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Jennifer Barry
@jennisifire.bsky.social
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Scholar, late antiquity nerd, professor, and author of Gender Violence in Late Antiquity https://www.ucpress.edu/books/gender-violence-in-late-antiquity/hardcover and Bishops in Flight https://www.ucpress.edu/books/bishops-in-flight/paper
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Jennifer Barry @jennisifire.bsky.social · Sep 23
Link seemed to be cut off, so here it is again: www.ucpress.edu/books/gender...
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helenebismarck.bsky.social
My main takeaway of the whole Epstein thing is that women, on a very fundamental level, still don‘t really matter.
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
jennisifire.bsky.social
For those who are just so tired and disgusted, me too. Me too.
November 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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janetspittler.bsky.social
Thank you, @abigailspanberger.com! This is the right path for restoring faculty, staff, student, and alumni trust in our BOV.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Virginia’s Governor-Elect Wants a Say Over Leadership at U.Va.
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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religionprof.bsky.social
Postdoc opportunity related to ancient and late antique West Asia.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK809/p...
Postdoctoral fellowship (fixed-term contract) in the research project Locally Crafted Empires (LoCiS) at Aarhus University
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Postdoctoral fellowship (fixed-term contract) in the research project Locally Crafted Empires (LoCiS) on jobs.ac.uk!
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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annetteyreed.bsky.social
Open access! Special issue of Textual Reasoning, Vol. 16 No. 2 (2025): Elijiah Zvi Soloveitchik, The Jewish Jesus, and the Problem of Supercessionism journal.libraries.wm.edu/jtr?fbclid=I...
A Jew Who Loved Christianity As A Jew: The Strange Nineteenth-Century Orthodox Case of Elijiah Zvi Soloveitchik Shaul Magid From Volozhin to London: Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik’s Jewish-Christian Holy Spirit Shira Billet How Nice: On R. Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik and Christianity Martin Kavka Can God Reject the Jewish People?: Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik, Supersessionism, and Modern Jewish Thought Elias Sacks Response to Shaul Magid’s the Bible, the Talmud and the New Testament: Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik’s Commentary on the Gospels Susannah Ticciati
November 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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gbbranstetter.bsky.social
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
jennisifire.bsky.social
Sexual abuse served up as reality tv drama is just sickening. For the survivors and their stories, I hope there is justice at the end of this spectacle.
November 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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emuehlbe.bsky.social
this cycle--oh, everyone knew and joked about it, the victims have spoken out in detail, oh no wait, we need a tape, we have a vulgar tape, but we need more evidence, oh look here's a hand drawing of a girl, oh look there's new evidence now surely something will happen--is absolutely exhausting
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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vox-magica.bsky.social
this book, y’all. you’ll thank me later if you check it out; it’s very good.
November 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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emuehlbe.bsky.social
I got to go on @mikemotia.bsky.social 's podcast, New Books in Late Antiquity, and talk about my new book, Things Unseen!

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
Ellen Muehlberger,
Podcast Episode · New Books in Late Antiquity · 11/10/2025 · 1h 14m
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November 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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redpencilscript.bsky.social
What if we called underage girls “children” instead? Would it make more sense?
#EpsteinFiles
November 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM
jennisifire.bsky.social
#goals
Meme of martha stewart with caption by 30 we should have at least one of your workplaces
November 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
jennisifire.bsky.social
Wait for that NYT article are we supposed to respond #notallwomen ? Is that what we do?
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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arturoviaggia.bsky.social
It's Shohet Grant season!
catacombsociety.bsky.social International Catacomb Society @catacombsociety.bsky.social · 7d
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 10:48 PM
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emuehlbe.bsky.social
The Text and Transmission Research Seminar hosts a Youtube channel, so you can see past lectures---

here's me from yesterday, talking through a condensed version of a chapter in Things Unseen

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kH9...
TeTra | Ellen Muehlberger "Character Building: Tracing the Voice of Mary of Egypt"
YouTube video by TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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violetbfox.bsky.social
New survey researching how recent policy shifts within the U.S. in higher education are impacting DEI reparative metadata/cataloging efforts in academic libraries & archives in the U.S., Canada, or Mexico. 📚 #critcat uncg.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Ramification of DEI shifts in higher education on reparative cataloging activity
Survey for "Ramification of DEI shifts in higher education on reparative cataloging activity".
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November 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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emuehlbe.bsky.social
I think it's live---I just downloaded a chapter from my new book, Things Unseen, to test the OA link, and it worked

deprime, lege

luminosoa.org/chapters/m/1...
luminosoa.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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kattenbarge.bsky.social
When people talk about the excesses of MeToo, they have to lie, because the reality is that there was no massive social reckoning forcing people to believe survivors or hold perpetrators accountable. In fact, there has been a significant backsliding and new punishments in rejection of MeToo
November 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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libankerdc.bsky.social
The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
libankerdc.bsky.social Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 9d
Humanities where the cool jobs at
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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drewjakeprof.bsky.social
shiny and new and all mine!

thanks to @emuehlbe.bsky.social & @ucpress.bsky.social!

get yours (open access link!)

luminosoa.org/books/m/10.1...
Paperback copy of THINGS UNSEEN: ESSAYS ON EVIDENCE, KNOWLEDGE, AND THE LATE ANCIENT WORLD by Ellen Muehlberger
November 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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drewjakeprof.bsky.social
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November 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Perfect response from @neguse.house.gov here. Watch this.
khrisnin.bsky.social KNinja @khrisnin.bsky.social · 15d
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
jennisifire.bsky.social
Talking with Richard is always a delight even when discussing difficult topics. Go check out his other interviews as well! @seedpods.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 1:12 PM