Joel
@sentantiq.bsky.social
Antiquity. Cats and kids. Books. Humanities. Education. NY/MA/TX
contact JoelChristensen @ gc.cuny.edu
Check out Storylife: On Epic, Narrative, and Living Things:
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300269239/storylife/
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contact JoelChristensen @ gc.cuny.edu
Check out Storylife: On Epic, Narrative, and Living Things:
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300269239/storylife/
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Joel
@sentantiq.bsky.social
· Jan 14
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Mr. Rogers:
"You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful than any computer could ever be. You know why? You're a living human being, and a computer is just a machine. Human beings are far more wonderful than machines."
"You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful than any computer could ever be. You know why? You're a living human being, and a computer is just a machine. Human beings are far more wonderful than machines."
yeah...but we'll always have the words from man himself
December 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Mr. Rogers:
"You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful than any computer could ever be. You know why? You're a living human being, and a computer is just a machine. Human beings are far more wonderful than machines."
"You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful than any computer could ever be. You know why? You're a living human being, and a computer is just a machine. Human beings are far more wonderful than machines."
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Thank you to everyone who supported our students on #CUNYTuesday. Money raised will help our students attend professional and academic conferences. Our giving site will be open through 12/31 We appreciate your contribution bit.ly/CUNYTuesdayGC
December 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Thank you to everyone who supported our students on #CUNYTuesday. Money raised will help our students attend professional and academic conferences. Our giving site will be open through 12/31 We appreciate your contribution bit.ly/CUNYTuesdayGC
Upper east side from central park reservoir near dawn
December 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Upper east side from central park reservoir near dawn
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🚨CFP for #ResDiff7 is now available!🚨
Res Difficiles 7 will take place on 13th March 2026 with Dr Samuel Agbamu as our keynote speaker.
Submit an abstract by 12th January 2026:
resdifficiles.com/cfp/
Res Difficiles 7 will take place on 13th March 2026 with Dr Samuel Agbamu as our keynote speaker.
Submit an abstract by 12th January 2026:
resdifficiles.com/cfp/
CFP: Res Diff 7
CALL FOR PAPERSRes Difficiles 7Challenges and Pathways for Addressing Inequity In Classics Organizers: Hannah Čulík-Baird and Elke Nash Date: Friday March 13, 2026Platform: Webinar Since 2020 Res D…
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September 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🚨CFP for #ResDiff7 is now available!🚨
Res Difficiles 7 will take place on 13th March 2026 with Dr Samuel Agbamu as our keynote speaker.
Submit an abstract by 12th January 2026:
resdifficiles.com/cfp/
Res Difficiles 7 will take place on 13th March 2026 with Dr Samuel Agbamu as our keynote speaker.
Submit an abstract by 12th January 2026:
resdifficiles.com/cfp/
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I know everyone is asking for giving tuesday donations, but if you're keen to give to higher education, think about an organization like CUNY and @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
www.cunytuesday.org/organization...
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Support The Graduate Center | #CUNYTUESDAY 2025
I’m ready to support The Graduate Center on December 2, 2025 during #CUNYTUESDAY 2025.
Learn more about The Graduate Center and all the other organizations
participating in #CUNYTUESDAY 2025.
www.cunytuesday.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I know everyone is asking for giving tuesday donations, but if you're keen to give to higher education, think about an organization like CUNY and @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
www.cunytuesday.org/organization...
www.cunytuesday.org/organization...
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What has the Roman military ever done for Britain and for cats? 🐱 Well, a lot, it seems. Romans roads are excellent routes for carrying soldiers, disease, ideas, and felines.
www.popsci.com/environment/...
www.popsci.com/environment/...
Roman military helped bring cats to Europe
Military roads helped the felines domesticate about 2,000 years ago.
www.popsci.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
What has the Roman military ever done for Britain and for cats? 🐱 Well, a lot, it seems. Romans roads are excellent routes for carrying soldiers, disease, ideas, and felines.
www.popsci.com/environment/...
www.popsci.com/environment/...
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Romans + Cats? It's like this was made for me and @sentantiq.bsky.social @illdottore.bsky.social and all the other classics/ancient history cat lovers
December 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Romans + Cats? It's like this was made for me and @sentantiq.bsky.social @illdottore.bsky.social and all the other classics/ancient history cat lovers
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Some shameless self promotion here… but if you’re interested in using @wikipedia.org @wikieducation.bsky.social in the classroom, I co-wrote an OPEN-ACCESS chapter on this very topic with Chelsea Gardner available here www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-... 👇🏻
December 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Some shameless self promotion here… but if you’re interested in using @wikipedia.org @wikieducation.bsky.social in the classroom, I co-wrote an OPEN-ACCESS chapter on this very topic with Chelsea Gardner available here www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-... 👇🏻
I know everyone is asking for giving tuesday donations, but if you're keen to give to higher education, think about an organization like CUNY and @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
www.cunytuesday.org/organization...
www.cunytuesday.org/organization...
Support The Graduate Center | #CUNYTUESDAY 2025
I’m ready to support The Graduate Center on December 2, 2025 during #CUNYTUESDAY 2025.
Learn more about The Graduate Center and all the other organizations
participating in #CUNYTUESDAY 2025.
www.cunytuesday.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I know everyone is asking for giving tuesday donations, but if you're keen to give to higher education, think about an organization like CUNY and @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
www.cunytuesday.org/organization...
www.cunytuesday.org/organization...
"Agamemnon’s promise to kill even male Trojans in the womb echoes poignantly when we see (and hear about) Hektor’s son Astyanax at the end of the book."
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/02/s...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/02/s...
Structure and Stories: Reading Iliad 6
Book 6 of the Iliad may be one of the most carefully structured, most dynamic books of the epic. (And likely one of the most read books as well.) It is also crucial for fleshing out the world withi…
sententiaeantiquae.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"Agamemnon’s promise to kill even male Trojans in the womb echoes poignantly when we see (and hear about) Hektor’s son Astyanax at the end of the book."
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/02/s...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/02/s...
"Book 6...is also crucial for fleshing out the world within which the Iliadic conflicts unfolds: it provides a rare view into the city of Troy, lets us hear the voices of the women in the city, and moves “man-slaughtering” Hektor from combat to his home."
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/02/s...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/02/s...
Structure and Stories: Reading Iliad 6
Book 6 of the Iliad may be one of the most carefully structured, most dynamic books of the epic. (And likely one of the most read books as well.) It is also crucial for fleshing out the world withi…
sententiaeantiquae.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"Book 6...is also crucial for fleshing out the world within which the Iliadic conflicts unfolds: it provides a rare view into the city of Troy, lets us hear the voices of the women in the city, and moves “man-slaughtering” Hektor from combat to his home."
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/02/s...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/02/s...
"Book 6...is also crucial for fleshing out the world within which the Iliadic conflicts unfolds: it provides a rare view into the city of Troy, lets us hear the voices of the women in the city, and moves “man-slaughtering” Hektor from combat to his home."
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/02/s...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/02/s...
Structure and Stories: Reading Iliad 6
Book 6 of the Iliad may be one of the most carefully structured, most dynamic books of the epic. (And likely one of the most read books as well.) It is also crucial for fleshing out the world withi…
sententiaeantiquae.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"Book 6...is also crucial for fleshing out the world within which the Iliadic conflicts unfolds: it provides a rare view into the city of Troy, lets us hear the voices of the women in the city, and moves “man-slaughtering” Hektor from combat to his home."
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/02/s...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/12/02/s...
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Do revolutionary slogans from the late 1960s/early 1970s count as memes? How about punk slogans from the late 1970s/early 1980s?
December 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Do revolutionary slogans from the late 1960s/early 1970s count as memes? How about punk slogans from the late 1970s/early 1980s?
"what if, instead of assuming Homeric poetry as the authoritative origin of Trojan war narratives, we imagine it at the end of a certain kind of flexible tradition, imposing an authoritative order over time from a privileged cultural position?"
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/11/30/d...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/11/30/d...
Does Homer Make Sh*t up?
Aphrodite’s Mom in Iliad 5 One of the most well-known passages of Iliad 5 is when Athena spurs Diomedes to wound Aphrodite. The goddess of sex flees the battlefield and goes to be comforted b…
sententiaeantiquae.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"what if, instead of assuming Homeric poetry as the authoritative origin of Trojan war narratives, we imagine it at the end of a certain kind of flexible tradition, imposing an authoritative order over time from a privileged cultural position?"
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/11/30/d...
sententiaeantiquae.com/2025/11/30/d...
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So many damn fine cups of coffee memes
December 1, 2025 at 1:34 AM
So many damn fine cups of coffee memes
Imagine the online meme culture from Twin Peaks, X-Files, or Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Son (13): What memes were popular when you were my age
Me (47): I was a teenager in the time before memes.
Me (47): I was a teenager in the time before memes.
December 1, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Imagine the online meme culture from Twin Peaks, X-Files, or Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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And commercials. "Time to make the donuts" dominated pop culture circa 1983.
December 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
And commercials. "Time to make the donuts" dominated pop culture circa 1983.
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The word meme didn't exist when I was a teen
December 1, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The word meme didn't exist when I was a teen
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Yes, and even better before cellphones.
December 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Yes, and even better before cellphones.
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Nah, they were just in a different format. We'd all yell catch phrases from TV shows or punchlines from stand-up specials at each other.
December 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Nah, they were just in a different format. We'd all yell catch phrases from TV shows or punchlines from stand-up specials at each other.
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This reminds of the time a student asked me what life was like before email. 🤣
December 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This reminds of the time a student asked me what life was like before email. 🤣
Son (13): What memes were popular when you were my age
Me (47): I was a teenager in the time before memes.
Me (47): I was a teenager in the time before memes.
December 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Son (13): What memes were popular when you were my age
Me (47): I was a teenager in the time before memes.
Me (47): I was a teenager in the time before memes.
