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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The latest Pasts Imperfect is out! 🏛 Kimberly Cassibry & Elizabeth Macaulay discuss ethos & triumphal arches. Then, @mhanses.bsky.social's book on W.E.B. Du Bois & antiquity; anesthesia in Ming China; an open access book on polychromy; new ancient world journals @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & more.

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Pasts Imperfect (10.8.26).

This week, Kimberly Cassibry and Elizabeth Macaulay discuss the architectural history and political messaging of triumphal arches. Then, a new book looks at W.E.B. Du Bois and Ancient Rome; researcher...

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A.L. McMichael @byzcapp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This is the most user-friendly description of topic modeling that I have ever seen.

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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who shared this. It means a lot! There are still a fair number of spaces available in next week's cohorts... so jump on in!

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A.L. McMichael @byzcapp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

There are some good and new-to-me resources in this list.

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A.L. McMichael @byzcapp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Yeah, sleep is a another "daily life" data point that helps people connect the dots to what a dataset actually can be.

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A.L. McMichael @byzcapp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I've done a "stitching data" workshop where we had students cross-stitch via prompts about their semester. We gave simple prompts to see their daily lives as something that could be structured data (green x for every book read, red knot for coffees ordered). Works well w/ markers/pencils too.

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Tom Elliott @paregorios.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, seeks to make an appointment at the rank of Associate Professor (with tenure) of a scholar with a dual focus on Computational Humanities and on Roman Archaeology. See further: isaw.nyu.edu/jobs/computa...

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Associate Professor, Computational Humanities and Roman Archaeology

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A.L. McMichael @byzcapp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Congrats! I'm looking forward to digging into it. (And super grateful for the OA option).

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A.L. McMichael @byzcapp.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Zelve is great. The wall paintings aren't as elaborate or well-known as the ones in Göreme, but the area was generally less crowded when I was there. (And as you can see, the scenery is also amazing).

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A.L. McMichael @byzcapp.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It never gets mine quite right, but pretty close in the region at least.

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A.L. McMichael @byzcapp.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

We're hiring up to 3 part-time Digital Humanities Grad Assistants for the 2026-27 academic year (12 hrs/week, in person at Barnard). DHC GA's work closely w/ students and faculty on instructional design, consulting, teaching digital tools and methods. barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Staff/...

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Graduate Assistant in Digital Humanities

If you are a current Barnard College employee, please use the internal career site to apply for this position. Job: Graduate Assistant in Digital Humanities The Digital Humanities Center (DHC) at Barn...

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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 29/07/2026

This is a really beautiful website by @jdworkin.bsky.social on the everyday household items that were once only dreamt about – a music player, nightlight, family photos, clean water, ice, spices, and more. 10/10 would recommend exploring it! ordinaryabundance.com

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Ordinary Abundance

A walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.

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A.L. McMichael @byzcapp.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Back when I was an art director, my favorite part was commissioning illustrations and then just let people do their thing. It's so great to see what they come back with!

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A.L. McMichael @byzcapp.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I am here for this hot take! :)

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A.L. McMichael @byzcapp.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

This is good, thanks for sharing. Videos make all the difference in understanding these monuments spatially.

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A.L. McMichael @byzcapp.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I have vague recollections of an Amy Adams movie spreading that rumor, too.

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A.L. McMichael @byzcapp.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

It sounds like you're keeping yourself fed and helping others be curious about the world. That's the opposite of squandering! Hang in there.

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A.L. McMichael @byzcapp.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I'm sorry to hear about your cat. (And that so many people/pets are having food insecurity).

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New York Metro Weather @nymetrowx.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Wednesday's Weather Rating: 1/10 Oh hell no. High temperatures reach the upper 90s this afternoon with rising dew points bringing real-feel temperatures over 100° F. Wildfire smoke moves in later today resulting in horrid air quality and visibility. The vibes have left us.

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sami 🔵 @hellosami.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I made a website that lets you cut out old magazines from the internet archive (or any PDFs you own) and make collage art out of them: ✂️ clipart.studio

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Paula Krebs @paulakrebs.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Want the recording of today's incredibly valuable webinar helping folks apply for their NEH grant reinstatements? Register here: www.tfaforms.com/5227340 And thank you @jasonrhody.bsky.social and @janineutell.bsky.social

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A.L. McMichael @byzcapp.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The new Rhea Receptions series has gotten off to a good start w/ a pedagogy essay on juxtaposing novels about myths alongside primary texts. A book club I would totally join! Other genres might work, too-- hagiography or medieval lit perhaps? #rheareviews rheaclassicalreviews.com/2026/07/09/r...

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A.L. McMichael @byzcapp.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This sounds great, and I bet students will enjoy the comparisons aspect. One of my all-time favorite classes in grad school was called "After the Bible" about late antique saints' Lives taught by Gordon Whatley. I had no idea it would be so interesting, or so useful to think with over time.

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A.L. McMichael @byzcapp.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I'm so glad to see that Art History Pedagogy and Practice (AHPP) journal is back and still #openaccess. ahpp.libraries.rutgers.edu/index.php/ah...

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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2026): Art History Pedagogy & Practice | Art History Pedagogy & Practice

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Sam Barber @barber-samj.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

(Podcast ad read voice) Feel like you're missing out on bold and innovative scholarship on the postclassical world? With subjects ranging from lost Persian manuscripts to Chinese historiography to a translation of the vita of a trans monastic saint, Essays in Long Late Antiquity has got you covered

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Arthur Urbano 🌍📷🏛️🛫🇮🇹🤌😷 @arturoviaggia.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Totally niche question for Late Antiquity and Art Historian scholars: anyone have easy access to Gerda Bruns, Der Obelisk und seine Basis auf dem Hippodrom zu Konstantinopel (1935) and/or can suggest recent scholarship on interpretation of the reliefs on the base of Theodosius' obelisk?

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A.L. McMichael @byzcapp.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I'll be interested to know what you come up with. I've found a lot of students just default to AI. I'm interested in finding an old-school method that it interesting and straightforward enough that they *want* to learn it from scratch.

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A.L. McMichael @byzcapp.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The GC just released some guidelines that include right to refusal. www.gc.cuny.edu/research-fac...

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CUNY Graduate Center AI Guidelines (Draft)

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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Just learned about this game -- you're given 10 artifacts / day (from The Met's collection) and have to guess where they were made and when. 🏺🧪 And it's hard! I only got top 35%, which is kinda sad as an archaeologist & author of our Astonishing Artifacts column @livescience.com. anthropeum.com

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Anthropeum

A daily game that challenges our understanding of human cultures. Ten objects. 5,000 years of human history. Guess where and when each artifact was made. See how you rank.

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Mikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Great news, please share widely: the Faculty of Humanities, University of Helsinki will open a permanent university lecturer position in Digital Humanities in Autumn 2026. Teaching-focused, future-facing methods role, linked to LingDig, HELDIG and SSH-wide methods teaching. More details in August.

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Paula Krebs @paulakrebs.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Joy Connolly: “Americans have not lost trust in higher education because of scholar-activism or relativistic thinking, but because public investment in the system has shrunk, tuition is prohibitively expensive, and other priorities crowd out the student experience.” www.chronicle.com/blogs/letter...

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Letter | Preconceived Beliefs Plague Humanities Report

Its authors committed one of the faults they criticize most sharply, writes Joy Connolly.

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A.L. McMichael @byzcapp.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Yes, I love Kelli Anderson's work!

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Flora 🏺 Ancient History Art @flaroh.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Fellow ancient history artists look at this!! Fully funded artist oppurtunity working with North East archives about Hadrians Wall, hosted by @vindolandatrust.bsky.social 🏛️🌿 If I didn’t already work at an archive three days a week I’d be all over this www.vindolanda.com/2027-artist-...

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A.L. McMichael @byzcapp.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Kobo Toolbox might be an option? (But I do find that people are already used to Google Forms, which is an advantage with many audiences).

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A.L. McMichael @byzcapp.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Ooooh, you've posted so many great prints lately, but I think this is the best one yet. Thanks for sharing!

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A.L. McMichael @byzcapp.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

How exciting to see this fantastic project by @docuracy.co.uk using/citing Adam Franklin-Lyons and Pavel Oleinikov's ODFMS-reviewed dataset from Digital Philology muse.jhu.edu/issue/56242. To read more about the Open Datasets For Medieval Studies data peer review project, see odfms.hcommons.org.

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Project MUSE - Digital Philology: A Journal of Medieval Cultures-Volume 14, Number 2, Fall 2025

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A.L. McMichael @byzcapp.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Sharing this in memory of Lynne Goldstein, a colleague whose mentorship shaped my career in many positive ways. Lynne had so many great stories that Autumn Painter and I recorded an oral history of her work with MSU's Campus Archaeology Program. oralhistory.campusarch.msu.edu

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Campus as Laboratory – An Oral History of MSU's Campus Archaeology Program

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A.L. McMichael @byzcapp.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I've always loved the cherry blossom dataset. (Practical/ beautiful/relatable!). I'm glad it found a new custodian. (And sad to hear of the loss of its previous researcher).

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A.L. McMichael @byzcapp.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

As always, 5calls.org made it simple to take some small action in the midst of [all this] by providing representatives' numbers and a script.

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