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David Wacks
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Professor of Spanish at the University of Oregon. Medieval Iberian and Sephardic literature and culture. https://davidwacks.uoregon.edu/
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[book] Rose Walker, Art and Artifice in Twelfth-Century Iberia www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...
Art and Artifice in Twelfth-Century Iberia
"This innovative, wide-ranging and erudite book illuminates the sophistication of artistic exchange at this time and place. " Costanza Beltrami, Stockholm University. Sculptors and painters produced e...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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[book] Elena Caetano Álvarez, Alfonso X, the Dream of Empire, and (Re)Writing History in the Estoria de Espanna www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...
Alfonso X, the Dream of Empire, and (Re)Writing History in the <I>Estoria de Espanna</I>
Why did Alfonso X of Castile-Leon-Galicia relentlessly pursue his claims to the imperial thrones of the Holy Roman Empire and the Iberian 'empire', despite the high costs and probability of failure? W...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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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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November 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Interested in doing a Ph.D. in Hispanic literatures, cultures, and linguistics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst? We are holding an information session next week, on Friday. Please share widely!
Information about an Open House for the graduate programs in Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics at UMass Amherst.
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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catacombsociety.bsky.social
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.
November 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Guillem Gavaldà (@uab.cat) online about Alonso de Espina's Fortalitium fidei, next Tue, Nov 11 16.00 CET
Link medieval.udl.cat/en/activitie...
#Conversos #MedievalSky
November 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Katja Šmid, David Bunis & Chava Turniansky (eds), #Rabbinical Literature in #Yiddish and #Ladino www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... from @degruyter_brill #JewishHistory #JewishBooks #OA A long awaited project finally coming to fruition! בשעה טובה ומוצלחת!
Rabbinical Literature in Yiddish and Ladino
The volume offers a broad introduction to the rabbinical literature written in the two major traditional Jewish languages of Europe: Yiddish, the language which arose in the Middle Ages amongst the Je...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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[podcast] Què tenen en comú Joanot Martorell i Quentin Tarantino? Clàudia Rius conversa amb Marta Marfany sobre l’univers de Joanot Martorell, un escriptor singular i més modern del que sembla open.spotify.com/episode/7poR...
Joanot Martorell, amb Marta Marfany
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November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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@davidwacks.bsky.social sobre el Shevet Yehuda de Shelomo ibn Verga, entre la historia y ficción #EarlyModern #JewishHistory #JewishStudies
En línea y luego disponible en canal de YT de la benemérita cátedra libre de Estudios Judíos de la #UBA
👉https://www.youtube.com/@catedramosesmendelssohnffy3260
November 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Here's a nice public humanities DH project memorializing David Miller AKA Frog, who sold his joke books on the streets of Eugene for some 40 years before his passing last year: frogsjokes.org
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November 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Konkurso de Kompozision en Ladino /#Ladino Short Story Contest! 3 levels! Deadline 12/31/25 - all details here: americanladinoleague.org/programs/con...
November 2, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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I miss translating literature so much. last week I read a chapter from henry berlin’s “alone together” for @albertlloret.bsky.social’s class and couldn’t resist trying to translate the ausiàs march excerpts into portuguese.
here’s one example (lines 9-12) from poem XIII.
image of lines 9-12 of poem xiii by ausiàs march in the original catalan and a translation into portuguese. original: Cascú requer e vol a son semblant; per ço no·m plau la pràtica dels vius. D’imaginar mon estat són esquius; sí com d’om mort, de mi prenen espant. translation: Toda gente gosta de quem lhe é irmão; por isso não m'apraz a parla dos vivos. De imaginar meu estado são esquivos; assim como a um morto, me têm aversão.
October 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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La Universitat de Xicago busca algú per a un contracte de 4 anys, cofinançat per l'Institut Ramon Llull, d'Assistant Instructional Professor in Catalan and Spanish
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Academic Jobs | The University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private, nondenominational, culturally rich and ethnically diverse coeducational research university located in Hyde Park, Chicago.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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[Open Iberia/América] Día de los Muertos/Halloween are coming up: read a medieval 'Danza general de a muerte' edited by Michelle Hamilton to celebrate openiberiaamerica.hcommons.org/2021/10/18/a...
Anónimo, La danza general de la Muerte (s. XV) | Open Iberia/América
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October 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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A good note here.
In our co-authored paper (now in pre-print), Kenney and I wrote “The National Education Policy Center argues that the promise of genAI is currently supported only by 'commercial marketing claims' (...) and not by peer-reviewed evidence.”
Cal State’s growing industry ties offer a glimpse into an extraordinary shift in campus power dynamics unfolding across the United States. Some major universities are inviting tech companies, which typically supply campus computers and email, to take on a much bigger role as education thought partners, A.I. instructors and curriculum providers. That means dominant tech companies are now helping to steer what an entire generation of students learn about A.I, and how they use it — with little rigorous evidence of educational benefits and mounting concerns that chatbots are spreading misinformation and eroding critical thinking.
October 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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"Ahora mismo lo estoy dando todo en las clases. Estoy entusiasmada con mis alumnos y alumnas de Árabe Marroquí".
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Lola López, primera catedrática de Estudios Árabes de Sevilla: "Despreciar la cultura árabe es síntoma de ignorancia"
Su reciente nombramiento como catedrática de la Universidad de Sevilla corona una trayectoria marcada por el compromiso de "unir dos mundos" a través del conocimiento y de una vida dedicada al "entend...
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October 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Eli Reinhard Postdoctoral Fellowship in Jewish Studies at Stanford University.
#jewishstudies
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Eli Reinhard Postdoctoral Fellowship in Jewish Studies at Stanford University
According to their call, “[t]he Taube Center for Jewish Studies at Stanford University invites qualified candidates to apply to the Eli Reinhard Postdoctoral Fellowship. The Reinhard Fellow will be ap...
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October 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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This looks fantastic 👀
October 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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The Department of Religion at Dartmouth College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track appointment as Assistant Professor of the Hebrew Bible in its Ancient Context.

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October 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Plaza (TU-081-25) para una profesora titular en el Área de Estudios Árabes e Islámicos de la Universidad de Sevilla.
October 17, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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Brown University - Assistant Professor in Medieval European Art & Architectural History in the World:

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Brown University - Assistant Professor in Medieval European Art & Architectural History in the World | MEMOs
Assistant Professor in Medieval European Art and Architectural History in the World
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October 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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albertlloret.bsky.social
Per aquí es pot baixar sencer aquest homenatge a Francisco Rico, amb un munt de contribucions interessants:

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Portada del llibre "No importa: Homenaje a Francisco Rico"
October 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
October 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Job: Assistant Professor in Medieval European Art and
Architectural History in the World at Brown University. Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2025.
#medievalsky
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October 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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New job:

Assistant Professor in Medieval European Art and Architectural History in the World

Brown University

jobs.h-net.org/jobs/69288
October 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM