Our AJR #forum on Earthquakes and Gardens: Saint Hilarion’s Cyprus by Virginia Burrus (University of Chicago Press, 2023) continues with an essay from John Penniman @historiographos.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2026/4/...

this is why I love @dieworkwear.bsky.social

I'm in conversation with Kevin Sack tomorrow about his powerful and beautifully written history of Mother Emanuel AME Church.

“Loanwords along the Silk Road” by Adam Bremer-McCollum cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news/2026/04...

A new revised version of the NAPS Program, updated 4/14/2026. Let me know of any last minute changes. custom.cvent.com/DADF18846EBF...

@davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social & @tkennyfountain.bsky.social in conversation now about David's TAKING AMERICA BACK yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Also, if you're in town today and need a break from the heat come to my book talk! 2pm in Hotel A on UVA Grounds.

also a very valuable data point for me, a guy who is mostly ambivalent on this topic and would like to maintain an aloof sense of superiority to both sides

New goal: get on the pope’s reading list? Amazing! www.brynmawr.edu/bulletin/ref...

okay @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social if I don't get a chance during your book talk today to ask you this I will need you to tell me what "fifth century AD Jewish conspiracy" Revilo Oliver was referring to here!

What forthcoming or recently published books are people excited about? I need reading recommendations!

The AJR book review #forum on Earthquakes and Gardens: Saint Hilarion’s Cyprus by Virginia Burrus (University of Chicago Press, 2023) continues with an essay from Midori Hartman

LLM stands for lin lanuel-miranda

Show me your spring flowers! In NYC, it’s been a looooong winter, and the flowering trees are only now starting to pop…

When JD does get excommunicated it's gonna ping every mob guy in northeastern Ohio's phone like John Wick

Here's my contribution to the forum: "Spoliating the Fathers." I enjoyed the chance to think with Burrus about the impulse to take selfies at ruins and why this might be important for historiography. www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2026/4/...

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The #AAR Judith Plaskow Travel Grant is awarded to a student or independent scholar who presents a paper contributing to feminist approaches to the study of religion at the November Annual Meeting. Apply by May 11, 6 PM: aarweb.org/award/judith...

It looks like my new book is out! It is dedicated to my students for all that they have taught me. I started thinking about this as a Postdoc (almost 20 years ago), but teaching has contributed enormously to what and how I wrote. www.routledge.com/Selling-Phar...

They key I emphasize is that the PhD has to be a worth it to them as the end in itself, not a means to a hoped-for career on the other side. If the experience of earning the PhD is worth the time/resources/energy that they are going to pour into it—often better part of a decade—go for it. 2/2

My latest column is an interview with renowned historian of higher ed, Eddie Cole. Come for learning about HBCUs and stay for his thoughts on why accreditation is the biggest issue we're not talking enough about in higher ed. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

Excited to announce that the Ancient World Mapping Center has released a new pair of interactive maps on church councils in Late Antiquity! awmc.unc.edu/2026/04/13/t...

congrats to Karen Stern on her *GUGGENHEIM*!! www.gf.org/stories/anno...

"Foundational" does just fine.

Also, that cool room with its enormous leather chairs, lush greenery and old-school recording technology seems like the perfect place to hang out with both of them & talk time travel

let's gooooo

If you are in my field, even adjacent to my field, and you're thinking about going up and wondering if you should, I love to talk to people about that moment and to strategize with them, so reach out and we can zoom---emuehlbe at umich.edu

"had to do Red Cross" lol what

The second volume of Narsai: The Homilies is now out. Congratulations to Adam Becker! More volumes are being edited. Excited to see this series get some traction! Thanks to Peeters Publishers for the beautiful production: www.peeters-leuven.be/detail.php?s...

📗New publication! A new collection in the #BZNW series on Jewish-Christian relations in the ancient world, building on and honoring the work of Professor Paula Fredriksen. #NT #Bible Read more here 👇🏾 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

an amazing table of contents for an amazing scholar! it's hard to articulate how much of my career I owe to Paula, from blurbing my first book to inviting me to deliver a lecture with her and on and on. look forward to digging in to this! www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

It has now magically appeared: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Woohoo, here's my essay with my fav co-author on 30,000 fellowship wins across the Guggenheim, Stanford CASBS, NAEd, National Humanities Center, RSF visiting scholar, and Harvard Radcliffe. Spoiler: it's the people working at prestigious universities www.publicbooks.org/who-gets-gug...

What better distraction is there than proofs?

It was such a joy to participate last May in this panel on Virginia Burrus's book Earthquakes and Gardens. You'll be able to read all the papers at the AJR forum this week.

Join us for this, our second Scholar-Advisor book talk of the year, featuring the inimitable @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social in conversation with @tkennyfountain.bsky.social and hosted by @drewjakeprof.bsky.social !

And we have also posted the first response from Michael Motia #lateantiquity #earlychristianity #NAPS2025 www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2026/4/...

This week on AJR, a book review forum on Virginia Burrus' Earthquakes and Gardens: Saint Hilarion’s Cyprus from the 2025 Annual Meeting of the North American Patristics Society. We begin with an introduction from Peter Anthony Mena www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2026/4/...

There is a new, open access anthology (=great teaching resource) about _Women's healthcare in ancient Mesopotamia in the first millennium BCE_ edited by Ulrike Steinert. search.worldcat.org/title/Women'... I would then combine this with the ancient medicine sourcebook www.ucpress.edu/books/medici...

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i tend to trust myself that, at some point, the opening frame for a paper or article will present itself; let's see if this one survives to May!

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There's still time!

The name of the country Hungary actually derives from two roots: "Hun", for the nomadic Eastern European/Central Asian ethnic group whose power and influence peaked in the 4th-6th centuries, and "Gary", for a guy named Gary.

Well, this is what Geoff and I would be arguing about at the Pacers game

omg @meirazk.bsky.social did you see this? www.si.com/nba/pacers/v...