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Annette Yoshiko Reed
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Stendahl Chair at Harvard Divinity School / studying demons, apocalypses, and ancient identities, between memory and forgetting

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Annette Yoshiko Reed is an American religious historian. She holds the Krister Stendahl Chair at Harvard Divinity School. Reed's research interests span the topics of Second Temple Judaism, early Christianity, and Jewish/Christian relations in Late Antiquity, with particular attention to retheorizing religion, identity, difference, and forgetting. She is the daughter of political scientist Steven Reed and his wife Michiko. .. more

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Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · 2d
A piece about me in my high school alum bulletin :) exeter.edu/annette-yosh...
Annette Yoshiko Reed '91: Rediscovered Stories - Phillips Exeter Academy
Annette Yoshiko Reed ’91 examines cultural and religious forgetting.
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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 7h
Texas A&M reinventing "prior restraints"

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The Texas A&M University System will vote on Thursday on whether to prohibit faculty at its 11 universities from teaching “race or gender ideology” unless those lessons are pre-approved by each campus president or a delegate.

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Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · 9h
Needs more cats though
Two cats sitting on chair in a room with many books

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My day has come
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From the NYT Style section. This makes book piles legitimate decor choices, right?
An elegant bedroom absolutely full of books.

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Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 17h
I got to go on @mikemotia.bsky.social 's podcast, New Books in Late Antiquity, and talk about my new book, Things Unseen!

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Ellen Muehlberger,
Podcast Episode · New Books in Late Antiquity · 11/10/2025 · 1h 14m
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d
“.. During the call, which took place with a Block Club reporter present, the anonymous representative told a group of faith leaders and activists that ‘There is no more prayer in front of building or inside the building ..’”

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Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · 1d
A pile more Ge’ez!!

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Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · 1d
A pile more Ge’ez!!

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AaronM @aaronm.bsky.social · 1d
A much more exciting week brought 76 #Manuscripts online at the #Vatican www.wiglaf.org/vatican/2025...
Includes a glossed Priscian, a bunch of 17th C Barberini stuff, a pile more Ge'ez, many Cicero, Iñigo de Mendoça's Spanish _Vita Christiana_, and MORE
#MedievalSky #Skystorians
Vatican Manuscripts Added Week 45 of 2025
A total of seventy-six manuscripts were digitized this past week. Barb.lat, with twenty-nine, and Ott.lat with twenty-eight, contributed the majority of the volumes, following recent patterns. A full ...
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Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · 1d
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Betsy Uhrig @betsyuhrig.bsky.social · 1d
From the NYT Style section. This makes book piles legitimate decor choices, right?
An elegant bedroom absolutely full of books.

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Research Group on Manuscript Evidence @rgmemss.bsky.social · 1d
Up next: manuscriptevidence.org//wpme/2025-r... "Break-Up Books and Make-Up Books", 21-23 November (hybrid at Princeton and online). Experts, students, collectors, lovers of books look at fragments. Join us!
2025 RGME Autumn Colloquium on Fragments -
2025 RGME Autumn Colloquium on Fragments “Break-Up Books and Make-Up Books: Encountering and Reconstructing the Legacy of Otto F. Ege and Other Biblioclasts“ Friday to Sunday 21–23 November 2025 Hybri...
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Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · 2d
Describe your cat's personality with one photo
Black cat, paws crossed daintily, judging

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John Kuhn @johnmkuhn.bsky.social · 2d
If you know anyone who works on medieval Judaism, please send them this! Binghamton is hiring a Talmud/Rabbinics assistant prof: half in Judaic Studies, half in the Med/Ren center. A killer R1 job for the right person, and not a ton of applicants so far....
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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 2d
Yes! The thing abt public libraries that is so beautiful & crucial is the idea that *anybody* could do this — you need no credential, there’s no gatekeeping, literally any person can be an intellectual. You can come from absolutely nothing & yet, by means of curiosity + work, create real knowledge
jeffreyinsko.bsky.social Jeffrey Insko @jeffreyinsko.bsky.social · 2d
I wrote a significant chunk of my first book at a Chicago Public Library, an amazing public space where people could read books and newspapers, access the internet, or just keep warm for a while on a cold day. This is appalling.
casella.bsky.social Jake Casella Brookins @casella.bsky.social · 2d
CPL is an absolute palace to the people and these proposed cuts are abominable. Artificial austerity. Chicago folks, read this, check the links to bug the mayor and your alders—this can be fought and won.

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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 2d
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 3d
In the name of "fighting antisemitism," Indiana University appointed a Christian scholar to tell Jewish scholars what they can and cannot say - all while they invited Tucker Carlson to speak on campus. www.jta.org/2025/11/07/u...
In Indiana, a vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel and speech - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
A leadership shakeup, a defunded graduate student and political pressure from above have turned a storied program into a flashpoint for Trump-era campus politics.
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International Catacomb Society @catacombsociety.bsky.social · 3d
We are now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Shohet Scholars Grant for research on the Ancient Mediterranean! Awards range from $2,000-$30,000.

Deadline is Feburary 1, 2026.

More information: www.catacombsociety.org/shohet-schol...
2026-2027 SHOHET SCHOLARS GRANT FOR RESEARCH ON THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN The Shohet Scholars Grant of the International Catacomb Society is now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Shohet Scholars cohort. Awards up to $30,000. Submission deadline is February 1, 2026. This annual grant program funds research on the Ancient Mediterranean. Projects need not focus on the catacombs. Shohet Scholars may do their research in archaeology, art history, classical studies, history, comparative religions, or related subjects. We welcome interdisciplinary projects that approach traditional topics from new perspectives. For further information and to apply go to the ICS website: www.catacombsociety.org/shohet-scholars/. Email questions to ShohetICS@gmail.com Image of fresco of a bird and a shepherd with a sheep over his shoulders. Paintings from the Catacombs of Domatilla in Rome.

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Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies @sims-mss.bsky.social · 3d
Today’s #FragmentFriday is from the binding of LJS 470, which is a 16th century Italian collection, written in Hebrew, of medical and magical texts. The fragments are deep in the spine, and haven’t been cataloged or identified. Can you tell what this is? #medievalsky

🔗: https://bit.ly/43GkrIS

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Fred Michel @horticulturalart.bsky.social · 3d
66117.01 Ginkgo biloba #Ginkgobiloba #Ginkgo #leaves #fallcolor #fallfoliage #gold #pattern #mosaic

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Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · 4d
I have been very busy ruining, whew!
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 4d
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women

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Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 4d
I think it's live---I just downloaded a chapter from my new book, Things Unseen, to test the OA link, and it worked

deprime, lege

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adam searle @admsrl.bsky.social · 4d
These courses have not been ‘suspended’ at all; such language only minimises what is actually happening at Nottingham: a systemic gutting out of the arts and humanities with no clear business case. These cuts affect us all; please, join UCU in fighting for our future

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Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 4d
'Music and modern foreign languages degrees are among courses being suspended at the University of Nottingham, with the institution saying it “cannot rely on additional income” from the coming tuition fee rises.' 1/3
Nottingham suspends music, language and nursing courses
University says financial uncertainties continue as government’s proposed student levy will ‘wipe out any benefits’ from rising tuition fees
www.timeshighereducation.com

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Annette Yoshiko Reed @annetteyreed.bsky.social · 4d
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Nathanael Larigaldie @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social · 5d
Ok, just wow. If the content of this article is right, this is depressing. We're slowly reaching the point where ~100% of what I was taught in Social Psych was either innocently wrong or plainly frauded

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Debunking “When Prophecy Fails”
In 1954, Dorothy Martin predicted an apocalyptic flood and promised her followers rescue by flying saucers. When neither arrived, she recanted, her group dissolved, and efforts to proselytize ceased....
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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 5d
🧠 Learn the basics of Old High German in just one day—perfect for students, linguists, and medievalists! medievalstudies.thinkific.com/courses/german #oldhighgerman
Old High German Workshop
This one-day workshop is devoted to exploring the diverse texts and genres that make up the vibrant yet circumscribed body of Old High German literature and the literary, intellectual, and religious…
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Writing for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 5d
Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what’s inside you, to make your soul grow.
— Kurt Vonnegut
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