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Daniel C. Smith @dcsmith.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

oh good they instilled morality, that universal and discrete attribute. Reminds me to grab more while I'm out this afternoon.

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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

October 8 2026 4:30PM BST = 11:30 AM EDT Online @ics.bsky.social Jessica L. Lamont @yale.edu Magic in Roman and Late Antique Corinth ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Magic in Roman and Late Antique Corinth

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Daniel C. Smith @dcsmith.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm sure there is a fascinating story about SEO and padding stats here but I refuse to learn anything further about a song which I am fairly confident simply does not exist.

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Daniel C. Smith @dcsmith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

So the visions = a discrete text/compilation of apocalyptic (i.e., other worldly) prophecies. I like it. I wrote a paper for AY Collins many moons ago arguing the visions in P&F rely on John's Apocalypse as an exemplar, but I recall being struck by how little the narrative frame seemed to engage Rev

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Daniel C. Smith @dcsmith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Yes! One of the books I've put on the list so I have an excuse to read it.

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Daniel C. Smith @dcsmith.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I too survived my encounters with Galen. But only just

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Daniel C. Smith @dcsmith.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It was my first thought for collecting the primary sources, but now that you mention it I suspect they have recommendations for further reading, as well.

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Daniel C. Smith @dcsmith.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Academic pals, if you were building a reading list on Ancient Medicine for a very capable undergraduate senior, what would you be sure to include? (Good with Ancient Greek/Latin, but no Modern languages other than English)

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Dr. Krista A. Milne @kmilne.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Just wanted to share this new post about my work on medieval disability studies! 🦮 🏰 #medievalsky communities.springernature.com/posts/why-ca...

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Why care about medieval guide dogs?

How medieval disability studies can help us approach modern social issues

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Daniel C. Smith @dcsmith.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Our knowledge of sea lions suggests a whole host of sea felines. In this paper...

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ReMeDHe @remedhe.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

If you're an early career scholar looking for mentorship, or a seasoned scholar willing to help mentorr others in the fields of religion/medicine in Late Antiquity, consider participating in our mentorship program! You can still apply today to get matched in September!: www.remedhe.com/events

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I recommend to you this podcast series about Dolly Parton by Jad Abumrad (creator of Radio Lab). You may ask: how did a MacArthur Award winning pub radio guy meet Dolly? Because she personally funded his father's vaccine research, that's how. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dol...

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Dolly Parton's America : Episodes | WNYC Studios | Podcasts

The story of a legend at the crossroads of America’s culture wars.

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Daniel C. Smith @dcsmith.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

If you are teaching something in the broad world of Ancient Mediterranean religion and are looking for someone to virtually pop into your class, feel free to reach out! I have the immense gift of a sabbatical this academic year and would be happy to chat with your students.

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Daniel C. Smith @dcsmith.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

who has time for thinking one's own thoughts when there are thoughts to *lead*?

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Daniel C. Smith @dcsmith.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Amazing!! Looking forward to reading it!

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Daniel C. Smith @dcsmith.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Just far too kind. Thanks friend. Your wire transfer is on the way.

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Daniel C. Smith @dcsmith.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Nothing better than reading the work of brilliant friends like @nathanleach.bsky.social Nathan's book, on John's Apocalypse in the context of ancient divinatory performance, has finally arrived!!

A copy of Nathan's book, Revelation as Divination, on an end table next to a lit candle. It is a hardback book that definitely has not been opened owing to the fact I'm blind and will instead read the pdf, making this in essence a somewhat pricey bit of home decor.

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Daniel C. Smith @dcsmith.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Would love to check out your syllabus. I’m considering a similar class next year

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Given that we are all upset today about Anthropic-shredding-books, I’ll add that I address this here, and it’s part of the same infrastructure threatening the preservation and profession of history but people don’t want to talk about that if the same industry is paying for their research.

It may be tempting to see value in projects
such as the Schmidt Foundation - that's
Eric Schmidt of Google - funding a fellowship in Al at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, or the Musk Foundation's support of the Scroll Prize to use Al in reconstructing ancient texts in the burnt scrolls of
Herculaneum. But these projects are simply two among countless others that have been seeding Al into museums and historical research for well over a decade. Even more egregious is the case of Al companies buying and destroying rare books en masse in the process of scanning them for data. In the context of the dire austerity we are witnessing, the juggernaut of tech money seems impossible to resist. But the public should know the dangers of ceding the
precious work of peering into the past to those whose chief aims are to exploit it for data and build visions of our collective history
to their own liking.

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And-Boo 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

friends and neighbors, the newest Element in Religion in Late Antiquity is now *live* and *free to download* through August 4! The inimitable Virginia Burrus on "Martyrdom as Witness in Late Ancient Christian Literature"! www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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Martyrdom as Witness in Late Ancient Christian Literature

Cambridge Core - Religion: General Interest - Martyrdom as Witness in Late Ancient Christian Literature

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Daniel C. Smith @dcsmith.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

When T enters the temple in Pylos I thought one of the officials was holding a tablet? But yes that weird little dark ages cometh prophetic monologue really took me out of it.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

‘Thousands of university job cuts in humanities and social sciences are creating widespread cold spots for languages, classics and theology degrees, the British Academy has warned’ www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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Humanities among degrees being ‘extinguished’ by hard-up universities

Exclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one year

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rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The Department of Religious Studies is pleased to announce a new addition to its faculty, Dr. Matthew Larsen! We're excited to have him join our outstanding faculty cohort as an Associate Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Religions. Read more about him at the link. tinyurl.com/2s3bs2yp

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Francesca Stavrakopoulou @proffrancesca.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I’d love it if you’d sign this. It might not prevent me and my colleagues losing our jobs, but it will draw attention to the ideological vandalism being perpetrated by the wealthy execs running our university. Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter - sign the petition below! c.org/NpvY4sR9gH

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Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

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Daniel C. Smith @dcsmith.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

As a scholar of the book of Revelation I want everyone to understand that hydration/commercial breaks are actually all four horsemen of the apocalypse

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Greg Given @greggiven.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

University admins, very solemnly: “To protect the mission, it is our sacred duty to ensure that this pile of money survives—nay, grows!—for the rest of human civilization.“ Also university admins: “We’re noticing that books are kinda out rn? So we’re 86’ing three of the four libraries.“

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Daniel C. Smith @dcsmith.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The Alexander Romance: a fun little story hiding within a bonkers manuscript history.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Just had Canvas stop working as I was typing comments on a student paper. I now can’t access anyone’s work or grades. Strangely, this never happened back when I used a grade book and had students email me their papers, a system no shareholders extracted money from.

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Daniel C. Smith @dcsmith.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Cannot wait for a presidential candidate in 2048 to be dogged by questions based on their 2026 Canvas discussion board posts.

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Daniel C. Smith @dcsmith.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Literally did this a few hours ago: Epiphanius, Melania, Constantinople, Chrysostom. I'm sure you already felt the weight of the immeasurable royalties check by now.

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Daniel C. Smith @dcsmith.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Really looking forward to reading this!

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Daniel C. Smith @dcsmith.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

and really the key is not so low all the time. I like to think the thesis was less triumphalist than RG himself, but I refuse to go back and read it for fear of what I might find.

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Daniel C. Smith @dcsmith.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

"vanity, vanity, all of life is vanity," he says to himself while trapped in a Syriac copy editing doom loop.

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