Adam Bursi
@adambursi.bsky.social
Acquisitions Editor at Fortress Press.
Research on relics/senses/material religion in late antiquity and early Islam. Wrote a book about it:
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-traces-of-the-prophets.html
We should improve society somewhat
Research on relics/senses/material religion in late antiquity and early Islam. Wrote a book about it:
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-traces-of-the-prophets.html
We should improve society somewhat
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Adam Bursi
@adambursi.bsky.social
· Jun 3
Really, seriously: Please do shop around for presses committed to using human hands in book and journal production (there are lots like MHRA still holding that necessary line). You're going to have a *much* better publishing experience that way.
Publish your monograph or scholarly edition or journal article with @themhra.bsky.social! Human copy-editors and typesetters only.
Speaking of which:
We at Fortress Press are eager to read (with human eyes 👀) proposals including but not limited to:
late antique and medieval Christian history;
Jewish Studies;
Islamic Studies;
and Religious Studies broadly conceived.
Please reach out if you’re working on a project!
We at Fortress Press are eager to read (with human eyes 👀) proposals including but not limited to:
late antique and medieval Christian history;
Jewish Studies;
Islamic Studies;
and Religious Studies broadly conceived.
Please reach out if you’re working on a project!
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If you’ll be at the AAR meeting in Boston this month:
Please come see Salih Sayilgan of Georgetown University give the International Institute of Islamic Thought’s Al Faruqi Memorial Lecture in celebration of his recent @fortresspress.bsky.social book on the Prophet Muhammad
iiit.org/en/iiit-al-f...
Please come see Salih Sayilgan of Georgetown University give the International Institute of Islamic Thought’s Al Faruqi Memorial Lecture in celebration of his recent @fortresspress.bsky.social book on the Prophet Muhammad
iiit.org/en/iiit-al-f...
November 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If you’ll be at the AAR meeting in Boston this month:
Please come see Salih Sayilgan of Georgetown University give the International Institute of Islamic Thought’s Al Faruqi Memorial Lecture in celebration of his recent @fortresspress.bsky.social book on the Prophet Muhammad
iiit.org/en/iiit-al-f...
Please come see Salih Sayilgan of Georgetown University give the International Institute of Islamic Thought’s Al Faruqi Memorial Lecture in celebration of his recent @fortresspress.bsky.social book on the Prophet Muhammad
iiit.org/en/iiit-al-f...
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“I really believe that if I didn’t have [my] birth certificate, I would be somewhere in a facility,” one resident said, recalling that one of the armed federal agents who stopped him on the street aggressively asked if he was from Ethiopia or Ghana.
With @mlk50.com
With @mlk50.com
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
“I really believe that if I didn’t have [my] birth certificate, I would be somewhere in a facility,” one resident said, recalling that one of the armed federal agents who stopped him on the street aggressively asked if he was from Ethiopia or Ghana.
With @mlk50.com
With @mlk50.com
Communism or barbarism quite literally
Chile's presidential race pits Communist Jeannette Jara Román against far-right José Antonio Kast, son of a Nazi. Voters head to polls on November 16 to decide between sharply opposing visions for the country.
In Chile’s Presidential Race, Communist Party Candidate Faces the Son of a Nazi
On November 16, Chileans will choose between communist Jeannette Jara Román and far right politician José Antonio Kast.
truthout.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Communism or barbarism quite literally
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AAA and AAR panels on THE DREAD HEIGHTS coming up next week, organized by milad and ali
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
AAA and AAR panels on THE DREAD HEIGHTS coming up next week, organized by milad and ali
We’re constantly told these are the experienced ones who know how to do politics correctly. And they always do this
Trump sure does look unpopular. Welp, time to cave to each of his insane demands
Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
We’re constantly told these are the experienced ones who know how to do politics correctly. And they always do this
Pretty telling that a speech that brought me (and I’m sure many others) to tears at several points evokes _this_ response from the WaPo’s editorial board
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Pretty telling that a speech that brought me (and I’m sure many others) to tears at several points evokes _this_ response from the WaPo’s editorial board
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Current University of Minnesota policy bars “academic departments and other centers on campus, [from] ‘addressing matters of public concern or public interest.’”
UMN Administration hired @penamerica.bsky.social to teach faculty about academic freedom, but they didn't tell the presenters about UMN's own serious violations academic freedom. @umn-tc-aaup.bsky.social told them and this is their response. @aaup.org
PEN America Urges University of Minnesota Regents to Reconsider Restrictions on Departmental Speech
"While the resolution may have been rationalized as a way to support the expression of diverse viewpoints, in practice it is often having the opposite impact."
pen.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Current University of Minnesota policy bars “academic departments and other centers on campus, [from] ‘addressing matters of public concern or public interest.’”
If you’ll be at the AAR meeting in Boston this month:
Please come see Salih Sayilgan of Georgetown University give the International Institute of Islamic Thought’s Al Faruqi Memorial Lecture in celebration of his recent @fortresspress.bsky.social book on the Prophet Muhammad
iiit.org/en/iiit-al-f...
Please come see Salih Sayilgan of Georgetown University give the International Institute of Islamic Thought’s Al Faruqi Memorial Lecture in celebration of his recent @fortresspress.bsky.social book on the Prophet Muhammad
iiit.org/en/iiit-al-f...
November 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If you’ll be at the AAR meeting in Boston this month:
Please come see Salih Sayilgan of Georgetown University give the International Institute of Islamic Thought’s Al Faruqi Memorial Lecture in celebration of his recent @fortresspress.bsky.social book on the Prophet Muhammad
iiit.org/en/iiit-al-f...
Please come see Salih Sayilgan of Georgetown University give the International Institute of Islamic Thought’s Al Faruqi Memorial Lecture in celebration of his recent @fortresspress.bsky.social book on the Prophet Muhammad
iiit.org/en/iiit-al-f...
Good chapter in here on why that is … not true
November 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Good chapter in here on why that is … not true
Admittedly I’m reading this with the present moment constantly in the middle distance of my imagination, but this history seems like the better point of comparison for us than the one that more often tends to be used
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Admittedly I’m reading this with the present moment constantly in the middle distance of my imagination, but this history seems like the better point of comparison for us than the one that more often tends to be used
Just a little benevolent Orientalism to celebrate
November 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Just a little benevolent Orientalism to celebrate
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🧵(1) Why do we preserve photographic images of manuscripts?
Cultural losses continue to beset communities around the world, especially in areas subject to armed conflict. The loss can manifest in multiple ways: destruction and damage, dispossession, the displacement of individuals, and other forms.
Cultural losses continue to beset communities around the world, especially in areas subject to armed conflict. The loss can manifest in multiple ways: destruction and damage, dispossession, the displacement of individuals, and other forms.
November 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🧵(1) Why do we preserve photographic images of manuscripts?
Cultural losses continue to beset communities around the world, especially in areas subject to armed conflict. The loss can manifest in multiple ways: destruction and damage, dispossession, the displacement of individuals, and other forms.
Cultural losses continue to beset communities around the world, especially in areas subject to armed conflict. The loss can manifest in multiple ways: destruction and damage, dispossession, the displacement of individuals, and other forms.
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Heading to #AARSBL2025 in Boston? Our editorial team would love to meet with you! If you’re working on a book proposal or curious about publishing opportunities, let’s connect and discuss your ideas.
Reach out to schedule a time to chat: www.fortresspress.com/aar-sbl/#edi...
Reach out to schedule a time to chat: www.fortresspress.com/aar-sbl/#edi...
November 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Heading to #AARSBL2025 in Boston? Our editorial team would love to meet with you! If you’re working on a book proposal or curious about publishing opportunities, let’s connect and discuss your ideas.
Reach out to schedule a time to chat: www.fortresspress.com/aar-sbl/#edi...
Reach out to schedule a time to chat: www.fortresspress.com/aar-sbl/#edi...
But there are also those fighting the darkness 🙂
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
But there are also those fighting the darkness 🙂
Doesn’t even feel nice that he’s gone. We live in the world he helped create. He won.
Dick Cheney has died at age 84. He was "the most powerful vice president in American history" and left behind a "destructive" legacy in the United States, the Middle East and beyond, says John Nichols.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/4/dick_cheney
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/11/4/dick_cheney
November 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Doesn’t even feel nice that he’s gone. We live in the world he helped create. He won.
Have heard the same through the grapevine. People who have worked with him really do not like him. Seems not ideal
Mayor Jacob Frey also does not treat people with basic respect, making it almost impossible to work with him. A very common experience I’ve heard from multiple council members is that you only get a call from the mayor when he’s calling to yell at you.
November 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Have heard the same through the grapevine. People who have worked with him really do not like him. Seems not ideal
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"The U.S. Marshals Service told MLK50 and ProPublica that the task force does not track the number of stops law enforcement agencies have made since they surged into the city or how many of those stops resulted in citations or arrests." Seems not great! www.propublica.org/article/memp...
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...
www.propublica.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"The U.S. Marshals Service told MLK50 and ProPublica that the task force does not track the number of stops law enforcement agencies have made since they surged into the city or how many of those stops resulted in citations or arrests." Seems not great! www.propublica.org/article/memp...
Extremely good book cover
November 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Extremely good book cover
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Really is striking how many of the Trump administration’s worst excesses are grounded in expansions of Obama and Bush-era policies.
Sadly vindicating for those who argued at the time that these were creating dangerous precedents.
Sadly vindicating for those who argued at the time that these were creating dangerous precedents.
🧵 Trump admin is "doing a Libya"—claiming that US maritime strikes don't constitute "hostilities" under the War Powers Resolution and thus that law's 60-day limit on hostilities doesn't apply.
Shared thoughts with @washingtonpost.com, but here are more: 1/n
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Shared thoughts with @washingtonpost.com, but here are more: 1/n
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump administration tells Congress war law doesn’t apply to cartel strikes
A top Trump administration lawyer told Congress that the War Powers Resolution, which would require the end of hostilities within 60 days, doesn’t apply to cartel strikes.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Really is striking how many of the Trump administration’s worst excesses are grounded in expansions of Obama and Bush-era policies.
Sadly vindicating for those who argued at the time that these were creating dangerous precedents.
Sadly vindicating for those who argued at the time that these were creating dangerous precedents.
That’s right
At a Lebanese halal place in West Springfield, Massachusetts waiting for shawarma shoulder to shoulder with a bunch of white people with horrible western Mass accents and Iraqis. I love America
November 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
That’s right
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Our @universitypress.cambridge.org book "Senses, Cognition and Ritual Experience in the Roman World" is #OPENACCESS !
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#archaeology #sensoryarchaeology #senses #cognition #cognitivescienceofreligion #ritual #religion #classics #ancienthistory #romanhistory
Senses, Cognition, and Ritual Experience in the Roman World
Cambridge Core - Ancient History - Senses, Cognition, and Ritual Experience in the Roman World
www.cambridge.org
October 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Our @universitypress.cambridge.org book "Senses, Cognition and Ritual Experience in the Roman World" is #OPENACCESS !
👇
www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...
#archaeology #sensoryarchaeology #senses #cognition #cognitivescienceofreligion #ritual #religion #classics #ancienthistory #romanhistory
Our @universitypress.cambridge.org book "Senses, Cognition and Ritual Experience in the Roman World" is #OPENACCESS !
👇
www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...
#archaeology #sensoryarchaeology #senses #cognition #cognitivescienceofreligion #ritual #religion #classics #ancienthistory #romanhistory
No I don’t think so
October 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
No I don’t think so