someone at the pentagon frantically typing “Claude, open the strait of Hormuz for me, quickest possible strategy, make no mistakes.”
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someone at the pentagon frantically typing “Claude, open the strait of Hormuz for me, quickest possible strategy, make no mistakes.”
I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.
I wish! But have to be in NYC at that time.
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The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe is now available in paperback. Plus take advantage of @stanfordpress.bsky.social Valentine’s Day Sale for a few more days.
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Meeting the Moment: Building Solidarity Through Community & Trainings
📣 ✊ We are uniting with labor unions across New Jersey hosting a series of in-person trainings to fight back against the increased presence of ICE in our communities and rising authoritarianism. Join us in your community! Dinner will be provided.
RSVP: https://loom.ly/FunAZhk
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The only biosphere in the known universe capable of supporting human life is being turned into a hell planet because most of Earth's governments refuse to stop trying to satisfy the insatiable greed of a plutocracy composed of people who already have more money than they could spend in 20 lifetimes.
“One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them”
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Concert: https://www.viewcy.com/event/terennm__classical
Concert this Friday!
#newyorkcity
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Skimming is the new reading ☠️☠️☠️
“Gen Z is the first generation in modern history to underperform us on basically every cognitive measure we have … right at the time when we need our kids to be sharper than we are.”
Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath Senate testimony
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We are delighted to announce the 6th Mid-Atlantic Ottomanist Workshop, hosted by Rutgers University, Newark on April 10–11, 2026. The workshop brings together scholars of Ottoman Studies at all career stages and from across disciplines. Interdisciplinary approaches are especially welcome. Call for Papers Please submit an abstract (max. 300 words) by January 21, 2026 to: maowrutgers2026@gmail.com Join us for two days of engaging discussion and collaboration in Newark, NJ!
We are delighted to announce the 6th Mid-Atlantic Ottomanist Workshop, hosted by Rutgers University, Newark on April 10–11, 2026.
Call for Papers
Please submit an abstract (max. 300 words) by January 21, 2026 to: maowrutgers2026@gmail.com
#menasky #skystorians🗃️ #ottoman
You find yourself reading a book about the afterlife of Ottoman Europe, something you never thought about before, just because you read a post on Bluesky.
And find it quite interesting as well.
Please keep sharing your work!
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public universities 🙌
Screenshot of the review text
Hvala Amer Maslo na prikazu moje knjige, The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe; Prilozi za orijentalnu filologiju
Many thanks to Amer Maslo for the review of my book in Contributions to Oriental Philology
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#Balkansky #Mena #Ottoman
this year. 😳
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The Royal Game of Ur from the British Museum
Okay, as promised, here are my 25 boardgames that would make good presents for historians or the historically-inclined.
- I've played them and enjoyed them
- They have to have a historical theme or be related to the practice of history
- They were within the first 25 I thought of...
Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
Title of the review The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe: Muslims in Habsburg Bosnia Herzegovina by Leyla Amzi-Erdoğdular (review) Michael Robert Hickok Histoire sociale / Social History Les publications Histoire sociale / Social History Inc. Volume 58, Numéro/Number 119, Mai/May 2025 pp. 201-203 10.1353/his.2025.a971523
Many thanks to Michael Hickok for his review of my book, The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe: Muslims in Habsburg Bosnia Herzegovina in Histoire sociale / Social History @hssh1968.bsky.social
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🗃️ what's history #skystorians #Balkans #OttomanEmipre #Habsburg #menasky
These people talk like conmen and our universities are just inviting these companies and their technologies into our midst, to prey on our students
“Without an independent & sufficiently representative faculty body to oversee the curriculum & faculty status, an institution may fragment or fall victim to the latest fashionable notion proposed by a centralized administration, politicized board or legislature."
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A bee on top of flowers.
Fuchsia Water Lilly; reflection of a building in a pond.
Autumn in #NYC
Congratulations!
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