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Teaching Fellow in Global Medieval History, focus on early Islamic visual languages of power & relationships to Rome. General geek, chronically ill, I want to live on a boat again. She/her. Buy *All Roads Lead to Rome*: https://geni.us/AllRoadsLeadtoRome
I've been thinking about some sort of content collective idea for a while but never have the time or energy to make progress beyond this draft pitch. It felt like it could work quite well, though.
Feel free to take it / adapt it / improve it /share it / generally make use of this.
He sounds like a wonderful man and I'm sure the memories of him will inspire many others to such generosity. Sending thoughts to all who loved him.
Archival document documenting human remains, with caption in Spanish
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Some of mine read like German emails, they are so formal! It's very sweet. Some of them are the other end of the scale, of course (which I don't mind either but is funny)
Quite a few of my L1s do this and with a very specific, formal style and structure - at least two of them have said they were taught that at school.
For those wanting to know more about Iran and voices from inside the country (rather than the fash-y monarchists outside), Naghmeh Sohrabi has been translating pieces from folks inside on her blog:
truethings.naghmehs.com
Photo of a cuneiform tablet fragment shaped a bit like an irregular diamond. It preserves nearly 20 incomplete lines of text separated by a horizontal ruling
There's a broken cuneiform tablet from the Old Babylonian period, nearly 4,000 years ago, which preserves a tiny portion of a dialogue between two friends.
It feels a bit like the conversations I've been having for the past week, so I wanted to share it.
Whose voices count in the modern history of distinction?
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Live-tweeting the fall of a country and a civilisation, aren’t I? A whole different role for a historian that I had never quite considered.
I might know somebody - I can ask, if you haven't found help yet (I am sure they would help, just not sure if they're currently in Istanbul)
It is worth remembering the backing organization, discipline, training, and preparation that made it possible for Rosa Parks to keep her seat.
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It's not like my enthusiasm for this is ever high but it's obviously especially frustrating right now.
Spoke a bit about it on This Guy Sucked at the end of last year before it all got So Much Worse:
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I have repeatedly mentioned exactly this position to my current and former MP and got some platitudes but nothing that makes me think I'll be voting for them again(not the only reason but a big one). Got to keep hammering it home, though.
I know I’ve got some Labour local gov’t types following me, so I want to say this clearly so that you can share it internally as appropriate: I will never again vote Labour while these policies, or Wes Streeting, are in place. I will not vote Labour at any level because of this.
Another great candidate for @thisguysucked.com, actually - there must be someone who needs to vent about that guy
Another week, another weary sidequest into a trash Orientalist and their incredibly long imperial legacies. This time it's Stamford Raffles; can't wait* to see who I'll be assigned by the spin-the-wheel system next week.
*I can
Cannot imagine being as good at anything as Jasprit Bumrah is at bowling. Impossible.
Was just thinking that it's beyond ruthless to bowl him right now. Arguably just respectful to fans to let us see as much of him as possible.
Even if you know much of this topic well, there are some v helpful ways to explain things to non-experts etc - and tbh I always find it enjoyable to hear someone nail their expertise like this!
Characteristically excellent interview with @sasanianshah.bsky.social on the Sasanians and Iranian history. It manages the fine balance between introductory and detailed, it's interdisciplinary, it's fun, it's def worth your time.
The way he just settles back as he points that out is extra funny
I had so many over winter!
Seconded ❤️
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@sarayasin.bsky.social" "But what is neutrality if mere existence is made political?"
"What stories would the journalists and writers who have contributed to these outlets produce if they weren’t having to work through arguments about whether Palestinians are worthy of humanization?"
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Mutual aid links in Lebanon.
All of these are direct friends of mine I know personally.
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Hard to see how you top Gallbladder Rattle but I am looking forward to it!