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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 2d

Assistant or Associate Professorship i Digital Methods at Department of History and Classical Studies - Vacancy at Aarhus University
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Assistant or Associate Professorship i Digital Methods at Department of History and Classical Studies - Vacancy at Aarhus University

Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - History and Classical Studies, Dept. of., Aarhus University

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Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · 5d

A lovely interview with the co-editors of this @cua-press.bsky.social volume on Origen's homilies on the Psalms to which I contributed some years ago. An honour to have been part of this. Congratulations, Joseph Trigg and Robin Darling Young!

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Interview with Joseph Trigg and Robin Darling-Young about their book Teacher of the Logos: Essays on Origen's Rediscovered Lost Work. - Catholic University of America Press

We are pleased to have Joseph W. Trigg and Robin Darling-Young join us to discuss their new edited volume Teacher of the Logos: Essays on Origen’s Rediscovered Lost Work. Joseph... READ MORE

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Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · 7d

Just saw my first MA student through to completion. Couldn't be more proud of the excellent work she did!

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Jamey Walters @jedwardwalters.bsky.social · 13d

Sharing this on behalf of George Kiraz: There will be an introductory Syriac course at Cambridge in the winter term (January 2026). Please share with anyone who might be interested!

Poster advertisement for a course at Cambridge called "Explore Syriac."

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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 14d

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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Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · 14d

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Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · 29d

Yes! I'm in

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Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · 29d

I'm in here three times! Do follow through on this, fellow authors.

Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · Sep 6

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · Sep 6

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · Sep 3

3 papers were philosophically-oriented: @dublincityuni.bsky.social PhD student, @antilla.bsky.social on home and pilgrimage, @tcddublin.bsky.social's Cathriona Russell on a 'cosmology of habitability', and DCU colleague, Joseph Rivera on an existential view of home and world. Fab day!

Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · Aug 26

A week today, I'll host a small @entirl.bsky.social-funded seminar on 'home' in biblical, theological, and philosophical perspective at @dublincityuni.bsky.social's School of theology, philosophy and music. Guests include Cathriona Russel of @tcddublin.bsky.social, and Elisa Uusimäki from @au.dk.

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Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · Sep 3

Brilliant seminar yesterday, featuring papers with close readings of the mobility of gods and people in the Hebrew Bible by @au.dk's Elisa Uusimäki, of Hagar as foreigner by @dublincityuni.bsky.social PhD student Abigail Sines, and patristic authors' understanding of scripture as home by myself.

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Joe Scales @josephscales.bsky.social · Aug 29

I have a now venue-less book review for one of the recent Josephus commentary volumes. Does anyone know of a good place for this or should I just self publish it on Knowledge Commons and/or zenodo?

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Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · Aug 26

A week today, I'll host a small @entirl.bsky.social-funded seminar on 'home' in biblical, theological, and philosophical perspective at @dublincityuni.bsky.social's School of theology, philosophy and music. Guests include Cathriona Russel of @tcddublin.bsky.social, and Elisa Uusimäki from @au.dk.

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Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · Aug 25

super excited to read!

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Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · Aug 25

About time...

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Hanne Fjelde @hannefjelde.bsky.social · Aug 19

I am hiring! 1-2 post-docs to join my project on political violence in democracies at @uupeace.bsky.social!

UppsalaPeaceConflict @uupeace.bsky.social · Aug 14

We are looking for 1–2 postdoctoral researchers to join the project “Political Violence in Democracies”, led by @hannefjelde.bsky.social

📌 Full-time, 2-year postdoctoral position
📆 Start Date: Dec 1, (or by agreement)
📍 Location: Uppsala
⏳ Apply by: Oct 1

Read more: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

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Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thanks!!!

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Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · Aug 19

Somehow I've managed to avoid teaching Koine Greek up until this coming semester...Any recommendations for an intuitive yet thorough textbook?

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Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · Aug 19

So sorry to hear this. Just awful, devastating news.

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Mina Monier @mmonier.bsky.social · Aug 17

Dear colleagues, my new book on Mark's ending is now available for free (Open Access) thanks to the @snsf.ch Open Access grant number 235752. Please feel free to download and read. Enjoy!
doi.org/10.1163/9789...

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Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · Aug 7

Was so great to have you!

Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · Aug 7

A very pleasant couple of days @chesterbeatty.bsky.social for our @researchireland.ie New Foundations project on 'home' and late antiquity.
@mbinzurich.bsky.social @sarahparkhouse.bsky.social @kelsbot.bsky.social

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Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · Aug 6

Private viewing today of a variety of artefacts from late antiquity in the @chesterbeatty.bsky.social collections! From Coptic amulets and monastic papyri, to Ephrem's commentary on the Diatesseron, the Medinet Madi material, and the Panopolis papyri!

Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social · Jul 23

In less than two weeks, I'll be hosting this @researchireland.ie New Foundations event @chesterbeatty.bsky.social and @dublincityuni.bsky.social! Very much looking forward to working with a fab team on ideas about 'home' and the late antique artefacts in Beatty's collections!

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Mattias Brand @mbinzurich.bsky.social · Aug 6

We'll have a private viewing today of some 4rd and 5th century manuscripts in Dublin!

Finally some time alone with the Manichaeans viewer.cbl.ie/viewer/image...

Psalm from the Manichaean Psalms

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