Katie Turner
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Historian: 1st Century Material Culture | New Testament Reception | Religion & Pop-Culture | Clothing, Costume, Film
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Katie Turner
@katieturnerphd.com
· May 19
Do you know of a museum, library, or archive that offers images from their collection for publication or presenting, for free?
Please use the form below to help crowd-source a list of these magical places!
Please use the form below to help crowd-source a list of these magical places!
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This week’s astonishing artifact is an ancient Egyptian human-hair wig found in the tomb of a royal architect and his wife. 🏺🧪
Merit's wig: A 3,400-year-old Egyptian headpiece smoothed down with ancient homemade hair gel
Merit's head covering was made from real human hair and was buried with her in its own wooden cabinet.
www.livescience.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This week’s astonishing artifact is an ancient Egyptian human-hair wig found in the tomb of a royal architect and his wife. 🏺🧪
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My former employer, @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, will be the first Russell Group university to cut #Theology degrees from next year onwards: thetab.com/2025/11/06/r...
Do consider to sign this student-led petitions: www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
@uonucu.bsky.social
Do consider to sign this student-led petitions: www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
@uonucu.bsky.social
Russell Group uni plans to axe a huge 48 courses that aren't 'financially viable' enough
The uni won't accept freshers for 15 subject areas
thetab.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
My former employer, @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, will be the first Russell Group university to cut #Theology degrees from next year onwards: thetab.com/2025/11/06/r...
Do consider to sign this student-led petitions: www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
@uonucu.bsky.social
Do consider to sign this student-led petitions: www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
@uonucu.bsky.social
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Reminder of the quality of the @uniofnottingham.bsky.social TRS course that they have now chosen to scrap
Delighted that our Theology & Religion courses are ranked in the top ten of @thetimes.com UK University Rankings 2026 League Table!
More: tinyurl.com/55ddyx84.
#colleagues #happy #success #trs #theology #religion
More: tinyurl.com/55ddyx84.
#colleagues #happy #success #trs #theology #religion
November 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Reminder of the quality of the @uniofnottingham.bsky.social TRS course that they have now chosen to scrap
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Good for them, it's madness what has been proposed.
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Good for them, it's madness what has been proposed.
Today seems like a good day to remember Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958), whose pioneering work in X-Ray diffraction led to the discovery of the structure of DNA – but only after one of her photos was stolen and shown to the men who would later win a Nobel Prize for the discovery (without citing her).
Witness History - Rosalind Franklin: DNA pioneer - BBC Sounds
The scientist produced an X-ray photograph in 1952, that helped show the structure of DNA
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Today seems like a good day to remember Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958), whose pioneering work in X-Ray diffraction led to the discovery of the structure of DNA – but only after one of her photos was stolen and shown to the men who would later win a Nobel Prize for the discovery (without citing her).
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And this is different from phrenology, how exactly?
"A new paper suggests the use of skull calipers can tell a recruiter much about an applicant's personality"
"A new paper suggests the use of skull calipers can tell a recruiter much about an applicant's personality"
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
And this is different from phrenology, how exactly?
"A new paper suggests the use of skull calipers can tell a recruiter much about an applicant's personality"
"A new paper suggests the use of skull calipers can tell a recruiter much about an applicant's personality"
And this is different from phrenology, how exactly?
"A new paper suggests the use of skull calipers can tell a recruiter much about an applicant's personality"
"A new paper suggests the use of skull calipers can tell a recruiter much about an applicant's personality"
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
And this is different from phrenology, how exactly?
"A new paper suggests the use of skull calipers can tell a recruiter much about an applicant's personality"
"A new paper suggests the use of skull calipers can tell a recruiter much about an applicant's personality"
There's a Japanese clothing site called "Toga Virilis"* and it's really messing up my search results.
*It does not sell togas.
*It does not sell togas.
November 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
There's a Japanese clothing site called "Toga Virilis"* and it's really messing up my search results.
*It does not sell togas.
*It does not sell togas.
Some numbers: Roughly 12% of NYC's pop are Jewish.
If they made up 12% of the total 2mil voters for NYC mayor, that means 240k Jewish NYers voted, or roughly 25% of NY's total Jewish population - hardly a plurality given 33% of them went for Mamdani.
(Exit polls are not super reliable either so…🤷♀️)
If they made up 12% of the total 2mil voters for NYC mayor, that means 240k Jewish NYers voted, or roughly 25% of NY's total Jewish population - hardly a plurality given 33% of them went for Mamdani.
(Exit polls are not super reliable either so…🤷♀️)
November 6, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Some numbers: Roughly 12% of NYC's pop are Jewish.
If they made up 12% of the total 2mil voters for NYC mayor, that means 240k Jewish NYers voted, or roughly 25% of NY's total Jewish population - hardly a plurality given 33% of them went for Mamdani.
(Exit polls are not super reliable either so…🤷♀️)
If they made up 12% of the total 2mil voters for NYC mayor, that means 240k Jewish NYers voted, or roughly 25% of NY's total Jewish population - hardly a plurality given 33% of them went for Mamdani.
(Exit polls are not super reliable either so…🤷♀️)
I really try to keep my posting here to professional and prof-adjacent content (for my own mental health if nothing else) but as a NY-er who vividly remembers that day, I couldn't scroll past this without comment…
This is fucking DISGUSTING. Shame on every single asshole involved. גיי קאַקן אויפֿן ים
This is fucking DISGUSTING. Shame on every single asshole involved. גיי קאַקן אויפֿן ים
This is gross and Islamophobic and should be denounced by everyone. www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
Pro-Andrew Cuomo super PAC depicts Zohran Mamdani in front of Twin Towers attack in late ad
Cuomo and others have criticized Mamdani for appearing with Hasan Piker, who made 2019 comments that "America deserved 9/11." Mamdani has previously disavowed the comments.
www.nbcnews.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I really try to keep my posting here to professional and prof-adjacent content (for my own mental health if nothing else) but as a NY-er who vividly remembers that day, I couldn't scroll past this without comment…
This is fucking DISGUSTING. Shame on every single asshole involved. גיי קאַקן אויפֿן ים
This is fucking DISGUSTING. Shame on every single asshole involved. גיי קאַקן אויפֿן ים
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Join us in London in July!
CALL FOR PAPERS NOW LIVE
#BIAJS2026 “Space and place in Jewish studies” 13-15 July Birkbeck
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CALL FOR PAPERS NOW LIVE
#BIAJS2026 “Space and place in Jewish studies” 13-15 July Birkbeck
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Call for Papers: BIAJS Conference 2026 (13-15 July, Birkbeck, University of London)
CALL FOR PAPERS #BIAJS2026 Space and Place in Jewish Studies British and Irish Association of Jewish Studies Annual Conference 2026 Birkbeck, University of London | July 2026 “there is…
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November 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Join us in London in July!
CALL FOR PAPERS NOW LIVE
#BIAJS2026 “Space and place in Jewish studies” 13-15 July Birkbeck
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CALL FOR PAPERS NOW LIVE
#BIAJS2026 “Space and place in Jewish studies” 13-15 July Birkbeck
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Once more, with feeling:
Jew hatred antedates modern constructions of wh*teness by literally thousands of years. It's cannot be understood or effectively countered solely in terms of contemporary racial politics.
Jew hatred antedates modern constructions of wh*teness by literally thousands of years. It's cannot be understood or effectively countered solely in terms of contemporary racial politics.
It seems like it may have been a mistake to conceptualize antisemitism as a subset of white supremacy, when there is consensus among many people who are *and aren't* white supremacists that Jews are the cause of all problems.
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Once more, with feeling:
Jew hatred antedates modern constructions of wh*teness by literally thousands of years. It's cannot be understood or effectively countered solely in terms of contemporary racial politics.
Jew hatred antedates modern constructions of wh*teness by literally thousands of years. It's cannot be understood or effectively countered solely in terms of contemporary racial politics.
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“The researchers aim to show that the ‘inevitability’ of AI is just a marketing frame perpetrated by the industry and that pushback is a lot more possible than we often see.” Yes!
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM
“The researchers aim to show that the ‘inevitability’ of AI is just a marketing frame perpetrated by the industry and that pushback is a lot more possible than we often see.” Yes!
This is just millenials and avocado toast recycled.
“At the same time, more than half of Gen Z members say they are struggling to make ends meet, yet a majority buy themselves a small treat, such as a pastry, coffee, or sweet, at least once a week. That can lead to overspending…”
archive.ph/2TI8J
archive.ph/2TI8J
October 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This is just millenials and avocado toast recycled.
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It's been three hours and I'm still thinking about this:
"The role of the teacher is not to be replaced. That role will be transformed to focus on the social and emotional motivation side as opposed to the academic part. I believe we're going to get to a point where a billion children around the world will be able to take this type of education."
October 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It's been three hours and I'm still thinking about this:
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These kinds of comparisons are always important to help us comprehend what is happening in our world.
This is St. Paul's: www.stpauls.co.uk/visit-us
This is St. Paul's: www.stpauls.co.uk/visit-us
October 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
These kinds of comparisons are always important to help us comprehend what is happening in our world.
This is St. Paul's: www.stpauls.co.uk/visit-us
This is St. Paul's: www.stpauls.co.uk/visit-us
Doing some research for a school programme using the National Archives currency convertor - it shows historic buying power and the equivalent in £ today. Here's what I learned:
The cost of building St Paul's Cathedral in 1710 is the equivalent of £114,954,828 today. OR... < half the Trump Ballroom.
The cost of building St Paul's Cathedral in 1710 is the equivalent of £114,954,828 today. OR... < half the Trump Ballroom.
October 30, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Doing some research for a school programme using the National Archives currency convertor - it shows historic buying power and the equivalent in £ today. Here's what I learned:
The cost of building St Paul's Cathedral in 1710 is the equivalent of £114,954,828 today. OR... < half the Trump Ballroom.
The cost of building St Paul's Cathedral in 1710 is the equivalent of £114,954,828 today. OR... < half the Trump Ballroom.
Reposted by Katie Turner
Look what's finally out in the world!
October 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Look what's finally out in the world!
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LET THE PEOPLE SAY AMEN!
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
LET THE PEOPLE SAY AMEN!
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Working some more on this today. Does anyone have anything they think I should cover in an introduction workshop? I’m closing with a big list of recent books publications so please promote away
I’ll be running an online introduction to Josephus in November. Sign up if you have interest or pass on to students if you think they might
STECA Autumn Activities:
- 5 Nov - Writing Retreat
- 11 Nov - Bootcamp workshop, "Joseph on Josephus: Introduction to Flavius Josephus"
- 3 DEC - Writing Retreat
All online!!
Register by email: laf8861@bristol.ac.uk / josephdscales@gmail.com.
- 5 Nov - Writing Retreat
- 11 Nov - Bootcamp workshop, "Joseph on Josephus: Introduction to Flavius Josephus"
- 3 DEC - Writing Retreat
All online!!
Register by email: laf8861@bristol.ac.uk / josephdscales@gmail.com.
October 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Working some more on this today. Does anyone have anything they think I should cover in an introduction workshop? I’m closing with a big list of recent books publications so please promote away
What moved the West away from social collectivism and rules of hospitality and towards greater individualism?
Protestantism? Enlightenment? Industrial Revolution? Capitalism? “Age of Exploration” type colonialism?
Protestantism? Enlightenment? Industrial Revolution? Capitalism? “Age of Exploration” type colonialism?
October 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
What moved the West away from social collectivism and rules of hospitality and towards greater individualism?
Protestantism? Enlightenment? Industrial Revolution? Capitalism? “Age of Exploration” type colonialism?
Protestantism? Enlightenment? Industrial Revolution? Capitalism? “Age of Exploration” type colonialism?
This is one of the very first things I point out in any “interfaith” work I do.
We regularly use the word "faith" as a synonym for "religion" in everyday language, without thinking about how this language reifies a Christian norm of what "religion" actually constitutes.
October 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This is one of the very first things I point out in any “interfaith” work I do.
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Fabulous job opportunity for someone with education administration experience.
calibre.careers/opportunitie...
calibre.careers/opportunitie...
Independent Study Program (ISP) Director | Whitney Museum of American Art — New York City, New York - Calibre Careers
Founded in 1968, the ISP is an academic year, non-degree granting program. The participants accepted annually pursue independent research and, as importantly, participate in twice weekly seminars led ...
calibre.careers
October 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Fabulous job opportunity for someone with education administration experience.
calibre.careers/opportunitie...
calibre.careers/opportunitie...
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This is what an AI "gun-detector" does. Educators, what do you think your AI "AI use detector" does?
gizmodo.com/teen-swarmed...
gizmodo.com/teen-swarmed...
Teen Swarmed by Cops After AI Metal Detector Flags His Doritos Bag as a Gun
AI has done it again.
gizmodo.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This is what an AI "gun-detector" does. Educators, what do you think your AI "AI use detector" does?
gizmodo.com/teen-swarmed...
gizmodo.com/teen-swarmed...
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IT’S ALIVE! today i received my advance copies of 𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮 ahead of publication next month.
it just dawned on me last week that people might actually buy and read this book. which is mildly terrifying. yay?
it just dawned on me last week that people might actually buy and read this book. which is mildly terrifying. yay?
October 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
IT’S ALIVE! today i received my advance copies of 𝘗𝘢𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮 ahead of publication next month.
it just dawned on me last week that people might actually buy and read this book. which is mildly terrifying. yay?
it just dawned on me last week that people might actually buy and read this book. which is mildly terrifying. yay?