Christine Johnston
@archaeologuest.bsky.social
Archaeologist of bronze age people and pots and environment 🏺public history and pedagogy with Peopling the Past
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TADA – TEACHING ANCIENT IN A DIGITAL AGE
wp.wwu.edu
🚨 Announcement: Call for applications for Teaching Ancient in a Digital Age, an NEH funded institute for higher education faculty (May–October 2026; wp.wwu.edu/tada/) 🚨
Applications close March 6th, 2026 at 11:59pm Pacific Time: wp.wwu.edu/tada/applica...
Applications close March 6th, 2026 at 11:59pm Pacific Time: wp.wwu.edu/tada/applica...
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Thanks to Matthew Sears for co-writing this piece with me for the @theglobeandmail.com: it was fun! Our focus is on the broader meaning of a quote from 5th c. BCE historian and general Thucydides' Melian Dialogue used by Mark Carney in his Davos speech. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: ‘Might is right’ led to the Athenians’ downfall. Trump should heed their warning – and Carney’s
Hegemons eventually fall victim to the consequences of the brutal world they help to forge. America would be wise to learn that just treatment is in everyone’s interests
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Thanks to Matthew Sears for co-writing this piece with me for the @theglobeandmail.com: it was fun! Our focus is on the broader meaning of a quote from 5th c. BCE historian and general Thucydides' Melian Dialogue used by Mark Carney in his Davos speech. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Tired of excuses and obfuscation from the EAA Executive?
Want a collegial and supportive society fit for its members?
Read our call for voting and boycotting below!
#boycottEAA
LINK: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Want a collegial and supportive society fit for its members?
Read our call for voting and boycotting below!
#boycottEAA
LINK: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
January 21, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Tired of excuses and obfuscation from the EAA Executive?
Want a collegial and supportive society fit for its members?
Read our call for voting and boycotting below!
#boycottEAA
LINK: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Want a collegial and supportive society fit for its members?
Read our call for voting and boycotting below!
#boycottEAA
LINK: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
January 26, 2026 at 10:14 PM
ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
🚨 Announcement: Call for applications for Teaching Ancient in a Digital Age, an NEH funded institute for higher education faculty (May–October 2026; wp.wwu.edu/tada/) 🚨
Applications close March 6th, 2026 at 11:59pm Pacific Time: wp.wwu.edu/tada/applica...
Applications close March 6th, 2026 at 11:59pm Pacific Time: wp.wwu.edu/tada/applica...
TADA – TEACHING ANCIENT IN A DIGITAL AGE
wp.wwu.edu
January 12, 2026 at 10:04 PM
🚨 Announcement: Call for applications for Teaching Ancient in a Digital Age, an NEH funded institute for higher education faculty (May–October 2026; wp.wwu.edu/tada/) 🚨
Applications close March 6th, 2026 at 11:59pm Pacific Time: wp.wwu.edu/tada/applica...
Applications close March 6th, 2026 at 11:59pm Pacific Time: wp.wwu.edu/tada/applica...
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Congrats to all @scsclassics.bsky.social outreach award winners last night! Outreach sustains our field and grows our community to include everyone interested in the ancient world. Can’t thank @candidamoss.bsky.social, Anne Groton, @lexie-henning.bsky.social, & @tastinghistory.bsky.social enough.
January 10, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Congrats to all @scsclassics.bsky.social outreach award winners last night! Outreach sustains our field and grows our community to include everyone interested in the ancient world. Can’t thank @candidamoss.bsky.social, Anne Groton, @lexie-henning.bsky.social, & @tastinghistory.bsky.social enough.
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Following yesterday's EAA Special Meeting, I have submitted a complaint to the EAA Appeal and Anti-Harassment Committee. I post it here, with names redacted, for any members who were not present. Thank you so much to everyone who has reached out with messages of solidarity and support 🙏💓🙏
January 10, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Following yesterday's EAA Special Meeting, I have submitted a complaint to the EAA Appeal and Anti-Harassment Committee. I post it here, with names redacted, for any members who were not present. Thank you so much to everyone who has reached out with messages of solidarity and support 🙏💓🙏
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I was just denied access to the ICE processing center at the Whipple Building.
Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.
The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.
The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
JUST NOW: Huge mass of agents in a standoff, weapons drawn as Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison attempt to conduct congressional oversight at the Whipple Building, which has been HQ for thousands of ICE agents.
@zeteo.com
@zeteo.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I was just denied access to the ICE processing center at the Whipple Building.
Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.
The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.
The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
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Pasts Imperfect is back from break! This week, we focus on AI ethics and labor with @illdottore.bsky.social, Christine Johnston & Leigh Anne Lieberman. Then, ancient bees in jawbones, Roman camels in Basel, a book on temple robbery, new ancient world journals @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & much more
Pasts Imperfect (1.8.26)
This week, we are back from holiday break with a deep dive into the ethics, big business, and myth-peddling of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in higher education. Then, bees in ancient jawbones within t...
pasts-imperfect.ghost.io
January 8, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Pasts Imperfect is back from break! This week, we focus on AI ethics and labor with @illdottore.bsky.social, Christine Johnston & Leigh Anne Lieberman. Then, ancient bees in jawbones, Roman camels in Basel, a book on temple robbery, new ancient world journals @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & much more
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Everyday Orientalism turns 10 in 2026 and we have some news! More info: everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2026/01/06/e...
January 6, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Everyday Orientalism turns 10 in 2026 and we have some news! More info: everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2026/01/06/e...
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🚨Urgent‼️ The EAA has doxxed members who have been working to reestablish justice, democracy and accountability in the association. This is a chilling move. We must take action. ALL EAA MEMBERS OUT FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING THIS FRIDAY JAN 9TH! #EAAforDemocracy
January 7, 2026 at 4:34 PM
🚨Urgent‼️ The EAA has doxxed members who have been working to reestablish justice, democracy and accountability in the association. This is a chilling move. We must take action. ALL EAA MEMBERS OUT FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING THIS FRIDAY JAN 9TH! #EAAforDemocracy
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Another week, more cutting of the humanities. Bur the data remain clear: cutting the humanities for ‘relevance’ or ‘finances’ is bad logic. It’s a constructed narrative too many people uncritically buy into. There are better reasons not to cut us. But it’s worth calling out these dangerous myths.
Pasts Imperfect 8.14.25
This week, Mellon Leadership Fellow and Nero scholar Lauren Donovan Ginsberg busts the myth of the useless humanist. Then, new ancient world scholarship, new journal issues for a global antiquity, upc...
pasts-imperfect.ghost.io
December 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Another week, more cutting of the humanities. Bur the data remain clear: cutting the humanities for ‘relevance’ or ‘finances’ is bad logic. It’s a constructed narrative too many people uncritically buy into. There are better reasons not to cut us. But it’s worth calling out these dangerous myths.
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🚨IOF STEALING HERITAGE
The IOF stormed the town of Al-Maza'a Al-Sharqiyah in the West Bank and stole an ancient column from it!
Does the leadership of @asor-research.bsky.social - who had no problem hosting and partying with many 🇮🇱 archaeologists at their congress 2 weeks ago - have anything to say?
The IOF stormed the town of Al-Maza'a Al-Sharqiyah in the West Bank and stole an ancient column from it!
Does the leadership of @asor-research.bsky.social - who had no problem hosting and partying with many 🇮🇱 archaeologists at their congress 2 weeks ago - have anything to say?
December 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
🚨IOF STEALING HERITAGE
The IOF stormed the town of Al-Maza'a Al-Sharqiyah in the West Bank and stole an ancient column from it!
Does the leadership of @asor-research.bsky.social - who had no problem hosting and partying with many 🇮🇱 archaeologists at their congress 2 weeks ago - have anything to say?
The IOF stormed the town of Al-Maza'a Al-Sharqiyah in the West Bank and stole an ancient column from it!
Does the leadership of @asor-research.bsky.social - who had no problem hosting and partying with many 🇮🇱 archaeologists at their congress 2 weeks ago - have anything to say?
this is a wonderful new funding opportunity—please share widely 🙏🥳
Excited to announce a brilliant new fellowship opportunity together with the Honor Frost Foundation. See below for more details & caari.org to find out about our other fellowships now open: honorfrostfoundation.org/2025/11/24/c...
CAARI-HFF Graduate Fellowship - Honor Frost Foundation
CAARI-HFF Graduate Fellowship The fellowship offers one grant of £2000 to a graduate student of any nationality, with a preference given to scholars from Egypt, Cyprus, Lebanon, and Syria, enrolled in...
honorfrostfoundation.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:33 AM
this is a wonderful new funding opportunity—please share widely 🙏🥳
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🏺The conference "Urban Heritage in Crisis in Egypt, Sudan & Palestine" was SO special!
🙏Huge thanks to @gmandreou.bsky.social
@archaeologuest.bsky.social & Noha Abou-Khatwa for being a dream team
📽️Recordings coming up on Everyday Orientalism
everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/c...
🙏Huge thanks to @gmandreou.bsky.social
@archaeologuest.bsky.social & Noha Abou-Khatwa for being a dream team
📽️Recordings coming up on Everyday Orientalism
everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/c...
November 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
🏺The conference "Urban Heritage in Crisis in Egypt, Sudan & Palestine" was SO special!
🙏Huge thanks to @gmandreou.bsky.social
@archaeologuest.bsky.social & Noha Abou-Khatwa for being a dream team
📽️Recordings coming up on Everyday Orientalism
everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/c...
🙏Huge thanks to @gmandreou.bsky.social
@archaeologuest.bsky.social & Noha Abou-Khatwa for being a dream team
📽️Recordings coming up on Everyday Orientalism
everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/c...
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Musk has apparently manipulated Grok so much that it says he's a better athlete than LeBron James and a funnier comedian than Jerry Seinfeld.
Imagine being so insecure you need to program an LLM to boost you like that.
Imagine being so insecure you need to program an LLM to boost you like that.
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Musk has apparently manipulated Grok so much that it says he's a better athlete than LeBron James and a funnier comedian than Jerry Seinfeld.
Imagine being so insecure you need to program an LLM to boost you like that.
Imagine being so insecure you need to program an LLM to boost you like that.
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Israel to Expropriate Hundreds of Acres of Palestinian Land for West Bank Archaeological Site - West Bank
www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...
www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...
Israel to expropriate hundreds of acres of Palestinian land for West Bank archaeology site
The Expropriation Order Is the Largest Ever Issued for an Archeological Project Since Israel Occupied the West Bank in 1967 and Is Sure to Affect the Residents of Nearby Palestinian Villages. Thousand...
www.haaretz.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Israel to Expropriate Hundreds of Acres of Palestinian Land for West Bank Archaeological Site - West Bank
www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...
www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...
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🐦🔎The University of British Columbia hosts talk on excavation conducted next to Israeli torture camp: Megiddo is the site of one of the largest torture camps for Palestinians; the dig is right next to the prison
sparrows4palestine.substack.com/p/ubc-hosts-...
sparrows4palestine.substack.com/p/ubc-hosts-...
UBC hosts talk on excavation conducted next to Israeli torture camp
Megiddo is the site of one of the largest torture camps for Palestinians; the dig is right next to the prison
sparrows4palestine.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
🐦🔎The University of British Columbia hosts talk on excavation conducted next to Israeli torture camp: Megiddo is the site of one of the largest torture camps for Palestinians; the dig is right next to the prison
sparrows4palestine.substack.com/p/ubc-hosts-...
sparrows4palestine.substack.com/p/ubc-hosts-...
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Our countdown to Halloween continues with today’s look back to our series on monsters and demons in the ancient world!
Check out #PeoplingBlog #35 Researching Monstrosity in Greek Literature with Fiona Mitchell here:
peoplingthepast.com/2021/10/08/b...
Check out #PeoplingBlog #35 Researching Monstrosity in Greek Literature with Fiona Mitchell here:
peoplingthepast.com/2021/10/08/b...
October 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Our countdown to Halloween continues with today’s look back to our series on monsters and demons in the ancient world!
Check out #PeoplingBlog #35 Researching Monstrosity in Greek Literature with Fiona Mitchell here:
peoplingthepast.com/2021/10/08/b...
Check out #PeoplingBlog #35 Researching Monstrosity in Greek Literature with Fiona Mitchell here:
peoplingthepast.com/2021/10/08/b...
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Once again urging archaeologists to critically assess the AI push into archaeology. There is a huge swath of problematic ethical issues that come with the AI tech & tech lords & we don't have to make it easier for them to insert themselves in archaeology by welcoming them in. Don't be complicit.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Once again urging archaeologists to critically assess the AI push into archaeology. There is a huge swath of problematic ethical issues that come with the AI tech & tech lords & we don't have to make it easier for them to insert themselves in archaeology by welcoming them in. Don't be complicit.
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As we approach Halloween, it’s time to dig into the archives to highlight some of our spooky content! 😱
Today, we look back to our series on “Cursing in the Ancient World” with Blog #87 The Perils of Love: Love Spells in Coptic Magic with Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin
peoplingthepast.com/2023/10/20/b...
Today, we look back to our series on “Cursing in the Ancient World” with Blog #87 The Perils of Love: Love Spells in Coptic Magic with Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin
peoplingthepast.com/2023/10/20/b...
October 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
As we approach Halloween, it’s time to dig into the archives to highlight some of our spooky content! 😱
Today, we look back to our series on “Cursing in the Ancient World” with Blog #87 The Perils of Love: Love Spells in Coptic Magic with Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin
peoplingthepast.com/2023/10/20/b...
Today, we look back to our series on “Cursing in the Ancient World” with Blog #87 The Perils of Love: Love Spells in Coptic Magic with Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin
peoplingthepast.com/2023/10/20/b...
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Our countdown to Halloween continues today as we look back to our series exploring the presence of the Undead and highlight #PeoplingBlog 68: Controlling the Restless Dead in Mesopotamia with JoAnn Scurlock
peoplingthepast.com/2022/10/28/b...
peoplingthepast.com/2022/10/28/b...
October 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Our countdown to Halloween continues today as we look back to our series exploring the presence of the Undead and highlight #PeoplingBlog 68: Controlling the Restless Dead in Mesopotamia with JoAnn Scurlock
peoplingthepast.com/2022/10/28/b...
peoplingthepast.com/2022/10/28/b...
Can't wait for this event!
Follow the link to RSVP for online participation👇
Follow the link to RSVP for online participation👇
🚨THIS WEEK: Endangered Urban Heritage in Egypt, Sudan and Palestine hybrid conference
co-organized w Noha Abou-Khatwa, @archaeologuest.bsky.social + @gmandreou.bsky.social
everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/c...
co-organized w Noha Abou-Khatwa, @archaeologuest.bsky.social + @gmandreou.bsky.social
everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/c...
Cities on the Edge Workshop: Program is Out!
The program for the workshop Cities on the Edge: Documenting, Preserving, and Teaching Endangered Urban Heritage in Egypt, Sudan and Palestine is now out! The event will take place on Oct. 31 and N…
everydayorientalism.wordpress.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Can't wait for this event!
Follow the link to RSVP for online participation👇
Follow the link to RSVP for online participation👇
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Two posts warned me about the timeline and yet I still wasn’t prepared for it.
Open the page. Scroll down to the timeline. Go through the timeline.
It’s… shocking
It’s… shocking
The White House Building
Every president since John Adams has occupied the White House, and the history of this building extends far beyond the construction of its walls. From the Ground Floor Corridor rooms, transformed from...
www.whitehouse.gov
October 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Two posts warned me about the timeline and yet I still wasn’t prepared for it.
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From the Sameer Project:
“Since the ceasefire talks, 38 donors cancelled their monthly subscription. The genocide didn’t end and Palestinians in Gaza still need our material support. Can we get a new 38 people to subscribe monthly?”
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“Since the ceasefire talks, 38 donors cancelled their monthly subscription. The genocide didn’t end and Palestinians in Gaza still need our material support. Can we get a new 38 people to subscribe monthly?”
x.com/sameerprojec...
October 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
From the Sameer Project:
“Since the ceasefire talks, 38 donors cancelled their monthly subscription. The genocide didn’t end and Palestinians in Gaza still need our material support. Can we get a new 38 people to subscribe monthly?”
x.com/sameerprojec...
“Since the ceasefire talks, 38 donors cancelled their monthly subscription. The genocide didn’t end and Palestinians in Gaza still need our material support. Can we get a new 38 people to subscribe monthly?”
x.com/sameerprojec...