Professor of New Testament with focus in Ancient Judaism, University of Zurich, Switzerland. FT/TT. Deadline 7 July 2026, start 1 August 2027. nt4ox.link/Zurich26

May light perpetual shine upon her. Rest in power, Marjane Marjane Satrapi, Author of ‘Persepolis,’ Dies at 56 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/w...

The money was always there for the good things.

FAFO. Chronically underfund Canadian universities and suffer the consequences. And unfortunately rankings will be the least of those consequences. @caut.bsky.social www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/eco...

France has opened up €1 university meals to every student. The subsidised 3 course meals are now available regardless of income after a survey found almost half of students had skipped meals for financial reasons. The Guardian buff.ly/ri032oB #ShareGoodNewsToo

Emmanuel College grad (PhD), Christopher Zeichmann, was recently on the "Ideas on CBC Radio" podcast talking about his book, "Radical Antiquity: Free Love Zoroastrians, Farming Pirates, and Ancient Uprisings." Listen: app.magellan.ai/listen_links... @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social

Coming June 5 from Il Saggiatore! Italian translation of Radical Antiquity! www.ilsaggiatore.com/libro/antich...

I was recently on the CBC IDEAS podcast talking about my book, Radical Antiquity. Check it out! app.magellan.ai/listen_links...

Reseñas Radical Antiquity. Free Love Zoroastrians, Farming Pirates, and Ancient Uprisings. Christopher B. Zeichmann

Yesterday, I read a fair amount of research on medieval forgeries and the central thesis was basically “monks were the best and most prolific forgers in history”—& I am honestly convinced. It’s kind of like documentary karaoke, but the imitation is predominantly of papal bulls and donation receipts.

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...

If anyone is interested - I made an Instagram account that will be exclusively devoted to author/book stuff! www.instagram.com/zeichmann_bo...

Canadian Society for Patristic Studies Annual Meeting is May 26-28, is fully hybrid, and a virtual registration is just $25 Canadian---what's not to love? cspsacep.ca/reunion-meet...

Anti-Authoritarian Community - The Shinmin Prefecture (Manchuria) 'Decisions were largely made in village assemblies, with a federated structure of councils at the village, district and regional levels handling larger matters.’ anarwiki.org/wiki/Shinmin... #anarchism #community

Coming in July - more details soon!

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

personally I think it's a very big deal that the Canada bureau chief for the @nytimes.com — certainly one of the highest-paid journalists in the country — asked an unspecified "AI tool" what Poilievre said & published its AI-hallucinated quotes in her reporting.

I had a great time talking about Athenian, pirate, and Canadian democracy at Brains and Barstools the other day! Thanks to everyone who came out to the event!

Many thanks to @cbzeichmann.bsky.social for this glowing review of God's Ghostwriters for JECS muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... I am especially glad that he mentioned the website with the notes (candidamoss.com/gods-ghostwr...)

Maybe it’s just me and my feed, but I haven’t seen enough chatter about the discovery of this marble statue of Athena in Turkey, specifically Laodicea.

"Adjuncts are essential to Liberty University's mission of training Champions for Christ" because there's nothing Jesus loved more than exploited labor

The President calls every black person he doesn’t like “low IQ” and the media believes it absolutely critical we draw no conclusions from that

Solidarity is stronger than borders.

Eyewitness video from the scene of today's ICE shooting in California appears to (you guessed it) contradict officials' claims that the man "weaponized" his vehicle. The car is reversing and the agents appear to be well clear of it.

Anything you hear from any ICE mercenary, FBI agent, DHS agent, Department of Justice stooge, or representative of the federal government—it's a safe bet that it is a lie. That includes sworn statements delivered under oath. Remember that from here on. Whatever they say, it's probably a lie.

Has anyone asked Pope Leo what he thinks about Daredevil? He’s the first pope who might plausibly have Daredevil opinions

I'm excited to announce that that I will be part of the Toronto Public Library's On Civil Society series! I will be in conversation about Radical Antiquity, which will later air as part of CBC's Ideas radio show. May 5th, 7-8pm at the Toronto Reference Library. tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/69...

Happy anniversary to the only time the senate stopped a dictator.

The federal government is explicitly arguing that "wearing black clothes" at a noise demonstration is "enough to convict the eight defendants accused of material support" for terrorism. The outcome of this trial cold be catastrophic.

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what do you do when your desired outcome (banning gender-affirming care) goes against the medical consensus? easy: simply exclude 97% of the relevant medical studies from your review...

Part 2!

Good thing some US colleges are closing their Religious Studies departments—definitively not “useful” at all or an area of expertise that might be relevant for understanding our present…

Join us next week as we continue our conversation on Program Restructuring... ua-edu.zoom.us/j/8635744371... #religiousstudies #highered #university #religion

I have seen a lot of cursed stuff in my time in academia but this is among the *most* cursed. Grammarly is generating miniature LLMs based on academic work so that users can have their writing ‘reviewed’ by experts like David Abulafia, who died less than two months ago.

I had a great time chatting with @margaret.bsky.social about the book! I'm guessing Part Two of the interview will drop later this week!

New Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff 📖 Margaret interviews ancient historian @cbzeichmann.bsky.social about all the wild stuff happening in the ancient world and confirms her guesses about Spartacus and the Third Servile War @margaret.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social linktr.ee/coolpeoplepod

This looks incredible - early career scholars and PhD students check this out!

Access Vincent L. Wimbush's Presidential Address, “Interpreters—Enslaving/Enslaved/Runagate” in JBL 130.1. buff.ly/Z66VcDy #BlackHistorySBL26

Do you like the idea of supporting my work, but hate the idea of touching a book? You're in luck! The audiobook for Radical Antiquity was released today. Use that extra Audible credit or ask your local library to add it on Hoopla or Overdrive! rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/9798318511561/

I’ve spent years of my life trying to explain to people that anti-trans conservatism naturally flows from their belief that children in the American nuclear family are not individuals with autonomy, but instead property of the parents and state, and this guy just… tweeted it out

It has to be two consecutive historical left-populist landslides, so lopsided that they’re both far beyond theft range, in order to barely oust the regime. That requires sudden vast appeal to some of the 90 million nonvoters (voteshaming simply doesn’t work, so chuck that brainfailed instinct).

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The Destruction of Jerusalem in Nineteenth-Century German Culture ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

I feel nauseous. thedailytexan.com/2026/02/10/f...

My department is hiring a 2-year VAP in Religious Studies & Africana Studies (cross-appointed in both programs). Interdisciplinary teaching is a huge plus! rhodes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Rhodes...

Final reminder: closing date is the end of this week - Feb 15th! 👇🏻

Yeah I’m looking for my dog (girlfriend who has a restraining order against me and she has a dog) and here’s the picture of the dog (she walks this dog and I can use it to figure out her schedule) thanks for sending all footage my way

Casting UK based Scholars! For a new series (Smithsonia) on the history of ruins. We need experts on: 🔹 Ancient Rome/Greece 🔹 Medieval England 🔹 WWII & Nazi Remains 🔹 Native American Sites 🔹 US Civil War ​📅 Shoots mid-March. 📧 [email protected] ​#History #UKBased