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Sophia Dege-Müller

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Focus on Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies, manuscripts and art, Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews), editorial team of @aethiopica.bsky.social , typo queen, working mom, sport enthusiast, food lover

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Sophia Dege-Müller @sophiademue.bsky.social · Apr 9

Publication day 🤩 I am excited to share the good news with you – our volume
"Manuscript Treasures from Afro-Eurasia. Scribes, Patrons, Collectors, and Readers" has been published!

It is open access and you can download and share it from DeGruyter's website.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

www.degruyterbrill.com

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Anna @lovinurbanism.bsky.social · 12d

Und wo ist der Flyer, der Männer auffordert sich nicht wie übergriffige Arschlöcher zu verhalten?

Ein Flyer mit diversen gezeichneten Frauen, darauf steht:
SPASS AUF DER WIESN, ABER SICHER!
TIPPS FÜR MÄDCHEN* UND FRAUEN*

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 12d

Some things never change!

4,000 year-old ancient Egyptian writing board with a student’s many spelling mistakes corrected in red ink by the teacher! 😂

📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

#Archaeology

Met museum photo of an ancient Egyptian rectangular wooden white-washed writing board with an exercise written in black hieratic script. It was written by a student named Iny-su whose spelling mistakes are corrected in red ink by the teacher. Hieratic script is an ancient Egyptian cursive version of hieroglyphics. The board measures 19 cm long x 43 cm wide and has a horizontal crack half way down the left-hand side. The wooden board was painted with white gesso, which now appears cream-coloured. This allowed boards to be whitewashed for use over and again.

The exercise is a practice in formal letter writing. The student Iny-su addresses the letter (presumably jokingly) to his brother Peh-ny-su, treating him like a wealthy authority figure. Wood, gesso, paint pigment. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, c. 1981–1802 BC.

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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 14d

We are thrilled to announce NASSCAL's first in-person gathering since 2018. Hosted once again by the University of Virginia. Come and tell us about your work. Details at www.nasscal.com/meetings/

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 14d

Oh a tablet! So like an iPad? Cool. Makes sense. Laptops are so Babylonian.

Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 14d

Expert here: We were not, in fact, ever puzzled. It has been and always will be a writing tablet. www.indy100.com/news/ancient...

'Laptop' spotted in Ancient Greek statue leaving experts puzzled

An ancient Greek statue of a woman seemingly using a laptop has sparked time travel theories online. "Grave Naiskos of an Enthroned Woman with an Attendant" is a 37-inch marble statue created around 1...

www.indy100.com

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Sophia Dege-Müller @sophiademue.bsky.social · 22d

www.chronicle.com/article/10-w...

Advice | 10 Ways AI Is Ruining Your Students’ Writing

And how to help them see that AI cannot craft good essays.

www.chronicle.com

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Judith Beyer @judithbeyer.bsky.social · Aug 20

JOB: come work with me @uni-konstanz.de ! We have a junior professorship to fill from 1 April 2026 (6 years, non-tenured, as funding comes from the Centre for Cultural Inquiry).
The denomination is very timely: Environmental #Anthropology!
Details ⬇️
stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/2...

#academia

Junior Professorship (non-tenure) in Environmental Anthropology

Deadline: 01.10.2025

stellen.uni-konstanz.de

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HMML @visithmml.bsky.social · Aug 20

Digitization & cataloging is complete for the 35 Ethiopic manuscripts microfilmed at the Austrian National Library in Vienna, including Aethiop. 16 (HMML project number 24994), which is of particular importance to the study of the Ethiopic Bible.

Learn more: hmml.org/collections/...

Madonna and Child, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Codex Vindobonensis Palatinus. Aethiop. 21, preserved by HMML as microfilm 24990

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Sophia Dege-Müller @sophiademue.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thank you, Adam

Sophia Dege-Müller @sophiademue.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thanks to you and your co-editor!
🤩 we are quite excited.

Sophia Dege-Müller @sophiademue.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thank you! It was quite the exciting discovery

Sophia Dege-Müller @sophiademue.bsky.social · Aug 20

Excited to share the article that @mmonier.bsky.social and I wrote on the Introduction to the Gospels by ibn al-Assal and its Arabic and Ethiopic traditions 🤩

brill.com/view/journal...

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Mark @dcwritermark.bsky.social · Aug 2

“Global AI demand is projected to account for 4.2 – 6.6 billion cubic meters of water withdrawal in 2027, which is more than the total annual water withdrawal of Denmark or half of the United Kingdom.”

arxiv.org/pdf/2304.03271

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Privatdozent:in, Universität X @pdprekaer.bsky.social · Aug 5

Am 17.09. werden auf dem Historikertag Überlegungen zur Reform der Personalstruktur an dt. Universitäten diskutiert. Wir freuen uns, dass auch die Fachverbände erkennen, dass es Reformbedarf gibt, v.a. im Hinblick auf die Situation von PDs, und sind gespannt auf die Diskussion.

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Sophia Dege-Müller @sophiademue.bsky.social · Jul 18

Just lovely!

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Daniel Yacob @ethiopic.bsky.social · Jul 16

A new, color, scan of the undeciphered scroll in the @transcrireada.bsky.social‬ collection was published online this month. The scans give a boost to a new effort attempting to decipher it:

gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...

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Lettre du roi Abba Bagibo au gouverneur du Godjam

Lettre du roi Abba Bagibo au gouverneur du Godjam -- -- manuscrits

gallica.bnf.fr

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Kim Todzi @kim-todzi.de · Jul 18

Jetzt ist das von @nkleinoeder.bsky.social und mir herausgegebene Sonderheft zu ‚Reassessing Germany‘s Colonial Economies‘ auch online verfügbar:
biblioscout.net/journal/vswg...

Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte

biblioscout.net

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Sophia Dege-Müller @sophiademue.bsky.social · Jun 23

On my way to Poland for this fun conference

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Sophia Dege-Müller @sophiademue.bsky.social · Jun 10

I could not be happier - my good friend Bar Kribus is one of the winners of the 2025 Dan David Prize!! 🤩
He works with so much passion and dedication and his research on the Ethiopian Jews has defind the field in recent years!

I feel incredibly proud of his accomplishment!

Dan David Prize @dandavidprize.org · Jun 10

Announcing the winners of the 2025 Dan David Prize – the world's largest history prize.

Winners receive $300,000 each in recognition of their contribution to the study of the past and to support their future endeavors.

Congratulations to this year's winners 👏

dandavidprize.org/winners

Image with the photos of the nine winners of the 2025 Dan David Prize. From left to right and top to bottom, they are Mackenzie Cooley, Bar Kribus, Fred Kuwornu, Dmitri Levitin, Beth Lew-Williams, Abidemi Babatunde Babalola, Hannah Marcus, Caroline Sturdy Colls, Alina Șerban.

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Sophia Dege-Müller @sophiademue.bsky.social · Jun 4

youtube.com/@metmuseum?s...
The Met has published a series of brilliant videos on various african cultural landmarks. First three are from Ethiopia 🤩

The Met

The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in two iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters. M...

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Sophia Dege-Müller @sophiademue.bsky.social · May 20

Thank you, Adam!

Sophia Dege-Müller @sophiademue.bsky.social · May 20

I am so happy to have been part of this again!
Editing a volume is great - seeing it published is even better 🤩
This volume includes also a humble contribution by myself - an abstract of my dissertation 😎
doi.org/10.15460/aet...

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Dr. Verena Krebs @krebsverena.bsky.social · May 16

Mamaaaaaaaa, meine Forschung hat es in den SPIEGEL Geschichte geschafft!* 💃🥳 (bzw. man hat mich sogar eingeladen, einen —langen— Artikel für die neue Ausgabe zum Mittelalter beizusteuern)

*Für Bildungsaufsteiger besonders krasse Sache.

www.spiegel.de/geschichte/a...

(S+) Afrikanische Gesandte im Mittelalter: Wie Äthiopier Europa entdeckten

Äthiopische Gesandte besuchten im ausgehenden Mittelalter die Höfe Europas. Dort hielt man sie für Abgesandte des Priesterkönigs Johannes und empfing sie mit größten Ehren. Doch die Geschichtsschreibu...

www.spiegel.de

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Sophia Dege-Müller @sophiademue.bsky.social · May 16

listen to some Ethiopian grooves from Addis!

youtu.be/CGna2sP3fYc?...

Ethiopian Records | Boiler Room: Addis Ababa

YouTube video by Boiler Room

youtu.be

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Sophia Dege-Müller @sophiademue.bsky.social · May 14

Dankeschön!! Das Buch ist von 2018, das open access hat auf sich warten lassen😅
Fühlt sich dadurch wie ne neue Veröffentlichung an

Sophia Dege-Müller @sophiademue.bsky.social · May 13

It took seven years to make this available in open access form! But here is our book Oral Traditions in Ethiopian Studies
www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/Oral_Traditi...
Hope you enjoy it, read it share it! 🤩

Oral Traditions in Ethiopian Studies

Buch | Harrassowitz Verlag

www.harrassowitz-verlag.de

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