Research Associate (Fixed Term) at University of Cambridge: “The Faculty of Divinity invites applications for a full time Research Associate in Literary Platonism: 1500 to the present.”

okay the rough outline has shifted a bit to make room for more in-class work on the final "casting the saints" assignment. also including snapshot of (rough draft!) of the assignments. comments welcome (but please be nice I'm fragile!)!

Spouses of U.S. citizens have traditionally had a special place in immigration law. That's no longer the case, according to the administration and immigration lawyers.

The U.S. is on the brink of surpassing last year’s total measles cases, putting the country on track to set a new record before summer’s end.

Cape Verde's national team received a huge, celebratory welcome home after their historic first World Cup appearance, reaching the round of 32 and pushing Argentina into extra time.

This is an actual screenshot from the syllabus for this class. Beyond parody

I’d love it if you’d sign this. It might not prevent me and my colleagues losing our jobs, but it will draw attention to the ideological vandalism being perpetrated by the wealthy execs running our university. Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter - sign the petition below! c.org/NpvY4sR9gH

this (from @ekaputrat.bsky.social) looks great! academic.oup.com/jaar/advance...

Looks like it’s time to bring back the #chroniclepitchbot again. “Is this decontextualized, historically inept, and badly substantiated report by tenured professors at high profile institutions stupid and violent? We asked the writers.” www.chronicle.com/article/insi...

Cited Professors Say the Vanderbilt Report Misrepresents Their Work The report on the state of humanities scholarship has generated a lot of debate in academic circles and received backlash from the leading anthropology association. https://bit.ly/4aoW45U #AcademicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd

The AAUP chapters at Vanderbilt & Wash U have issued a joint statement denouncing the “State of Scholarship” report commissioned by their chancellors. Please, let’s make this as widely read as the gaslighting to which it responds.

If you're interested in divine names in early Christianity and/or comparative theological analysis, check out my book: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

It's my BIRTHDAY today 🥳! Thank you for all the birthday wishes...but my biggest birthday wish is that you'd PREORDER my book, The Platinum Age of Gospel: The Years When Crossover Music Changed Everything. Head to linktr.ee/CharriseBarron or my website in my bio #PlatinumAge#PlatinumAgeofGospel

The latest volume of _Studies in Church History_ focuses on the theme of the interaction of the Church & military. Lots to take in from Crusades to Mongols, but I am enjoying Christopher Scargill’s discussion of evangelism along Hadrian’s Wall & beyond after 367 CE. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

President Trump's vow to revoke citizenship worries immigrant advocates, legal scholars and naturalized Americans — but so far it's proving harder to do than the rhetoric suggests. n.pr/4x98CbA

Available now in Open Access — free to browse and download. I’m thrilled that this book is finally seeing the light of day. It’s been quite the journey. Many thanks to all the friends and colleagues who helped me along the way!

Excited to have a hard copy to consult and reread! Thanks, @matthijsdendulk.bsky.social!

For those who have recently submitted work to the Journal of Biblical Literature, might you be willing to share your review timelines? I’d be grateful for a sense of others’ experience, either on this thread or by DM. #aarsbl #sblaar

Four miners were rescued on Saturday after being trapped in a cave in Laos for more than a week. All five people who had been found there alive are accounted for, after one miner was freed on Friday. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/w...

I wrote a review of Jonathan A. Anderson's excellent "The Invisibility of Religion in Contemporary Art" for @readingreligion.bsky.social just in time before RR ceases operations. Essential book for theology and the arts folks. readingreligion.org/978026820918...

Sure did read this

New Cambridge Element 🚨 A Franciscan Tombstone in Fourteenth-Century China, by Nancy Wu was just published. Read it for free for the next 2 weeks at cup.org/4dM6PAg

Happy to see this feature on Gabrielle Thomas, who is soon coming to the Quad as Dean of Berkeley Divinity School and YDS Professor in the Practice of Early Christian, Anglican, and Theological Studies. livingchurch.org/news/news-ep...

Murder. Theft. Tischendorf. Codex Alexandrinus. GA 81. What brings those together? A journey to Alexandria, a trail of manuscripts, and a mystery with more twists than expected, hidden in the story of a grieving library: futureofthepastlab.com/2026/05/27/c...

Israel has intensified its deadly military campaign against Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group, in recent days, striking targets across Lebanon. At least 31 people in the country were killed in the strikes on Tuesday, according to the Lebanese health ministry.

Out in the world! Congratulations, @philharland.bsky.social !

The young women make photos that look at life — how it is, how they wish it could be — under Taliban rule. The images are on display at the Photoville Festival in Brooklyn, New York.

Corruption in plain sight.

Little by little, Trump is shrinking MAGA down to its molten core. *Alienating noncollege/rural whites *and* Latinos/young *Forcing disloyal Rs out of GOP *Demanding Rs fund ballroom *Insisting Rs defend 1/6 slush fund *Wrecking economy with tariffs and war From me: newrepublic.com/article/2108...

Canada as a state. Greenland as a state. Iran as a state. The Western hemisphere as a state. Stuff like this should immediately end a presidency, seeing as it wildly violates the UN Charter & massively endangers US national security. But alas, he is One Special Boy & nothing seems to matter anymore.

“After a monthslong sabbatical, Jones said she plans to return to Union’s faculty to teach theology and focus on writing. One of her next projects may take aim at ‘tech bros like Peter Thiel who are using John Calvin as the theological buttress for their techno-fascist desires and projects’”

Fascinating research shows that actively religious Americans are the group most confident in AI. This clearly shows that you must have strong faith to be optimistic about AI 🤣 Source: www.thegospelcoalition.org/ai-christian...

Was just informed by @katgelk.bsky.social that _From Slave to Saint: Onesimus Throughout Christian History_ now has a page on @fortresspress.bsky.social's website! Consider pre-ordering for Jan 2027 to learn more about Onesimus from the 1st–20th centuries www.fortresspress.com/store/produc...

The way Ron DeSantis has turned Florida’s previously top-notch university system into a lavish slush fund for his friends and co-segregationists needs to be the subject of a withering political campaign. Everyone who touched this process should be made radioactive in polite society.

“.. What is happening is an assault on democracy, and they’re using the easiest vector, which is anti-Black racism, because it’s the easiest thing you could do, the laziest thing you can do,” Nelson said. @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/m...

The Gifford Lectures with Prof Paula Fredriksen are now finished, but if you missed any, were unable to make it, or would like to watch them again, the good news is that they're all online! All six are linked in this 🧵⬇️ #Giffords2026

inventing christianity was honored to host this panel celebrating the work of elizabeth castelli. and we were thrilled when AJR expressed interest in publishing them. please check out these essays; they are all phenomenal!

I’ll be giving a plenary lecture at the Society of Asian Biblical Studies (SABS) meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, next month on something I’ve been thinking about for many years. Friends, if you’re in town, I hope to see you there!

Logos Free Book of the Month: Klink and Lockett, Understanding Biblical Theology readingacts.com/2026/05/01/l...

this from @sabrinainowlocki.bsky.social looks great! coming in July! www.cambridge.org/core/element...

My book is 50% off through Princeton's Spring Sale if you were looking to snag it at a deal. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Proofs! Coming out soon in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion.

“Once you call students consumers, you have already restructured every relationship on which the university depends.” hyperallergic.com/the-death-of...

UVa became a hotbed of racist eugenics in the first part of the 20th century thanks to then-president Edwin Alderman, including bringing aboard Bean and others to train future doctors and lawmakers archive.news.virginia.edu/content/uva-...

We are thrilled with this gorgeous cover for our forthcoming book, Avoiding Antisemitism: A Guide for Christians! Thanks to the team at @eerdmansbooks.bsky.social for making it happen (again!) @evandeneykel.bsky.social @apocalypsenow5.bsky.social

Breaking News: Spirit Airlines is preparing to shut down after failing to strike a deal for a financial lifeline from the Trump administration, two people familiar with the matter said. nyti.ms/4tQqtlm

President Trump’s war in Iran is as unpopular among Americans as the Iraq War during the year of peak violence in 2006 and the Vietnam War in the early 1970s, according to a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll.

Thrilled to see my latest article on the historical Jesus in the Journal of Biblical Literature in print! @sblsite.bsky.social doi.org/10.15699/jbl...

Fans from several countries participating in the World Cup must deposit up to $15,000 in bond payments to be granted a tourist visa to enter the United States, while organiser FIFA is privately pressing the Trump administration to make exemptions for players. @adamcrafton.bsky.social

I think the call for political messages in art is self-defeating for this reason. political art is likeliest to work if the underlying artistic work is successful as art, which is only likely if the artists focus (heavily if not exclusively) on the art itself as art.