Lauren Ginsberg
@laurenginsberg.bsky.social
she/her | Mellon Leadership Fellow | assoc. prof. of classical studies: Roman literature, culture, theater, civil war, & all things Nero | pedagogy geek | passionate about equity in graduate education | lover of travel & food | never speak for my employer
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I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
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Universities: investing millions so students ”develop literacy in the language of AI”
Also universities: defunding the humanities so students are illiterate in ordinary languages
Also universities: defunding the humanities so students are illiterate in ordinary languages
December 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Universities: investing millions so students ”develop literacy in the language of AI”
Also universities: defunding the humanities so students are illiterate in ordinary languages
Also universities: defunding the humanities so students are illiterate in ordinary languages
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November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Apparently Google’s parsers often fail when the journal only uses footnotes and the footnotes include multiple citations divided by semicolons. This is a big limitation for historians.
December 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Apparently Google’s parsers often fail when the journal only uses footnotes and the footnotes include multiple citations divided by semicolons. This is a big limitation for historians.
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Historians on hiring, tenure, and promotion committees should be cautious about relying on Google Scholar, and we need to fight against others using it to assess us. I just noticed three citations to my articles in an American Historical Review article by Jo Guldi, and none show up in my profile.
December 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Historians on hiring, tenure, and promotion committees should be cautious about relying on Google Scholar, and we need to fight against others using it to assess us. I just noticed three citations to my articles in an American Historical Review article by Jo Guldi, and none show up in my profile.
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this is my #1 advice to grad students: anyone can reproduce jargon; the bigger flex is being able to make the argument in straightforward prose. clarity is indicative of deep thought and engagement. even chatGPT can write word salad.
i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
Oh man! This paragraph is brutal. The best thing about this review is it's not trying to be mean. It's just listing how bad the writing is.
December 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
this is my #1 advice to grad students: anyone can reproduce jargon; the bigger flex is being able to make the argument in straightforward prose. clarity is indicative of deep thought and engagement. even chatGPT can write word salad.
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⭐ The inaugural RAFFAELLA CRIBIORE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING TRANSLATION from the Society for Classical Studies has just been announced ⭐
C. Luke Soucy, *Ovid's Metamorphoses* (University of California Press, 2023).
C. Luke Soucy, *Ovid's Metamorphoses* (University of California Press, 2023).
2025 Raffaella Cribiore Award for Outstanding Translation | Society for Classical Studies
The Committee on Translation of Classical Authors is delighted to announce the inaugural recipient of the Raffaella Cribiore Award for Outstanding Literary Translation. The Cribiore Award honors outst...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
⭐ The inaugural RAFFAELLA CRIBIORE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING TRANSLATION from the Society for Classical Studies has just been announced ⭐
C. Luke Soucy, *Ovid's Metamorphoses* (University of California Press, 2023).
C. Luke Soucy, *Ovid's Metamorphoses* (University of California Press, 2023).
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I am thrilled (and a little overwhelmed) to share that my book God's Ghostwriters was award the 2026 Grawemeyer Award in religion. I am deeply honored to join this group of distinguished award winners.
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lpts.edu/friends/graw...
December 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I am thrilled (and a little overwhelmed) to share that my book God's Ghostwriters was award the 2026 Grawemeyer Award in religion. I am deeply honored to join this group of distinguished award winners.
lpts.edu/friends/graw...
lpts.edu/friends/graw...
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A couple weeks ago we got a lovely note from someone on the other side of the country thanking us profusely for ILLing a book to them. Curious, we looked up the book they borrowed.
It would have cost $1,200 for them to purchase it.
ILL is one of the things I love most about libraries.
It would have cost $1,200 for them to purchase it.
ILL is one of the things I love most about libraries.
Requested a book through ILL over break. It arrived today. Libraries man.
December 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
A couple weeks ago we got a lovely note from someone on the other side of the country thanking us profusely for ILLing a book to them. Curious, we looked up the book they borrowed.
It would have cost $1,200 for them to purchase it.
ILL is one of the things I love most about libraries.
It would have cost $1,200 for them to purchase it.
ILL is one of the things I love most about libraries.
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it'a interesting to me that the TI-84 type calculator's only feature that makes it a profitable product today is that it doesn't have internet. I wonder if we need a writing version: small computer, keyboard, can load pdfs and turn in assignments. would make in class writing assignments a lot easier
December 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
it'a interesting to me that the TI-84 type calculator's only feature that makes it a profitable product today is that it doesn't have internet. I wonder if we need a writing version: small computer, keyboard, can load pdfs and turn in assignments. would make in class writing assignments a lot easier
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I hate Justinian after I found out how he treated Britney
December 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I hate Justinian after I found out how he treated Britney
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Cleopatra is the single most popular ancient figure* among Americans. Big potential support base for the "attractive maniac" candidate
* they didn't poll for Jesus, but to be fair I suspect he'd take the crown.
* they didn't poll for Jesus, but to be fair I suspect he'd take the crown.
December 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Cleopatra is the single most popular ancient figure* among Americans. Big potential support base for the "attractive maniac" candidate
* they didn't poll for Jesus, but to be fair I suspect he'd take the crown.
* they didn't poll for Jesus, but to be fair I suspect he'd take the crown.
Finally reading Katabasis!
December 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Finally reading Katabasis!
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The AEA has imposed a lifetime ban on Lawrence H. Summers’ membership and participation in AEA activities. See the full statement here. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...
Statement from the American Economic Association
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December 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The AEA has imposed a lifetime ban on Lawrence H. Summers’ membership and participation in AEA activities. See the full statement here. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...
This is the way.
I’m struggling with my focus today. So I wrote out everything I’ve done this year, long hand and in a proper notebook.
I decided that the problem may be that I’ve done enough.
I decided that the problem may be that I’ve done enough.
December 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This is the way.
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I’m struggling with my focus today. So I wrote out everything I’ve done this year, long hand and in a proper notebook.
I decided that the problem may be that I’ve done enough.
I decided that the problem may be that I’ve done enough.
December 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I’m struggling with my focus today. So I wrote out everything I’ve done this year, long hand and in a proper notebook.
I decided that the problem may be that I’ve done enough.
I decided that the problem may be that I’ve done enough.
I was trying to find a complete list of Nero films in early American cinema. Before letting me scroll to real results, Google’s AI overlord helpfully informed me that the Emperor Nero is different than the genre Film Noir. Thanks.
December 1, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I was trying to find a complete list of Nero films in early American cinema. Before letting me scroll to real results, Google’s AI overlord helpfully informed me that the Emperor Nero is different than the genre Film Noir. Thanks.
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I finally finished this article and it is a doozy, especially learning that one harrasser was hired "...despite knowing he had stood down as dean of the business school at Cornell University...following a personal relationship with a junior employee..."
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www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Oxford University Has Failed Women Over Harassment Concerns, Staff Say
The university has repeatedly been slow to act against male academics accused of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior, a Bloomberg investigation found.
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November 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I finally finished this article and it is a doozy, especially learning that one harrasser was hired "...despite knowing he had stood down as dean of the business school at Cornell University...following a personal relationship with a junior employee..."
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Sigh. So, scabies has been around since before Aristotle. It is not a “medieval” disease and this rhetoric contributes to the idea that the Middle Ages was unclean. The Roman physician Celsus is the 1 who named it—from the Latin scabere (“to itch”). Stop making the Middle Ages into a backward period
Medieval skin disease outbreak in the UK leaves patients’ skin ‘crawling’
Several cases of scabies have been reported in schools in Devon
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November 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Sigh. So, scabies has been around since before Aristotle. It is not a “medieval” disease and this rhetoric contributes to the idea that the Middle Ages was unclean. The Roman physician Celsus is the 1 who named it—from the Latin scabere (“to itch”). Stop making the Middle Ages into a backward period
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seasonal reminder that if someone says they don't drink:
-it's none of your business why
-hosts should have several non-alcoholic beverage options
-the holidays can be a tough period for non-drinkers
-many jokes about not drinking are bad
-people are burned out and might just be tired
-it's none of your business why
-hosts should have several non-alcoholic beverage options
-the holidays can be a tough period for non-drinkers
-many jokes about not drinking are bad
-people are burned out and might just be tired
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
seasonal reminder that if someone says they don't drink:
-it's none of your business why
-hosts should have several non-alcoholic beverage options
-the holidays can be a tough period for non-drinkers
-many jokes about not drinking are bad
-people are burned out and might just be tired
-it's none of your business why
-hosts should have several non-alcoholic beverage options
-the holidays can be a tough period for non-drinkers
-many jokes about not drinking are bad
-people are burned out and might just be tired
Here for it!
Oh dear.
”The Assassin's Creed series will feature real-life historical figures, including "Emperor Nero and Seneca the Younger, who served as Nero's tutor.”
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”The Assassin's Creed series will feature real-life historical figures, including "Emperor Nero and Seneca the Younger, who served as Nero's tutor.”
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Netflix's Upcoming Action Fantasy Adaptation Gets Ancient in Major Season 1 Update
The setting for Netflix's live-action 'Assassin's Creed' video game adaptation has been revealed. 👀
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November 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Here for it!
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As I always do with boycotts, I urge: be tough with corporations, gentle with individual buyers. For some people, Black Friday sales are the way they get their kids jackets that fit, shoes that hold up to the weather. Yelling at them doesn’t help the cause.
November 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
As I always do with boycotts, I urge: be tough with corporations, gentle with individual buyers. For some people, Black Friday sales are the way they get their kids jackets that fit, shoes that hold up to the weather. Yelling at them doesn’t help the cause.
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Welcome to ASU @platanoclassics.bsky.social!
“Dan-el Padilla Peralta is in the vanguard of scholars working to ensure that the complexities of the past are not flattened in service to the monochrome myths of our day,” said Jeffrey Cohen, dean of humanities at ASU.
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“Dan-el Padilla Peralta is in the vanguard of scholars working to ensure that the complexities of the past are not flattened in service to the monochrome myths of our day,” said Jeffrey Cohen, dean of humanities at ASU.
news.asu.edu/b/20251112-d...
November 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Welcome to ASU @platanoclassics.bsky.social!
“Dan-el Padilla Peralta is in the vanguard of scholars working to ensure that the complexities of the past are not flattened in service to the monochrome myths of our day,” said Jeffrey Cohen, dean of humanities at ASU.
news.asu.edu/b/20251112-d...
“Dan-el Padilla Peralta is in the vanguard of scholars working to ensure that the complexities of the past are not flattened in service to the monochrome myths of our day,” said Jeffrey Cohen, dean of humanities at ASU.
news.asu.edu/b/20251112-d...
Things I learned: my mother still has a voicemail from me from 2011 from when I called to tell them I’d passed my dissertation defense. She’d mentioned this in passing before. That she kept it for pride. Which is sweet. Today I asked to listen to it. /1
November 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Things I learned: my mother still has a voicemail from me from 2011 from when I called to tell them I’d passed my dissertation defense. She’d mentioned this in passing before. That she kept it for pride. Which is sweet. Today I asked to listen to it. /1
It’s been 3 months since we lost my dad. But I have a lot to be thankful for. I’m thankful he got a last summer. I’m thankful my mom is in good health. I’m thankful for the low effort/high comfort week we’ve spent together. It may not be the Thanksgiving we planned in July. But it’s special.
November 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
It’s been 3 months since we lost my dad. But I have a lot to be thankful for. I’m thankful he got a last summer. I’m thankful my mom is in good health. I’m thankful for the low effort/high comfort week we’ve spent together. It may not be the Thanksgiving we planned in July. But it’s special.