Visiting AP in Classics and Religious Studies at Hamilton College: Religions of Late Antiquity with the ability to teach Greek and/or Latin and New Testament (in translation). Review of applications begins February 23, 2026.

“Fear not those without papers, but those without conscience. Know that to care intensively, united, is to carry both pain-dark horror for today & a profound, daring hope for tomorrow.” www.instagram.com/amandascgorm...

A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

The people who'll tell you today's murder victim in Minnesota shouldn't have turned up to a protest carrying a gun are the same people who said Kyle Rittenhouse was perfectly entitled to do the same thing.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

Minnesota is home for me. I hate not being there and helping keep vulnerable members of the community safe. I have family + loved ones in the middle of it. My brother is in S Minneapolis. My first apartment was very close to where the 5-year-old was taken from school yesterday. These are my people.

People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.

I'm looking for a Greek civ/history recommendation: What articles/blog posts do you like for thinking about the relevance and/or (mis)appropriations of ancient Greece for today? I'm looking for something to use in the last week of my Greek civ class this semester.

Does anyone have a VR program that they like for teaching ancient Greece? Maybe the Athenian acropolis, Delphi, or something like that? Now that I'm at a school with more resources, I'm hoping that I can make use of some fun stuff in my classes.

Does anyone have a Greek epigraphy reading list that they'd be willing to share? We have a grad student who is interested in complementing their work in Latin epigraphy, and while I've done some work on inscriptions, I am certainly not an epigrapher! Image for visibility...

I posted the wrong link when I shared my new article yesterday, so here it is again. Now available online, "Asclepius, Jesus, and Healing by Touch: A Reevaluation." www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/article/a...

It's publication day for "Asclepius, Jesus, and Healing by Touch: A Reevaluation"! www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/journal/e...

I won free tickets to an Ohio State football game at faculty orientation today. I should probably buy something red!

Page proof day for "Asclepius, Jesus, and Healing by Touch: A Reevaluation," forthcoming in Early Christianity. Do the famous reliefs from the Piraeus Asklepieion and the Oropos Amphiareion (and others) show Greek healers conveying a cure with a simple touch? I argue that they don't.

My former department lost 3 people in the last year alone: 2 tenured (including me) and 1 TT. There will be no TT or FT lecturer searches this year and no promise of any in future years. This is in addition to the 4 lines lost over the previous decade. I feel guilty about adding to these numbers.

I've never subscribed to the listserv, since it seems like I only ever hear about it when it becomes really problematic. For those of you who subscribe, do the benefits outweigh the drama?

Is anyone having a hard time logging into the online LCL today via institutional access? I've tried it on a number of browsers, but each time the log-in seems to go through, only to have the content that I need still show as unavailable without logging in. I just need to double check a citation!

Applications are due in two weeks for a visiting scholar at Ohio State's Center for the Study of Religion. Open only to scholars who are not in tenured or tenure-track positions. I look forward to being involved in the CSR in my new position at OSU and to welcoming this visiting scholar!

Lord, have mercy.

This is a fantastic explanation of and reflection on using teaching with games in the undergraduate classroom.

I don't follow Catholic politics, but this would not have been the outcome that I expected. Chicago is going to be celebrating today.

Today is the day that we have Latin in the news!

As a classicist, I am eagerly anticipating the moment when Latin will be in the news! Also, I like ceremony and ritual, so even though I'm not Catholic, I find the process interesting.

For independent and contingent #AcRel scholars: Short-term visiting scholar program at Ohio State's Center for the Study of Religion. $3,000 stipend, lodging, travel, and meals for a week-long residency. Deadline: July 1, 2025

From ODU to OSU: I'm thrilled to share that I've accepted a position in the Classics Department at Ohio State!

It looks like I'll be teaching myth next year -- something that I've never taught before. What are some of fun ways to approach teaching myth? I'm interested in everything from course structure to interesting (or even non-traditional) assignments. If you have a syllabus to share, I'd love to see it!

This is happening today!

In my tradition, today is the Sunday of the Last Judgement. I always find the Gospel passage for today very meaningful, but it is especially timely this year. Here is how it ends (from Matthew 25): ... (images from the Monastery of the Twelve Apostles in Capernaum)

Authors, if you see this, it's a sign to post the first line of your book: Imagine, if you will, a woman living in Caesarea in the early fourth century CE.

Fellow classicists, please help me out so I don't sound stupid! How are we pronouncing the abbreviations ThesCRA (Thesaurus Cultus et Rituum Antiquorum) and LIMC (Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae)? Is it thes-crah and L-I-M-C?

1. what was your career goal when you started? 2. your initial major? 3. if you changed majors, what did you change to? 4. what do you do now, professionally? 1. State Department/foreign service 2. Political Science 3. History (BA) + Theology (MTS) + Classics (PhD) 4. Ancient history professor

An attempt at work-life balance, in the form of a krokbragd rug. I'm making it to coordinate with the Hudson Bay blanket (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson%...) that we use as a bed covering.

There was some discussion of this exact journal in a Facebook group last month, with the same general consensus.

Thank you for the outpouring of well-wishes. As of today, Getty staff, the art collections, and buildings remain safe from the Palisades Fire. The threat is still happening, and our hearts go out to everybody in Los Angeles affected by this awful tragedy.

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last tv show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?

I wish that I was at the #AIASCS annual meeting this weekend, and so I keep searching Bluesky for updates from people who are there. Maybe next year!

I know it’s the holidays, but I’m thinking about syllabi. I’d love to see some examples of grad theory/method courses for religion (an emphasis on the ancient world would be a bonus) and undergrad Greek and/or Roman religion classes. If you have any to share or tips to offer, I’d appreciate them!

A real cause for celebration: yesterday, I received notification that the balance of my federal student loans had been forgiven under PSLF, and today we paid off the balance of the very high-interest rate private loans that I had to take out for the first (unfunded!) year of my PhD program. Woohoo!!

READ THIS THREAD 😂🏺

Does anyone know what is up with the 2024 volume of JRS? It's usually published in November, and we're now nearing mid-December.

I feel weird accepting gifts from students, but the bottle of wine was from a retiree who audited my Ancient Greece class through a special program here at ODU. If I’m not assigning him any grades, I can accept the wine, right?

Post the LAST SENTENCE of your last article/chapter: “Exploring how different groups addressed this concern underscores the complexity of the rituals that shape our daily lives, and at the same time demonstrates what can be gained by looking at the shared human experience…

This expat Minnesotan is out of practice for feels like 2 degrees temps!

So long, San Diego! #sblaar24 On my way out, I noticed this sign at the Grand Hyatt. I feel like there is a vocal SBL/AAR contingent that got the the Grand Hyatt to do some marketing for them!

I got to participate in a book review panel this morning for a fantastic book, A Disabled Apostle, by @isaactsoon.bsky.social. You should check out his book! #sblaar24

The registration desk said that we are at about 8,000 attendees this year for #sblaar24. It’s the largest year since Covid began, but not up to pre-Covid numbers.

I’m back at the Atlanta airport for the first time since I was here in July during the Delta meltdown. Here’s hoping that transiting Atlanta is far less chaotic today than it was in July. Next stop, San Diego. #sblaar24

I wish that #ASOR24 and #SBLAAR24 weren't on opposite coasts this year. I get the reasons, but there is no way I can swing Boston and San Diego in a single week. I've got commitments at SBL this year, so San Diego it is. Happy conferencing, all, wherever you are!

I leave a week from today to join 10,000 scholars of religion in San Diego. Have a panel that you're looking forward to?I'm looking forward to the joint Metacriticism of Biblical Scholarship / Book History and Biblical Literatures panel "The Vulnerable Bible," on three books: #sblaar24 #aarsbl24