Inger Kuin
@ingerkuin.bsky.social
Writes and teaches about old things, currently at the Classics Department of the University of Virginia. Part-time Rotterdammer. Views expressed by me here (or anywhere else on the internet) are my own, not my employer's. More at http://www.ingerkuin.com
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Inger Kuin
@ingerkuin.bsky.social
· Nov 15
As of this week, my book is OUT and available wherever books are sold. One of the best things about this, is that I will get to talk about Diogenes three times, in three different places close to my heart, with three different amazing interlocutors.
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Join us next Friday, 2/6, 12pm EST, for our first 2026 First Friday workshop!
Hugo Lundhaug (University of Oslo) presents “Total Devotion to the Storyworld: The Role of Apocrypha in Egyptian Monasteries”
Hugo Lundhaug (University of Oslo) presents “Total Devotion to the Storyworld: The Role of Apocrypha in Egyptian Monasteries”
January 30, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Join us next Friday, 2/6, 12pm EST, for our first 2026 First Friday workshop!
Hugo Lundhaug (University of Oslo) presents “Total Devotion to the Storyworld: The Role of Apocrypha in Egyptian Monasteries”
Hugo Lundhaug (University of Oslo) presents “Total Devotion to the Storyworld: The Role of Apocrypha in Egyptian Monasteries”
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Coming up: For our first new episode of 2026, Josh and Ray welcome @ingerkuin.bsky.social from the University of Virginia, author of "Diogenes: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic."
🎧 Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in SF & www.kalw.org/show/philoso... #PhilSky
🎧 Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in SF & www.kalw.org/show/philoso... #PhilSky
January 22, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Coming up: For our first new episode of 2026, Josh and Ray welcome @ingerkuin.bsky.social from the University of Virginia, author of "Diogenes: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic."
🎧 Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in SF & www.kalw.org/show/philoso... #PhilSky
🎧 Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in SF & www.kalw.org/show/philoso... #PhilSky
TOMORROW: first event of the new year, last stop on my mini book tour! Please join me and Timo Epping from podcast Oudheid for our book launch slash live podcast event: A Diogenes for Our Times – Oudheid Café: Special Edition.
January 4, 2026 at 3:50 PM
TOMORROW: first event of the new year, last stop on my mini book tour! Please join me and Timo Epping from podcast Oudheid for our book launch slash live podcast event: A Diogenes for Our Times – Oudheid Café: Special Edition.
Dream team reconvenes, calling all Leidenaren and other randstedelingen! On January 5 @timoepping.bsky.social and I will host an event together in Leiden at Mayflower Bookshop: A Diogenes for Our Times – Oudheid Café: Special Edition!
December 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Dream team reconvenes, calling all Leidenaren and other randstedelingen! On January 5 @timoepping.bsky.social and I will host an event together in Leiden at Mayflower Bookshop: A Diogenes for Our Times – Oudheid Café: Special Edition!
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Later today Josh & Ray will be recording an episode about Diogenes the Cynic with @ingerkuin.bsky.social from UVA. Back in 2013 our Roving Philosophical Reporter got this primer on Ancient #Cynicism and the so-called Dog Philosopher from the late linguist Geoff Nunberg: youtu.be/mv-OviODZm8 1/
Ancient Cynicism: Roving Philosophical Report
YouTube video by Philosophy Talk
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December 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Later today Josh & Ray will be recording an episode about Diogenes the Cynic with @ingerkuin.bsky.social from UVA. Back in 2013 our Roving Philosophical Reporter got this primer on Ancient #Cynicism and the so-called Dog Philosopher from the late linguist Geoff Nunberg: youtu.be/mv-OviODZm8 1/
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Next week we'll be recording an episode about Diogenes of Sinope with @ingerkuin.bsky.social from UVA, author of "Diogenes: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic."
Got a question about the so-called Dog Philosopher? Let us know and we may ask yours on the show!
Got a question about the so-called Dog Philosopher? Let us know and we may ask yours on the show!
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Next week we'll be recording an episode about Diogenes of Sinope with @ingerkuin.bsky.social from UVA, author of "Diogenes: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic."
Got a question about the so-called Dog Philosopher? Let us know and we may ask yours on the show!
Got a question about the so-called Dog Philosopher? Let us know and we may ask yours on the show!
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lovely and enlightening event about @ingerkuin.bsky.social's new DIOGENES book in conversation w @aristofontes.bsky.social. there were sheet cookies with the cover!
November 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
lovely and enlightening event about @ingerkuin.bsky.social's new DIOGENES book in conversation w @aristofontes.bsky.social. there were sheet cookies with the cover!
Went on Ryan Holiday’s The Daily Stoic podcast (out since yesterday) to talk about Diogenes and the Stoics, about what the latter can do, but also clearly what they cannot… Available wherever you get your podcasts.
November 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Went on Ryan Holiday’s The Daily Stoic podcast (out since yesterday) to talk about Diogenes and the Stoics, about what the latter can do, but also clearly what they cannot… Available wherever you get your podcasts.
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From the inimitable @ingerkuin.bsky.social!
Having a Drink With Your Donkey: The Absurd in Antiquity
engagement.virginia.edu
November 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
From the inimitable @ingerkuin.bsky.social!
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Leuk nieuws: op maandag 5 januari ga ik vanaf 20.00 uur bij Mayflower Bookshop in Leiden in gesprek met dr. Inger Kuin (@ingerkuin.bsky.social) over haar nieuwe boek ‘Diogenes. The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic’ 🎤
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November 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Leuk nieuws: op maandag 5 januari ga ik vanaf 20.00 uur bij Mayflower Bookshop in Leiden in gesprek met dr. Inger Kuin (@ingerkuin.bsky.social) over haar nieuwe boek ‘Diogenes. The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic’ 🎤
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As of this week, my book is OUT and available wherever books are sold. One of the best things about this, is that I will get to talk about Diogenes three times, in three different places close to my heart, with three different amazing interlocutors.
November 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
As of this week, my book is OUT and available wherever books are sold. One of the best things about this, is that I will get to talk about Diogenes three times, in three different places close to my heart, with three different amazing interlocutors.
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In other UVA news, I'll be in conversation with my colleague @ingerkuin.bsky.social at @ndbookshop.bsky.social next Saturday, Nov. 22 at 4 PM to talk about her new book on the Greek philosopher Diogenes.
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
In other UVA news, I'll be in conversation with my colleague @ingerkuin.bsky.social at @ndbookshop.bsky.social next Saturday, Nov. 22 at 4 PM to talk about her new book on the Greek philosopher Diogenes.
Great news about a great book. And a very true statement right there.
My book on ancient and modern cynicism, The Making of Modern Cynicism (2007, UVA press), is now available again in paperback!
Because cynicism never goes out of fashion.
www.upress.virginia.edu/title/2793/
Because cynicism never goes out of fashion.
www.upress.virginia.edu/title/2793/
The Making of Modern Cynicism
<div><p>Once describing a life of exile, self-denial, physical rigor, and mastery of one’s desires, cynicism now describes a life of political quietis
www.upress.virginia.edu
October 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Great news about a great book. And a very true statement right there.
Everything's bigger in America... When I was given the chance by Basic Books to translate and adapt my 2022 Dutch biography of Diogenes they said they wanted more Diogenes and to their credit did not blink when in the end I gave them as much as 50% more.
October 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Everything's bigger in America... When I was given the chance by Basic Books to translate and adapt my 2022 Dutch biography of Diogenes they said they wanted more Diogenes and to their credit did not blink when in the end I gave them as much as 50% more.
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The ISAW NYU program for the Ph.D. in the Ancient World is now accepting applications for Fall 2026 enrollment. More info: isaw.nyu.edu/graduate-stu...
Recommended Deadline: December 18, 2025
Final deadline: January 4, 2026
@isawnyu.bsky.social
Recommended Deadline: December 18, 2025
Final deadline: January 4, 2026
@isawnyu.bsky.social
isaw.nyu.edu
October 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The ISAW NYU program for the Ph.D. in the Ancient World is now accepting applications for Fall 2026 enrollment. More info: isaw.nyu.edu/graduate-stu...
Recommended Deadline: December 18, 2025
Final deadline: January 4, 2026
@isawnyu.bsky.social
Recommended Deadline: December 18, 2025
Final deadline: January 4, 2026
@isawnyu.bsky.social
My 2022 Dutch book about Diogenes was featured as recommended reading in a newspaper special about declutterring this weekend. Can’t say I saw that coming, but it checks out: no needs = no clutter.
September 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My 2022 Dutch book about Diogenes was featured as recommended reading in a newspaper special about declutterring this weekend. Can’t say I saw that coming, but it checks out: no needs = no clutter.
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We are thrilled to announce NASSCAL's first in-person gathering since 2018. Hosted once again by the University of Virginia. Come and tell us about your work. Details at www.nasscal.com/meetings/
September 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
We are thrilled to announce NASSCAL's first in-person gathering since 2018. Hosted once again by the University of Virginia. Come and tell us about your work. Details at www.nasscal.com/meetings/
A quick update about my forthcoming Diogenes book with Basic Books: you can now also pre-order the audiobook, narrated by the amazing Cassandra Campbell. www.audible.com/pd/Diogenes-...
Diogenes
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. The life and thought of Diogenes the Cynic, an iconoclastic philosopher who pioneered a brash and free-thinking vision of life that inspired the philosophy ...
www.audible.com
September 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
A quick update about my forthcoming Diogenes book with Basic Books: you can now also pre-order the audiobook, narrated by the amazing Cassandra Campbell. www.audible.com/pd/Diogenes-...
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NASSCAL is looking for scholars who are interested in presenting their research on Christian apocrypha at the First Fridays Workshop during the 25-26 academic year. Workshops are on zoom on the first Friday of the month at 12pm Eastern (US) time. Contact Janet Spittler at nasscalworkshop@gmail.com.
August 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
NASSCAL is looking for scholars who are interested in presenting their research on Christian apocrypha at the First Fridays Workshop during the 25-26 academic year. Workshops are on zoom on the first Friday of the month at 12pm Eastern (US) time. Contact Janet Spittler at nasscalworkshop@gmail.com.
So, here it goes: three months from today my book "Diogenes: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic" will come out with Basic Books, my first general audience book in English!
August 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
So, here it goes: three months from today my book "Diogenes: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic" will come out with Basic Books, my first general audience book in English!
Awesome and moving exhibit at Bozar in Brussels ‘When We See Us’, including this amazing Ganymede by Devan Shimoyama:
June 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Awesome and moving exhibit at Bozar in Brussels ‘When We See Us’, including this amazing Ganymede by Devan Shimoyama:
Only nine more days to apply to this awesome conference on religious toleration in classical antiquity, in beautiful Groningen, featuring yours truly and @renskejanssen.bsky.social!
June 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Only nine more days to apply to this awesome conference on religious toleration in classical antiquity, in beautiful Groningen, featuring yours truly and @renskejanssen.bsky.social!
My colleagues from Ancient History @unileiden.bsky.social and I spoke to podcast Oudheid about the antiquities collected by a delightfully odd baron @huisvanhetboek.bsky.social! Available here: tr.ee/g2U3R4bfvj
May 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
My colleagues from Ancient History @unileiden.bsky.social and I spoke to podcast Oudheid about the antiquities collected by a delightfully odd baron @huisvanhetboek.bsky.social! Available here: tr.ee/g2U3R4bfvj
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Come work with us! We’re hiring a Jr Acquisitions Editor for Early Christianity in Leiden, NL. de-gruyter.onlyfy.jobs/job/vjq9tidh...
@dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social @degruyterbrill.bsky.social @loesschouten.bsky.social #CriticalBible #sblaar #AcRel
@dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social @degruyterbrill.bsky.social @loesschouten.bsky.social #CriticalBible #sblaar #AcRel
Junior Acquisitions Editor Early Christianity (f/m/d)
De Gruyter Brill is a global leader in scholarly publishing in the humanities and beyond. Combining a rich heritage dating back to 1683 with a forward-looking mindset, our mission is to publish and cu
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April 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Come work with us! We’re hiring a Jr Acquisitions Editor for Early Christianity in Leiden, NL. de-gruyter.onlyfy.jobs/job/vjq9tidh...
@dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social @degruyterbrill.bsky.social @loesschouten.bsky.social #CriticalBible #sblaar #AcRel
@dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social @degruyterbrill.bsky.social @loesschouten.bsky.social #CriticalBible #sblaar #AcRel
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Attending @aarweb.bsky.social 2025 in Boston? Eager to explore museums, religion and art with scholars and curators? Join the pre-conference workshop "Museums as Ritual Sites: Between Theory and Practice" that @secondhandsacred.bsky.social and I are organizing.
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November Annual Meeting – AAR
Our in-person November Annual Meeting, co-hosted with the Society of Biblical Literature, brings together scholars for the world's largest gathering of those interested in the academic study of religi...
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April 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Attending @aarweb.bsky.social 2025 in Boston? Eager to explore museums, religion and art with scholars and curators? Join the pre-conference workshop "Museums as Ritual Sites: Between Theory and Practice" that @secondhandsacred.bsky.social and I are organizing.
aarweb.org/event/novemb...
aarweb.org/event/novemb...