Applications for the 2026 Erich S. Gruen prize, which recognizes graduate research, are now open at apply.classicalstudies.org. Find out more information about the prize at classicalstudies.org/awards.

📣 Unbefristete Stelle an der @stabiberlin.bsky.social zu besetzen: Wir suchen eine:n Wissenschaftliche:n Mitarbeiter:in (w/d/m) im #Handschriftenportal für Datenmanagement und Wissensgraph. Zur Ausschreibung 👉 sbb.berlin/hifw6 #medivalsky #bibliojobs

Digital Coptic Studies: Where Do We Stand—and Where Do We Go Next? Mona Hassan Ahmed Sawy @digitalorientalist.bsky.social digitalorientalist.com/2026/05/05/d... @copticscript.bsky.social

Through 5/24, enjoy 40% off all books when you use promo code ARC26 at checkout! All orders receive a free eco-friendly Eisenbrauns field mug, crafted from biodegradable wheat straw—perfect for the dig or the desk. Offer valid on US orders only, while supplies last. https://www.eisenbrauns.org/

Happy Birthday, Erich! The 2026 SCS Erich S. Gruen Prize competition is now open! @scsclassics.bsky.social classicalstudies.org/awards-and-f...

The SCS has signed onto @historians.org's statement opposing new Texas Tech University Course Content Guidelines which prohibit content related to “Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity” in core and undergraduate classes, without defining those terms. Read more: www.historians.org/news/aha-opp...

ICYMI...some good news, for once! Thank you, @acls1919.bsky.social @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social for fighting for scholars, including the @medievalacademy.bsky.social members whose funding was unjustly cut off. More info here: www.historians.org/news/federal...

A federal judge ruled on May 7 that the NEH's mass termination of 1,400+ grants to support scholars, research institutions & humanities organizations was unconstitutional. Explore media highlights on this historic case brought by ACLS, @historians.org, & @modernlanguage.bsky.social: bit.ly/4tsFVmE

A federal judge granted the motion for a summary judgment on all counts in favor of the AHA, @acls1919.bsky.social, and @modernlanguage.bsky.social in our lawsuit to restore the NEH, ruling that the mass termination of grants was “unlawful, unconstitutional, ultra vires, and without legal effect." 🗃️

Breaking NEWS!! Federal judge rules DOGE illegally terminated NEH grants last year in a summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs AHA, ACLA, and MLA, and orders the restoration of 1400 terminated grants

Our catalogue "Corpus Christianorum - New and Forthcoming Titles 2026-2027" is now out. Browse the catalogue to see the exciting titles that have been and will be published between September 2025 and February 2027. Go to: bit.ly/4d3Ks8S #Patristics #PatristicStudies #Classics #Medieval

Apply now: Combined Classics Library Bursaries With the Hellenic & Roman Societies, the ICS is running a small grants scheme (up to £300) to assist unfunded scholars to visit the Library in summer 26 to advance or complete a project of research or scholarship. Deadline 7 June: shorturl.at/oAF6D

Bewerbungsschluss 3. Mai: Nur noch diese Woche könnt ihr euch für Summer School unseres Handschriftenportals (29.Sep-2. Okt 2026) bewerben! Das Motto: "Handschriftenforschung und ihr Weg ins Digitale. Kulturelles Erbe erschließen und als Forschungsdaten bereitstellen". Alle Infos👉️ sbb.berlin/3ufm2

Imagine opening old torn book only to discover that someone once repaired it using strips of paper. These strips are pieces of correspondence bearing interesting stories. Read more about them in Eng. and Ar. vevianzaki.com/hidden-corre... 𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐁𝐄 and 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐄 #mobasc #MSCA #MSCActions #Mariecurious

Conference: Multispectral Gaze: New Approaches to the Cotton Genesis, 19 June, 2026, Eliot room, Knowledge Centre, British Library. events.bl.uk/events/multi...

Congratulations to Prof. Karen B. Stern, who has been named a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow! www.gc.cuny.edu/news/profess... @classicsgc.bsky.social @brooklyncollege.bsky.social @guggfellows.bsky.social

Join us Friday May 1 for a special First Fridays Workshop featuring two presentations (by Tony Burke and Cecilia Antonelli) as part of the New Research on Apocryphal Christian Literature conference at UVA. Free to attend as always; see the poster below for details.

The First Friday of May coincides with the NASSCAL conference here at the University of Virginia. While most of the conference is in-person only, we’re maintaining the regular online First Friday workshop, this week with TWO papers.

Interview with Prof. David Michelson: From Syriaca.org to the British Library and Beyond (1) @digitalorientalist.bsky.social digitalorientalist.com/2026/04/28/i... @digilab-imafo.bsky.social @imafo-oeaw.bsky.social @coe-eurasia.bsky.social

Updates to the Perseus Digital Library Scaife Viewer: Dictionaries, Commentaries, and a preliminary interface redesign sites.tufts.edu/perseusupdat... @philologistgrc.bsky.social

Coming soon

Open Access Publication! My essay. "Canonizing Paul's Epistle to the Laodiceans," won this year's DeGruyter-Brill Prize and, as of today, is available open access. I'm really proud of this one. You can download here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Exhibit open April 11, 2026 – August 2, 2026 @ransomcenter.bsky.social Lives and Literacy in Ancient Egypt www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/... @thejohnrylands.bsky.social

New on homepage: Handschriftendigitalisate im Mount Athos Repository wieder da https://www.vonstockhausen.org/blog/athos_repository_revived Über eine Nachricht von @criticaltexts.bsky.social (Greg Paulson und Katie Leggett) bin ich darauf aufmerksam geworden, dass das Handschriften-Repositorium […]

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

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

Congratulations to Brendan Haug, author of "Garden of Egypt," on winning the 2025 American Society of Papyrologists inaugural Book Prize!

Combined Classics Library Bursaries In partnership with @hellenicsociety.bsky.social and @theromansoc.bsky.social, the Institute of Classical Studies is running a small grants scheme (up to £300) to assist unfunded scholars who wish to visit the Library in summer 2026. ics.sas.ac.uk/awards/grant...

Workshop on Coptic #Papyrology at La Sapienza (in person only: 13, 20 and 27 May, and June 3, 10 and 17 June).

Jetzt anmelden: Unsere Summer School des Handschriftenportals (29.Sep - 2. Okt 2026) hat noch Plätze frei! Das Motto: "Handschriftenforschung und ihr Weg ins Digitale. Kulturelles Erbe erschließen und als Forschungsdaten bereitstellen". Bewerbungsschluss: 3. Mai 2026. Alle Infos👉 sbb.berlin/3ufm2

Tuesday, April 21 4 PM CEST= 10AM EST Luciana Gabriela Soares Santoprete 'Beauty and Spiritual Exercises: The Vision of the Divine in Plotinus' hiw.kuleuven.be/dwmc/researc... Leuven Colloquia on Ancient Platonism (LCAP)

Die Erneuerbaren sind die Zukunft! Damit die Regierung endlich ihre rückwärtsgewandte Energiepolitik stoppt, sind gestern zehntausende Menschen in ganz Deutschland auf die Straße gegangen. Das macht klar: Menschen wollen keine fossile Abhängigkeit, sie wollen Zukunft! @katharinadroege.bsky.social

JD Vance may have forgotten where he comes from, but I am alive because of programs like Medicaid and SNAP. In Minnesota, we wrap our arms around folks when they need help.

Professor Getatchew Haile, renown scholar and advocate in the field of Ethiopian Studies, was born on this day—April 19—in 1931. In tribute to our colleague, Joe Rogers shares this remembrance of Getatchew as a neighbor in Minnesota: hmml.org/stories/getatchew-haile%E2%80%94giant-in-his-field

"I wanted to visit a country that holds such a peculiar place in the western imagination"

SBL is pleased to participate in #TalkAboutHumanities this week alongside colleagues at the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Council of Learned Societies. tinyurl.com/yuw2p5p3 #TalkAboutBiblicalStudies

Call for Applications: The Ifao Papyrology Seminar. Deadline for application: April 25, 2026. Seminars are available for Greek, Coptic, and Arabic papyrology. www.ifao.egnet.net/recherche/ma...

The Bibliographical Society of America is participating in a social media campaign with ACLS this week, and we invite you to join in! The message is simple and proactive: we need more humanities and social sciences scholars and research. #TalkAboutHumanities

FREE WEBINAR Discover the new interface of 'Sources Chrétiennes Online' 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟮𝟵 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 Morning Session: 11:00 AM (CEST) Afternoon Session: 5:00 PM (CEST) Register & Info: bit.ly/3Q2pJL4 #DigitalHumanities #Christianity #HistoryOfReligion #Religion #BREPOLiS

On Thursday, April 23, at 3:30 p.m. (CT), join Dr. Jeremy R. Brown in Minnesota for a hands-on, in-person workshop that brings the world of Ethiopic manuscripts to life, showing what we can learn simply by looking closely. RSVP for this free, in-person workshop: hmml.org/events

How do we harness the contemporary relevance, remote-accessibility, and enjoyability of classical studies to improve how it is taught? Read the article here here: 📖 https://cup.org/4vnxZFk Explore #openaccess highlights from @classicalassociation.org#openaccessjournals:📚 https://cup.org/4mnHGzM #CA2026

We've launched the website for our 'Coptic in Manchester: Connecting Manuscripts and Communities' UKRI-funded project ('26–28) with @thejohnrylands.bsky.social ! Please share! sites.google.com/view/coptici...

In two weeks Dr. David Cielontko will present his new project on parablica. Please join us! cjhnt-info.saw-leipzig.de/en/current-n...

Recently published: Working with Manuscripts. A Guide for Textual Scholars by Liv Ingeborg Lied and Brent Nongbri yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... #papyrology

SBL is proud to participate in the #TalkAboutHumanities campaign this week alongside colleagues in the American Council of Learned Societies (@acls1919.bsky.social). Watch our channels this week as we highlight the important work of SBL members. #TalkAboutBiblicalStudies

We need #TalkAboutBiblicalStudies because a better understanding of the Bible and its complex history means talk about power, empire, colonialism—and that means a better understanding of our own history. #TalkAboutHumanities

#AAR | Register for a webinAAR panel discussion with Andrew Mark Henry, the creator of the YouTube channel "Religion for Breakfast," one of the largest public-facing platforms for the academic study of religion. Join us on April 21, 2 PM: aarweb.org/event/the-ur...

Revisiting the Ancient Mediterranean World at the British Museum: Wonder and the Marvellous Weds 15 April, 4pm shorturl.at/Z4MT1 Exploring research on the theme of wonder (thauma), and a framework for thinking about craft production, description & sensorial experiences in the ancient Mediterranean.

A statement from University President Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., in support of Pope Leo XIV:

Jacob Lollar opens his workshop on Working with Manuscripts from the Mediterranean World. Thanks for hosting us @jalollar.bsky.social