My article is in the new issue of the Jrnl of Medieval Iberian Studies. Its aims are two-fold: 1) show how this text leveraged ethnic and religious IDs to construct a local, city ID, and 2) challenge historians to *show* local ID mattered, not just assume it did. tinyurl.com/5e5arv2e #medievalsky

Grateful to speak with @azelin.bsky.social about his recent trip to Syria—including a meeting with President Sharaa inside Assad’s former palace. We talked about what he saw on the ground and where the country goes from here.

I would read an academic murder book in which the murder was solved by reading the syllabus

Have you ever seen a book made entirely of silk? One item getting a lot of reading room attention recently is this "Livre de Prières." This book was manufactured with the Jacquard process, which relied on perforated punch cards to operate a loom, and is considered a precursor to early programming.

"$299."

On the list to get to!

Ohhhh, I'm quite looking forward to checking this out. Congrats!

Columbus State University (Georgia, USA) is looking to hire an endowed professor in art who will also serve as the chair of the department.

Columbus is a very arts-focused city. It's a fantastic opportunity to work with great colleagues, talented students, and - vitally - an incredible Dean.

Hello, everyone! I'm a historian of the Islamic Middle East that works on the Islamization of the region, Arabic historiography, and the function/idea of an Islamic state throughout history.

These days, I'm also very interested in how we better engage the public in the study of the past.

Not at all convinced that people are *really* going to start using this place over the "other" place, but getting settled here for now nonetheless.