Janet Spittler
@janetspittler.bsky.social
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Governor Elect Spanberger advises the UVA BOV to pause selection of a new President until they have a Board approved by the General Assembly. A good and fair call.
November 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Governor Elect Spanberger advises the UVA BOV to pause selection of a new President until they have a Board approved by the General Assembly. A good and fair call.
Thank you, @abigailspanberger.com! This is the right path for restoring faculty, staff, student, and alumni trust in our BOV.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Virginia’s Governor-Elect Wants a Say Over Leadership at U.Va.
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Thank you, @abigailspanberger.com! This is the right path for restoring faculty, staff, student, and alumni trust in our BOV.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Alumni and friends of UVa Religious Studies: you are invited to our reception at the AAR/SBL annual meeting!
Sunday, November 23, 8-11pm at First Church Boston.
The venue is not a literal ship as in years past, but the etymology of “nave” keeps us in line with UVa tradition.
Sunday, November 23, 8-11pm at First Church Boston.
The venue is not a literal ship as in years past, but the etymology of “nave” keeps us in line with UVa tradition.
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Alumni and friends of UVa Religious Studies: you are invited to our reception at the AAR/SBL annual meeting!
Sunday, November 23, 8-11pm at First Church Boston.
The venue is not a literal ship as in years past, but the etymology of “nave” keeps us in line with UVa tradition.
Sunday, November 23, 8-11pm at First Church Boston.
The venue is not a literal ship as in years past, but the etymology of “nave” keeps us in line with UVa tradition.
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my already pretty reasonably priced LIFE OF THECLA translation/introduction is now UNreasonably cheap with the code CONFSHIP! $9.50! I think it includes US shipping? stocking stuffers for all of your apocrypha lovers!
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The Life of Thecla- Wipf and Stock Publishers
Thecla was one of the most venerated saints in late antiquity. One of her followers created the Life of Thecla as an act of devotion in the fifth century, re...
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October 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
my already pretty reasonably priced LIFE OF THECLA translation/introduction is now UNreasonably cheap with the code CONFSHIP! $9.50! I think it includes US shipping? stocking stuffers for all of your apocrypha lovers!
wipfandstock.com/978166674640...
wipfandstock.com/978166674640...
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I did not write the headline, but I have an op ed on Prop 50 over at the @sfchronicle.com.
Shorter version: the nationalization and polarization of our politics is what got us here, and it's also the most likely way out. It will take national partisan Democratic hardball to enact anti-hardball.
Shorter version: the nationalization and polarization of our politics is what got us here, and it's also the most likely way out. It will take national partisan Democratic hardball to enact anti-hardball.
California’s Prop 50 passed. Now, here’s how to end partisan redistricting once and for all
OPINION: We need a new federal statute of mutual disarmament — ideally before we reach the point where there are zero California Republicans and zero Texas Democrats, Joseph Fishkin writes.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I did not write the headline, but I have an op ed on Prop 50 over at the @sfchronicle.com.
Shorter version: the nationalization and polarization of our politics is what got us here, and it's also the most likely way out. It will take national partisan Democratic hardball to enact anti-hardball.
Shorter version: the nationalization and polarization of our politics is what got us here, and it's also the most likely way out. It will take national partisan Democratic hardball to enact anti-hardball.
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You African Studies majors out there: you too can become mayor of New York City!!!
November 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Join us Friday for the November 2025 First Friday workshop with Ivan Miroshnikov (University of Helsinki). Register at the email in the image below for the pre-circulated paper and Zoom link.
November 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Join us Friday for the November 2025 First Friday workshop with Ivan Miroshnikov (University of Helsinki). Register at the email in the image below for the pre-circulated paper and Zoom link.
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BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
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Blah blah blah men…Young women are ready to set the country on fire
A moment of silence, please, for the "young men are all MAGA now" narrative.
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Blah blah blah men…Young women are ready to set the country on fire
The Thesaurus Linguae Graecae thinks I’m working too hard.
November 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The Thesaurus Linguae Graecae thinks I’m working too hard.
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Amazing action happening on the Charlottesville downtown mall now!
November 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Amazing action happening on the Charlottesville downtown mall now!
Amazing action happening on the Charlottesville downtown mall now!
November 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Amazing action happening on the Charlottesville downtown mall now!
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ICE Agent, 7-Year-Old Both Wearing Same ‘Military Commando’ Halloween Costume
October 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
ICE Agent, 7-Year-Old Both Wearing Same ‘Military Commando’ Halloween Costume
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Another great way to help out the food banks and get a little something (or a lot of something if you’re like me 🫣) in return!
October 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Another great way to help out the food banks and get a little something (or a lot of something if you’re like me 🫣) in return!
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If you’re free tomorrow at 8am US Eastern / 1pm CET, come talk with me about the Byzantine apocryphal reception of Onesimus!
genaut.univie.ac.at?page_id=671&...
genaut.univie.ac.at?page_id=671&...
October 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
If you’re free tomorrow at 8am US Eastern / 1pm CET, come talk with me about the Byzantine apocryphal reception of Onesimus!
genaut.univie.ac.at?page_id=671&...
genaut.univie.ac.at?page_id=671&...
Join us on Friday, November 7 for @nasscal.bsky.social’s First Friday Workshop with Ivan Miroshnikov on “Textual Fluidity in the Coptic Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles”!
October 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Join us on Friday, November 7 for @nasscal.bsky.social’s First Friday Workshop with Ivan Miroshnikov on “Textual Fluidity in the Coptic Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles”!
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Everything's bigger in America... When I was given the chance by Basic Books to translate and adapt my 2022 Dutch biography of Diogenes they said they wanted more Diogenes and to their credit did not blink when in the end I gave them as much as 50% more.
October 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Everything's bigger in America... When I was given the chance by Basic Books to translate and adapt my 2022 Dutch biography of Diogenes they said they wanted more Diogenes and to their credit did not blink when in the end I gave them as much as 50% more.
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Trump Touts Productive Call With Putin About Ballroom Sconces https://theonion.com/trump-touts-productive-call-with-putin-about-ballroom-sconces/
October 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Trump Touts Productive Call With Putin About Ballroom Sconces https://theonion.com/trump-touts-productive-call-with-putin-about-ballroom-sconces/
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Dr. Phyllis Tribble 1932-2025
Feminist Biblical Interpretation Scholar
Assistant and Associate Professor of Religion at Wake Forest (1963–1971); founding faculty member and Associate Dean of the School of Divinity (1999-2002) and University Professor (2002-2012)
www.linkedin.com/posts/wakedi...
Feminist Biblical Interpretation Scholar
Assistant and Associate Professor of Religion at Wake Forest (1963–1971); founding faculty member and Associate Dean of the School of Divinity (1999-2002) and University Professor (2002-2012)
www.linkedin.com/posts/wakedi...
We mourn the passing of Dr. Phyllis Trible, a towering figure in biblical scholarship and a cherished member of the Wake Forest University community.
Dr. Trible’s pioneering work in feminist… | Wake ...
We mourn the passing of Dr. Phyllis Trible, a towering figure in biblical scholarship and a cherished member of the Wake Forest University community.
Dr. Trible’s pioneering work in feminist biblical...
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October 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Dr. Phyllis Tribble 1932-2025
Feminist Biblical Interpretation Scholar
Assistant and Associate Professor of Religion at Wake Forest (1963–1971); founding faculty member and Associate Dean of the School of Divinity (1999-2002) and University Professor (2002-2012)
www.linkedin.com/posts/wakedi...
Feminist Biblical Interpretation Scholar
Assistant and Associate Professor of Religion at Wake Forest (1963–1971); founding faculty member and Associate Dean of the School of Divinity (1999-2002) and University Professor (2002-2012)
www.linkedin.com/posts/wakedi...
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It's not too late to sign-up! Level 1 offered this fall and Level 2 offered in January. An affordable option for ancient language learners (and lovers)!
Come learn Coptic via The Religion Department starting 10/27!
8-week primer (Level 1) moves from learning alphabet to reading ancient texts. Through lectures, study guides, and weekly challenges you will discover the beauty of Coptic and the Coptic Gospel of Thomas!
tinyurl.com/3ktkyffj
8-week primer (Level 1) moves from learning alphabet to reading ancient texts. Through lectures, study guides, and weekly challenges you will discover the beauty of Coptic and the Coptic Gospel of Thomas!
tinyurl.com/3ktkyffj
Learning Coptic Through the Gospel of Thomas (Level 1)
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October 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
It's not too late to sign-up! Level 1 offered this fall and Level 2 offered in January. An affordable option for ancient language learners (and lovers)!
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Breaking News: The University of Virginia struck an agreement with the White House to remove the threat of a federal investigation, part of a Trump pressure campaign. It's the first public university to do so. nyti.ms/3Wgo2JR
October 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Breaking News: The University of Virginia struck an agreement with the White House to remove the threat of a federal investigation, part of a Trump pressure campaign. It's the first public university to do so. nyti.ms/3Wgo2JR
Excellent piece by @fishkin.bsky.social! www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Rejecting the Compact Is an Opportunity (opinion)
The only action needed now is no action at all, Joseph Fishkin writes.
www.insidehighered.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Excellent piece by @fishkin.bsky.social! www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Sweet Lord, this is absolutely appalling.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Trump nominee says MLK Jr. holiday belongs in ‘hell’ and that he has ‘Nazi streak,’ according to texts
Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.
www.politico.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Sweet Lord, this is absolutely appalling.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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October 20, 460 CE: Death of poet & Augusta Aelia Eudocia. The daughter of a rhetorician, she was married off to Theodosius II but never stopped writing or reading. We have 3,000 lines of her poetry today, which Brian Sowers trans. in an open access volume in 2020. chs.harvard.edu/book/sowers-...
In Her Own Words: The Life and Poetry of Aelia Eudocia - The Center for Hellenic Studies
In Her Own Words: The Life and Poetry of Aelia Eudocia is the first full-length study to examine Eudocia’s writings as a unified whole and to situate them within their wider fifth-century literary, so...
chs.harvard.edu
October 20, 2025 at 11:11 AM
October 20, 460 CE: Death of poet & Augusta Aelia Eudocia. The daughter of a rhetorician, she was married off to Theodosius II but never stopped writing or reading. We have 3,000 lines of her poetry today, which Brian Sowers trans. in an open access volume in 2020. chs.harvard.edu/book/sowers-...
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Karoline Leavitt on what she expected for today’s demonstrations: “Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, violent criminals.”
Scott Bessent: “Most unhinged in the Democratic Party”
Mike Johnson: “The pro-Hamas wing, the antifa people.”
NYPD: More than 100,000 protesters; zero arrests.
Scott Bessent: “Most unhinged in the Democratic Party”
Mike Johnson: “The pro-Hamas wing, the antifa people.”
NYPD: More than 100,000 protesters; zero arrests.
October 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Karoline Leavitt on what she expected for today’s demonstrations: “Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, violent criminals.”
Scott Bessent: “Most unhinged in the Democratic Party”
Mike Johnson: “The pro-Hamas wing, the antifa people.”
NYPD: More than 100,000 protesters; zero arrests.
Scott Bessent: “Most unhinged in the Democratic Party”
Mike Johnson: “The pro-Hamas wing, the antifa people.”
NYPD: More than 100,000 protesters; zero arrests.