Alison Vacca
@medievalqabq.bsky.social
editor of @alusuralwusta.bsky.social
historian of Umayyad & early Abbasid rule in Armenia & Caucasian Albania
currently working on marriage and matriliny in the Khazar Khaganate
associate prof at Columbia University
historian of Umayyad & early Abbasid rule in Armenia & Caucasian Albania
currently working on marriage and matriliny in the Khazar Khaganate
associate prof at Columbia University
I desperately wanted to stuff this one in my purse, but I was told customs would stop me
August 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I desperately wanted to stuff this one in my purse, but I was told customs would stop me
Oh, master of spices, I await your knowledge
August 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Oh, master of spices, I await your knowledge
Oh, so you are traveling the Silk Road, then??
August 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Oh, so you are traveling the Silk Road, then??
Kindred Voices by Michael Pifer (2021)
July 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Kindred Voices by Michael Pifer (2021)
From Byzantium/Modernism: The Byzantine as Method in Modernity
Byzantium/Modernism
"Byzantium/Modernism" published on 29 Jun 2015 by Brill.
brill.com
July 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
From Byzantium/Modernism: The Byzantine as Method in Modernity
woah, thanks for sharing. this is amazing. it's even more powerful as a set. this link has the whole series: africa.si.edu/exhibits/sho...
Yinka Shonibare MBE || The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
africa.si.edu
May 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
woah, thanks for sharing. this is amazing. it's even more powerful as a set. this link has the whole series: africa.si.edu/exhibits/sho...
oooh, yes. ok, so: solidarity and commiseration from the cookie-cutter-remora to the ostrich.
April 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
oooh, yes. ok, so: solidarity and commiseration from the cookie-cutter-remora to the ostrich.
Yes, thank you. But cannibal remoras.
April 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Yes, thank you. But cannibal remoras.
I hear you, that's disappointing. But I'm at Columbia so even ostrich approach sounds appealing rn. Idek which metaphor we are going for here. Maybe lemmings?
April 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I hear you, that's disappointing. But I'm at Columbia so even ostrich approach sounds appealing rn. Idek which metaphor we are going for here. Maybe lemmings?