John Penniman
@historiographos.bsky.social
Religious Studies Prof | Historian of Christianity in the Ancient Mediterranean World | Project Director of Bucknell's Health Humanities Initiative | editor of Theoria @ Fordham Press
http://johnpenniman.com/
http://johnpenniman.com/
We are launching a series with Fordham Press, creating a new space for scholars of late antiquity to investigate the religious worlds of that broad temporal & geographic frame. If you have a project that might fit, send us a note. We would be happy to meet at AAR/SBL too! fordhampress.com/theoria
November 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We are launching a series with Fordham Press, creating a new space for scholars of late antiquity to investigate the religious worlds of that broad temporal & geographic frame. If you have a project that might fit, send us a note. We would be happy to meet at AAR/SBL too! fordhampress.com/theoria
Attempting to channel the energy of this cafe placemat today.
June 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Attempting to channel the energy of this cafe placemat today.
It was such a pleasure to host @ashleyshoo.bsky.social this week at Bucknell. She engaged with a lit studies course, a computer science course, and gave a fantastic talk about Cyborgs in Corporate Care. The students and faculty of the Health Humanities program were grateful to engage with her!
March 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It was such a pleasure to host @ashleyshoo.bsky.social this week at Bucknell. She engaged with a lit studies course, a computer science course, and gave a fantastic talk about Cyborgs in Corporate Care. The students and faculty of the Health Humanities program were grateful to engage with her!
Most striking given today's news, the film features a respected newspaper that has been taken over by an oligarch who hopes to use it for his own political gain. It opens with a sequence where the emblem/motto of the paper is being chiseled off the building and replaced while staff are fired.
February 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Most striking given today's news, the film features a respected newspaper that has been taken over by an oligarch who hopes to use it for his own political gain. It opens with a sequence where the emblem/motto of the paper is being chiseled off the building and replaced while staff are fired.
I appreciated this analogy from Timothy Snyder's substack today (@timothysnyder.bsky.social). America, the chop-shop.
February 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I appreciated this analogy from Timothy Snyder's substack today (@timothysnyder.bsky.social). America, the chop-shop.
me, every morning that I wake up in Greece, thinking about how much souvlaki I'm going to eat.
June 19, 2024 at 1:20 PM
me, every morning that I wake up in Greece, thinking about how much souvlaki I'm going to eat.
When I said going to Chicago was “like reuniting with a friend” I was referring to this sandwich in particular.
May 23, 2024 at 4:56 PM
When I said going to Chicago was “like reuniting with a friend” I was referring to this sandwich in particular.
My sister works as a special collections conservator at a research library that just de-commissioned a truckload of duplicate or out-of-date Loebs. Xmas in April for me.
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April 23, 2024 at 6:20 PM
My sister works as a special collections conservator at a research library that just de-commissioned a truckload of duplicate or out-of-date Loebs. Xmas in April for me.
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BTW My meme entered the real world today, as a prize for a trivia competition hosted by Library & IT. I did not win :/
April 18, 2024 at 3:25 AM
BTW My meme entered the real world today, as a prize for a trivia competition hosted by Library & IT. I did not win :/
Organizing a strategic planning workshop in May that is funded by an external grant. I just had to a submit a summer pay request to myself. Is this what it's like to be in STEM?!
April 12, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Organizing a strategic planning workshop in May that is funded by an external grant. I just had to a submit a summer pay request to myself. Is this what it's like to be in STEM?!
Pretty awful 24 hours here on campus.
March 30, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Pretty awful 24 hours here on campus.
the 🍨 is out there
March 27, 2024 at 6:42 PM
the 🍨 is out there
Airbud 2: Buddy Goes to Harvard Divinity School
March 20, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Airbud 2: Buddy Goes to Harvard Divinity School
Someone broke into my office and added a new icon to the wall.
December 15, 2023 at 8:53 PM
Someone broke into my office and added a new icon to the wall.
The icon wall in my office is coming together nicely.
December 13, 2023 at 6:56 PM
The icon wall in my office is coming together nicely.
I will never recover from this student email.
November 27, 2023 at 9:48 PM
I will never recover from this student email.
A few years back, I saw in a catalog (maybe also RH) a reproduction of the hellenistic colossal head fragment. And it was for sale! (Also beyond my budget.)
October 8, 2023 at 2:21 PM
A few years back, I saw in a catalog (maybe also RH) a reproduction of the hellenistic colossal head fragment. And it was for sale! (Also beyond my budget.)
Randomly received a Restoration Hardware catalog in the mail and while a $20k sectional is a touch steep for me...I am *very* interested in these kouroi accent pieces.
(Not for sale. I checked.)
(Not for sale. I checked.)
October 8, 2023 at 11:38 AM
Randomly received a Restoration Hardware catalog in the mail and while a $20k sectional is a touch steep for me...I am *very* interested in these kouroi accent pieces.
(Not for sale. I checked.)
(Not for sale. I checked.)