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David Wacks

@davidwacks.bsky.social
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Professor of Spanish at the University of Oregon. Medieval Iberian and Sephardic literature and culture. davidwacks.uoregon.edu

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Quinn Daedal @quinnanya.me · 04/10/2026
My girlfriend pulled out her old copy of The Write Source and it immediately took me back to late elementary school when I'd carry around Write Source 2000 everywhere. I loved writing and I loved that book. Give me a new edition of this book, not AI in schools.
1970s Schoolhouse Rock-esque cover of The Write Source Page on poems with giant frogs A model letter of application for a job Guide to writing a business letter
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David Wacks @davidwacks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Mary Quinn :: Spanish & Portuguese | The University of New Mexico
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David Wacks @davidwacks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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The Vern Williamsen Comedia Book Prize
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David Wacks @davidwacks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Congratulations to my PhD classmate Prof. Mary Quinn (U New Mexico) on receiving the Vern Williamsen Comedia Book Prize from the Assoc for Classical Hispanic Theater for her monograph 'Sense and Spectacle in the Age of Philip IV' www.routledge.com/Sense-and-Sp...
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Sense and Spectacle in the Age of Philip IV: Performing Empire in Word, Music, and Image
This book accounts for the outpouring of celebrations in the Habsburg Empire upon the 1657 birth of Felipe Próspero, heir to Philip IV of Spain. These celebrations allow us to interrogate the shifting...
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David Wacks @davidwacks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Birutė Ciplijauskaitė Fellowship (Peninsular Spanish Literature and Culture) 27-28 U Wisconsin Madison (deadline Oct 22) irh.wisc.edu/irh-fellowsh...
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IRH Fellowships
The IRH awards some 40-45 stipendiary and non-stipendiary fellowships to internal and external applicants each year. The College of Letters & Science and generous gifts to the Institute fund these fel...
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Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Job: Associate Professor of Art and Architecture of the Medieval World at Johns Hopkins University #medievalsky
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Associate Professor of Art and Architecture of the Medieval World, Baltimore
Lauren Crabtree. Department of the History of Art at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 01.07.2027, Bewerbungsschluss: 30.10.2026
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Alfonso de Zamora @perurealfonso.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Aimed at students, educators, librarians, and collectors, this volume explores..." This is not only atrocious but ludicrous (to be released jointly by @archumanities.bsky.social and, well, @degruyterbrill.bsky.social, i.e. #BusinesAsUsual).
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David Wacks @davidwacks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
CFP IX SIMPOSIO INTERNACIONAL DE LITERATURA Y CINE CSUDH, 25-27 de marzo de 2027 CSU Dominguez Hills (Los Angeles) "Trauma y terapia en la literatura y el cine en español" forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
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Microsoft Forms
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David Wacks @davidwacks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Will A.I. Make Your Brain Lazy? Here’s What the New Research Actually Shows" (NYT Oct 2, 2026). www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Will A.I. Make Your Brain Lazy? Here’s What the New Research Actually Shows.
We’re starting to learn more about how the technology can change us.
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Dr. Rachel Schine @rachelschine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Mom so I heard that the Syrian dude kept a diary and that I can read that too…?” nyupress.org/978147981094...
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The Book of Travels
The adventures of the man who created AladdinThe Book of Travels is Ḥannā Diyāb’s remarkable first-person account of his travels as a young man from hi...
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Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Job Opening: Assistant Professor of Early Modern European Art History, College Park, Maryland #earlymodern
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Assistant Professor of Early Modern European Art History, College Park
Alicia Volk, Univ. of Maryland. University of Maryland, College Park, 01.07.2027, Bewerbungsschluss: 15.10.2026
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The Medieval Academy of America @medievalacademy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
MAA News - CARA Call for Executive Committee Nominations The Medieval Academy of America’s Committee on Centers and Regional Associations (CARA) invites nominations to fill one upcoming vacancies on its Executive Committee. CARA strives www.themedievalacademyblog.org/?p=9…
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Middle East Medievalists @mideastmedieval.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Assistant or Associate Professor for the History of the Mediterranean and its Hinterlands, 500-1500 CE, University of California Berkeley aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05501
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Assistant or Associate Professor – Mediterranean and its Hinterlands, 500-1500 CE - Department of History
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Job opening: Assistant Professor of Early Modern European Art, Brown University arthist.net/archive/54485
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Assistant Professor of Early Modern European Art, Brown University
Nancy Safian. Brown University, History of Art and Architecture department, 01.06.2027, Bewerbungsschluss: 20.10.2026
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Teresa Ardrey (She/Her) @teresa-ardrey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hey here it is! The Speculative Detective Agency edited by Matthew David Goodwin and Ricjie Narvaez. I think my only mutuals on here that are in the book are @kjy1066.bsky.social and @theninagalaxy.bsky.social
The cover of The Speculativr Detective agency. Black with a blue lightning strike horizontally through the middle. There is a gold owl totem with an eye in the stomach area middle right, designed by Cayetano Valenzuela
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Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies @acmrs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
ACMRS is hiring! We are seeking a program manager to join our ongoing Mellon Foundation-funded RaceB4Race initiative. Find the full position listing below and apply today! asu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ASU…
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Program Manager
Job Profile: Administrative Operations Specialist 3 Job Family: Administrative Operations Time Type: Full time Apply before 11:59 PM Arizona time the day before the posted End Date. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved. Job Profile Summary: Supports and instructs those served by the department with complex queries, applies specialized knowledge of multiple standards, policies...
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Jacquelyn Ardam @jaxwendy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My center is hiring an Assistant Director! We are looking for a humanities or social sciences PhD w/ admin experience to run undergrad research programs at UCLA. We are moving fast, so apply early! $87k salary, Dec start date, hybrid work sched, pretty okay boss (me) recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF11365
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Undergraduate Research Center (HASS) - Assistant Director
University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!
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Miguel Martínez @fusonegro.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Gente de Bsky. Buscamos colega en la Universidad de Chicago: tenure-track Assistant Professor in Modern Iberian Studies. Tenéis todavía margen para solicitar: el deadline es el 15 de octubre. EOE/Vet/Disability. Más info aquí: apply.interfolio.com/191615
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Alfonso de Zamora @perurealfonso.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Nicole T. Hughes (@ucirvine.bsky.social), «𝙈𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙯𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙨: 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙙𝙚 #L𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙖 #𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖 𝙙𝙚 Amér𝙞𝙘𝙖», 29 de septiembre, 13:00 horas México, Zoom: unam.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #EarlyModern #HistoriaIndiana #OttomanStudies
les escribimos para invitarlos a la primera segunda de nuestro XXVI Seminario de Estudios Literarios del Siglo de Oro (SELSO): tradición clásica en el mundo hispánico que estará a cargo de Nicole T. Hughes (Universidad de California, Irvine) quien presentará:
«𝙈𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙯𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙨: 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙙𝙚 𝙇𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖 𝙙𝙚 𝘼𝙢𝙚́𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖»
La sesión será tendrá lugar el martes 29 de septiembre a la 13:00 p.m. hora de México, a través de Zoom
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David Wacks @davidwacks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Enhorabuena Chad! Great news
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Middle East Medievalists @mideastmedieval.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University invites applications for a tenured or tenure-track faculty position in the field of Early Islamic History, with a primary focus on the period ca. 600–1300 CE apply.interfolio.com/193875
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Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic @pharyngealschwa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
‎Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic ‎Yom Kippur-related vocabulary ‎bdāl-ak בְּדַאלַכּ بدالك ‎‘my dear, please’ etc ‎Entirely Arabic vocab - literally ‘in place of you’ - its significance is Jewish. The speaker means that they will take accountability for the other person’s sins on Yom Kippur.
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medievalJewishStudiesNow! @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
CFP: "Communities of Violence Revisited: Minorities, Sex, and Disease," IMC Leeds 2027. #jewishstudies #medievalsky mjsnow.hypotheses.org/22972
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medievalJewishStudiesNow! @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Talk by Jonathan Decter: "Jewish Thinking about Religion in the Islamic Middle Ages," The Jewish Studies Colloquium, Brandeis University, 29 September 2026. #jewishstudies #medievalsky mjsnow.hypotheses.org/22947
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Jewish Thinking about Religion in the Islamic Middle Ages, The Jewish Studies Colloquium, Brandeis University, 29 September 2026
Take part in this talk by Jonathan Decter about "Jewish Thinking about Religion in the Islamic Middle Ages" at the Jewish Studies Colloquium (Brandeis University) on September 29 via Zoom. Register
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Sebastiaan Faber @sebasfaber.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Join us this Wednesday!
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David Wacks @davidwacks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
mad respect
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David Wacks @davidwacks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
CFP VII Congreso Internacional e Interdisciplinar Del silencio a la palabra. Voces femeninas en la Historia y Cultura de España (Marzo 2027 Online)
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Adam Shear @adamshear.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Great opportunity for @pittprovost.bsky.social undergraduates to spend next summer in NYC, free housing, to do original research on any topic in #Jewishstudies using @columbiauniversity.bsky.social libraries and other collections. Use QR code to sign up info session. @mmargolis.bsky.social
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David Wacks @davidwacks.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
[book review] gift link to my review of Anita Savo's 'Portraying authorship: Juan Manuel and the rhetoric of authority' (U Toronto Press 2024) www.tandfonline.com/eprint/VRA59...
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Portraying authorship: Juan Manuel and the rhetoric of authority
Published in Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies (Vol. 27, No. 3, 2026)
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David Wacks @davidwacks.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
[article] Mechele Leon, "By Means of Visitation: Tourism and Identity on Spain’s Sephardic Way” in the performance studies anthology Staging Visitation: Tourist Performances and Theatricalized Places. University of Michigan Press, 2026, pp. 19-36. 10.3998/mpub.12863389
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 29/08/2026
Amherst College is looking for a Director of Public History and Engagement: networks.h-net.org/jobs/70277/a... 🗃️
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Amherst College - Director of Public History and Engagement | H-Net
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David Wacks @davidwacks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The *very* last Blockbuster (Oviedo, Asturias, Spain)
Photo of the marquee of an abandoned Blockbuster store with two cars parallel parked in front
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David Wacks @davidwacks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
No it does not
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Ian Petrie @icpetrie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
JOB: TT Assistant Professor, History, University of Ottawa Medieval/transregional requires teaching in English & French universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...
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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Back to school. ❤️
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
cognitive sabotage, you can ban it extra credit to U Chicago for bans on professional AND undergrad programs; smart SLACs are going to market AI free campuses soon chicagomaroon.com/53262/news/s...
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Sosc Core to Institute AI Ban, Technology-Free Classrooms This Fall
All social science Core classes will transition to an “analog” approach for the upcoming academic year, restricting in-classroom technology use and banning AI-assisted writing and grading for students...
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H-Net Job Guide @h-net-job-guide.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
New job: Assistant Professor of Early Modern European Art and Architectural History in the World Brown University jobs.h-net.org/jobs/70237
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David Wacks @davidwacks.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Congratulations to Ronnie Perelis on this grant!
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19/08/2026
People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words.
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Arc Humanities Press @archumanities.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
{New book} Shaping the Nation in Medieval Europe Edited by Éloïse Adde explores a fundamental problem of European historiography within a global context: the history of medieval nations and the question of their relationship to modern nation-states. www.arc-humanities.org/978180270424...
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David Wacks @davidwacks.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
[open access book] *Libro de citas de Ramon Llull*, ed. Julia Butiñá Jiménez and Antonio Cortijo Ocaña www.peterlang.com/document/171...
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Peter Lang Verlag - Libro de citas de Ramon Llull
Este volumen es una recopilación de citas de Ramon Llull (Mallorca, 1232-1316) y constituye un exponente de su carácter polifacético (teología, ...
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Noel Blanco Mourelle @mourelle.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
📢📢📢 We are hiring! 📢📢📢 The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at UChicago invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Modern Iberian Studies, with an expected start date of July 1, 2027, or as soon as possible thereafter. EOE/Vet/Disability. 1/2
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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.northsky.social · 17/08/2026
Cambridge's @theul.bsky.social recently uploaded almost 1000 new images of unconserved, undescribed Cairo Genizah fragments, which means there's a good chance you can find something here that no one has read for hundreds of years: cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/search?Facet...
Mosseri IX.70.2, a small, creased, stained, rectangular scrap of rag paper with 7 lines of Hebrew script in light brown ink. The fragment sits against a blue background with a yellow label showing the scale (fragment is about 4" by 3")
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Middle East Medievalists @mideastmedieval.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
3 postdoctoral fellowships (1–2 years) at IAS Princeton, School for Historical Studies (Islamic World focus). PhD awarded 1 Jul 2024–31 Aug 2026. 1 position in Medieval Studies; 2 in Europe & the World post-1800. tinyurl.com/3zxzu8sd
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Membership
The School of Historical Studies supports scholarship in all fields of historical research but is concerned principally with the history of western, near eastern and Asian civilizations, with particul...
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 17/08/2026
A few things: (1) AI should not be used to assist writing. Cognitive outsourcing is bad. (2) The college essay is on the decline because of labor as much as AI. Learning to write well requires a lot of personal contact which neoliberal logics of higher ed work against www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/u...
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What Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing?
Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without A.I. And it’s costing more than just grammar skills.
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medievalJewishStudiesNow! @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
CFP: Mapping Jewish Communities: Spaces of History and Memory, 23–25 October 2026, University of Lodz. #jewishstudies mjsnow.hypotheses.org/22492
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Mapping Jewish Communities: Spaces of History and Memory, 23–25 October 2026, University of Lodz
According to their call, they invite to submit "proposals for an interdisciplinary workshop titled Mapping Jewish Communities: Spaces of History and Memory, which will focus on the study of cities of ...
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medievalJewishStudiesNow! @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
New article: "The Art of Joshua ibn Gaon: Book Production in the Shared Urban Space of Tudela, c.1300," by Katrin Kogmann-Appel (Medieval Encounters). #jewishstudies #medievalsky mjsnow.hypotheses.org/22453
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The Art of Joshua ibn Gaon: Book Productionin the Shared Urban Space of Tudela, c.1300
You cna now read the new article by Katrin Kogmann-Appel about "The Art of Joshua ibn Gaon: Book Productionin the Shared Urban Space of Tudela, c.1300," Medieval Encounters 32.3 (2026): 201–39. Have a...
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David Wacks @davidwacks.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Excellent discussion of the recent events in Ceuta in geopolitical context open.spotify.com/episode/2WEo...
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Ceuta and Spanish Foreign Policy
The Sobremesa Podcast · Episode
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David Wacks @davidwacks.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Authors of published books: just received an obviously Gen AI-written and impossibly detailed scam invitation to speak on a (real) radio show about one of my books. Email was from a gmail address. FYI.
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