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Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 2d

#NewPublication
#OpenAccess
#ChristianEast

Harrassowitz Verlag @harrassowitz-v.bsky.social · 2d

👉 NEW AND OPEN ACCESS

The book critically reappraises the history of slavery in Ethiopia, highlighting its dynamics, the domestic slave trade, legal reforms, local interpretations of slavery and abolition, and the memory of enslavement.
#openaccess

www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/isbn_9783447...

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Craig Perry @caperry.bsky.social · 3d

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Academic Abuse @academicabuse.com · 10d

Hi, I’m Julie Cruse. I created AcademicAbuse.com – a dashboard of data, resources & tools to help survivors of academic abuse survive and safely speak out. (1/9 🧵)

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vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social · 16d

Everyone in academia should read this piece about our dear, brilliant colleague @durba.bsky.social

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

A Surprise Tenure Denial in Harvard’s Gender Studies Program Leaves Some Faculty Shaken | News | The Harvard Crimson

Durba Mitra’s colleagues thought she was a near-perfect tenure candidate. When her bid was shot down in June, they were left questioning the process.

www.thecrimson.com

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Craig Perry @caperry.bsky.social · 16d

You can now read and download the Introduction to my new book Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt - to be published in January. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 19d

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...

God, Slavery, and Early Christianity

Cambridge Core - History of Religion - God, Slavery, and Early Christianity

www.cambridge.org

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Craig Perry @caperry.bsky.social · 20d

New open access volume on slavery in Ethiopian Studies with link to download: www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/Slavery_and_...

Slavery and the Slave Trade in Ethiopian Studies

Buch | Harrassowitz Verlag

www.harrassowitz-verlag.de

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Craig Perry @caperry.bsky.social · 21d

You can follow her @clairedillon.bsky.social !

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Craig Perry @caperry.bsky.social · 21d

This is excellent research by Claire Dillon and great reading. A fine example of medievalism and modern colonialism between Cefalú, Sicily; Rome; and Mogadishu online.ucpress.edu/jsah/article...

Transforming Cefalù in Mogadishu: The Arabo-Normanna Cathedral of Italian Somalia and the Façade of “Peaceful Conquest”

Abstract. The Cathedral of Mogadishu now stands in ruins as a shell of Italian colonial ambition in Somalia. Built largely from 1925 to 1928, its peculiar design presents an unusual case study among t...

online.ucpress.edu

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Craig Perry @caperry.bsky.social · Sep 9

Thanks, Arash!

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Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · Sep 8

If you're in or near Atlanta, or *super juiced* 😜 about close reading and love to travel, come to Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century: A Symposium at Emory University on Friday, November 7. And hear from these superstars...

A program for a close reading symposium at Emory University on November 7, 2025, in Room 208 in Convocation Hall, from 8:15 to 5:15, with breakfast, lunch, and panels on studying, teaching, and evaluating close reading, and close reading across the disciplines

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Michela Wrong @michelawrong.bsky.social · Sep 8

My copies of “Tradecraft”, the collection of essays by people who helped John le Carré research his novels, has arrived. Contains one chapter about the week Jason Stearns and I spent with the author in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Craig Perry @caperry.bsky.social · Sep 8

Fielded a question about how representative Bomma and Abraham Ibn Yijū (enslaved man and slave owner in Gosh’s In an Antique Land) we’re in the wider culture of slavery. Short responses below.

Craig Perry @caperry.bsky.social · Sep 7

It’s representative of one type of relationship—one between men. Enslaved and free men could also clash, with the enslaved man being flogged in the case I open the book with. My book focuses mainly on enslaved women and their fortunes varied widely. Most did not have the latitude that Bomma did.

Craig Perry @caperry.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thank you, Javal!

Craig Perry @caperry.bsky.social · Sep 7

Thank you! And congratulations on your new book, too! 🎉

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Craig Perry @caperry.bsky.social · Sep 7

I hear you about parenthood and limited leisure time! I have no idea if there will be an audiobook for my book but Slaves in the Family by Edward Ball and They Were Once Her Property by Stephanie Jones-Rodgers made good-listening audiobooks for me.

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Craig Perry @caperry.bsky.social · Sep 7

It’s representative of one type of relationship—one between men. Enslaved and free men could also clash, with the enslaved man being flogged in the case I open the book with. My book focuses mainly on enslaved women and their fortunes varied widely. Most did not have the latitude that Bomma did.

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Craig Perry @caperry.bsky.social · Sep 7

Yes! Most sources come from the geniza and then other Arabic and Hebrew source’s contemporaneous with them.

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Craig Perry @caperry.bsky.social · Sep 7

Thank you! 🙏

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Craig Perry @caperry.bsky.social · Sep 7

Nice call! Ghosh’s book was a great inspiration to me, and I still read it with my students some semesters.

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Craig Perry @caperry.bsky.social · Sep 7

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Laura Arnold Leibman @lauraleibman.bsky.social · Sep 7

JEWISH STUDIES VISITING POSITION!
Boston College - 2026-2027 Corcoran Visiting Chair in Christian-Jewish Relations

www.bc.edu/content/bc-w...

Scholarship - Center for Christian-Jewish Learning - Boston College

www.bc.edu

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Craig Perry @caperry.bsky.social · Sep 7

Are you keeping a journal for all of these great t-shirt ideas?

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Craig Perry @caperry.bsky.social · Sep 7

If you need beautiful maps for a project (or eel knowledge) I know a guy…

Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · Sep 7

Fun news! I drew the maps for Craig's forthcoming book, and I'm really looking forward to reading it. It looks really fascinating!

Craig Perry @caperry.bsky.social · Sep 7

Excited to announce my book that is forthcoming in January. I’m looking forward to sharing more soon. Let me know if your faculty, students, or community would be interested in a talk or class.
Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt | Princeton University Press. Description at: bit.ly/PerrySlavery

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Craig Perry @caperry.bsky.social · Sep 7

Thank you, Yitz! 🙏😊