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A.L. McMichael
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Historian of art, architecture, and landscapes. Writing about space and place. Creating digital projects about Byzantium, Cappadocia, and the complicated spaces we/they occupy. #CUNY alum #LinkedData #DigitalArchaeology #maps [personal account/opinions]
+1 for Rhea being a great place to publish--humane, ethical, scholarly.
November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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**We're hiring a post-doc @gctlc.bsky.social**

Come join a fantastic team of scholars @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social committed to intentional, responsive, and liberatory pedagogy at @cuny.edu and beyond.

Applications due February 1, 2026.

Job call here: cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Quick reminder that @isawnyu.bsky.social is having a VIrtual Open House for Prospective Students day after tomorrow (Wednesday Nov. 5th, 10AM US Eastern time). Info and registration at isaw.nyu.edu/events/open-... . Please share if you think someone who would be interested hasn't signed up. Thanks!
November 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Here I am. Once again. I'm out of archaeologists.

We matched 576 groups w/archaeologists, leaving 13 groups unmatched. This brings me pain! We've never run out of scientists like this before. 598 requests for one category is A LOT. But still.

Archaeologists 🥺
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October 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Great new tool from Flickr foundation - the Data Lifeboat, to package up Flickr image collections and get them out of dodge quickly, with metadata and readmes. Speaking to urgency of portability of digital cultural heritage given current times. They need some testers to play and give feedback 👇
Even great code has some bugs!

Be among the first to try out our new Flickr archiving tool Data Lifeboat, and help us find those bugs! Head over to datalifeboat.flickr.org to get started.

Original images from US National Archives and State Library of NSW on Flickr Commons.
September 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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I don’t know why this zoom hack didn’t occur to me until now, but if you have an activity where you want students/colleagues to call on each other/go around the virtual room—e.g. when making introductions—have everyone raise their hand & then lower them when done—no guessing as to who hasn’t gone
September 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Hey, kids. My eponymous #Archaeogaming book (2018) paperback is on sale for 50% off this week. I only need 12 more people to buy the book to crack 1,000 lifetime sales! www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Reinha...
Archaeogaming: An Introduction to Archaeology in and of Video Games | Berghahn Books
Independent Publishing since 1994
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August 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
DH colleagues, is there a version of the Student Collaborators' Bill of Rights from UCLA that's still available online? #digitalhumanities
August 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Want to learn more about our Omeka Intensive Courses? Join us for an info session on Wednesday, August 27th at 7:30 PM EDT. Instructor Dani Willcutt will provide a brief overview of the Classic and S courses and address audience questions. Register now:
Omeka Intensive Course Info Session
Sign up to join us for the Omeka Intensive Course Info Session on Wednesday, August 27th at 7:30 PM EDT. We will circulate the Zoom link the day of the event.
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August 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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The book is Open Access, available for free at www.ucpress.edu/books/ancien...

I'm hard at work on finishing touches for the companion database, which I hope will be live next week.
Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration by Matthew Larsen, Mark Letteney - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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August 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Has anyone ever requested image licensing permission from the Istanbul Archaeological Museum and received this email?

I'm a little hesitant to send in my personal info.
July 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Hoping to see some familiar faces at #DH2025 next week.
July 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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June 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Yes, indeed. #ThanksBrett and @neh-odh.bsky.social team members who have kept those of us in the field inspired, funded, and in community with one another.
Antiquity friends, if you've used Perseus Digital Lib, @syriaca.bsky.social, @copticscript.bsky.social , Pleiades, or other digital resources funded by @neh-odh.bsky.social please help #ThanksBrett Bobley @brettbobley.bsky.social director of ODH who's retiring today. Reply or post w/ #ThanksBrett
We wouldn't be here if it weren't for @brettbobley.bsky.social 's forward-thinking, strategic-thinking, in founding @neh-odh.bsky.social #ThanksBrett
June 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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For independent and contingent #AcRel scholars:

Short-term visiting scholar program at Ohio State's Center for the Study of Religion. $3,000 stipend, lodging, travel, and meals for a week-long residency.

Deadline: July 1, 2025
Visiting Scholar Program | Center for the Study of Religion
The Center for the Study of Religion hosts a short-term visiting scholar program one or two times per academic year. Building on a successful pilot program held in March 2023, this initiative aims to ...
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May 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Many thanks for sharing this, @lollardfish.bsky.social. La sfera has something for everyone: Colorful maps! 5 different versions of the tower of Babel! Grouchy people influenced by the planets! Crafty merchants! Dragons, mermaids, sea monsters! We'd love to bring it to the public.
April 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Two NEH sponsored institutes were so crucial to my education that I've used the training to teach hundreds of students over the last decade, and trained 1000s in critical thinking with digital technologies. NEH impacts go far beyond the researchers + initial audience. #LAWDI #MSUdai
April 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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are you a medievalist and a non-native english speaker looking to publish your first article in english? do you have an idea for an article in any field of premodern studies? you have until the end of march to apply to our mentorship programme 👇
/postmedieval/ is launching a new mentorship programme to facilitate publication for scholars whose first language is not English.

👇 find all the details here 👇
sites.google.com/view/postmed...
March 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It was so good to hear @sarahebond.bsky.social talk about Roman labor yesterday, and to catch up with @sebhth.bsky.social @paregorios.bsky.social and other ISAW folks. Looking forward to digging into _Strike!_ over spring break. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
Strike
Historian Sarah E. Bond retells the traditional story of Ancient Rome, revealing how groups of ancient workers unified, connected, and protested as they help...
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March 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Publication news! 🎉 Ancient Pasts for Modern Audiences is NOW AVAILABLE for everybody to read! We are so excited to share this work with you all: www.routledge.com/Ancient-Past... 🎉
Cover art by the wonderful @flaroh.bsky.social!
March 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
As usual, thanks to the WKCR reporters. www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/
WKCR 89.9FM NY
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March 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Dystopian, in so many ways.
March 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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I'm one of the co-chairs of #ACH2025 this year (with @alexwermercolan.bsky.social), and I'm really pleased with what we've come up with. Notably, we're looking for creative proposals that don't easily fit the usual paper/panel/poster format. I'm excited to see what folks come up with!
📣The CFP for #ACH2025, our virtual #DigitalHumanities conference, is now available! The conference will be held June 11-13. Proposals due March 23.
11 June - 13 June 2025, Virtual Conference
ach2025.ach.org
March 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM