Over the years, Miyagawa So (University of Tsukuba), one of DO’s most prolific contributors, has written extensively on digital initiatives related to various ancient African languages and scripts, including Demotic, Egyptian Hieratic, Coptic, and Nubian.
Read more on our blog ⬇️
Visiting AP in Classics and Religious Studies at Hamilton College: Religions of Late Antiquity with the ability to teach Greek and/or Latin and New Testament (in translation).
Review of applications begins February 23, 2026.
An old black-and-white photograph of a Charles Darwin with a long white beard and hat. The text on the image reads: "Celebrating Darwin Day: Discover the overlooked voices inside the world of Charles Darwin".
Did you know Charles Darwin was born #OnThisDay in 1809?
#DarwinDay celebrates not just Darwin, but the gardeners, naturalists and women scientists who shaped his work.
Explore their stories: https://bit.ly/45YkKQD
@christscollegecam.bsky.social
Alte Aula der Universität Tübingen (mehrstöckiger, klassizistisch gestalteter repräsentativer Bau. Über dem gelb gestrichenen Eingangsportal befindet sich ein Balkon, über dem Balkon Wappen und Hoheitszeichen des Herzogs von Württemberg)
Heute startet die Tagung "Theologische Forschung, Lehre und Infrastruktur im Kontext von Digitalisierung und KI". Abends folgt der Festakt "50 Jahre IxTheo"
Online-Teilnahme an der Tagung ist auch spontan möglich; das Nachtkonzert um 21:15 Uhr (Stiftskirche) ist öffentlich:
ixtheo.de/Content/digi...
Vom Zettelkatalog zur digitalen Plattform: 50 Jahre Index Theologicus. Artikel zum Jubiläum des @ixtheo.bsky.social auf attempto-online (@unituebingen.bsky.social):
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
February 23 is the deadline to apply for Intermediate Classical Armenian, a language and paleography course held from July 5–25, 2026, at HMML in Collegeville, Minnesota. All course fees, meals, and lodging are sponsored by @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social.
Apply: hmml.org/programs/intermediate-armenian
Summer school course: Old Georgian, 4–14 August 2026, Summer School of Ancient Languages, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. For those interested, register here for more information: forms.gle/J6HZYbAZwgAx...
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Es bleibt bitterkalt in Berlin, und auch wenn man kaum einen Fuß vor die Tür setzen möchte, bietet der Februar kurz vor dem Semesterende noch einmal ein spannendes Programm sowie verschiedene Ausschreibungen und Calls: h7.cl/1nZc4. Reinschauen lohnt sich!
Das Archiv von Oriens christianus (1901-2014) wurde komplett digitalisiert und steht nun in #OpenAccess zur Verfügung orienschristianus.de Alle einzelnen Beiträge können im IxTheo recherchiert werden unter ixtheo.de/Record/19421...
📢Reisestipendien der #DMG 2026!
Die Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft vergibt jährlich bis zu drei Reisestipendien für den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs!
Bewerbungsschluss für das Jahr 2026 ist der 28. Februar.
Jetzt bewerben!
Weitere Infos auf der Website der DMG
➡️ dmg-web.de/foerderung/r...
New blog post: "Biblia Arabica becomes an Academies project: Q&A with Nathan P. Gibson and Ronny Vollandt"
biblia-arabica.com/biblia-arabi...
A study at U Mass Amherst finds that Elon Musk manipulated Twitter to bolster the voice of the Neo Nazi Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) before the German 2025 parliamentary elections. No surprises here. groups.cs.umass.edu/equate-ml/20...
NYTImes Op-Ed board finally comes close to saying what others have already realized.
We need ICE OUT of Minnesota.
They need to repair and restore what they have broken.
Then we need to rip ICE apart.
Minnesota has now been turned into a war zone by a federal government that has lost sight of the values that make America great.
We must impeach Kristi Noem and abolish ICE.
"[A MEMORY OF VIOLENCE's] analysis of early Christian conflicts has furthermore taken shape against the backdrop of ever more polarized U.S. political conversations..."
Read an excerpt with author's note from A MEMORY OF VIOLENCE by Christine Shepardson: www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/e...
#SCS2026
Quote: “Judith uses a legal concept of responsibility in her address to the leaders of Bethulia. She claims that, should Bethulia surrender, her audience will be responsible for the murder of those in Jerusalem. This is based on a legal notion that can be summarized thus: a person has a degree of responsibility to prevent the murder of others." —Joseph Scales
Check out “Responsibility for Murder: The Background of Judith’s Legal Argumentation” by Joseph Scales in #JBL144.4. Access the article online using your SBL username and password. tinyurl.com/a6cbyh55.
Call for Papers: Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense LXXV: Translating the Scriptures, July 15 - 18, 2026, Leuven. Abstracts due March 31, 2026. theo.kuleuven.be/en/research/...
Save the Date! Die Stabi veranstaltet vom 29.9.–2.10.2026 eine Handschriftenportal-Summer School für Masterstudierende & Promovierende: Im Fokus stehen praktische Erfahrungen – von der Erschließung einer Handschrift bis hin zur Arbeit mit Originalfragmenten der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.
This month!
Join us on the 24th of February for an @irishtheolquart.bsky.social Lecture with Prof Adele Reinhartz, University of Ottawa, who will deliver the lecture "Shared Scriptures, Shared Questions: Jewish readings of the Christian Testament".
Register your place at specialevents@spcm.ie.
2026-28 Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Christianity, Judaism, or American Religions, Carleton College, Northfield, MN. FT/Fixed term: 2 years. Deadline February 23. nt4ox.link/carleton-pdf26
Hugo Lundhaug, Oslo “Total Devotion to the Storyworld: The Role of Apocrypha in Egyptian Monasteries” RSVP: nasscalworkshop@gmail.com
Please join us on February 6 at noon (EST) for the first First Friday Workshop of the new semester!
flyer for zoom talk by Susan Ashbrook Harvey. February 5, 6:30-8:00 PM ET via Zoom Singing Women: A Different History Lecture by the Philadelphia Seminar on Christian Origins
Oh, I can't wait for this!
📣BNTS 2026 will take place in Maynooth this August and the Call for Papers is now live.
📅You can submit until 13th April - please tell your friends, colleagues, and casual acquaintances!
bnts.org.uk/bnts-call-fo...
The Minnesota Star Tribune, Minnesota Public Radio, the Minnesota Reformer, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, Sahan Journal, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement: “We strongly condemn the arrest of journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon, as well as any attempt to intimidate members of the press. The First Amendment recognizes the press as holding a distinct and protected role in our democracy. In America, we do not arrest journalists for doing their jobs. The Minnesota journalism community stands united in defense of press freedom and the essential role reporting plays in holding power to account.”
The Minnesota Star Tribune, @mprnews.org @minnesotareformer.com , @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social, @sahanjournal.bsky.social, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:
Image: Dr Julia Snyder, Lecturer in New Testament, Westcott House. Quote: ‘This story is about faithful people who are ready for God to do new things in the world.’
Preaching at tonight's Community Eucharist, as we anticipated Candlemas, our Lecturer in New Testament, Julia reflected in her sermon on Luke 2, where Mary and Joseph bring the infant Jesus to the Temple in Jerusalem.
Papyrus fragment with text from 2 Corinthians 11: lines of Greek text on papyrus sheet with fibers obvious, and losses to lower right corner.
The Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room always displays an item from our world-renowned Papyrology Collection. See a leaf from the world's oldest existing manuscript of the letters of St. Paul (P.Mich inv. 6238, or P46), written around 200 C.E and found in Egypt. https://myumi.ch/VVXXJ
An opportunity to come work at @stpatsmaynooth.bsky.social as a lecturer in Sacred Scripture (with a specialisation in Old Testament). Closing date for applications: 20 Feb 2026. #academicposts #jobs #theology
spcm.bamboohr.com/careers/38?s...
I'm giving a talk in DC (CUA) this Friday on Old Uyghur. Check it out, if you're around and interested!
RSVP here forms.gle/WhMQfr2UqbbU...
