Kelly Holob
@kholob.bsky.social
Fellowships Advisor | PhD in Early Christian Studies | she/her
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Kelly Holob
@kholob.bsky.social
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Bible and Early Christianity US Graduate School Funding
SCHOLARSHIPS Fellowship Description Estimated Deadline Degree level Citizenship Davis Putter Scholarship Fund — Up to $15,000 for students who are active and emerging organizers in progressive movemen...
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I’ve put together a list of funding sources for graduate students in biblical studies and early Christianity. Most of these are only available to students in the U.S. but many of them don’t have citizenship requirements. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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In November 1999, the Zombo dot com website was created as a parody of the creative, but, largely pointless flash intros, which were trending at the end of the 1990s. Welcome... to ZomboCom.
#WebDesignHistory
#WebDesignHistory
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
In November 1999, the Zombo dot com website was created as a parody of the creative, but, largely pointless flash intros, which were trending at the end of the 1990s. Welcome... to ZomboCom.
#WebDesignHistory
#WebDesignHistory
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For #MosaicMonday a charming duck.
Found in Trier, dating 4th century AD
📷 me
On display at Museum am Dom, Trier
🏺 #archaeology
Found in Trier, dating 4th century AD
📷 me
On display at Museum am Dom, Trier
🏺 #archaeology
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
For #MosaicMonday a charming duck.
Found in Trier, dating 4th century AD
📷 me
On display at Museum am Dom, Trier
🏺 #archaeology
Found in Trier, dating 4th century AD
📷 me
On display at Museum am Dom, Trier
🏺 #archaeology
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We're #hiring! PUP seeks a Publishing Manager (US – Remote or Hybrid) to oversee the full lifecycle of book projects, working closely with leaders & staff to ensure optimal publishing workflows, accurate data & schedules, & effective collaboration.
Apply today: www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...
Apply today: www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...
November 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
We're #hiring! PUP seeks a Publishing Manager (US – Remote or Hybrid) to oversee the full lifecycle of book projects, working closely with leaders & staff to ensure optimal publishing workflows, accurate data & schedules, & effective collaboration.
Apply today: www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...
Apply today: www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.p...
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it’s officially book promo time! so, hey, i wrote this book; it comes out in a week! would you mind signal boosting and asking your library to buy it? if you’d like a copy, the code AUFLY30 will get you 30%off.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
it’s officially book promo time! so, hey, i wrote this book; it comes out in a week! would you mind signal boosting and asking your library to buy it? if you’d like a copy, the code AUFLY30 will get you 30%off.
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I'm writing an intro & sourcebook on late ancient Gazan literature for Dar al-Kalima University Press. The press and I plan to produce an Arabic translation to make Gazan literature more accessible to Palestinians. Help me compensate the Gazan translator!
spot.fund/dn8t744sc
I'm writing an intro & sourcebook on late ancient Gazan literature for Dar al-Kalima University Press. The press and I plan to produce an Arabic translation to make Gazan literature more accessible to Palestinians. Help me compensate the Gazan translator!
spot.fund/dn8t744sc
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October 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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I'm writing an intro & sourcebook on late ancient Gazan literature for Dar al-Kalima University Press. The press and I plan to produce an Arabic translation to make Gazan literature more accessible to Palestinians. Help me compensate the Gazan translator!
spot.fund/dn8t744sc
I'm writing an intro & sourcebook on late ancient Gazan literature for Dar al-Kalima University Press. The press and I plan to produce an Arabic translation to make Gazan literature more accessible to Palestinians. Help me compensate the Gazan translator!
spot.fund/dn8t744sc
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Today I published a new section of my website with resources for those who wish to learn, study, and/or teach ancient languages using braille. It rests on work we did over the past year to expand screen reader access to these languages through the LibLouis library. Check it out and share around!
New: Braille Resources for Reading Ancient Languages
[Photo by me. Tactile graphic by Crystal Peng.] I recently created a new section of my website, which provides educational resources for anyone who wants to read ancient Middle Eastern and North …
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October 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Today I published a new section of my website with resources for those who wish to learn, study, and/or teach ancient languages using braille. It rests on work we did over the past year to expand screen reader access to these languages through the LibLouis library. Check it out and share around!
Is anyone who’s familiar with SBL citation style interested in a small copy editing gig? A dissertating friend of mine needs some help going through footnotes to keep her sanity.
October 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Is anyone who’s familiar with SBL citation style interested in a small copy editing gig? A dissertating friend of mine needs some help going through footnotes to keep her sanity.
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I posted the wrong link when I shared my new article yesterday, so here it is again. Now available online, "Asclepius, Jesus, and Healing by Touch: A Reevaluation."
www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/article/a...
www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/article/a...
October 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I posted the wrong link when I shared my new article yesterday, so here it is again. Now available online, "Asclepius, Jesus, and Healing by Touch: A Reevaluation."
www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/article/a...
www.mohrsiebeck.com/en/article/a...
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God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is out in the real world with @universitypress.cambridge.org!
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
October 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is out in the real world with @universitypress.cambridge.org!
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy!
Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
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Halloween is near! It's time to post this marvellous articulated Roman skeleton, presumably meant to be a reminder to enjoy life to the fullest, since pleasure ends irrevocably with death.
In Petronius’ Satyricon, the host of a dinner party brings out a small skeleton with moveable...🧵1/2
In Petronius’ Satyricon, the host of a dinner party brings out a small skeleton with moveable...🧵1/2
October 13, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Halloween is near! It's time to post this marvellous articulated Roman skeleton, presumably meant to be a reminder to enjoy life to the fullest, since pleasure ends irrevocably with death.
In Petronius’ Satyricon, the host of a dinner party brings out a small skeleton with moveable...🧵1/2
In Petronius’ Satyricon, the host of a dinner party brings out a small skeleton with moveable...🧵1/2
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We become embodied exhibits of moral rot. And the genuine moral depravity of the cruel systems we live in gets displaced onto our bodies and minds. As with, for example, this dissertation I'm working with for the first chapter of my book: 5/
Well, I have in my researches today found an ethics dissertation that straight out SAYS we're pathologizing distraction with diagnoses like ADHD when we should treat it as a moral failing, and, well, thank you for saying the quiet part out loud so I don't have to, but also kindly go fuck yourself.
October 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
We become embodied exhibits of moral rot. And the genuine moral depravity of the cruel systems we live in gets displaced onto our bodies and minds. As with, for example, this dissertation I'm working with for the first chapter of my book: 5/
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Also, it and its fellow neurodivergences (notably ADHD) are disabilities whose associated behaviors are DEEPLY entwined with regnant narratives of who's a good person or a bad one. 1/
It's no worse than any other disabilities. But for years, it was billed as one of the most tragic outcomes possible for kids. It was seen as a symptom of schizophrenia or this condition that drove children into a catatonic state. The fact mothers were blamed for it made the stigma worse.
I don’t exactly how to phrase this, but like… is autism that bad???? Like, why is it such a source of fear??? Of course there are challenges but you can be autistic and have a rich, fulfilling life! Many people do! I don’t understand the preoccupation.
October 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Also, it and its fellow neurodivergences (notably ADHD) are disabilities whose associated behaviors are DEEPLY entwined with regnant narratives of who's a good person or a bad one. 1/
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At the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies we are offering 10 fellowships for scholars at any stage in their careers to stay with us for up to 6 months (PhD candidates and senior academics) or 12 months (postdocs) to complete a research project:
www.dependency.uni-bonn.de/images/pdf-f...
www.dependency.uni-bonn.de/images/pdf-f...
www.dependency.uni-bonn.de
October 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
At the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies we are offering 10 fellowships for scholars at any stage in their careers to stay with us for up to 6 months (PhD candidates and senior academics) or 12 months (postdocs) to complete a research project:
www.dependency.uni-bonn.de/images/pdf-f...
www.dependency.uni-bonn.de/images/pdf-f...
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Azeen Ghorayshi at the NYT has moved on from going after trans people and is now pushing the leasing question that autism diagnoses are too common because of its expansion of it to a spectrum.
archive.ph/Whji1
archive.ph/Whji1
October 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Azeen Ghorayshi at the NYT has moved on from going after trans people and is now pushing the leasing question that autism diagnoses are too common because of its expansion of it to a spectrum.
archive.ph/Whji1
archive.ph/Whji1
Some bad news for STEM PhDs today regarding the eligibility for one of the biggest fellowships—only first-year graduate students and undergrads are able to apply to the NSF GRFP, no second-years. This will hurt a lot of graduate training and research, especially at less wealthy schools
September 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Some bad news for STEM PhDs today regarding the eligibility for one of the biggest fellowships—only first-year graduate students and undergrads are able to apply to the NSF GRFP, no second-years. This will hurt a lot of graduate training and research, especially at less wealthy schools
Haven’t had any time to update this lately, but with fellowships season and a new academic year upon us, take a look for yourself and/or your students.
I’ve put together a list of funding sources for graduate students in biblical studies and early Christianity. Most of these are only available to students in the U.S. but many of them don’t have citizenship requirements. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Bible and Early Christianity US Graduate School Funding
SCHOLARSHIPS Fellowship Description Estimated Deadline Degree level Citizenship Davis Putter Scholarship Fund — Up to $15,000 for students who are active and emerging organizers in progressive movemen...
docs.google.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Haven’t had any time to update this lately, but with fellowships season and a new academic year upon us, take a look for yourself and/or your students.
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people helpfully replying "Trump doesn't have the power to do that" in response to discussions about Trump literally in the process of doing those things
September 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
people helpfully replying "Trump doesn't have the power to do that" in response to discussions about Trump literally in the process of doing those things
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Conference announcement/call for papers! You’ll note that there’s no theme beyond “new research on apocryphal Christian literature.” We truly just want to hear about whatever interests you most in apocryphal Christian literature right now. More info here: www.nasscal.com/meetings/
September 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Conference announcement/call for papers! You’ll note that there’s no theme beyond “new research on apocryphal Christian literature.” We truly just want to hear about whatever interests you most in apocryphal Christian literature right now. More info here: www.nasscal.com/meetings/
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joining the war on autism on the side of autism
September 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
joining the war on autism on the side of autism
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The digital version of God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is officially out! If you're interested in ancient Mediterranean slavery's effects on Christian thought and practice, this is for you.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
God, Slavery, and Early Christianity
Cambridge Core - History of Religion - God, Slavery, and Early Christianity
www.cambridge.org
September 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The digital version of God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is officially out! If you're interested in ancient Mediterranean slavery's effects on Christian thought and practice, this is for you.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...
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The Erich S. Gruen Prize | Society for Classical Studies
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The Erich S. Gruen Prize | Society for Classical Studies
On behalf of the Society for Classical Studies (SCS), the Erich S. Gruen Prize Committee invites all graduate students in North America to enter the sixth annual competition for the best graduate rese...
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September 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The Erich S. Gruen Prize | Society for Classical Studies
www.classicalstudies.org/awards-and-f...
www.classicalstudies.org/awards-and-f...
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We are looking for a one-year full-time Research Associate to work on Coptic manuscripts in Manchester as part of a wonderful project that connects mss with local communities. Requires strong skills in Coptic, English, & Arabic. Deadline 31/10. Please share! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Research Associate – Coptic in Manchester (UKRI):John Rylands Library
Key collaborators are the Coptic Church in Stockport, Manchester, and the Coptic Church in Llandudno, Wales. The project has an extensive and international advisory board. A PDRA seeking an academic career may find the balance between traditional research and co-creation appealing.
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
September 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
We are looking for a one-year full-time Research Associate to work on Coptic manuscripts in Manchester as part of a wonderful project that connects mss with local communities. Requires strong skills in Coptic, English, & Arabic. Deadline 31/10. Please share! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Good recs for a _cultural_ history of "the alpha"? From evobio to its reception in pop culture, how ideologies about "biologically innate" "leadership" structures everyday social life for _humans_, and back to how evobio studies pack animals?
“Alpha status is more like a temporary job role than an innate characteristic of the leading individual”
www.livescience.com/animals/are-...
www.livescience.com/animals/are-...
Are alpha males real?
The term "alpha male" was coined in 1970 to describe wolves. But what does science think about the term now?
www.livescience.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Good recs for a _cultural_ history of "the alpha"? From evobio to its reception in pop culture, how ideologies about "biologically innate" "leadership" structures everyday social life for _humans_, and back to how evobio studies pack animals?