Asdiwal 19 (2024) www.asdiwal.ch/revue/asdiwa...

Rdv ce mercredi 14 mai à la Maison des sciences de l’homme @psl-univ.bsky.social @lem-umr8584.bsky.social

Fun fact: the entire cost of America's war effort in World War II (all the weapons, ammunition, equipment, deployments, Manhattan Project, etc) was about $5.95 trn in 2025 prices. The total US stock market losses from the Trump tariffs in only 2 days have already passed $6.6 trn.

Si Carolyn Leavitt était née 100 ans plus tôt et 8000 km plus loin elle aurait annoncé avec enthousiasme « le plan quinquennal sera réalisé en 4 ans! » Le niveau de déni de réalité est exceptionnel

And off we go

The fact is that Jim Jones is in the White House and we all know how the story ends

Séminaire d'épistémologie des sciences religions et histoire des religions du PG Sciences des religions, École Pratique des Hautes Études l PSL, Printemps 2025

“This is a fantastic piece of work, one of the finest examples of humanistic scholarship I have ever had the privilege to read.” — Anthony Grafton pims.ca/publication/...

@carternounou.bsky.social welcome Philippe Borgeaud!

Colloque international "La polémique juive en contexte," organisé par @danielbarbu.bsky.social (@cnrs.bsky.social, Laboratoire d'études sur les monothéismes) et Claire Soussen (@sorbonneparis1.bsky.social, Centre Roland Mousnier). 📍@campuscondorcet.bsky.social, Paris-Aubervilliers 🗓️ 10-11 février

🤓 A final reminder about our upcoming panels at SBL! Safe travels for those on the move; looking forward to celebrating this work and forthcoming conversations! @vox-magica.bsky.social @zafulotus.bsky.social @srollens.bsky.social @alexichantz.bsky.social @danielbarbu.bsky.social @praxeas.bsky.social

I’m all in favor of comparison. But if your comparison is just about saying that two things that look alike are the same, then you’re not comparing, you’re merely projecting

Very much looking forward to this conversation 🤩🤩🤩 thank you Jennifer Eyl and Robyn F. Walsh for setting this up! My only regret is that I will be in San Antonio only as a virtual eidolon 👻 #redescribingchristianorigins #redescribingidolatry

Today ACU closed the MEMS program, keeping only 2 of 7 jobs. One of them is mine. I resigned this afternoon as I won’t work for an administration that treats its staff so contemptuously. 1000s of you wrote to try to save us. Thank you. I’m sorry ACU didn’t listen. Business as usual until January.

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It starts today 👇

Le facteur est passé! Nouvelle édition avec quatre inédits et une nouvelle postface

Le 12.10 à 14h, nous accueillons Ph. Borgeaud, prof. honoraire d’histoire des religions à @UNIGEnews, dans le cadre du PG Sciences des religions @EPHE_PSL sur le thème: «Qu’est-ce que la religion? Réflexions épistémologiques». MSH Raspail, sous sol, salle 5 et en ligne

this looks 🔥

klaxon! klaxon! klaxon! TT job in Early Christianity at the University of Pittsburgh! "We are also interested in work that treats the interaction of biblical texts with contemporary issues and/or the reception and reinterpretation of ancient Christianity from minoritized perspectives."

This August was the planet’s hottest on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. June and July were also the warmest on record globally. nyti.ms/3PMraup

ANZAMEMS stands in solidarity with all staff at ACU and urgently calls on its executive and senate to rescind their plans to cut 32 academic jobs and disestablish humanities programs including the world-leading centre for medieval and early modern studies. Public statement below.

Another extremely fascinating fragment from the Taylor-Schechter Genizah collection containing excerpts related to the life of Jesus (apparently not Toledot Yeshu) in Judeao-Arabic:

Kudos to Micha Lazarus (HUJ) for this wonderful work of scholarship and erudition!

Kinah shemor/Chi nasce muor is a fascinating poem, making sense in both Hebrew and Italian simultaneously. It was composed by the famous rabbi, writer, cantor and gambler Leone Modena (1571-1648) when he was 13!

Save Medieval and Early Modern Studies at #ACU. Sign 👉 docs.google.com/forms/d/1wg5...

Terrible news from Australia. Support Medieval and Early Modern research at #ACU

If you are in Paris, don't miss it :) Thank you @danielbarbu.bsky.social for the invitation!

Deeply dissatisfied with (but not surprised by) the University of Lucerne’s response to our Open Letter Concerning the Professorship in Jewish Studies

À l’automne 2023, 𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗦 𝗠𝗘𝗬𝗟𝗔𝗡 (Uni Lausanne) sera le premier Visiting Fellow du Programme Gradué Sciences des religions de l’Université PSL. Dans ce cadre, il donnera un séminaire visant à interroger le concept de royauté sacrée en histoire des religions.

Reposting this here openletter.earth/an-open-lett...