy to see the BL digitized manuscripts continue to come back online!
More manuscripts are coming to the British Library's online site www.bl.uk/collection/d...
And, erm, how can I say this nicely? If you have a cheeky script that downloads images from the site, please build in some delays so that you don't kill the servers. Play nice, innit!
And, erm, how can I say this nicely? If you have a cheeky script that downloads images from the site, please build in some delays so that you don't kill the servers. Play nice, innit!
Digitised manuscripts and archives - British Library
View more than 2,000 of our digitised manuscripts and archival documents, including the Sherborne Missal and Octateuch, Four Gospels and Synodicon.
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September 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Very happy to see the BL digitized manuscripts continue to come back online!
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Funding opportunity: 2026–2027 Metropolitan Museum of Art Fellowships. Applications due October 17, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/2026202...
2026–2027 Metropolitan Museum of Art Fellowships | Mary Jaharis Center
Met fellowships are awarded to junior scholars, postdoctoral and senior academics, and museum professionals for independent study or research.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Funding opportunity: 2026–2027 Metropolitan Museum of Art Fellowships. Applications due October 17, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/2026202...
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When higher ed is under attack and things look bleak, I find creating academic networks helps me to feel a bit less alone and helpless
Delighted to be participating in another VECSS (Virginia Early Christian Studies Seminar), spotlighting work from some dear friends and colleagues. This fall we are hosted by Candace Buckner at VTech!
September 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
When higher ed is under attack and things look bleak, I find creating academic networks helps me to feel a bit less alone and helpless
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The Erich S. Gruen Prize | Society for Classical Studies
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The Erich S. Gruen Prize | Society for Classical Studies
On behalf of the Society for Classical Studies (SCS), the Erich S. Gruen Prize Committee invites all graduate students in North America to enter the sixth annual competition for the best graduate rese...
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September 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The Erich S. Gruen Prize | Society for Classical Studies
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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.
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You can now subscribe to the show too.
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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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New pod! Mike interviews Tina Shepardson about A Memory of Violence: Syriac Christianity and the Radicalization of Religious Difference in Late Antiquity.
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Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0HyD...
September 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
New pod! Mike interviews Tina Shepardson about A Memory of Violence: Syriac Christianity and the Radicalization of Religious Difference in Late Antiquity.
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0HyD...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0HyD...
What would Evagrius say?
At least one website claims to allow users to chat with God.
Users turn to chatbots for spiritual guidance | TechCrunch
At least one website claims to allow users to chat with God.
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September 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
What would Evagrius say?
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Ethiopia opens Africa's largest hydropower project, the Blue Nile's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam — a milestone that's sparking alarm in neighboring Sudan and Egypt.
Ethiopia inaugurates Africa's biggest dam amid regional tensions
Ethiopia opens Africa's largest hydropower project, the Blue Nile's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam — a milestone that's sparking alarm in neighboring Sudan and Egypt.
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September 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Ethiopia opens Africa's largest hydropower project, the Blue Nile's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam — a milestone that's sparking alarm in neighboring Sudan and Egypt.
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Call for contributors: Wikidata Across the Humanities: Datasets, Methodologies, Reuse, special collection of the Journal of Open Humanities Data (JOHD). Submissions due September 15, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/wikidat...
Wikidata Across the Humanities: Datasets, Methodologies, Reuse | Mary Jaharis Center
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September 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Call for contributors: Wikidata Across the Humanities: Datasets, Methodologies, Reuse, special collection of the Journal of Open Humanities Data (JOHD). Submissions due September 15, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/wikidat...
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The NASSCAL First Fridays Workshop 2025/2026 season begins Sept. 5 at 12:00 (EDT) with Julia Snyder's essay "Apostles Behaving Badly? Violence in the Acts of Philip." Contact us if you would like to participate.
August 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The NASSCAL First Fridays Workshop 2025/2026 season begins Sept. 5 at 12:00 (EDT) with Julia Snyder's essay "Apostles Behaving Badly? Violence in the Acts of Philip." Contact us if you would like to participate.