Carlos Noreña
@carlosfnorena.bsky.social
Ancient Historian @ UC Berkeley • 🇪🇦 • politics | sports | electronic music • He/Him
eerie light this evening (no filter, I promise)...
October 14, 2025 at 2:03 AM
eerie light this evening (no filter, I promise)...
I like the little green and red ones. I only ever read the left-hand side, though. Just FYI.
October 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I like the little green and red ones. I only ever read the left-hand side, though. Just FYI.
🎈 Fifty-five! 🎈
Announcing some new policies, beginning today:
• driving: never above 50 MPH
• dinner: never after 5:30 PM
• my lawn: get off of it
😂
Announcing some new policies, beginning today:
• driving: never above 50 MPH
• dinner: never after 5:30 PM
• my lawn: get off of it
😂
October 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🎈 Fifty-five! 🎈
Announcing some new policies, beginning today:
• driving: never above 50 MPH
• dinner: never after 5:30 PM
• my lawn: get off of it
😂
Announcing some new policies, beginning today:
• driving: never above 50 MPH
• dinner: never after 5:30 PM
• my lawn: get off of it
😂
La pleine lune au lever du soleil.
October 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
La pleine lune au lever du soleil.
Great two-day event at the University of Toronto Mississauga, with Kathryn Stevens, on empires as engines of connectivity in ancient Eurasia.
Students had amazing questions on problems of epistemology and expertise in the "global" study of antiquity. Lots to ponder...
And Toronto was very nice. 🇨🇦
Students had amazing questions on problems of epistemology and expertise in the "global" study of antiquity. Lots to ponder...
And Toronto was very nice. 🇨🇦
October 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Great two-day event at the University of Toronto Mississauga, with Kathryn Stevens, on empires as engines of connectivity in ancient Eurasia.
Students had amazing questions on problems of epistemology and expertise in the "global" study of antiquity. Lots to ponder...
And Toronto was very nice. 🇨🇦
Students had amazing questions on problems of epistemology and expertise in the "global" study of antiquity. Lots to ponder...
And Toronto was very nice. 🇨🇦
A good day to get away from the news.
(Lands End, San Francisco)
(Lands End, San Francisco)
September 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A good day to get away from the news.
(Lands End, San Francisco)
(Lands End, San Francisco)
I had this one ⬇️
September 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I had this one ⬇️
Rapidly approaching Flintstones territory here...
September 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Rapidly approaching Flintstones territory here...
The latest iteration of the "global antiquity" conversation.
Lots of enthusiasm and lots of questions, both substantive (what *is* "global antiquity") and programmatic (how do we do it?).
I find all of it energizing!
Lots of enthusiasm and lots of questions, both substantive (what *is* "global antiquity") and programmatic (how do we do it?).
I find all of it energizing!
September 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The latest iteration of the "global antiquity" conversation.
Lots of enthusiasm and lots of questions, both substantive (what *is* "global antiquity") and programmatic (how do we do it?).
I find all of it energizing!
Lots of enthusiasm and lots of questions, both substantive (what *is* "global antiquity") and programmatic (how do we do it?).
I find all of it energizing!
By late summer, Northern California's hills turn from a brilliant gold to a more subdued golden brown. And every evening, at this time of year, there's a fleeting moment at sunset, about 5 minutes long, when they turn a pinkish red. It's very nice.
September 4, 2025 at 3:24 AM
By late summer, Northern California's hills turn from a brilliant gold to a more subdued golden brown. And every evening, at this time of year, there's a fleeting moment at sunset, about 5 minutes long, when they turn a pinkish red. It's very nice.
The Golden Gate Bridge, with a patch of low-lying fog, as seen from Twin Peaks.
September 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The Golden Gate Bridge, with a patch of low-lying fog, as seen from Twin Peaks.
And so begins year 25.
August 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And so begins year 25.
And that's that. We moved our younger son into his first-year dorm at San Diego State, did some (rather frenetic) last-minute shopping, and have now said our goodbyes.
Lots of feelings!
Lots of feelings!
August 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
And that's that. We moved our younger son into his first-year dorm at San Diego State, did some (rather frenetic) last-minute shopping, and have now said our goodbyes.
Lots of feelings!
Lots of feelings!
Hanging with the Filipino in-laws in San Diego. Love the energy ⬇️
August 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Hanging with the Filipino in-laws in San Diego. Love the energy ⬇️
Can I offer an osprey or a grey coyote instead?
PS: this is all from last week. I'm an ancient historian, Ben. I live in the past.
PS: this is all from last week. I'm an ancient historian, Ben. I live in the past.
August 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Can I offer an osprey or a grey coyote instead?
PS: this is all from last week. I'm an ancient historian, Ben. I live in the past.
PS: this is all from last week. I'm an ancient historian, Ben. I live in the past.
Early-morning sunlight and a field of gold (Point Reyes, CA).
August 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Early-morning sunlight and a field of gold (Point Reyes, CA).
I don't always criticize people for misusing the phrase "to beg the question," but when I do, I prefer to humiliate the "Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and of Biomedical Engineering" at the Yale School of Medicine who thinks that we should "unyoke" the sciences from the humanities.
August 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I don't always criticize people for misusing the phrase "to beg the question," but when I do, I prefer to humiliate the "Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and of Biomedical Engineering" at the Yale School of Medicine who thinks that we should "unyoke" the sciences from the humanities.
The continental edge at Point Reyes National Seashore, August 8, 2025.
August 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The continental edge at Point Reyes National Seashore, August 8, 2025.
Just in: the final publication of the late (and legendary) Michael Loewe!
This short book is notable as a single-authored comparative synthesis written by a specialist in early China—a useful complement to current work (mostly multi-authored or written from a Mediterranean perspective).
Exciting!
This short book is notable as a single-authored comparative synthesis written by a specialist in early China—a useful complement to current work (mostly multi-authored or written from a Mediterranean perspective).
Exciting!
July 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Just in: the final publication of the late (and legendary) Michael Loewe!
This short book is notable as a single-authored comparative synthesis written by a specialist in early China—a useful complement to current work (mostly multi-authored or written from a Mediterranean perspective).
Exciting!
This short book is notable as a single-authored comparative synthesis written by a specialist in early China—a useful complement to current work (mostly multi-authored or written from a Mediterranean perspective).
Exciting!