Congrats to @tatepaulette.bsky.social! Yesterday was a big day in the Paulette/Grossman household :)

Thanks to the NC State College of Humanities and Social Sciences for awarding me the 2026 Outstanding Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Award. Sad to miss yesterday’s award ceremony, but @kategrossman.bsky.social and I are celebrating it (and her tenure news!) in San Francisco

I tenure at NC State today! I am so thankful to all the colleagues who supported me along the way.

Dogs racked out after a sunny Sunday afternoon jaunt around the neighborhood

My book cover is now officially on the @uchicagopress.bsky.social website, coming out on October 20! Planning some cool events involving beer, fiddlers, and lantern light. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Prepping for a discussion of ruination, conservation, and transformation in today’s Material Culture course—pairing Caitlin DeSilvey’s Curated Decay with Ness by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social and @stanleydonwood.bsky.social (in Ghostways) and a musical version of Ness by Hayden Thorpe. Should be fun

Riding through the NC State campus under an almost full moon

No Kings, Raleigh, NC

Caught a beautiful sunset over Lake Raleigh on the NC State campus during my evening bike ride

Thanks to Lauren Dogaer for inviting me to chat about beer in ancient Mesopotamia on her new podcast Drunk on History

None shall pass! Oh, okay, you can pass

Nice skies on my evening bike ride in Raleigh, NC

Thanks to Michael Kozuh for this kind and thoughtful review of my book in The American Historical Review (gift link)––"I wish more scholars would write one book like this." That's certainly nice to hear.

Some last-minute prep before I head off to discuss @shannonleedawdy.substack.com's Patina, as usual paired with selections form Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities. Always a hit with the students in my Material Culture course. After this, looking forward to Curated Decay by Caitlin DeSilvey

@kategrossman.bsky.social working hard, @daisydog hardly working

For your timeline, some cute little dogs out for a walk at Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve in Cary, NC, with @kategrossman.bsky.social

Just finished Historical Brewing Techniques by @larsga.bsky.social. I’ve been reading a few pages each evening as I wind down from the day. I loved this book and learned so much. As @kategrossman.bsky.social can attest, I regularly felt compelled to share what I had learned with those nearby

First time running into my book at a used bookstore—Reader’s Corner in Raleigh, NC

Our usual Sunday-morning walk to the local bakery, Boulted Bread. Waiting for @kategrossman.bsky.social to emerge with the goods

How I spent my NC State-mandated Wellness Day

Really enjoying IN THE LAND OF NINKASI by @tatepaulette.bsky.social, a beautifully written, super entertaining book about Mesopotamian brewing, history and culture.

Cozy Saturday with @kategrossman.bsky.social and the floofs

Thanks to @mrssbilton.bsky.social for inviting me to chat about my book on the Comfortably Hungry podcast comfortablyhungry.substack.com/p/s4e5-in-th...

I'll be hosting a Silent Book Club event this Thursday, Feb 5, 6–8pm at The Bike Library cafe in downtown Raleigh, NC. I'll talk a little about my book and will bring along a selection of other books about ancient Mesopotamia, beer, and archaeology for browsing. Hope to see you there!

We only got a few inches of snow in Raleigh last night, but there was still good sledding @dixpark.bsky.social

We had an incredible time at the "Envisioning Urban Futures" event at Hunt Library! Dr. Matthew Booker spoke on the intersection of history, food production, and ecology in our cities. Dr. Tate Paulette gave a crowd-favorite expo presentation. Dr. Fred Freitas joined the fun!

Lovely view of the Raleigh skyline from Dix Park on a chilly bike ride home from NC State after presenting a poster at the annual Envisioning Urban Futures event, this year dedicated to More-Than-Human Cities

The weird mix of sleet and snow that we got in Raleigh over the past day led to some excellent sledding. Very fast. I had to take evasive action several times to keep myself out of the creek at Dix Park

Thanks to the intrepid friends who braved the winter weather last night for our annual Burns Night celebration. As usual, @kategrossman.bsky.social whipped up some delicious haggis, neeps, tatties, and shortbread, and I spent the evening out back frying up Scotch eggs and Milky Ways

Had a nice chat with Lauren Dogaer for the Drunk on History podcast. Thanks to the floofs for keeping me company

Happy Baltic Porter Day! @kategrossman.bsky.social, the floofs, and I are celebrating at Tasty Beverage Co in Raleigh, North Carolina, with a “Baltic Porter Day 2026” from the Estonian brewery Põhjala

Who were the world’s first brewers? Tune into The Delicious Legacy podcast with Professor Tate Paulette to find out!🏺 Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Raise a glass to Tate Paulette! "In the Land of the Ninkasi" is the latest winner of the AIAs Felicia A. Holton Book Award! It's an incredible achievement for the first ever book-length exploration of beer in ancient Mesopotamia. 🍻 oxford.ly/4qzVicJ #skystorian

Emotional support Mesopotamia books.📚

Thanks to Travis Rupp for this very kind review of my book in the Classical Review

Daisy and Max reach a new milestone in their relationship: first cuddle. Snoring away, head to tail, on Xmas Eve. With @kategrossman.bsky.social

Thanks to @deliciouslegacy.bsky.social for inviting me to chat about beer in ancient Mesopotamia

To celebrate the construction of his palace, the Assyrian king, Ashurnasirpal II, held a 10 day fest for nearly 70,000 people serving 10k jars of beer like this pomegranate beer, Alappanu. youtu.be/MO0lKDNKxmE?...

Happy Solstice everyone! Headed off with @kategrossman.bsky.social and the floofs on the first leg of our holiday travels, NC —> WI

🎉 Huge congrats to Tate Paulette @tatepaulette.bsky.social for TWO major awards from the AIA @archaeological.org ! 🏆🏆 2026 Felicia A. Holton Book Award for "In the Land of Ninkasi: A History of Beer in Ancient Mesopotamia." 📚 Gold Public Engagement Award (2024–2025) for exceptional outreach. 🎤

🎉Thrilled to celebrate @tatepaulette.bsky.social, winner of the Nancy Lapp Popular Book Award at the @asor_research Annual Meeting! This award recognizes significant synthesis of Ancient Near East/Eastern Mediterranean archaeological/textual evidence made accessible to students & the public. 🎉

Congrats to Tate on the second award for his book this year!

Thanks to @archaeological.org for selecting my book for the 2026 Felicia A. Holton Book Award. And congrats to all the other award winners, including @mokersel.bsky.social, Meredith Chesson, and @chadhill.bsky.social for their Follow the Pots Project!

Another new Hamoukar publication! This time, on my excavation of Early Bronze levels at the site.

Honored to receive the Nancy Lapp Popular Book Award this weekend at the @asor-research.bsky.social Annual Meeting

If you're in North Carolina and interested in ancient beer, I'll be giving a talk at the Glass Jug Beer Lab in Research Triangle Park on Saturday, November 15. The event is sponsored by the Durham County Library. Click on the link to register

Just back from a quick trip with @kategrossman to give talks at Bryn Mawr College

In NYC for the evening with @kategrossman.bsky.social to see Waiting for Godot, featuring Bill and Ted. Party on, dudes!

Happy Halloween!

Cozy, rainy, fall night @kategrossman.bsky.social