Peter Tarras
@petertarras.bsky.social
Postdoc @jacculturelmu.bsky.social | Blog: http://medisi.hypotheses.org | Book History | Manuscript Studies | Provenance | MENA Intellectual History | SciCom | #FirstGen
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A beautifully written personal account of the discovery of late antiquity by one of the world’s most influential and distinguished historians.
Peter Brown's Journeys of the Mind is now available in #paperback (6 Jan UK pub).
Order yours: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Peter Brown's Journeys of the Mind is now available in #paperback (6 Jan UK pub).
Order yours: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
November 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
A beautifully written personal account of the discovery of late antiquity by one of the world’s most influential and distinguished historians.
Peter Brown's Journeys of the Mind is now available in #paperback (6 Jan UK pub).
Order yours: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Peter Brown's Journeys of the Mind is now available in #paperback (6 Jan UK pub).
Order yours: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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Is it really philosophy when they didn't call it philosophy?
What’s in a Name? “Philosophy” in Non-European Traditions (guest post) - Daily Nous
If certain cultures didn't have the word "philosophy," or a word that can directly be translated with "philosophy," is it illegitimate, maybe culturally imperialist, to impose it on them? In the follo...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Is it really philosophy when they didn't call it philosophy?
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And Meillet's /Altarmenisches Elementarbuch/ (1913) is a go-to, easy-to-find-stuff-in, concise grammar.
#OTD 159 years ago, Antoine Meillet (1866–1936) was born 🎉 He was one of the most influential historical linguists of the twentieth century, who formulated the so-called Meillet’s Law on Proto-Slavic accents and in 1912 coined the term “grammaticalisation.”
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
November 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
And Meillet's /Altarmenisches Elementarbuch/ (1913) is a go-to, easy-to-find-stuff-in, concise grammar.
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AI has not made the jump to reasoning, but it has made the jump to business. For all of my life, researchers and philosophers have studied AI, but they are no longer the experts that governments pay attention to. Now it's the people asking for money that are deemed experts
"The commission’s response was not filled with references to the scientific literature. Instead, the Commission referred to the essays and books by tech CEOs."
Unglaublich. Wirklich unfassbar. Politik, die auf Lobby-Bullshit basiert, und dabei Grundrechte rasiert.
Unglaublich. Wirklich unfassbar. Politik, die auf Lobby-Bullshit basiert, und dabei Grundrechte rasiert.
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
AI has not made the jump to reasoning, but it has made the jump to business. For all of my life, researchers and philosophers have studied AI, but they are no longer the experts that governments pay attention to. Now it's the people asking for money that are deemed experts
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Wer in der Wissenschaft als exzellent gelten will, muss sichtbar sein. Nur: Frauen werden für Sichtbarkeit abgestraft. Sie können es schlicht nicht richtig machen! Kein Wunder, dass Gleichstellung im dt. Wissenschaftssystem schleppend vorangeht. Das #Sichtbarkeitsparadox: heute in #ArbeitInDerWiss!
Das Sichtbarkeitsparadox: Warum Wissenschaftlerinnen es nicht richtig…
Als exzellent gelten setzt voraus, sichtbar zu sein. Wissenschaftlerinnen werden jedoch für Sichtbarkeit abgestraft. Egal was sie tun: Sie können es nur falsch machen!
steady.page
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Wer in der Wissenschaft als exzellent gelten will, muss sichtbar sein. Nur: Frauen werden für Sichtbarkeit abgestraft. Sie können es schlicht nicht richtig machen! Kein Wunder, dass Gleichstellung im dt. Wissenschaftssystem schleppend vorangeht. Das #Sichtbarkeitsparadox: heute in #ArbeitInDerWiss!
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#Medievalsky #BookHistory hive mind, are there any in-depth palaeographical studies, from any tradition, on the hands of individual scribes/copyists? Grateful for all recommendations!
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 AM
#Medievalsky #BookHistory hive mind, are there any in-depth palaeographical studies, from any tradition, on the hands of individual scribes/copyists? Grateful for all recommendations!
#Medievalsky #BookHistory hive mind, are there any in-depth palaeographical studies, from any tradition, on the hands of individual scribes/copyists? Grateful for all recommendations!
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 AM
#Medievalsky #BookHistory hive mind, are there any in-depth palaeographical studies, from any tradition, on the hands of individual scribes/copyists? Grateful for all recommendations!
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Later this month we are hosting a new Book in the Spotlight. On Mon 24 Nov at 4PM CET Peter Van Nuffelen (Ghent) will present The Fragmentary Greek Chronicles after Eusebius, which he recently published with Lieve Van Hoof. Discussant will be @monica-berti.bsky.social (Leipzig)!
November 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Later this month we are hosting a new Book in the Spotlight. On Mon 24 Nov at 4PM CET Peter Van Nuffelen (Ghent) will present The Fragmentary Greek Chronicles after Eusebius, which he recently published with Lieve Van Hoof. Discussant will be @monica-berti.bsky.social (Leipzig)!
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PLEASE DO NOT ASK STAFF WHERE DRACULA’S GRAVE IS THERE ISN’T ONE.
Iconic sign from St Mary’s Church next to Whitby Abbey. I love that people think Bram Stoker’s Dracula was a real person/vampire who lived and died in Whitby.
Iconic sign from St Mary’s Church next to Whitby Abbey. I love that people think Bram Stoker’s Dracula was a real person/vampire who lived and died in Whitby.
November 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
PLEASE DO NOT ASK STAFF WHERE DRACULA’S GRAVE IS THERE ISN’T ONE.
Iconic sign from St Mary’s Church next to Whitby Abbey. I love that people think Bram Stoker’s Dracula was a real person/vampire who lived and died in Whitby.
Iconic sign from St Mary’s Church next to Whitby Abbey. I love that people think Bram Stoker’s Dracula was a real person/vampire who lived and died in Whitby.
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Cat ready to pounce on Mouse
BL Add 62925; the 'Rutland Psalter'; England, S. E.; c.1260;
f.60r
BL Add 62925; the 'Rutland Psalter'; England, S. E.; c.1260;
f.60r
November 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Cat ready to pounce on Mouse
BL Add 62925; the 'Rutland Psalter'; England, S. E.; c.1260;
f.60r
BL Add 62925; the 'Rutland Psalter'; England, S. E.; c.1260;
f.60r
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To read Klawans' original piece, see: www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2025/5/...
The Case for Retraction of Academic Authentications of Forged Fragments — ANCIENT JEW REVIEW
This position paper issues a call for editors and publishers with oversight over peer-reviewed publications of inauthentic post-2002 Dead Sea Scroll-like fragments to embark on the processes that woul...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
To read Klawans' original piece, see: www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2025/5/...
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In May, Jonathan Klawans published a piece in AJR calling for the retraction of published Dead Sea Scroll fragment forgeries. One volume has officially heeded his call: www.bloomsbury.com/us/gleanings...
Gleanings from the Caves
PUBLICATION RETRACTED:In June 2025 the Publishers were made aware that many of the fragments discussed in this book have been discovered, since publication, to…
www.bloomsbury.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
In May, Jonathan Klawans published a piece in AJR calling for the retraction of published Dead Sea Scroll fragment forgeries. One volume has officially heeded his call: www.bloomsbury.com/us/gleanings...
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Great talk and great conversation yesterday.
In case you missed it, here is the recording!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kH9...
In case you missed it, here is the recording!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kH9...
TeTra | Ellen Muehlberger "Character Building: Tracing the Voice of Mary of Egypt"
YouTube video by TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar
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November 7, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Great talk and great conversation yesterday.
In case you missed it, here is the recording!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kH9...
In case you missed it, here is the recording!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kH9...
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Getting nervous for the talk I'm about to give at a workshop about "using AI to drive impact" which features slides such as these.
November 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Getting nervous for the talk I'm about to give at a workshop about "using AI to drive impact" which features slides such as these.
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NEW BLOG online: Our recent VW-fellow Lipika Pelham writes about "The Vamp of Baghdad: How Jewish actresses shaped early 20th century Indian cinema"
www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/the-vamp-of-...
www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/the-vamp-of-...
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
NEW BLOG online: Our recent VW-fellow Lipika Pelham writes about "The Vamp of Baghdad: How Jewish actresses shaped early 20th century Indian cinema"
www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/the-vamp-of-...
www.jewisharabiccultures.fak12.uni-muenchen.de/the-vamp-of-...
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Wichtige Beobachtung, die in der #WissKomm zu wenig diskutiert wird: "Wenn nur noch der KI-Text als Antwort genutzt wird, wird also nicht mehr auf wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse, sondern auf Marketingtexte von Firmen zurückgegriffen. Damit wird Wissenschaftskommunikation ausgehebelt."
Zerstört KI das wissenschaftliche Bloggen
Zerstört KI das wissenschaftliche Bloggen und damit eine Form der Wissenschaftskommunikation? Ich habe diese Befürchtung. Nicht, weil Wissenschaftler*innen KI zum Schreiben von Blogbeiträgen nutzen, s...
sozmethode.hypotheses.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Wichtige Beobachtung, die in der #WissKomm zu wenig diskutiert wird: "Wenn nur noch der KI-Text als Antwort genutzt wird, wird also nicht mehr auf wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse, sondern auf Marketingtexte von Firmen zurückgegriffen. Damit wird Wissenschaftskommunikation ausgehebelt."
Wichtige Beobachtung, die in der #WissKomm zu wenig diskutiert wird: "Wenn nur noch der KI-Text als Antwort genutzt wird, wird also nicht mehr auf wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse, sondern auf Marketingtexte von Firmen zurückgegriffen. Damit wird Wissenschaftskommunikation ausgehebelt."
Zerstört KI das wissenschaftliche Bloggen
Zerstört KI das wissenschaftliche Bloggen und damit eine Form der Wissenschaftskommunikation? Ich habe diese Befürchtung. Nicht, weil Wissenschaftler*innen KI zum Schreiben von Blogbeiträgen nutzen, s...
sozmethode.hypotheses.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Wichtige Beobachtung, die in der #WissKomm zu wenig diskutiert wird: "Wenn nur noch der KI-Text als Antwort genutzt wird, wird also nicht mehr auf wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse, sondern auf Marketingtexte von Firmen zurückgegriffen. Damit wird Wissenschaftskommunikation ausgehebelt."
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From my colleague Fabien Muller, whose translation of Porphyry's Letter to Anebo and Philosophy from Oracles will appear soon as the 2nd volume in the 4T series
A Phoenician Guide to Happy Protest | Center for the Study of World Religions
cswr.hds.harvard.edu
November 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
From my colleague Fabien Muller, whose translation of Porphyry's Letter to Anebo and Philosophy from Oracles will appear soon as the 2nd volume in the 4T series
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A couple of weeks ago (10/20) at The Pearlsong book launch the amazing Jane Sheldon performed the piece she composed based on the text. She shares some of how it came to be here:
Singing The Pearlsong Sung | Center for the Study of World Religions
"In Tom Cheetham’s definition, Corbin’s visionary recital is “an initiation that can only be expressed in symbols and can only be told in the first person.” I mapped each text symbol to a sonic symbol...
cswr.hds.harvard.edu
November 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
A couple of weeks ago (10/20) at The Pearlsong book launch the amazing Jane Sheldon performed the piece she composed based on the text. She shares some of how it came to be here:
Temperatures are dropping, but nature's beauty doesn't stop to impress. Took this photo on my way to work this morning.
November 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Temperatures are dropping, but nature's beauty doesn't stop to impress. Took this photo on my way to work this morning.
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Hell NO!
Stop this nonsense. Doctoral training did not change in nature because we got computers instead of typewriters and calculators.
"As machines get better at data analysis and writing tasks, doctoral training must evolve to make the most of artificial-intelligence outputs."
shorturl.at/fUQcm
Stop this nonsense. Doctoral training did not change in nature because we got computers instead of typewriters and calculators.
"As machines get better at data analysis and writing tasks, doctoral training must evolve to make the most of artificial-intelligence outputs."
shorturl.at/fUQcm
PhD training needs a reboot in an AI world
As machines get better at data analysis and writing tasks, doctoral training must evolve to make the most of artificial-intelligence outputs.
shorturl.at
November 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Hell NO!
Stop this nonsense. Doctoral training did not change in nature because we got computers instead of typewriters and calculators.
"As machines get better at data analysis and writing tasks, doctoral training must evolve to make the most of artificial-intelligence outputs."
shorturl.at/fUQcm
Stop this nonsense. Doctoral training did not change in nature because we got computers instead of typewriters and calculators.
"As machines get better at data analysis and writing tasks, doctoral training must evolve to make the most of artificial-intelligence outputs."
shorturl.at/fUQcm
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Whenever you find yourself annoyed at someone spelling إن شاء الله as إنشاء الله, just remember people have been doing that at least since 1156 AH/1753 CE (the date of this manuscript of the al-Dani's Taysir).
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Whenever you find yourself annoyed at someone spelling إن شاء الله as إنشاء الله, just remember people have been doing that at least since 1156 AH/1753 CE (the date of this manuscript of the al-Dani's Taysir).
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disability, activism, marginalised identities, strong expert opinions, is an interesting and tiring aspect of AI fascism. Like sure mock my writing, mock my ethnicity, mock when I pass as Anglo, mock when I don't, but you're aware the companies won't stop & active damage knowledge production 2/n
November 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM
disability, activism, marginalised identities, strong expert opinions, is an interesting and tiring aspect of AI fascism. Like sure mock my writing, mock my ethnicity, mock when I pass as Anglo, mock when I don't, but you're aware the companies won't stop & active damage knowledge production 2/n