@socstudyofthepast
The Society for the Study of the Past is a new subject organisation that believes solidarity with the oppressed, liberation of the occupied and a more just future are core concerns of the historian. π Join us! β¬οΈ societyforthestudyofthepast.com
The mass murder of civilians in Gaza, the brazen attacks on hospitals and schools, without any accountability has created a new kind of warfare that should terrify and enrage all of us.
Every child lost is someoneβs whole world. Every life lost matters www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Emergency relief for displaced people in #Lebanon www.chuffed.org/project/1719...
It frankly doesnβt matter if DHS βlied.β They should not exist, and Columbia university, which has been cooperating with these state agencies to provide information about students, staff, and faculty to facilitate deportation, does not get to come out of this looking like a victim.
If you want some clarity on recent changes to references to βPalestineβ at the British Museum, here is a timeline of events and analysis everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2026/02/25/t...
Soon I'm giving two public lectures at Scripps College in CA as part of the O'Brien Distinguished Visiting Professorship. LA-area friends, would love to see you there!
March 31, 4:30pm: Lyricism as Historiography of the Long Past
April 1, 4:15pm: Feminist Histories and the Problem of the Real
just became a monthly supporter of @jamhoor.org because in a world of ever-proliferating little mags, we could stand to see a lot more dedicated work on south asia and the potentials of its left
Israel is trying to rewrite ancient history. In Palestine, Israel has systematically destroyed ancient heritage and made colonial land grabs of archaeological sites.
#OPINION by Dr Marchella Ward
Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260215-isr...
#PhotoDuJour
Interesting list of weekend reading on revolutionary romance from @plutopress.bsky.social: www.plutobooks.com/love-and-rev...
Screenshot of sameerproject on IG Ramadan and Community: A Guide for Giving Back (P.S. you donβt have to be Muslim to participate) Zakat eligible Sameer Project x translating Falasteen
Can 20 people join us today in donating to the Sameer Project for Ramadan? $8 provides a meal for a family, and $32 can pay for groceries. You can also donate more to fund a water truck or a water desalination plant.
Pass this on, please.
See their IG for details: www.instagram.com/p/DUq5PoSjkK0
It is my pleasure to announce the program for #ResDiff7 (March 13, 2026), an annual digital conference addressing inequity in classics, co-organized with Elke Nash. Keynote: Samuel Agbamu (@samagbamu.bsky.social). Registration is now open: resdifficiles.com/res-diff-7-2...
Everything about Leqaa Kordia's arrest and incarceration is abhorrent. CAIR has set up an easy form for you to send your representatives a message demanding Leqaa Kordia's release. secure.everyaction.com/6U1ygBt6eUK-...
Photo of a proto-cuneiform clay tablet against a white backdrop. The tablet is divided into several squares which each contain some pictographic signs. On the far left is one that looks like a jug on a stand
What an honour to speak at an event for the Earth Rover Program last week alongside some incredible people, almost none of whom seem to be on BlueSky except for @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
I spoke on soil health in ancient Mesopotamia, and here are some snippets of what I learned along the way
London friends! Come hang out with us tomorrow and reimagine a play about how powerful men sacrifice young girls in the name of never-ending wars that preserve an unjust world order⦠which is in absolutely no way relevant to the world in which we live, of course.
The executive board wants to install a task force to discuss results, and the President and Secretary have announced to step down only after the Annual Meeting in Athens. Nothing has been said about Gaza. These responses are not sufficient.
The EAA votes are out
The great majority of our archaeological community has voted in favour of the petitions raised by #concernedEAA. We asked for a democratic process, we asked for accountability, and for the need to acknowledge the horrific genocidal policy of Israel against Gaza.
once again, i feel compelled to remind academics that when you use theories, methods, and epistemologies of the marginalized but treat your marginalized colleagues and students like shit: you are the problem. and yeah, we see you.
Motion A: 468 members agreed to exclude Israeli institutional affiliations = 67% 237 did not agree; 77 abstained Motion B: 470 members did not approve of the actions of the Exexcutive Board = 79% 124 did approve; 205 abstained Motion C: 564 members supported a firm statement condemning the ongoing genocide in Palestine = 78% 160 did not support; 76 abstained Motion D: 410 supported change in statutes to ptovide mechanism to remove President and Executive Board = 58% 294 did not support; 95 abstained Motion E: 451 supported a vote on the viability of the current Officers (excl. Treasurer) = 67% 223 did not support; 125 abstained
π¨EAA per rollam vote resultsπ¨
For anyone who doesn't want to trawl through a long document to find the results, I've compiled them here. Well done to everyone who voted for demonstrating strongly and clearly that change is needed ππΌππΌ
The deadline for this cool opportunity is fast approaching!
If you couldn't make it to #RaceB4Race Love last month the recordings are now available online!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Next Thursdayβ19 Feb, 5pmβcome to hear me talk at the Society of Antiquaries of London (Burlington House/Royal Academy courtyard) about museums, ancestral remains, and unfinished case of the Worcester College skull cup. Open to all, free of charge but register here >> www.sal.org.uk/event/skull-...
ββthe major choice faced by the intellectual is whether to be allied with the stability of the victors and rulers orβthe more difficult pathβto consider that stability as a state of emergency threatening the less fortunate with the danger of complete extinction.β
βA New Year in Gazaβ: By IbrahimΒ Nasrallah
The people named in this poem are the writers, painters, and musicians martyred in the genocide. They are only a few of the many artists who were martyred in the past two years of war against Gaza.
As internet remains weak in Gaza, hundreds of people come to Spark workspace EACH WEEK to connect to online jobs & classes. To feed their families & build their future!
Help this youth-led humanitarian project empower the community. Hit "weekly"! 0/770 by Saturday: chuffed.org/project/spar...
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AnnouncingβLatinCy Readers v.1.0.2, i.e. LatinCy-powered corpus readers for Latin text collections. Quickly get sentences, lines, words annotated for lemma, POS, morphology, NER, etc. Supporting .txt, .xml, .tess, .conllu, and more. github.com/diyclassics/... #digiclass #nlproc
This from Raja Abdulhaq for @partiindigenes.bsky.social should be required reading (especially for all those looking to secret service explanations for Epstein: empire has always been about dehumanisation - and still is, just look at its American-Zionist incarnation - it is not a secret).
ICYMI: the registration link for the Queer and Trans Studies in Religion conference is live!
this year's edition will be completely online, and thus so easy to attend, with incredible keynotes from Evren SavcΔ± @evrensavci.bsky.social and Lamya H!
studyofreligion.ucr.edu/holstein-cha...
