Dan-el Padilla Peralta
@platanoclassics.bsky.social
He/his. Dominican Diaspora classicist. Undocumented (Penguin 2015) and Divine Institutions (Princeton 2020); Rome, Empire of Plunder (CUP 2017) and Making the Middle Republic (CUP 2023). Father of Boots the Corgi (rip) + Romulus and Remus.
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Thinking about the various scandals in academia regarding data fraud and broken peer review. First, I’m incredibly grateful for the network of friends and colleagues who read my work, improve it, and save me from errors. A good editor is an amazing gift.
October 1, 2023 at 4:12 PM
Thinking about the various scandals in academia regarding data fraud and broken peer review. First, I’m incredibly grateful for the network of friends and colleagues who read my work, improve it, and save me from errors. A good editor is an amazing gift.
Finally the article that I'd been hoping someone would write on the Allegory of the Cave has appeared...
September 30, 2023 at 7:21 PM
Finally the article that I'd been hoping someone would write on the Allegory of the Cave has appeared...
A first: I autographed a book, its owner eventually put it back in circulation :), a student bought it as a used copy ... and I autographed it again. The ciiiiiiiiiiiiiiircle of life.
September 29, 2023 at 2:20 AM
A first: I autographed a book, its owner eventually put it back in circulation :), a student bought it as a used copy ... and I autographed it again. The ciiiiiiiiiiiiiiircle of life.
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Yes. Progressive voices trained in antiquity have been talking about this for *years* and *years*. There are unfortunately still folks in Classics that will jump on any bandwagon that gives Classics as a field more attention in the hopes of helping “save” Classics +
And it’s why part of the far right attack on higher Ed is focused on keeping the mythology intact even as professional Classics scholars work to deconstruct the myths. See the obsession with the “liberal classical education” and nonsense about Odysseus as a hero for our times.
September 17, 2023 at 4:06 PM
Yes. Progressive voices trained in antiquity have been talking about this for *years* and *years*. There are unfortunately still folks in Classics that will jump on any bandwagon that gives Classics as a field more attention in the hopes of helping “save” Classics +
If anyone already has a hard copy of Oxyrhynchus Papyri vol. LXXXVII and wants to scan me a few pages, let me know...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/oxyrhynch...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/oxyrhynch...
September 14, 2023 at 11:21 PM
If anyone already has a hard copy of Oxyrhynchus Papyri vol. LXXXVII and wants to scan me a few pages, let me know...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/oxyrhynch...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/oxyrhynch...
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And here’s the schedule of speakers: uclaclassicsgradconference.wordpress.com/2023-confere...
I am so looking forward to the UCLA Classics Grad Student Conference this year: "Knowing and Knowing Nothing: Learning, Teaching, and Apprenticeship in the Ancient Mediterranean." September 29-30th, with keynote by @kataplexis.bsky.social. Registration link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 14, 2023 at 12:03 AM
And here’s the schedule of speakers: uclaclassicsgradconference.wordpress.com/2023-confere...
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Great review of S. Derbew's UNTANGLING BLACKNESS IN GREEK ANTIQUITY by @opietasanimi.bsky.social!! Just ordered a copy for our library. 📚 bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2023/2023.09...
Untangling blackness in Greek antiquity – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
bmcr.brynmawr.edu
September 13, 2023 at 2:27 PM
Great review of S. Derbew's UNTANGLING BLACKNESS IN GREEK ANTIQUITY by @opietasanimi.bsky.social!! Just ordered a copy for our library. 📚 bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2023/2023.09...
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First post on blue sky to say my new book is here!
September 6, 2023 at 10:24 PM
First post on blue sky to say my new book is here!
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Looking forward to some sleuthing in Mainz on Monday! Tune in to find out whodunnit!
September 6, 2023 at 10:32 PM
Looking forward to some sleuthing in Mainz on Monday! Tune in to find out whodunnit!
@profbernard.bsky.social has left the empire for the blue blue skies! welcome him and get a hold of his latest:
September 6, 2023 at 8:52 PM
@profbernard.bsky.social has left the empire for the blue blue skies! welcome him and get a hold of his latest:
Today's reading: Melania Luisa Marte's "Plantains and Our Becoming." www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707145...
August 31, 2023 at 10:33 PM
Today's reading: Melania Luisa Marte's "Plantains and Our Becoming." www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707145...
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Interesting new article by Jessica Clark on the very curious affair of Publius Salonius in 342 BC in *Classical World*: muse.jhu.edu/article/905241
Project MUSE - Closing Ranks: Publius Salonius and the Early Roman ArmyArticle
muse.jhu.edu
August 31, 2023 at 9:57 PM
Interesting new article by Jessica Clark on the very curious affair of Publius Salonius in 342 BC in *Classical World*: muse.jhu.edu/article/905241
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I have a new publication out! My chapter on automata, cyborgs & hybrids is now available in Maria Geromelou & George Kazantzidis’ brilliant book Body & Machine in Classical Antiquity from CUP! The proceedings of an amazing conference in Cyprus in 2018 🤖🦾🦿
August 29, 2023 at 8:04 AM
I have a new publication out! My chapter on automata, cyborgs & hybrids is now available in Maria Geromelou & George Kazantzidis’ brilliant book Body & Machine in Classical Antiquity from CUP! The proceedings of an amazing conference in Cyprus in 2018 🤖🦾🦿
πάθει μάθος / I am made to watch this movie almost on the daily:
August 26, 2023 at 1:03 PM
πάθει μάθος / I am made to watch this movie almost on the daily:
New candidate for most entertaining (?) footnote in a Loeb:
August 24, 2023 at 6:04 PM
New candidate for most entertaining (?) footnote in a Loeb:
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It's department newsletter official (TM), so I'm excited to share that Duke Classical Studies has started a Bridge-to-the-PhD-Fellowship for students from underserved populations who want to pursue PhD level work but who need more language training. classicalstudies.duke.edu/.../duke-has...
August 24, 2023 at 3:25 PM
It's department newsletter official (TM), so I'm excited to share that Duke Classical Studies has started a Bridge-to-the-PhD-Fellowship for students from underserved populations who want to pursue PhD level work but who need more language training. classicalstudies.duke.edu/.../duke-has...
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Please read this, from Alexis Pauline Gumbs.
"The sinking ship is no longer a metaphor. The broken heart is no longer a metaphor. Who needs a metaphor in times as hot and blunt as ours? Let’s make it plain."
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a44819303/climate-crisis-maui/
"The sinking ship is no longer a metaphor. The broken heart is no longer a metaphor. Who needs a metaphor in times as hot and blunt as ours? Let’s make it plain."
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a44819303/climate-crisis-maui/
Heat is Not a Metaphor
As the hottest summer on record draws to a close, how do we make sense of the images of a climate in crisis?
www.harpersbazaar.com
August 16, 2023 at 2:59 PM
Please read this, from Alexis Pauline Gumbs.
"The sinking ship is no longer a metaphor. The broken heart is no longer a metaphor. Who needs a metaphor in times as hot and blunt as ours? Let’s make it plain."
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a44819303/climate-crisis-maui/
"The sinking ship is no longer a metaphor. The broken heart is no longer a metaphor. Who needs a metaphor in times as hot and blunt as ours? Let’s make it plain."
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a44819303/climate-crisis-maui/
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Since they don't have an account here yet: The Sportula still exists! This month, they only had enough funds to fill 6 microgrants, & the backlog of emergency requests is more than double that. Any donation helps: Venmo @sportula or join Patreon:
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August 22, 2023 at 11:32 PM
Since they don't have an account here yet: The Sportula still exists! This month, they only had enough funds to fill 6 microgrants, & the backlog of emergency requests is more than double that. Any donation helps: Venmo @sportula or join Patreon:
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This is it, this is the definitive essay on WVU's current situation. It's written by the brilliant, furious, and clear-sighted Myya Helm, recent WVU graduate, first-gen student, Black West Virginian, and now Marshall Scholar.
I Graduated From West Virginia University. The Travesty Unfolding There Is Breaking My Heart.
The student population got smaller and smaller while fancy new buildings appeared.
slate.com
August 18, 2023 at 10:25 PM
This is it, this is the definitive essay on WVU's current situation. It's written by the brilliant, furious, and clear-sighted Myya Helm, recent WVU graduate, first-gen student, Black West Virginian, and now Marshall Scholar.
Come to me over snail mail, my (approx.) 25 quid...
August 17, 2023 at 1:05 PM
Come to me over snail mail, my (approx.) 25 quid...
Great department, great people
Exciting news - the Classics Department at Holy Cross is running a search for a TT Assistant Professor who specializes in ancient Mediterranean cultures and languages beyond Greece and Rome, beginning Fall 2024. Ad below, please share widely:
https://apply.interfolio.com/130024
https://apply.interfolio.com/130024
August 15, 2023 at 4:24 PM
Great department, great people
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Important numbers here: "crises in the humanities" are created top down.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/08/15/does-humanities-research-matter-anymore-opinion
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/08/15/does-humanities-research-matter-anymore-opinion
Does humanities research matter anymore? (opinion)
The rapid collapse in available research funding is one crisis in the humanities we aren’t talking enough about, Asheesh Kapur Siddique writes.
www.insidehighered.com
August 15, 2023 at 11:01 AM
Important numbers here: "crises in the humanities" are created top down.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/08/15/does-humanities-research-matter-anymore-opinion
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/08/15/does-humanities-research-matter-anymore-opinion
Likewise happy to chat (as former juror and recent Resident); drop me a message if you're curious or have questions.
August 14, 2023 at 5:23 PM
Likewise happy to chat (as former juror and recent Resident); drop me a message if you're curious or have questions.