Dan Schwartz
@bergdenker.bsky.social
Late Antiquity, Syriac Studies, Digital Humanities. I promise I'll write something clever after one more cup of coffee. (he, him)
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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New Texas School Prayer Law Seems a Tad Fuzzy www.patheos.com/blogs/therel...
New Texas School Prayer Law Seems A Tad Fuzzy
Texas has a new prayer in public school law that went into effect September 1. It's not clear if there has been any public school praying going on yet,
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October 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
New Texas School Prayer Law Seems a Tad Fuzzy www.patheos.com/blogs/therel...
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With all the AI spyware built into Windows 11 and AI's inability to prevent spewing protected information if prompted, some university lawyers should really investigate whether teachers using Windows 11 violates FERPA.
October 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
With all the AI spyware built into Windows 11 and AI's inability to prevent spewing protected information if prompted, some university lawyers should really investigate whether teachers using Windows 11 violates FERPA.
Publicly funded research should be publicly available!
NEH Collaborative research grant program now explicitly prohibits digital projects. Output should be a book or journal issue. FFS
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Collaborative Research
Supports groups of two or more scholars engaging in significant and sustained research in the humanities.
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September 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Publicly funded research should be publicly available!
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I have been informed by the good folks at @gorgiaspress.bsky.social that my translation of the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch (aka 2 Baruch) is officially in print, though I don't have a hard copy yet. Here's a link: www.gorgiaspress.com/maccabees-3-...
3-4 Maccabees and the Apocalypse of Baruch According to the Syriac Peshitta Version with English Translation
This volume is part of a series of English translations of the Syriac Peshitta along with the Syriac text carried out by an international team of scholars.
www.gorgiaspress.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I have been informed by the good folks at @gorgiaspress.bsky.social that my translation of the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch (aka 2 Baruch) is officially in print, though I don't have a hard copy yet. Here's a link: www.gorgiaspress.com/maccabees-3-...
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History majors have lower unemployment than computer science majors.
Folks with humanities graduate degrees are more sought after by corporate recruiters than those with MBAs.
Study history! Get a job!
Folks with humanities graduate degrees are more sought after by corporate recruiters than those with MBAs.
Study history! Get a job!
September 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
History majors have lower unemployment than computer science majors.
Folks with humanities graduate degrees are more sought after by corporate recruiters than those with MBAs.
Study history! Get a job!
Folks with humanities graduate degrees are more sought after by corporate recruiters than those with MBAs.
Study history! Get a job!
If forced to recommend a prayer for Texas school children, I'd probably go with Psalm 10.
NEW: Texas has a new law offering schools the right to set aside time during the school day for prayer.
The attorney general today issued a statement encouraging "children to begin with the Lord’s Prayer, as taught by Jesus Christ"
www.oag.state.tx.us/news/release...
The attorney general today issued a statement encouraging "children to begin with the Lord’s Prayer, as taught by Jesus Christ"
www.oag.state.tx.us/news/release...
Attorney General Ken Paxton Encourages Texas Schools to Begin Legal Process of Putting Prayer Back in the Classroom and Recommends the Lord’s Prayer for Students
Attorney General Ken Paxton encourages all Texas schools to implement dedicated time for prayer and the reading of scripture, following the enactment of Senate Bill 11 on September 1, 2025.
www.oag.state.tx.us
September 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
If forced to recommend a prayer for Texas school children, I'd probably go with Psalm 10.
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Our team has been working on a major Open Education Resource (OER) about U.S. legal history for teaching and learning. If you are teaching U.S. legal history, we hope that EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW will help you and your students. Check out our initial launch site at: teachinglegalhistory.unl.edu
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August 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Our team has been working on a major Open Education Resource (OER) about U.S. legal history for teaching and learning. If you are teaching U.S. legal history, we hope that EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW will help you and your students. Check out our initial launch site at: teachinglegalhistory.unl.edu
I was so happy to participate in the original roundtable discussion and this publication that came out of it. Many thanks to Dave Michelson for his work to bring this together!
Roundtable on Peter Brown, Journeys of the Mind: A Life in History (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2023) | Church History | Cambridge Core
Roundtable on Peter Brown, Journeys of the Mind: A Life in History (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2023)
doi.org
August 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I was so happy to participate in the original roundtable discussion and this publication that came out of it. Many thanks to Dave Michelson for his work to bring this together!
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A poem from this morning.
August 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A poem from this morning.
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The ruling deems the government's termination of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities "unlawful" and allows a lawsuit brought by humanities groups to move forward.
Federal judge rules cuts to humanities grants were 'unlawful'
The ruling deems the government's termination of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities "unlawful" and allows a lawsuit brought by humanities groups to move forward.
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August 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The ruling deems the government's termination of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities "unlawful" and allows a lawsuit brought by humanities groups to move forward.
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The 2025 @aaup.org Faculty in the South Survey is live. If you are a professor in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, or Texas it's for you. Ends 8/29 at 5pm Eastern forms.gle/v7T3BH2w9LXs...
2025 AAUP Faculty in the South Survey
The Georgia conference of the American Association of University Professors [AAUP] and its partners in states across the South have been at the forefront of fighting attacks on higher education. To as...
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August 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The 2025 @aaup.org Faculty in the South Survey is live. If you are a professor in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, or Texas it's for you. Ends 8/29 at 5pm Eastern forms.gle/v7T3BH2w9LXs...
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BECOME UNGOVERNABLE
July 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
BECOME UNGOVERNABLE
Congratulations to Prof. Salvesen! This is a very well-deserved honor.
#Congratulations to Prof. Alison Salvesen who has been elected as a Fellow of the British Academy. Alison has worked closely with us over the years, publishing a monograph, edited volumes, and as part of our Antioch Bible Translation Oversight Committee.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/prof...
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Professor Alison Salvesen FBA
Early Jewish and Christian translation and reception of the Hebrew Bible (third century BCE – eighth century CE)
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
July 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Congratulations to Prof. Salvesen! This is a very well-deserved honor.
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Syriaca.org has been committed to curating linked data in the field of Syriac studies for over a decade. We are thrilled to see researchers using this infrastructure to do amazing work!
July 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Syriaca.org has been committed to curating linked data in the field of Syriac studies for over a decade. We are thrilled to see researchers using this infrastructure to do amazing work!
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June 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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NEW: The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that a 2021 censorship law can't be used to ban teaching about race and gender in Oklahoma's higher education institutions.
This is a win for academic freedom and the First Amendment.
This is a win for academic freedom and the First Amendment.
June 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
NEW: The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that a 2021 censorship law can't be used to ban teaching about race and gender in Oklahoma's higher education institutions.
This is a win for academic freedom and the First Amendment.
This is a win for academic freedom and the First Amendment.
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Exciting news! @unileiden.bsky.social now has its very own Leiden Center for the Study of Ancient Religions (L*CeSAR), run by my wonderful colleagues Kim Beerden and Rafał Matuszewski. Working on ancient religion, and looking to connect? Check out the website: ancientreligions.lucdh.nl
June 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Exciting news! @unileiden.bsky.social now has its very own Leiden Center for the Study of Ancient Religions (L*CeSAR), run by my wonderful colleagues Kim Beerden and Rafał Matuszewski. Working on ancient religion, and looking to connect? Check out the website: ancientreligions.lucdh.nl
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Free Workshop: Digital Encoding for Syriac Studies
Syriaca.org invites applications for a virtual workshop on “Digital Encoding for Syriac Studies” on Tuesday, July 29th and Thursday, July 31, 2025.
For details and registration information, see blog.syriaca.org/2025/06/digi...
Syriaca.org invites applications for a virtual workshop on “Digital Encoding for Syriac Studies” on Tuesday, July 29th and Thursday, July 31, 2025.
For details and registration information, see blog.syriaca.org/2025/06/digi...
Digital Encoding for Syriac Studies: A Virtual Workshop (July 29-31, 2025) – Project News from Syriaca.org
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June 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Free Workshop: Digital Encoding for Syriac Studies
Syriaca.org invites applications for a virtual workshop on “Digital Encoding for Syriac Studies” on Tuesday, July 29th and Thursday, July 31, 2025.
For details and registration information, see blog.syriaca.org/2025/06/digi...
Syriaca.org invites applications for a virtual workshop on “Digital Encoding for Syriac Studies” on Tuesday, July 29th and Thursday, July 31, 2025.
For details and registration information, see blog.syriaca.org/2025/06/digi...
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Has there ever been a government office that has felt more fully a part of the community it represents? A staff as universally respected? An absolutely devastating blow.
Today is the last day at the NEH for me and many of my amazingly dedicated colleagues. We did our best to represent & serve the American people. To champion humanities research, teaching, public engagement, cultural heritage, infrastructure, and innovation.
June 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Has there ever been a government office that has felt more fully a part of the community it represents? A staff as universally respected? An absolutely devastating blow.
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It’s hard for me to quantify just how much the NEH has meant to my career. Beyond just direct funding, there are *so many* foundational DH projects, methods, and tools that were launched because the NEH was there to support them. It’s a dark day indeed.
June 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
It’s hard for me to quantify just how much the NEH has meant to my career. Beyond just direct funding, there are *so many* foundational DH projects, methods, and tools that were launched because the NEH was there to support them. It’s a dark day indeed.