Annette Yoshiko Reed
@annetteyreed.bsky.social
Stendahl Chair at Harvard Divinity School / studying demons, apocalypses, and ancient identities, between memory and forgetting
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Annette Yoshiko Reed '91: Rediscovered Stories - Phillips Exeter Academy
Annette Yoshiko Reed ’91 examines cultural and religious forgetting.
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A piece about me in my high school alum bulletin :) exeter.edu/annette-yosh...
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my contribution to the discourse: you really want to know whether one group or another is being slighted in some process? get a spreadsheet, fill it out with data from the last ten years, and then---crucial---do not squint when you look at the results
look right at em and don't kid yourself
look right at em and don't kid yourself
December 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
my contribution to the discourse: you really want to know whether one group or another is being slighted in some process? get a spreadsheet, fill it out with data from the last ten years, and then---crucial---do not squint when you look at the results
look right at em and don't kid yourself
look right at em and don't kid yourself
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A non-existent paper attributed to Ben Williamson has already been cited 42 times.
It's like Scholarly Communication has been injected with misinformation bombs. Events are totally out of control. No one has a handle on its extent. And, there's no plan to stop it.
@benpatrickwill.bsky.social
It's like Scholarly Communication has been injected with misinformation bombs. Events are totally out of control. No one has a handle on its extent. And, there's no plan to stop it.
@benpatrickwill.bsky.social
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A non-existent paper attributed to Ben Williamson has already been cited 42 times.
It's like Scholarly Communication has been injected with misinformation bombs. Events are totally out of control. No one has a handle on its extent. And, there's no plan to stop it.
@benpatrickwill.bsky.social
It's like Scholarly Communication has been injected with misinformation bombs. Events are totally out of control. No one has a handle on its extent. And, there's no plan to stop it.
@benpatrickwill.bsky.social
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Director of the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies and Tenured Full Professor job with University of Texas at Austin
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December 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Director of the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies and Tenured Full Professor job with University of Texas at Austin
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Not for race but for gender, but I’ve seen this happen! In one case, w/someone whom I know well enough to call him on it: he had told a male friend who didn’t get a job that it was b/c they “had to hire a woman,” despite knowing that wasn’t why this man (not very productive) didn’t get shortlisted +
December 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Not for race but for gender, but I’ve seen this happen! In one case, w/someone whom I know well enough to call him on it: he had told a male friend who didn’t get a job that it was b/c they “had to hire a woman,” despite knowing that wasn’t why this man (not very productive) didn’t get shortlisted +
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STUNNING: Nearly a year since President Donald Trump took office, his education department’s Office for Civil Rights has not entered into a single new resolution agreement involving racial harassment of students, we found.
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@jsmithrichards.bsky.social @megomatz.bsky.social @jodiscohen.bsky.social
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
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December 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
STUNNING: Nearly a year since President Donald Trump took office, his education department’s Office for Civil Rights has not entered into a single new resolution agreement involving racial harassment of students, we found.
@jsmithrichards.bsky.social @megomatz.bsky.social @jodiscohen.bsky.social
@jsmithrichards.bsky.social @megomatz.bsky.social @jodiscohen.bsky.social
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I wonder how far back into the past this thread has been repeated. It seems every 20 years we rediscover this and it is depressing that we can't get over the hump. We can't even get to a meritocracy let alone get to the point where we can discuss "The Tyranny of Merit".
Some thoughts on academic meritocracy--an issue rightly raised for renewed discussion. The narrative of those who wanted Gay removed as Harvard president--largely echoed in coverage NYT &c + even many who defended her--holds that "merit" prevailed prior to recent diversification of the academy +
December 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I wonder how far back into the past this thread has been repeated. It seems every 20 years we rediscover this and it is depressing that we can't get over the hump. We can't even get to a meritocracy let alone get to the point where we can discuss "The Tyranny of Merit".
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longstanding theory on this is that people who know the applicant that they don't want to hire has racial resentment offer "wish i could've hired you, but they made me hire a black woman instead!" as a let-them-down-easy cope rather than admit to them that they just didn't want to hire them.
December 19, 2025 at 3:08 AM
longstanding theory on this is that people who know the applicant that they don't want to hire has racial resentment offer "wish i could've hired you, but they made me hire a black woman instead!" as a let-them-down-easy cope rather than admit to them that they just didn't want to hire them.
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UBC is looking to recruit internationally based researchers for Canada Research grants. If you‘re a senior scholar working in anything in the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern world, I encourage you to apply. Please do share among your networks: research.ubc.ca/federal-rese...
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs Program
The University of British Columbia is inviting expressions of interest from top-tier, internationally based researchers as
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December 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
UBC is looking to recruit internationally based researchers for Canada Research grants. If you‘re a senior scholar working in anything in the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern world, I encourage you to apply. Please do share among your networks: research.ubc.ca/federal-rese...
Re-upping this 🧵 in light of recent discourse…
Some thoughts on academic meritocracy--an issue rightly raised for renewed discussion. The narrative of those who wanted Gay removed as Harvard president--largely echoed in coverage NYT &c + even many who defended her--holds that "merit" prevailed prior to recent diversification of the academy +
December 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Re-upping this 🧵 in light of recent discourse…
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‘Real academic citations are messy.’ Long live mess.
"How to Spot AI Hallucinations Like a Reference Librarian" HT @tjowens.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/cardcata...
How to Spot AI Hallucinations Like a Reference Librarian
The verification tricks that would make fact-checkers weep with joy.
open.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
‘Real academic citations are messy.’ Long live mess.
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The Center for European Studies, the African Studies Center, the Carolina Asia Center, the Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, the Institute for the Study of the Americas and the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies are all slated to close.
December 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The Center for European Studies, the African Studies Center, the Carolina Asia Center, the Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, the Institute for the Study of the Americas and the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies are all slated to close.
search your camera roll for hell
December 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
search your camera roll for hell
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Cambridge University Press has launched a new grant to support under-represented early career scholars from diverse backgrounds and geographic locations, including first generation scholars 👇 #BookSky
Cambridge University Press opens funding scheme for under-represented early career scholars
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December 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Cambridge University Press has launched a new grant to support under-represented early career scholars from diverse backgrounds and geographic locations, including first generation scholars 👇 #BookSky
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2025 Book Censorship Wrapped: Trends, Challenges, & Successes Over The Year.
Dive into this groundbreaking collaborative piece from @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social, @penamerica.bsky.social, @bookriot.bsky.social, @txfreedomread.bsky.social, and @flfreedomread.bsky.social
bookriot.com/book-censors...
Dive into this groundbreaking collaborative piece from @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social, @penamerica.bsky.social, @bookriot.bsky.social, @txfreedomread.bsky.social, and @flfreedomread.bsky.social
bookriot.com/book-censors...
2025 Book Censorship Wrapped: Trends, Challenges, and Successes Over The Year
What were the book censorship trends in 2025? Here are the highs and lows, as identified by five organizations doing the work.
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December 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
2025 Book Censorship Wrapped: Trends, Challenges, & Successes Over The Year.
Dive into this groundbreaking collaborative piece from @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social, @penamerica.bsky.social, @bookriot.bsky.social, @txfreedomread.bsky.social, and @flfreedomread.bsky.social
bookriot.com/book-censors...
Dive into this groundbreaking collaborative piece from @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social, @penamerica.bsky.social, @bookriot.bsky.social, @txfreedomread.bsky.social, and @flfreedomread.bsky.social
bookriot.com/book-censors...
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many moons ago I heard Maud Gleason give a talk that interpreted the florid and literary behavior of the Hasmoneans in Josephus as evidence for how elites internalized florid and literary behavior and reproduced it in their lives... does this ring a bell with anyone?
December 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
many moons ago I heard Maud Gleason give a talk that interpreted the florid and literary behavior of the Hasmoneans in Josephus as evidence for how elites internalized florid and literary behavior and reproduced it in their lives... does this ring a bell with anyone?
(From last night, but these days, perhaps best not to let any light or festivity slip by…)
December 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
(From last night, but these days, perhaps best not to let any light or festivity slip by…)
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I'm honored that *Black Religion in the Madhouse* is among the @nyupress.bsky.social books on the 2025 @choicereviews.bsky.social CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles.
Awards - NYU Press
2025 Winner, 2026 Adele E. Clarke Book Award, given by the ReproNetworkRisa Cromer, Conceiving Christian America: Embryo Adoption and Reproductive Politics Longlist, 20th Annual Sheikh Zayed Book Awar...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I'm honored that *Black Religion in the Madhouse* is among the @nyupress.bsky.social books on the 2025 @choicereviews.bsky.social CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles.
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'articles which include references to nonexistent research material — the papers that don’t get flagged and retracted for this use of AI, that is — are themselves being cited in other papers, which effectively launders their erroneous citations.'
Say what you want about law reviews and all their flaws, but law review editors won't let this slip for one second.
An interesting read featuring GSU's own @andrew.heiss.phd.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
An interesting read featuring GSU's own @andrew.heiss.phd.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
'articles which include references to nonexistent research material — the papers that don’t get flagged and retracted for this use of AI, that is — are themselves being cited in other papers, which effectively launders their erroneous citations.'
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Lovely CSWR "Research Reflection" @maiakotro.bsky.social cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news/2025/12...
Lyricism as Historical Method | Center for the Study of World Religions
cswr.hds.harvard.edu
December 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Lovely CSWR "Research Reflection" @maiakotro.bsky.social cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news/2025/12...
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NEW: Public universities in red states, from Texas to Florida, are increasingly required to make their syllabi public. The University of North Carolina may be next. Does "syllabi transparency" help combat distrust in higher ed, or feed ill-informed suspicions of it? www.chronicle.com/article/when...
When Everyone Can See Your Syllabus
More states are requiring public colleges to make class syllabi available to the masses. Proponents say these measures boost higher ed’s credibility, while faculty fear being targeted.
www.chronicle.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
NEW: Public universities in red states, from Texas to Florida, are increasingly required to make their syllabi public. The University of North Carolina may be next. Does "syllabi transparency" help combat distrust in higher ed, or feed ill-informed suspicions of it? www.chronicle.com/article/when...
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"the material histories of a paper-using humankind...are relevant and crucial to understanding global history...across different book cultures, belief systems, and political constellations...highlighting parallel developments, entanglements, and integrations between the world’s paper-using cultures"
"Paper Regimes of the Publishing World: A Bird’s Eye View on the Materiality of Global Book History" is published in open access in the journal Globalgeschichte / Global History, vol. 3.2 (2025), pp. 1-28, DOI doi.org/10.13173/GG....
Here is a link: www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/ddo/artikel/...
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Here is a link: www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/ddo/artikel/...
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www.harrassowitz-verlag.de
December 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
"the material histories of a paper-using humankind...are relevant and crucial to understanding global history...across different book cultures, belief systems, and political constellations...highlighting parallel developments, entanglements, and integrations between the world’s paper-using cultures"
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while i am not an academic i did see this coming and post about it on bluesky, which is why i am quoted in this article
December 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
while i am not an academic i did see this coming and post about it on bluesky, which is why i am quoted in this article
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From my own niche: institutions of higher education should stop chasing trends, work internally to assert a set of values, and then build curriculum around those values.
just a collection of "inevitable" multi-billion dollar tech that was going to be the future of everything until everyone in the audience who was supposed to just get on board said "lol no"
December 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
From my own niche: institutions of higher education should stop chasing trends, work internally to assert a set of values, and then build curriculum around those values.