Mattias Brand

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Thank you very much! Mattias.Brand at unifr .ch

@jasoncolavito.bsky.social may I ask you for a pdf copy of your EvD obituary?
Many thanks!

Over the next two days, we'll hear papers from @sarahparkhouse.bsky.social, @mbinzurich.bsky.social, @kelsbot.bsky.social and Jill Unkel, Nils Korsvoll, Christos Tsirogiannis, Rebecca Usherwood, and myself and Daniele Pevarello.

Tomorrow, we'll come together in Dublin to talk about these manuscripts in relation to "the home" and home-making practices.

A lot of people say AI isn't very good for the world and its outputs are routinely unreliable, but these haters fail to see how it's revolutionizing how we incinerate schoolchildren.

Het is bijna #Pasen, het moment waarop journalisten persberichten over de historische Jezus ongecontroleerd overschrijven en flauwekul publiceren: de beruchte paashoax. Even wat prebunking in een (ongetwijfeld vergeefse) poging rommel uit de krant te houden.

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I need this...

I'll teach a full-day course in Basel next semester on authoritarian leaders and religion. It seems like there is a lot to talk about!

Men studying a dragon

ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP IN HISTORY OF SCIENCE
My home department at Uppsala University is advertising an endowed professorship in the history of science. This is the best position in the field in Sweden, and probably in all of Scandinavia. Apply before 30 April 2026. www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

There is a vacancy in our project 'Pages of Prayer: The Ecosystem of Vernacular Prayer Books in the Late Medieval Low Countries, c. 1380-1550' for a junior or postdoctoral researcher! #medievalsky
careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Junior-R...

In two weeks, an international group of scholars will meet in Dublin @chesterbeatty.bsky.social for a @researchireland.ie (New Foundations) funded seminar on the 'homes' of the late antique artefacts in the Beatty collection. Very much looking forward to a stimulating couple of days.

The dogs are asleep... I should be writing...

Welke cloud? Buiten de USA?

I made a backup of all my files on an external disk... Just as a reminder for whoever needs to hear it again!

A very sweet one!

thank you!

Do you know any academic literature on the newspaper obituaries of religious figures?

It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this

A Mandaic curse bowl in the Royal Ontario Museum. It has a spiraling Mandaic text that leads to an encircled x at the center.

This Super Bowl Sunday, I’d like to introduce you all to the magical curse bowls used in Upper Mesopotamia and Syria in late antiquity. Written in Mandaic (as here) or Syriac Aramaic, they trap demons who trespass on a household by sucking them in with spiraling spells to the center of the bowl.

Astropolis feat Erich von Däniken ~ World of Mysteries YouTube video by AisaNela

Today, I learned about the making of this song by Norbert Reichard and Erich von Däniken, spontaneously during the construction of Mystery Park www.youtube.com/watch?v=x37G...

congratulations @andrewmarkhenry.bsky.social !

At 19:00–20:00 CET tonight, we will have an online book presentation of Religionswissenschaft: Aktuelle Annäherungen (Open Access with contributions in German and English), edited by Michael Stausberg & Katharina Wilkens.
#theory #religion

DM for the Zoom link

Are you considering achieving a PhD in #AncientHistory? And are you interested in #RomanReligion? This job advertisement @unimainz.bsky.social might be for you:

stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de/jgu/job/52699
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Late-stage American capitalism + nationalism.

I’d say it’s living up to expectations of crassness but letting me down regarding entertainment value.

Bestuurslid Gerard Rouwhorst overleden - Parochie van de H. Drie-eenheid Op woensdag 7 januari overleed parochiebestuurslid Gerard Rouwhorst. Gerard hield zich binnen het bestuur van de parochie bezig met de terreinen van vorming & toerusting en diaconie. In het bestuur le...

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Gerard Rouwhorst, editor of the journal and series Vigiliae Christianae. His brilliance and kindness will be dearly missed, and our thoughts are with his family in this difficult moment.

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Postdoc Position: Early Christian Studies | Radboud University Do you want to work as a Postdoctoral Researcher: Early Christian Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies? Check our vacancy!

Please share widely! 3-year Postdoc in Early Christian Studies. Deadline: 8 March. Let me know if you have any questions or want to nominate a colleague.

have fun!

Fehlerkorrektur - Präzisierung zum Beitrag «Erich von Däniken ist gestorben» Erich von Däniken wurde 1970 wegen Betrugs und Urkundenfälschung zwar verurteilt, 1982 aber rehabilitiert.

Something like this is already very interesting: www.srf.ch/sendungen/ta...

Is dit object RV-3436-47? Ik weet niet of dit Manichees is...