Anca Wilkening
@historianca.bsky.social
Religious Studies, Indigenous Studies, Queer Studies. Ph.D. Candidate @Harvard by day/night, forager at heart. Archival Nerd and Chronic Former Gifted Kid.
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Anca Wilkening
@historianca.bsky.social
· Dec 14
Finishing up a piece about one of my favorite archives today: The letters of Rachel Post, a Mohican woman married to a German Moravian missionary in the 1740s. Rachel would dictate in English and he would transcribe them phonetically according to the sounds he heard. E.g. creator becomes "kröter."
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Harvard will open a new probe into former University President Lawrence H. Summers’ connections with convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein, a Harvard spokesperson confirmed Tuesday night.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard To Launch New Investigation Into Epstein’s Ties to Summers, Other University Affiliates | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard will open a new probe into former University President Lawrence H. Summers’ connections with convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein, after newly released documents revealed the two…
www.thecrimson.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Harvard will open a new probe into former University President Lawrence H. Summers’ connections with convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein, a Harvard spokesperson confirmed Tuesday night.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
It’s almost like anyone who isn’t a rich white dude would get put under intense scrutiny (and probably fired) for something that looks like a major false claim on a CV
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"orgs listed on Summers’ résumé disputed his involvement ... Brookings Institution, a left-leaning think tank, said Tuesday that Summers 'is not & has not been a member' of the org’s Board of Trustees, which Summers’ résumé listed him as serving on since '02."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/m...
"orgs listed on Summers’ résumé disputed his involvement ... Brookings Institution, a left-leaning think tank, said Tuesday that Summers 'is not & has not been a member' of the org’s Board of Trustees, which Summers’ résumé listed him as serving on since '02."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/m...
November 19, 2025 at 2:43 AM
It’s almost like anyone who isn’t a rich white dude would get put under intense scrutiny (and probably fired) for something that looks like a major false claim on a CV
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"orgs listed on Summers’ résumé disputed his involvement ... Brookings Institution, a left-leaning think tank, said Tuesday that Summers 'is not & has not been a member' of the org’s Board of Trustees, which Summers’ résumé listed him as serving on since '02."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/m...
"orgs listed on Summers’ résumé disputed his involvement ... Brookings Institution, a left-leaning think tank, said Tuesday that Summers 'is not & has not been a member' of the org’s Board of Trustees, which Summers’ résumé listed him as serving on since '02."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/m...
November 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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"orgs listed on Summers’ résumé disputed his involvement ... Brookings Institution, a left-leaning think tank, said Tuesday that Summers 'is not & has not been a member' of the org’s Board of Trustees, which Summers’ résumé listed him as serving on since '02."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/m...
"orgs listed on Summers’ résumé disputed his involvement ... Brookings Institution, a left-leaning think tank, said Tuesday that Summers 'is not & has not been a member' of the org’s Board of Trustees, which Summers’ résumé listed him as serving on since '02."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/m...
I was slated to present at #SBLAAR on “The Site of Higher Education and the Formation of Religious-Political Identity,” but withdrew my paper due to safety concerns following doxxing and attacks on international students’ free speech. Still happy to chat if you see me around.
November 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I was slated to present at #SBLAAR on “The Site of Higher Education and the Formation of Religious-Political Identity,” but withdrew my paper due to safety concerns following doxxing and attacks on international students’ free speech. Still happy to chat if you see me around.
"Summers stood for many things, but most importantly he represented the interests of our students." - David Laibson
"my extremely long friendship with the most notorious child sex trafficker of modern times has caused me to withdraw from public life. that said, I'm excited to teach your children next semester" — larry summers
November 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
"Summers stood for many things, but most importantly he represented the interests of our students." - David Laibson
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Just a reminder that students protested Comaroff’s classes when Harvard allowed him to continue teaching
And that some of Summers’s most vocal defenders during his presidential scandal are in high positions of power within Harvard, even considered for the College Dean position
And that some of Summers’s most vocal defenders during his presidential scandal are in high positions of power within Harvard, even considered for the College Dean position
Alternate title: Summers will be “punished” by taking on less work— but will continue to teach students, make a salary of well over $200k, and lead a Harvard center
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Summers To Step Back from Public Commitments Amid Epstein Scandal | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawerence H. Summers will step back from all public commitments in an effort “to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me,” he wrote in a statement...
www.thecrimson.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Just a reminder that students protested Comaroff’s classes when Harvard allowed him to continue teaching
And that some of Summers’s most vocal defenders during his presidential scandal are in high positions of power within Harvard, even considered for the College Dean position
And that some of Summers’s most vocal defenders during his presidential scandal are in high positions of power within Harvard, even considered for the College Dean position
Still fulfilling "his teaching obligations" and continuing to run a research center? Harvard gonna Harvard.
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will step back from all public commitments in an effort “to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me,” he wrote in a statement.
Crimson News Staff report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Crimson News Staff report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Summers To Step Back from Public Commitments Amid Epstein Scandal | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawerence H. Summers will step back from all public commitments in an effort “to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me,” he wrote in a…
www.thecrimson.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Still fulfilling "his teaching obligations" and continuing to run a research center? Harvard gonna Harvard.
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Many thanks to UVA’s Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation for hosting this wonderful panel on my recent book “Convert, Migrant, Missionary” and even more so to these awesome respondents who took such time and care to delivery feedback!
@historianca.bsky.social @mikkibrock.bsky.social
@historianca.bsky.social @mikkibrock.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Many thanks to UVA’s Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation for hosting this wonderful panel on my recent book “Convert, Migrant, Missionary” and even more so to these awesome respondents who took such time and care to delivery feedback!
@historianca.bsky.social @mikkibrock.bsky.social
@historianca.bsky.social @mikkibrock.bsky.social
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Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
I was going to draw a Venn diagram of “Larry Summers or his fans” and “people who’ve anointed themselves the moral referees of the Harvard–antisemitism discourse,” but the overlap is so total it’s basically one big circle
November 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I was going to draw a Venn diagram of “Larry Summers or his fans” and “people who’ve anointed themselves the moral referees of the Harvard–antisemitism discourse,” but the overlap is so total it’s basically one big circle
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Harvard custodians launched a strike at 10 a.m. on Monday after union negotiations broke down on the eve of their contract’s expiration, their first strike in at least 50 years.
Hugo C. Chiasson and Amann S. Mahajan report.
Hugo C. Chiasson and Amann S. Mahajan report.
Harvard Custodians Begin Two-Day Strike for New Contract | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard custodians launched a strike shortly after 10 a.m. on Monday after union negotiations broke down on the eve of their contract’s expiration, their first strike in at least 50 years.
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Harvard custodians launched a strike at 10 a.m. on Monday after union negotiations broke down on the eve of their contract’s expiration, their first strike in at least 50 years.
Hugo C. Chiasson and Amann S. Mahajan report.
Hugo C. Chiasson and Amann S. Mahajan report.
#JustMoravianScholarThings
So grateful that I got to talk about @kkaelin.bsky.social's amazing work and book last week. Now unto reading my copy of @ktgerbs.bsky.social's new book that @chancebonar.bsky.social just got me as a surprise gift.
So grateful that I got to talk about @kkaelin.bsky.social's amazing work and book last week. Now unto reading my copy of @ktgerbs.bsky.social's new book that @chancebonar.bsky.social just got me as a surprise gift.
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
#JustMoravianScholarThings
So grateful that I got to talk about @kkaelin.bsky.social's amazing work and book last week. Now unto reading my copy of @ktgerbs.bsky.social's new book that @chancebonar.bsky.social just got me as a surprise gift.
So grateful that I got to talk about @kkaelin.bsky.social's amazing work and book last week. Now unto reading my copy of @ktgerbs.bsky.social's new book that @chancebonar.bsky.social just got me as a surprise gift.
Getting flashbacks this morning to the prospective male adviser in a PhD program who was all nice and sweet until I said no and has been a jerk to me ever since because he clearly doesn't like being rejected.
November 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Getting flashbacks this morning to the prospective male adviser in a PhD program who was all nice and sweet until I said no and has been a jerk to me ever since because he clearly doesn't like being rejected.
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Religion and Slave Revolts in the Roman Mediterranean is under contract with the @uwiscpress.bsky.social!
Looking forward to sharing thoughts on the roles of religious cultures in catalyzing & suppressing slave revolts + how Roman writers selectively characterized the religiosity of the enslaved.
Looking forward to sharing thoughts on the roles of religious cultures in catalyzing & suppressing slave revolts + how Roman writers selectively characterized the religiosity of the enslaved.
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Religion and Slave Revolts in the Roman Mediterranean is under contract with the @uwiscpress.bsky.social!
Looking forward to sharing thoughts on the roles of religious cultures in catalyzing & suppressing slave revolts + how Roman writers selectively characterized the religiosity of the enslaved.
Looking forward to sharing thoughts on the roles of religious cultures in catalyzing & suppressing slave revolts + how Roman writers selectively characterized the religiosity of the enslaved.
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"'I’m not sure what we’ve learned from it all,' Walter Johnson, a professor of History and African and African American Studies, wrote in a statement. 'I think Larry Summers told us who he was a long time ago.'"
Professor Johnson knows wassup.
Professor Johnson knows wassup.
Harvard Faculty Disturbed by Revelations of Summers’ ‘Cozy Friendship’ With Epstein | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard professors responded with outrage to a tranche of emails showing a close yearslong correspondence between former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers and sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein, reop...
www.thecrimson.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"'I’m not sure what we’ve learned from it all,' Walter Johnson, a professor of History and African and African American Studies, wrote in a statement. 'I think Larry Summers told us who he was a long time ago.'"
Professor Johnson knows wassup.
Professor Johnson knows wassup.
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Happy Halloween from this non-resident alien turned American immigrant.
October 31, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Happy Halloween from this non-resident alien turned American immigrant.
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GenAut seminar recording | Chance Bonar •Onesimus: Apostle and Martyr in Eastern Mediterranean Literature•
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmnUReJ23W8
The program: genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=671
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmnUReJ23W8
The program: genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=671
GenAut | Chance Bonar "Onesimus: Apostle and Martyr in Eastern Mediterranean Literature"
YouTube video by The GenAut Project
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October 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
GenAut seminar recording | Chance Bonar •Onesimus: Apostle and Martyr in Eastern Mediterranean Literature•
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmnUReJ23W8
The program: genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=671
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmnUReJ23W8
The program: genaut.univie.ac.at/?page_id=671
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“Trump’s compact is the greatest single incursion into the freedom & autonomy of higher education to ever happen in this country.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
#DefendHigherEd
#DefendHigherEd
‘Students Are Terrified’: How Trump’s Higher Education Compact Puts Queer Students at Risk
The heavy-handed document promises federal funding in exchange for ideological compliance. So far, it's unpopular.
rewirenewsgroup.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
“Trump’s compact is the greatest single incursion into the freedom & autonomy of higher education to ever happen in this country.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
#DefendHigherEd
#DefendHigherEd
Stepping away from Res Life has been wonderful for my writing and work–life balance, but I truly miss my students. This is my first semester without any teaching or advising, and I miss the everyday moments of connection and the relationships that grew from them.
October 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Stepping away from Res Life has been wonderful for my writing and work–life balance, but I truly miss my students. This is my first semester without any teaching or advising, and I miss the everyday moments of connection and the relationships that grew from them.
Thesis_final_thisone_thisoneforreal_okthisisit_ahfuckit
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Thesis_final_thisone_thisoneforreal_okthisisit_ahfuckit
We are so close! Help @chancebonar.bsky.social make Ancient Gazan lit more accessible to community!
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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!
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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!
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October 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
We are so close! Help @chancebonar.bsky.social make Ancient Gazan lit more accessible to community!
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In the least surprising turn of events: Harvard’s right-leaning undergrad magazine was shut down by its *own board* — meanwhile, Harvard’s faint-hearted deans and admins decided it was uncivil and uncouth to denounce comments in it mirroring Hitler’s rhetoric
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Salient’s Board of Directors Suspends Publication, Citing ‘Reprehensible’ Material in Articles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Harvard Salient’s board of directors announced on Sunday that it would suspend the conservative student magazine’s operations after it published material the board deemed “reprehensible, abusive, ...
www.thecrimson.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:57 AM
In the least surprising turn of events: Harvard’s right-leaning undergrad magazine was shut down by its *own board* — meanwhile, Harvard’s faint-hearted deans and admins decided it was uncivil and uncouth to denounce comments in it mirroring Hitler’s rhetoric
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Yeah, that tattoo is verboten in Germany by law
October 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Yeah, that tattoo is verboten in Germany by law
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Here’s a link to the piece—it traces how Roman rhetoric of “peace” become adapted by late antique Christians to erase Jews bulletin.hds.harvard.edu/empire-and-e... +
Empire and Epistemicide
Precisely at the times when Jews and Christians were most experiencing the violence of the Roman Empire, some of Rome’s rulers were most vociferously claiming to bring and keep peace. By Annette Yoshi...
bulletin.hds.harvard.edu
October 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Here’s a link to the piece—it traces how Roman rhetoric of “peace” become adapted by late antique Christians to erase Jews bulletin.hds.harvard.edu/empire-and-e... +