Javal Coleman
@javalac.bsky.social
Husband, Father, Phd Student Classics at the University of Texas in Austin (he/him)
Gonna be sharing some of my favorite music albums this month. I’ll start with one that’s in my top ten. 2 Pac’s All Eyez on Me.
February 5, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Gonna be sharing some of my favorite music albums this month. I’ll start with one that’s in my top ten. 2 Pac’s All Eyez on Me.
That point in the dissertation where you…
January 20, 2026 at 10:12 PM
That point in the dissertation where you…
Come on now it’s from @caperry.bsky.social need I say more!??
Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt by @caperry.bsky.social is a new global #history of the slave trade, the lives of enslaved people, & the role of slavery in the formation of Jewish & Arab-Islamic culture in the medieval Middle East.
Out now (17 Mar UK pub): press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Out now (17 Mar UK pub): press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
January 20, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Come on now it’s from @caperry.bsky.social need I say more!??
This guy is brilliant!
Last week on Ancient Office Hours, Dr. @egarcmol.bsky.social, an Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, discussed specializing in the Seleucid Empire, challenges of working with limited historical records, and his course on gaming and ancient history.
January 13, 2026 at 11:41 PM
This guy is brilliant!
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Last week on Ancient Office Hours, Dr. @egarcmol.bsky.social, an Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, discussed specializing in the Seleucid Empire, challenges of working with limited historical records, and his course on gaming and ancient history.
January 13, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Last week on Ancient Office Hours, Dr. @egarcmol.bsky.social, an Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, discussed specializing in the Seleucid Empire, challenges of working with limited historical records, and his course on gaming and ancient history.
Today was “syllabus day” for my ancient slavery course. On Thursday we will be discussing the definitional issue. Very much looking forward to that conversation with my students!
January 13, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Today was “syllabus day” for my ancient slavery course. On Thursday we will be discussing the definitional issue. Very much looking forward to that conversation with my students!
This book is excellent and is written by a fantastic scholar!! 👏👏. Congratulations @tiamopatata.bsky.social on a great accomplishment.
Nicole J. Giannella's "The Mind of the Slave" is now available! The first volume of our Empire and After series investigates slave ownership and the limits of ownership in ancient Rome. Read more: press.umich.edu/Books/T/The-...
January 6, 2026 at 3:35 AM
This book is excellent and is written by a fantastic scholar!! 👏👏. Congratulations @tiamopatata.bsky.social on a great accomplishment.
Well as a cowboys fan let me go ahead and get this over with. My summary of the season.
December 21, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Well as a cowboys fan let me go ahead and get this over with. My summary of the season.
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🎉 Today I defended my dissertation and passed with summa cum laude.
The title is "Dependent Lives In and Beyond Archives: Enslaved People in Sephardic Jewish Households in Early Modern Bridgetown, Barbados (1654-1800)."
The abstract is below, and I hope to publish it soon.
The title is "Dependent Lives In and Beyond Archives: Enslaved People in Sephardic Jewish Households in Early Modern Bridgetown, Barbados (1654-1800)."
The abstract is below, and I hope to publish it soon.
December 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🎉 Today I defended my dissertation and passed with summa cum laude.
The title is "Dependent Lives In and Beyond Archives: Enslaved People in Sephardic Jewish Households in Early Modern Bridgetown, Barbados (1654-1800)."
The abstract is below, and I hope to publish it soon.
The title is "Dependent Lives In and Beyond Archives: Enslaved People in Sephardic Jewish Households in Early Modern Bridgetown, Barbados (1654-1800)."
The abstract is below, and I hope to publish it soon.
Do y’all prefer long footnotes or long endnotes? I’ll admit that I tend to prefer the former though am often distracted by them 🤣🤣.
December 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Do y’all prefer long footnotes or long endnotes? I’ll admit that I tend to prefer the former though am often distracted by them 🤣🤣.
The dissertation is dissertating. ‘Nough said.
December 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The dissertation is dissertating. ‘Nough said.
We still reviewing this dude’s stuff in big 2025???
a man in a suit and tie is standing in a room with a calendar on the wall
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November 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
We still reviewing this dude’s stuff in big 2025???
Why are we even seeing dude’s name pop up? I shouldn’t even see dude’s name in my email notifications. Why is dude still being published? How does dude still have a platform? We really separating the scholar from the scholarship in 2025? What a joke.
October 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Why are we even seeing dude’s name pop up? I shouldn’t even see dude’s name in my email notifications. Why is dude still being published? How does dude still have a platform? We really separating the scholar from the scholarship in 2025? What a joke.
Shout out to @dominicmachado.bsky.social for making my visit to Holy Cross so enjoyable and enriching!
September 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Shout out to @dominicmachado.bsky.social for making my visit to Holy Cross so enjoyable and enriching!
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Well. It’s official. You can now submit your proposals to the New Perspectives on Ancient Greek Religion book series, published by Edinburgh University Press!
#ClassicsBluesky 🏺
#ClassicsBluesky 🏺
Book Series
Published by Edinburgh University Press The study of ancient Greek religion stands at a critical methodological juncture. While foundational frameworks like the polis-religion model have yielded...
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September 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Well. It’s official. You can now submit your proposals to the New Perspectives on Ancient Greek Religion book series, published by Edinburgh University Press!
#ClassicsBluesky 🏺
#ClassicsBluesky 🏺
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Assistant Professor job with University of Maryland - College Park | 37879935
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Assistant Professor - College Park, Maryland (US) job with University of Maryland - College Park | 37879935
Department of Classics University of Maryland, College Park Assistant Professor, Classics The Department of Classics at the University of Maryland,...
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September 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Assistant Professor job with University of Maryland - College Park | 37879935
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My conversation with @javalac.bsky.social on his chapter from Ancient Slavery and It’s New TestamentContexts is available now for $5 a month on Patreon. Look for it to drop everywhere else next Wednesday!
Slaves as Property and People
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August 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
My conversation with @javalac.bsky.social on his chapter from Ancient Slavery and It’s New TestamentContexts is available now for $5 a month on Patreon. Look for it to drop everywhere else next Wednesday!
David Cornswet is Superman. He just is.
July 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
David Cornswet is Superman. He just is.
Please see the new episode of this podcast featuring yours truly! Talking about Roman slavery and slavery in the New Testament. youtu.be/qcs91KA-Azg?...
An Honest Conversation about Slavery and the New Testament | Bible & Archaeology
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June 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Please see the new episode of this podcast featuring yours truly! Talking about Roman slavery and slavery in the New Testament. youtu.be/qcs91KA-Azg?...
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"A review written in transparent prose can be translated via Google or Deepl with great accuracy"
Not sure whether forcing your colleagues to use AI just because language skills among Anlophones is collapsing is really a good look.
bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.05...
Not sure whether forcing your colleagues to use AI just because language skills among Anlophones is collapsing is really a good look.
bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.05...
Changes to BMCR’s language policy – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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May 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
"A review written in transparent prose can be translated via Google or Deepl with great accuracy"
Not sure whether forcing your colleagues to use AI just because language skills among Anlophones is collapsing is really a good look.
bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.05...
Not sure whether forcing your colleagues to use AI just because language skills among Anlophones is collapsing is really a good look.
bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.05...
My fellow academics, do y’all ever move around your house to get a change of pace while working? For example, I’ll go from working at my actually office at home to the table in the dining room or to the couch. Though the couch is dangerous sometimes 😂
May 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
My fellow academics, do y’all ever move around your house to get a change of pace while working? For example, I’ll go from working at my actually office at home to the table in the dining room or to the couch. Though the couch is dangerous sometimes 😂
I 100000% recommend watching this movie. It’s easily a 9.5/10. I would say it’s almost as good as Get Out (if you haven’t seen Get Out I cannot help you). Ryan Coogler’s best film to date!
May 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I 100000% recommend watching this movie. It’s easily a 9.5/10. I would say it’s almost as good as Get Out (if you haven’t seen Get Out I cannot help you). Ryan Coogler’s best film to date!
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woo hoo! This is such an amazing program. Taking applications now!
Call for applications for the inaugural Racing the Classics cohort-based fellowship (funded by a major award won by Dan-El Padilla Peralta and Sasha-Mae Eccleston). Mentorship, summer seminar, monthly practicum, stipend/travel, and more www.racingtheclassics.com
RACING THE CLASSICS
Racing the Classics began as a conference series. The summer seminar takes up the mantle of that series by inviting fellows to gather in-person for intensive, sustained conversation.
www.racingtheclassics.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
woo hoo! This is such an amazing program. Taking applications now!