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Mark Letteney
@letteney.bsky.social
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Assistant professor of ancient history at the University of Washington. Histories of the prison, book, rocks of note. Opinions are official communications from the provost.
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Mark Letteney @letteney.bsky.social · Aug 12
Publication day for a book that Matthew and I spent six years on, anguished over, fought for, rewrote twice, and nearly abandoned. I hope it proves useful in continuing important conversations about the ancient world and about the societies we choose to build today.

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Cover for Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration, featuring Titus Kaphar's portrait "Jerome II"
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Jennifer Barry @jennisifire.bsky.social · 9d
If you would like to hear me talk about the main interventions of Gender Violence in Late Antiquity, check out this podcast interview with @mikemotia.bsky.social His careful engagement with my work really made this a great experience. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j... @ancientjewreview.bsky.social
Jennifer Barry,
Podcast Episode · New Books in Late Antiquity · 09/29/2025 · 52m
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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 13d
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Quintard Taylor, UW professor and Black history archivist, dies at 76
Quintard Taylor Jr., professor emeritus of history at UW and founder of an online archive of Black history, died Sunday.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 13d
This, but first I make sure the classroom recording system named for Jeremy Bentham's dystopian surveillance prison is running smoothly.

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Noah Williams‬ ‪@bellmanequation.bsky.social‬ · 13m Routine for every class now: - sign out previous person who used the system - sign in to AV system computer - verify sign-in with authenticator on phone - wait for phone face ID to recognize - wait for AV system computer to load - kill Microsoft Teams auto-launch - sign in to course system web page September 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM 1 repost ‪ - verify sign-in with authenticator on phone - wait for phone face ID to recognize - navigate through course system to zoom - launch zoom for student still waiing on visa - wait for AV system projector warm up - sign in to Acrobat to open PDFs - verify sign-in with authenticator on phone ‪ - wait for phone face ID to recognize - open lecture slides - adjust in-room camera (if working, call AV if not) - lower projection screen - open slides - greet class - start lecture - raise screen to access whiteboard - mute camera projector - try multiple whiteboard makers to find one with ink
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Mark Letteney @letteney.bsky.social · 13d
I hope it is useful for your students!
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Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · 15d
Letter to NYT by Elizabeth Castelli &
Hilary Callahan (via the former FB)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/o...
Opinion | Struggles for Free Expression on Campus
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Mark Letteney @letteney.bsky.social · 19d
In the traditional way.
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Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · 21d
Jewish/Christian relations, Jewish scholarship on Jesus, Harry Austryn Wolfson meets JFK, and more tidbits from the Harvard archives... humanhistoriesofkn.substack.com/p/from-the-a...
From the Archives of Prof. Harry Austryn Wolfson: Jewish/Christian Relations in an Age of Judeo-Christian Rhetoric
In an earlier post, I engaged some of the archival materials at Harvard pertaining to Prof.
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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.

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God, Slavery, and Early Christianity
Cambridge Core - History of Religion - God, Slavery, and Early Christianity
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Mark Letteney @letteney.bsky.social · 19d
Wishing a very fine Gerald Ford Stuck in an Elevator Day to all who celebrate
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 20d
These are precedented times and the precedent is a loud ass warning

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Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime (Published 1939)
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And-BOO 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 24d
just did a fun podcast interview about GOSPEL THRILLERS so I thought i'd remind blooskie:

i wrote a book! GOSPEL THRILLERS! it's a fun, somewhat quirky dive into fiction, conspiracy, and the Bible in (mainly) US culture!

available wherever you like to get books!

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Gospel Thrillers
What if the original teachings of Jesus were different from the Bible's sanitized 'orthodox' version? What covert motivations might inspire those who decide what the text of the Bible 'says' or what i...
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Mark Letteney @letteney.bsky.social · 22d
New (and compelling) data on ceramic change and possible trade route collapse in late ancient Hispania www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The chronological and geospatial dynamics of fineware ceramic imports to Late Roman Hispania | Journal of Roman Archaeology | Cambridge Core
The chronological and geospatial dynamics of fineware ceramic imports to Late Roman Hispania - Volume 38 Issue 1
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Mark Letteney @letteney.bsky.social · 23d
It is a rare and special day, long awaited and ever delightful: publication day for a new @maryroach.bsky.social masterpiece www.maryroach.net/replaceable....
Cover for Mary Roach's "Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy"
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Ancient Jew Review @ancientjewreview.bsky.social · 24d
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...
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Mark Letteney @letteney.bsky.social · 24d
Me too! It’s a great privilege
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Mark Letteney @letteney.bsky.social · 29d
Open Access is important to me, and is tremendously expensive. It was made possible by generous support from @mitlibscholarly.bsky.social. I hope the book is interesting!
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Mark Letteney @letteney.bsky.social · 29d
Unfortunately yes — the cost of shipping to Europe nearly doubles the price of the book itself.
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Mark Letteney @letteney.bsky.social · 29d
I hope it's useful!
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Mark Letteney @letteney.bsky.social · 29d
Sure thing — DM me your address
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Mark Letteney @letteney.bsky.social · 29d
Thank you!
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Mark Letteney @letteney.bsky.social · 29d
Also also publishers: we're going to illegally try to recoup mistakenly disbursed royalties. (True story...)
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Mark Letteney @letteney.bsky.social · 29d
Great! DM me a good address and I'll get it out this week.
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Greg Given @greggiven.bsky.social · 29d
Publishers: Open Access publication destroys the market for a monograph, so you need to pay us the full production cost up front so we can break even.

Also publishers: Here's the paperback run of your OA monograph
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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 29d
❗️Our recent work around the #ancient tower at Palaiopyrgos (Paros) is published in JAS Reports 🎉 🏺

We used multi-method #survey & #geophysical prospection to better understand landscapes of #agriculture and production in the rural #Cyclades.

READ OPEN ACCESS: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
Aerial photo of ruins of ancient tower surrounded by dry agricultural fields. A dirt road runs across the image. A few clouds in the sky at back, and sea visible in distance.
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