Hannah Čulík-Baird
@opietasanimi.com
♑️🌕 Associate Professor, Classics at UCLA. Cicero and the Rhetorics of Race, co-authored with Mathias Hanses, under contract with Yale University Press. Co-founder and editor, Res Difficiles, The Journal. She/her.
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· May 2
Res Diff 2.1 (2025)
Maia Kotrosits, The Matter of Form: Rewriting Our Way to a Changed Field Keywords: academic writing, black studies, colonialism, crip theory, disability studies. Abstract: This essay argues that th…
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It is my enormous pleasure to share the most recent issue #ResDiffJournal: Res Diff 2.1 (2025)
With contributions from Maia Kotrosits (@maiakotro.bsky.social), Chance Bonar (@chancebonar.bsky.social), Chiara Bozzone and Daniela Negro, Erin Lam
#openaccess
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With contributions from Maia Kotrosits (@maiakotro.bsky.social), Chance Bonar (@chancebonar.bsky.social), Chiara Bozzone and Daniela Negro, Erin Lam
#openaccess
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just a quick shoutout to this excellent resource, which I'm thoroughly enjoying teaching this term. so far we've read its excerpts of Kebra Nagast, Petrarch, Leo Africanus, Bartolomé de las Casas, The Florentine Codex, Winckelmann, and Phillis Wheatley Peters
This term I'm teaching with "Classics and Race: A Historical Reader" (2025), edited by Sarah Derbew, Daniel Orrells, and Phiroze Vasunia. An incredible achievement: global sources from 14th-20th translated, and given commentaries by expert scholars. And OPEN ACCESS! uclpress.co.uk/book/classic...
February 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM
just a quick shoutout to this excellent resource, which I'm thoroughly enjoying teaching this term. so far we've read its excerpts of Kebra Nagast, Petrarch, Leo Africanus, Bartolomé de las Casas, The Florentine Codex, Winckelmann, and Phillis Wheatley Peters
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We are super thrilled that @rachelschine.bsky.social is holding an online lecture on March 4th! DM or email @speriola.bsky.social of you want to join us 🙂 #cims
February 16, 2026 at 8:55 AM
We are super thrilled that @rachelschine.bsky.social is holding an online lecture on March 4th! DM or email @speriola.bsky.social of you want to join us 🙂 #cims
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It is my pleasure to announce the program for #ResDiff7 (March 13, 2026), an annual digital conference addressing inequity in classics, co-organized with Elke Nash. Keynote: Samuel Agbamu (@samagbamu.bsky.social). Registration is now open: resdifficiles.com/res-diff-7-2...
Res Diff 7 2026
The 2026 Res Difficiles conference will take place on March 13th. Register for the conference here. Res Difficiles: A Conference On Challenges and Pathways for Addressing Inequity In Classics. …
resdifficiles.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:19 PM
It is my pleasure to announce the program for #ResDiff7 (March 13, 2026), an annual digital conference addressing inequity in classics, co-organized with Elke Nash. Keynote: Samuel Agbamu (@samagbamu.bsky.social). Registration is now open: resdifficiles.com/res-diff-7-2...
all of a sudden everything makes sense
February 15, 2026 at 5:55 PM
all of a sudden everything makes sense
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New article from me for @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social on how museums (like the British Museum), universities and other institutions are complicit in the Zionist genocidal project of rewriting history and erasing ancient Palestine.
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260215-isr...
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260215-isr...
Israel is trying to rewrite history – and British institutions risk helping them do it
Israel is trying to rewrite ancient history. In Palestine, Israel has systematically destroyed ancient heritage and made colonial land grabs of archaeological sites like the ancient Palestinian tow…
www.middleeastmonitor.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM
New article from me for @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social on how museums (like the British Museum), universities and other institutions are complicit in the Zionist genocidal project of rewriting history and erasing ancient Palestine.
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260215-isr...
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260215-isr...
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This conference is consistently amazing to see.
It is my pleasure to announce the program for #ResDiff7 (March 13, 2026), an annual digital conference addressing inequity in classics, co-organized with Elke Nash. Keynote: Samuel Agbamu (@samagbamu.bsky.social). Registration is now open: resdifficiles.com/res-diff-7-2...
Res Diff 7 2026
The 2026 Res Difficiles conference will take place on March 13th. Register for the conference here. Res Difficiles: A Conference On Challenges and Pathways for Addressing Inequity In Classics. …
resdifficiles.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:24 PM
This conference is consistently amazing to see.
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I love Arundhati Roy's courage, integrity, intelligence, and her artistry as a writer of fiction & nonfiction.
Wim Wenders, the jury chair, on being questioned about Gaza, said filmmakers have to stay out of politics. Roy said a genocide demands a response from everyone, artists included. I agree.
Wim Wenders, the jury chair, on being questioned about Gaza, said filmmakers have to stay out of politics. Roy said a genocide demands a response from everyone, artists included. I agree.
Arundhati Roy quits Berlin film festival over ‘stay out of politics’ comment
Author says she is ‘disgusted’ by claim from jury president Wim Wenders that film-makers should remain apolitical
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:46 PM
I love Arundhati Roy's courage, integrity, intelligence, and her artistry as a writer of fiction & nonfiction.
Wim Wenders, the jury chair, on being questioned about Gaza, said filmmakers have to stay out of politics. Roy said a genocide demands a response from everyone, artists included. I agree.
Wim Wenders, the jury chair, on being questioned about Gaza, said filmmakers have to stay out of politics. Roy said a genocide demands a response from everyone, artists included. I agree.
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The programme looks great, as it always does.
It is my pleasure to announce the program for #ResDiff7 (March 13, 2026), an annual digital conference addressing inequity in classics, co-organized with Elke Nash. Keynote: Samuel Agbamu (@samagbamu.bsky.social). Registration is now open: resdifficiles.com/res-diff-7-2...
Res Diff 7 2026
The 2026 Res Difficiles conference will take place on March 13th. Register for the conference here. Res Difficiles: A Conference On Challenges and Pathways for Addressing Inequity In Classics. …
resdifficiles.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:13 PM
The programme looks great, as it always does.
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Where else can you hear a heavy hitter like @samagbamu.bsky.social, reflect on pedagogy, encounter queer/trans theory, interrogate the relationship of text/material culture, learn abt the experiences of marginalized practitioners, and think abt reception all in 1 day, from the comfort of your home
February 13, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Where else can you hear a heavy hitter like @samagbamu.bsky.social, reflect on pedagogy, encounter queer/trans theory, interrogate the relationship of text/material culture, learn abt the experiences of marginalized practitioners, and think abt reception all in 1 day, from the comfort of your home
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ResDiff, now in its 7th (!) year is always such a great gathering and I've often thought the stated focus on inequity in Classics, while certainly an impt link between presentations, somewhat understates the range of types of interventions you'll hear. Honored to be part of yet another great lineup
It is my pleasure to announce the program for #ResDiff7 (March 13, 2026), an annual digital conference addressing inequity in classics, co-organized with Elke Nash. Keynote: Samuel Agbamu (@samagbamu.bsky.social). Registration is now open: resdifficiles.com/res-diff-7-2...
Res Diff 7 2026
The 2026 Res Difficiles conference will take place on March 13th. Register for the conference here. Res Difficiles: A Conference On Challenges and Pathways for Addressing Inequity In Classics. …
resdifficiles.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:31 PM
ResDiff, now in its 7th (!) year is always such a great gathering and I've often thought the stated focus on inequity in Classics, while certainly an impt link between presentations, somewhat understates the range of types of interventions you'll hear. Honored to be part of yet another great lineup
It is my pleasure to announce the program for #ResDiff7 (March 13, 2026), an annual digital conference addressing inequity in classics, co-organized with Elke Nash. Keynote: Samuel Agbamu (@samagbamu.bsky.social). Registration is now open: resdifficiles.com/res-diff-7-2...
Res Diff 7 2026
The 2026 Res Difficiles conference will take place on March 13th. Register for the conference here. Res Difficiles: A Conference On Challenges and Pathways for Addressing Inequity In Classics. …
resdifficiles.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:19 PM
It is my pleasure to announce the program for #ResDiff7 (March 13, 2026), an annual digital conference addressing inequity in classics, co-organized with Elke Nash. Keynote: Samuel Agbamu (@samagbamu.bsky.social). Registration is now open: resdifficiles.com/res-diff-7-2...
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yep, they're still at it in LA and Portland too
the media is gonna be like "time for a new narrative" and it's so important to keep talking about how none of the cities they invaded have become more safe since the spotlight shifted away from them
the media is gonna be like "time for a new narrative" and it's so important to keep talking about how none of the cities they invaded have become more safe since the spotlight shifted away from them
ICE “left” Chicago in November, but they’ve disappeared three people from my community in two days this week.
Don’t believe the hype about them, leaving Minnesota, either.
Don’t believe the hype about them, leaving Minnesota, either.
February 12, 2026 at 7:17 PM
yep, they're still at it in LA and Portland too
the media is gonna be like "time for a new narrative" and it's so important to keep talking about how none of the cities they invaded have become more safe since the spotlight shifted away from them
the media is gonna be like "time for a new narrative" and it's so important to keep talking about how none of the cities they invaded have become more safe since the spotlight shifted away from them
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This is a travesty. African and African Diaspora Studies at UT Austin has been one of the best programs in the country. And for historical context, this is explicitly about reversing the gains of student movements in the 60s and 70s.
www.statesman.com/news/educati...
www.statesman.com/news/educati...
UT to consolidate gender and ethnic studies programs into one new department
Affected departments include those that focus on African and African Diaspora Studies, Mexican American Studies, Women and Gender Studies and American Studies.
www.statesman.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:26 PM
This is a travesty. African and African Diaspora Studies at UT Austin has been one of the best programs in the country. And for historical context, this is explicitly about reversing the gains of student movements in the 60s and 70s.
www.statesman.com/news/educati...
www.statesman.com/news/educati...
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The Institute for Ideas and Imagination has posted a lecture I gave in September on extractivism, ”AI”, and book slavery in Ancient Rome on their podcast feed. open.spotify.com/episode/5cGH...
The Book as Extractive Technology
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February 11, 2026 at 5:36 PM
The Institute for Ideas and Imagination has posted a lecture I gave in September on extractivism, ”AI”, and book slavery in Ancient Rome on their podcast feed. open.spotify.com/episode/5cGH...
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London friends! Come hang out with us tomorrow and reimagine a play about how powerful men sacrifice young girls in the name of never-ending wars that preserve an unjust world order… which is in absolutely no way relevant to the world in which we live, of course.
February 11, 2026 at 8:12 PM
London friends! Come hang out with us tomorrow and reimagine a play about how powerful men sacrifice young girls in the name of never-ending wars that preserve an unjust world order… which is in absolutely no way relevant to the world in which we live, of course.
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A lot of classics people will not be surprised…his name was part of conversations back in 2016.
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Making a Monster
Content Note: this article includes discussion of child pornography, quotes from illegal online activity, and links to articles that…
eidolon.pub
February 11, 2026 at 12:45 AM
A lot of classics people will not be surprised…his name was part of conversations back in 2016.
eidolon.pub/making-a-mon...
eidolon.pub/making-a-mon...
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May be of particular interest if you work on politics of knowledge production, methodology, political theory, race, & of course Kant.
- Link to open access COPY: jasminekgani.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
- Link to journal access here (paywallED): scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/cpr/art...
- Link to open access COPY: jasminekgani.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
- Link to journal access here (paywallED): scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/cpr/art...
Kant as Methodology: Race, White Ignorance, and Intellectual Responsibility
Abstract. This article situates Kant’s theories and epistemologies of race within a wider architecture of knowledge production and coloniality, and from there considers how his approach can illuminate...
scholarlypublishingcollective.org
February 10, 2026 at 12:11 PM
May be of particular interest if you work on politics of knowledge production, methodology, political theory, race, & of course Kant.
- Link to open access COPY: jasminekgani.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
- Link to journal access here (paywallED): scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/cpr/art...
- Link to open access COPY: jasminekgani.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
- Link to journal access here (paywallED): scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/cpr/art...
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My new article "Kant as Methodology: Race, White Ignorance, and Intellectual Responsibility" is now out in Critical Philosophy of Race (Penn State University Press).
Open Access copy here: jasminekgani.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
(summary of core arguments in thread below)
@lseir.bsky.social
Open Access copy here: jasminekgani.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
(summary of core arguments in thread below)
@lseir.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 12:11 PM
My new article "Kant as Methodology: Race, White Ignorance, and Intellectual Responsibility" is now out in Critical Philosophy of Race (Penn State University Press).
Open Access copy here: jasminekgani.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
(summary of core arguments in thread below)
@lseir.bsky.social
Open Access copy here: jasminekgani.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
(summary of core arguments in thread below)
@lseir.bsky.social
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Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.
An immigration court dropped its case against Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, a little less than a year after federal agents arrested her on a street near Tufts University
Immigration Court Drops Case Against Tufts Student Rumeysa Ozturk
The Turkish national had been arrested by plainclothes federal officers outside her apartment.
on.wsj.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.
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Not exactly shocking news but it's worth noting that Hubbard seems to have requested money from Epstein to fund an anti-Title IX conference (something in line with, say, his class & multiple conference talks about how women are regularly making false rape claims)
thetexasorator.com/2026/02/03/d...
thetexasorator.com/2026/02/03/d...
Dismissed UT Professor Sought Financial Contribution from Epstein Foundation
Former UT Professor Thomas K. Hubbard wrote a letter to convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein requesting funds for a conference critical of new Title IX rules.
thetexasorator.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Not exactly shocking news but it's worth noting that Hubbard seems to have requested money from Epstein to fund an anti-Title IX conference (something in line with, say, his class & multiple conference talks about how women are regularly making false rape claims)
thetexasorator.com/2026/02/03/d...
thetexasorator.com/2026/02/03/d...
this is my idea of heaven
February 7, 2026 at 9:57 PM
this is my idea of heaven
degradation of human labor behind all claims of artificial “intelligence”
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:01 PM
degradation of human labor behind all claims of artificial “intelligence”
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it's devoted to the single best piece of scholarship i've read in years
global.oup.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:31 PM
it's devoted to the single best piece of scholarship i've read in years