Rspinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Please consider sending in a proposal for this exciting online conference! 021
Reposted by RspinelliKaylee Alexander, PhD @kpalex91.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Proof that putting a bunch of enthusiastic thanatologists in a WhatsApp group is dangerous: @librarianchef.bsky.social and I have teamed up with Justina Sumilova to organize “Death and the Chatbot: The Thanatology of Artificial Intelligence.” 📚🤖💀 Check out the full CFP: kayleealexander.com/cfp/ 162
Reposted by RspinelliKaylee Alexander, PhD @kpalex91.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Libraries, Archives and Collective Grief is now available for pre-order through @brisunipress.bsky.social! bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/libraries-ar...bristoluniversitypress.co.ukLibraries, Archives and Collective GriefLibraries, Archives and Collective Grief; This collection explores grief and memorialization through librarianship. International contributors highlight how information professionals contribute to dea... 032
Reposted by RspinelliKaylee Alexander, PhD @kpalex91.bsky.social · 02/02/2026And… sent! ✅ Just shy of 2 years since @librarianchef.bsky.social first reached out about a potential collab, the final typescript for Libraries, Archives and Collective Grief is officially off to Bristol UP. Immense gratitude to all our contributors—stay tuned for updates! 📚🪦 041
Reposted by RspinelliDr. Robyn S. Lacy ⚰️ @graveyardarch.bsky.social · 18/12/2025@librarianchef.bsky.social just informed me that my 2nd book, 'Daisy Wheel, Hexfoil, Hexafoil, Rosette', is in 169 libraries around the world! And our edited volume is already in 53 libraries, and it only came out 18 days ago! Amazing! 😍🏺 0221
Reposted by RspinelliBerghahn Books @berghahnbooks.bsky.social · 17/12/2025DEATH, COMMEMORATION, AND CULTURAL MEANING: Past and Present, edited by Robert Spinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social and Robyn S. Lacy @graveyardarch.bsky.social has now been published! Find out more here: bit.ly/4oq7xqO #CulturalStudies #History #Archaeology 052
Rspinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Coming out Monday, December 1st! @kpalex91.bsky.social 151
Rspinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social · 19/11/2025I'm excited to work on this new upcoming volume. If you are interested in conspiracy research please consider submitting an abstract. 020
Rspinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Libraries, Archives and Collective Grief (2026) will be released with Bristol University Press. This volume explores the ways in which grief permeates collections, objects and stories within library settings. @kpalex91.bsky.social 172
Reposted by RspinelliDr. Robyn S. Lacy ⚰️ @graveyardarch.bsky.social · 29/10/2025The volume that @librarianchef.bsky.social and I have been working on since like 2022, 'Death, Commemoration, and Cultural Meaning: Past and Present', is being published on Dec 1st, 2025! Just in time for Christmas! Thank you to all the wonderful authors!! www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Spinel...berghahnbooks.comDeath, Commemoration, and Cultural Meaning: Past and Present | Berghahn BooksIndependent Publishing since 1994 1135
Reposted by RspinelliMemento (artemis) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 04/10/2025The stars in the sky don't know we exist and I think that's nice for them 1725329
Reposted by RspinelliLaura Haynes👩🔬⚾️🐾💙 @drlaurahaynes.bsky.social · 01/10/2025I applaud Dr. Morgan Goheen for her willingness to engage infectious disease skeptics...especially when they are sitting next to you on a flight & you can't get up and leave!!! #MedSky www.huffpost.com/entry/infect...huffpost.comI Sat Next To An Anti-Vax Conspiracy Theorist On A Plane. Then I Told Him What I Do For A Living."As someone who recently completed 15 years of training to become an infectious diseases physician-scientist, I can’t avoid these conversations." 0156
Rspinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social · 26/09/2025This is what I came home to after work today. A bit creepy to see those eyes staring, but exciting nonetheless! 080
Reposted by RspinelliBerghahn Books @berghahnbooks.bsky.social · 02/09/2025For #EAA2025 @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social, browse our #Archaeology titles: bit.ly/4nawpls Sign up to a Publication Alert ahead of a book's publication for an EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNT! authors incl. @cbwolff.bsky.social @graveyardarch.bsky.social @librarianchef.bsky.social @creightonavery.bsky.social 063
Rspinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Anyone local should come say hello if you are able to attend. 030
Reposted by RspinelliDr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 12/08/2025The white nationalist ambitions of this regime are just plain as day. Anyone from that world would recognize these images or the Manifest Destiny references employed by DHS as a call to genocide in service of a white nation. 28846
Rspinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Thank you to everyone who has helped work on and encouraged the creation of this book! 120
Rspinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social · 13/06/2025We have been working hard on this volume for the past few years. It has been a great collaboration and it's incredibly rewarding to see a final product emerging! 3121
Rspinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Please consider submitting a paper to this panel that I will be chairing at the SAMLA conference in November. samla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19363samla.ballastacademic.comView Session 000
Rspinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social · 17/05/2025The volume I am putting together with @cultarchaeo.bsky.social has a few more weeks left accepting submissions. If you've been considering sending along an abstract, there's still time! www.robert-spinelli.com/call-for-pap...robert-spinelli.comGeneral 1 — Robert Spinelli, MLS/MA 010
Reposted by RspinelliSteph Halmhofer @cultarchaeo.bsky.social · 06/05/2025"'It will present evidence that suggests ancient serpent or lizard-like aliens came to earth thousands of years ago,' the narrator says." 😐 It won't because there is no evidence for this. Unsurprising, but still disappointing, to see pseudoarchaeology themes taking top spots on this media platform: 2287
Reposted by RspinelliCiara Nic Ionnraic PhD #Health #Research #SciComms @chendirl.bsky.social · 29/04/2025#WHAI2025 REGISTRATION OPEN 👉 BOOK NOW 👉 tinyurl.com/2jnkuw4s 👇 Conf site QR Code 👇 Brilliant program made possible by our brilliant ⭐ #skystorians @whaireland.bsky.social #WomensHist #History #GenderHist #RevolutionaryHist #IrishResearch #Speirgorm #HealthHist #Carlow #Ireland 0128
Rspinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Great to meet @mcfarland.bsky.social at PCA this last week in New Orleans. 041
Rspinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Only a few weeks left to submit a proposal for what promises to be a fascinating collection in collaboration with @cultarchaeo.bsky.social! Follow the link for more info: www.robert-spinelli.com/call-for-pap... 031
Reposted by RspinelliDr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 10/04/2025I grew up on a diet of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark... I swear these vines covering a lamppost in Wroclaw, Poland are straight out of my childhood nightmares. 563521610
Reposted by RspinelliSteph Halmhofer @cultarchaeo.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Begging for the return of the humanities and social sciences to remind the tech bros that "spitballing a few bullet points" into AI does not mean an author will write 1000 books, it means that *AI* will write 1000 books. 2295
Rspinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social · 03/04/2025This volume is a labor of love that has been long coming. @graveyardarch.bsky.social has been a most astute and incredible individual to help nurture this project to completion. 130
Reposted by RspinelliAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 03/04/2025"Which brings us to the problem obscured by the perpetual denunciations of academic writing:what has been lost is the material support for this kind of work,this kind of reading.We need not romanticize the golden age of the university...to say that things are materially worse now." shorturl.at/B5F6Qchronicle.comEveryone Hates Academic Writing. They’re Wrong.In praise of scholarly prose. 1233
Rspinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Time for a new project! If you are interested in contributing to this collection, please check out the more detailed information below. 095
Reposted by RspinelliKathleen Lenihan @kathleenlenihan.bsky.social · 18/02/2025It's pretty much sacrilegious to say that the social sciences and humanities are as important as STEM. But I'll go one further and say they are more important than STEM. You can be a productive member of civic society without ever taking calculus. Good luck doing that without understanding history. 617718
Rspinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social · 18/02/2025I'm thrilled to announce that my first edited volume is now available for pre-order! Thank you to all of the contributors who have been working on this with me for the past few years. Please consider ordering a copy for yourself or your library. mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-...mcfarlandbooks.comThe Lizard People Don’t Want You to Read This - McFarlandThe Lizard People Don’t Want You to Read This Essays on Conspiracy Theory in Popular Culture Edited by Robert Spinelli 978-1-4766-9485-6 978-1-4766-5625-0 180
Rspinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Just sent off the final manuscript for the book that @graveyardarch.bsky.social and I have been working on for a few years now. Come fall Death, Commemoration and Cultural Meaning: Past and Present will be released with @berghahnbooks.bsky.social! 0151
Reposted by RspinelliDr. Carol Tilley 🏳️🌈 @anuncivilphd.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Putting this out there for those of you who might need it - How to Respond to Law Enforcement Requests for Library Records and User Information: Suggested Guidelinesala.orgHow to Respond to Law Enforcement Requests for Library Records and User Information: Suggested GuidelinesHow to Respond to Law Enforcement Requests for Library Records and User Information: Suggested Guidelines 3157107
Rspinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social · 28/12/2024My first book due out next year with McFarland Publishers now has an official title! The Lizard People Don't Want You to Read This: Essays on Conspiracy Theory in Popular Culture. 1110
Reposted by RspinelliProf MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Because it's always true: "The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write: a man will turn over half a library to make one book" (Samuel Johnson). 011132
Reposted by RspinelliDr. Robyn S. Lacy ⚰️ @graveyardarch.bsky.social · 27/11/2024@librarianchef.bsky.social & I submitted our edited volume to Berghahn Books tonight! It has been through review & several rounds of edits, & I'm so excited for all the authors! Next stop, production schedule! #archaeology #deathstudies #heritage 1131
Rspinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social · 18/11/2024I was never very active on Twitter but remember being impressed by the academic community on the platform. If nothing else, it made it possible for me to connect with @graveyardarch.bsky.social and many other #deathstudies people. I look forward to being more participatory here in the future. 1110
Rspinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social · 13/11/2024It is a great feeling of accomplishment to have sent the final manuscript of your first book to the publisher. Now I suppose it is back to waiting as the process continues! 060
Rspinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Is anyone here going to the SAMLA conference in Florida this week? 030
Rspinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social · 12/11/2024I'm so glad to see Bluesky beginning to come to life. Although my day job as a librarian and archivist is rewarding, it is my own work in conspiracy theories and death studies that have been most fruitful. Thrilled to make new connections here! 1160
Reposted by RspinelliDr. Robyn S. Lacy ⚰️ @graveyardarch.bsky.social · 29/11/2023@librarianchef.bsky.social & I have an upcoming edited volume on Death & Memorialization, & we're starting to get contributor chapters sent in!! So excited, thank you to everyone for your hard work! 🏺 171