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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Tomorrow!
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
UVa‘s own Stephen Hopkins will do the first @nasscal.bsky.social First Friday workshop of the semester!
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The deadline for nominations for NASSCAL's Sisters of Sinai Prize for outstanding scholarship in Christian apocrypha is fast approaching. Nominations close at midnight Sept. 1. For more information, visit www.nasscal.com/the-sisters-...
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The Sisters of Sinai Prize
The Sisters of Sinai Prize for outstanding scholarship in Christian apocrypha is named in honor of Agnes Smith Lewis and Margaret Dunlop Gibson, sisters who are responsible for a number of signific…
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
For Cville locals: I got a fantastic smoothie from these lovely folks at the SUNDAY farmers market at the Jefferson School. I had no idea this market existed until I stumbled on it last week!
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
UVa has relaunched the provost search (again). We really need to quit the evangelical “servant leadership” nonsense. But even more, we really need an actual academic in this position.
executivesearch.virginia.edu
Executive Vice President and Provost
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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
i'm only letting @janetspittler.bsky.social's daughter do my official photos from now on
yer pal Andrew looking relaxed on a back deck with twinkle lights behind him
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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
A wonderful time with wonderful people in a wonderful place!
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
This was awesome. Many many thanks to everyone who participated. @nasscal.bsky.social
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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
kudos to @janetspittler.bsky.social and @ingerkuin.bsky.social and the whole @nasscal.bsky.social team for putting on an extraordinary 2 days of papers and fellowship!
poster for the UVA and NASSCAL New Research on Apocryphal Christian Literature conference
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The First Friday of May coincides with the NASSCAL conference here at the University of Virginia. While most of the conference is in-person only, we’re maintaining the regular online First Friday workshop, this week with TWO papers.
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
We had never needed the Arts and Humanities more.
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Meira Kensky @meirazk.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Applications due in two days, be there or be square
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Advising Fellow, College of Arts & Sciences in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America | Student Services, Health, & Wellness at University of Virginia
Apply for Advising Fellow, College of Arts & Sciences job with University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America. Student Services, Health, & Wellness at University of Virg...
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Join us this Friday for our workshop with Jeremiah Coogan! The topic is “Uses and Abuses of the Gospel(s) according to the Hebrews.” Regular time, regular place.
Email nasscalworkshop@gmail.com for the zoom invitation and a copy of the pre-circulated paper. Workshops are on the First Friday of the month at noon Eastern Standard Time.
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Tomorrow!
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Please join us on February 6 at noon (EST) for the first First Friday Workshop of the new semester!
Hugo Lundhaug, Oslo
“Total Devotion to the Storyworld: The Role of Apocrypha in Egyptian Monasteries”

RSVP: nasscalworkshop@gmail.com
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Matthijs den Dulk @matthijsdendulk.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
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.
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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!
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Matthew R. Crawford @mcrawford.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
In case you haven't yet heard about it, there is an interesting new project on 'Ethnicity and (In)Equality in Early Christianity' being led by Matthijs den Dulk (Radboud University). Currently hiring for a 3-year postdoc. Application deadline is 8 March. www.eiec.info/home
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EIEC
Image: Jesus and the dog-headed men, Kiev Psalter, 1397
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
We have concerns! www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2026...
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A statement from 201 concerned faculty about U.Va. President Beardsley’s appointment
By acting in bad faith, the Board has flouted its fiduciary duties to the University and has violated its own bylaws calling on it to protect the University from outside interference.
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Candida Moss @candidamoss.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
So many of my recent pieces for National Geographic would have suffered were it not for my ability to link to the amazing resources supplied by @nasscal.bsky.social. If you are interested in early Christian literature you must check out this invaluable site. www.nasscal.com
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NASSCAL
North American Society for the Study of Christian Apocryphal Literature
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Stephen Hopkins @phil-lol-ogist.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Do you need last minute gift ideas for an enemy or antagonistic family member? Look no further: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526175038/
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johnedwinmason @johnedwinmason.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
The Cavalier Daily strikes again. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 "Scott Beardsley’s appointment [as UVA president] epitomizes a semester defined by absence, secrecy and institutional disregard." www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
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EDITORIAL: An eleventh-hour presidential appointment and a community left in the dark
Furthermore, it is hard to ignore that the unanimous vote elevating Beardsley to the University’s top role was undertaken by a Board that is seemingly not legally constituted.
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Nag Hammadi friends: If you had to choose one “gnostic” text to read in a grad seminar on religious thinkers in antiquity, which would you choose and why? Bonus if it comes with an article that is readable for students with no Coptic and little experience with the corpus.
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
If your crèche has an ox and an ass or exactly three magi, congratulations: You’re having a very apocryphal Christmas already! Tony will explain.
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Zyahna Bryant. @zysaidso.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Holiday Mutual Aid: PLEASE SHARE WIDELY! It’s time for YEAR 6! With recent federal-level changes creating new challenges in our community, we’re prioritizing core necessities. We are still welcoming traditional gifts. More info below. We take care of us. To Give C: $zyahnab Venmo: Zbryant01
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Excellent editorial by the student paper: “Perhaps the most obvious epitomization of Mahoney’s desire to be protected from, rather than to protect, the University community, was his decision to be accompanied by a police guard as he entered the Faculty Senate.” www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
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EDITORIAL: A university president guarded from his constituents cannot lead them
Mahoney’s position throughout his term has been one of deference — a deference that, amidst community protests, denigrates the role of a University president as authentically representing their commun...
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
“Boys also have lower mean scores on the SAT in reading and writing, score lower overall on the ACT and have lower grade point averages in high school. “If we were going to eliminate preferences for men, the undergraduate population would skew to 65 percent female overnight,” Mitchell said.”
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Trump’s attack on DEI may hurt college men, particularly White men
The Trump administration’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion also targets gender. The ban may impact gender balancing practices that often benefit college men.
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Once again: the presidential and provost search must be paused, Sheridan and Wilkinson must resign, and the student newspaper is utterly outpacing all other news sources. Wahoowa!
cavalierdaily.com
Sources say the provost search this spring was ‘unusual.’ Here’s why.
Sources qualified the search or elements of the search as “highly unusual” in large part because of the actions of Porter Wilkinson, who was at the time a member of the Board of Visitors and is now vi...
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
www.chronicle.com/article/uva-...
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UVa Asked Its Community to Weigh in on Trump’s Compact. Here’s What They Said.
A survey seeking opinions on the controversial document elicited more than 2,000 responses — overwhelmingly in opposition.
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Join us on the First Friday of December for a workshop with Sam Cook on the Monastic Use of Coptic Apocrypha!
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
An election for the 2025-2027 NASSCAL Board of Directors will take place at this week's First Friday Workshop (Dec. 5). The slate of nominees can be found here: www.nasscal.com/2025/12/02/n...
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Notice of Election of the 2025–2027 NASSCAL Board
The NASSCAL First Fridays workshop taking place December 5 will also be the time that we elect a new Board of Directors. Ideally, this would take place at a bi-annual meeting of the Society, but we…
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
I do love an advent calendar!
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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
well, what the heck. it's the tuesday before thanksgiving, and whoever is on here deserves a treat: the first new translation I've posted in a long while: the Life and Martyrdom of Susanna: andrewjacobs.org/translations...
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Life and Martyrdom of Susanna
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
I love this pope.
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Katherine McDonald @katherinemcdon.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Happy St Katherine's Day to all scholars, librarians, and Katherines. May you win an argument against an annoying man today, in the true spirit of Katherine herself.
Icon of St Katherine
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
I agree with the UVa faculty senate: the Rector and Vice Rector must resign, and the presidential search must be paused.
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A statement from 181 concerned faculty on the Faculty Senate’s Nov. 14 resolution
Continuing the search now would be all the proof needed to conclude that the Board and Mahoney are acting not in the University’s best interests but pursuant to some other agenda, if further proof wer...
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
AAR/SBL folks: Sunday, 8-11pm First Church Boston (on Marlborough between Clarendon and Berkeley)!
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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
lovely and enlightening event about @ingerkuin.bsky.social's new DIOGENES book in conversation w @aristofontes.bsky.social. there were sheet cookies with the cover!
Big cookie with the book cover on it
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Matthijs den Dulk @matthijsdendulk.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Early Christian Epistolarity is out now! Get your copy (or, you know, get your library to order it) at brill.com/display/titl.... It was an honor to work on this project with Judith Lieu @greggiven.bsky.social @angelastandh.bsky.social @cavanconcannon.bsky.social, Harry Maier (1/2)
Cover of the book 'early christian epistolarity' by Judith Lieu and Matthijs den Dulk
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
From the inimitable @ingerkuin.bsky.social!
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Having a Drink With Your Donkey: The Absurd in Antiquity
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Teaching post-doc position in UVa’s College, renewable for up to three years total. Apply!
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Post-doctoral Research Associate and Lecturer - Engagements, College of Arts & Sciences in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America | Research at University of Virginia
Apply for Post-doctoral Research Associate and Lecturer - Engagements, College of Arts & Sciences job with University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America. Research at Un...
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Former BOV Rector Hardie to current Rector Sheridan and BOV member Manning: “I am very disappointed that two of my closest friends decided to leave their friend the Rector out of such a conservation. Stand by your president. This is sickening to me. I am appalled.”
cavalierdaily.com
State Sen. Creigh Deeds received his FOIA requests from U.Va. — here’s what we learned
After submitting a six-section Freedom of Information Act Request to the University Sept. 18, State Sen. Creigh Deeds, D-Charlottesville, received 284 pages of records Oct. 29, pertaining to former Un...
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Tony Burke @tonyburke.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Shopping for new books at SBL 2025? Here are some suggestions for titles related to Christian apocrypha. www.apocryphicity.ca/2025/11/16/c...
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Christian Apocrypha Books to Look for at SBL 2025
The SBL Annual Meeting presents an ideal opportunity to check out new books on Christian apocrypha, and at substantial discounts. As you make your way through t
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/11/2025
youngkin serving the commonwealth by conspiring with the white house to destroy one of its flagship educational institutions
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Delegate Katrina Callsen @katrinacallsen.com · 12/11/2025
Governor Elect Spanberger advises the UVA BOV to pause selection of a new President until they have a Board approved by the General Assembly. A good and fair call.

Dear Rector Sheridan and Vice Rector Wilkinson:
As both a proud alumna and the Governor-elect of the Commonwealth of Virginia, I am deeply concerned
by recent developments at the University of Virginia and how these challenges may impact the legitimacy
of the current search for the University’s next president.
Over the past six months, the actions of the Board of Visitors have severely undermined the public’s and
the University community’s confidence in the Board’s ability to govern productively, transparently, and
in the best interests of the University. This loss of confidence is reflected in the numerous votes of no
confidence from both the faculty senate and the student council – constituencies essential to the
University’s success and those directly affected by the critical decisions before the Board. In addition, as
five Board appointees have failed to achieve confirmation by the General Assembly, the Board is not
fully constituted and its composition is now in violation of statutory requirements in crucial respects,
further calling into question the legitimacy of the Board and its actions.
In the wake of the departure of President Jim Ryan as a result of federal overreach – unchallenged by the
Board – the University now faces the serious task of selecting its tenth president. The next University
president will not only lead the University of Virginia but will also serve as an example of leadership
across the Commonwealth’s public institutions of higher education at a time of unprecedented challenges.
The search for a university president is the most consequential action a university board can undertake,
and in all cases, such a search must be conducted through a legitimate and transparent process. That
requirement is especially critical for the University of Virginia at this moment, and that legitimate and
transparent process must be led by a Board that is fully constituted and commands the trust of the
University community and the confidence of the citizens…The benefits of selecting a new president with a full, duly-constituted Board are clear and include: (1) providing credibility to the search process and the selection decision; (2) ensuring that the individual chosen to lead the University benefits from having been chosen in a credible and transparent process; and (3) removing any concern that the Board’s actions are illegitimate due to a lack of authority.

Given our shared commitment to the success of the University, the aforementioned concerns, and my commitment to making Board appointments quickly upon my swearing in, I again urge the Board to refrain from making any selections of finalists or ultimately a president until the Board is fully constituted and statutorily compliant.

Respectfully,

Abigail Spanberger
Governor-elect of the Commonwealth of Virginia
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Thank you, @abigailspanberger.com! This is the right path for restoring faculty, staff, student, and alumni trust in our BOV. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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Virginia’s Governor-Elect Wants a Say Over Leadership at U.Va.
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Alumni and friends of UVa Religious Studies: you are invited to our reception at the AAR/SBL annual meeting! Sunday, November 23, 8-11pm at First Church Boston. The venue is not a literal ship as in years past, but the etymology of “nave” keeps us in line with UVa tradition.
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Andrew Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
my already pretty reasonably priced LIFE OF THECLA translation/introduction is now UNreasonably cheap with the code CONFSHIP! $9.50! I think it includes US shipping? stocking stuffers for all of your apocrypha lovers! wipfandstock.com/978166674640...
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The Life of Thecla- Wipf and Stock Publishers
Thecla was one of the most venerated saints in late antiquity. One of her followers created the Life of Thecla as an act of devotion in the fifth century, re...
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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I did not write the headline, but I have an op ed on Prop 50 over at the @sfchronicle.com. Shorter version: the nationalization and polarization of our politics is what got us here, and it's also the most likely way out. It will take national partisan Democratic hardball to enact anti-hardball.
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California’s Prop 50 passed. Now, here’s how to end partisan redistricting once and for all
OPINION: We need a new federal statute of mutual disarmament — ideally before we reach the point where there are zero California Republicans and zero Texas Democrats, Joseph Fishkin writes.
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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
❤️❤️❤️
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NASSCAL @nasscal.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Join us Friday for the November 2025 First Friday workshop with Ivan Miroshnikov (University of Helsinki). Register at the email in the image below for the pre-circulated paper and Zoom link.
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