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Monica Mitri

@monicamitri.bsky.social
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Egyptian, Coptic, PhD candidate in religion at USC. Dabbled in theology, business & literature. Love books and tea. usc.academia.edu/MonicaMitri

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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reading some of my colleagues' work for a department seminar and, boy do I have brilliant friends.
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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
“We lose ourselves in books. We find ourselves there too.” ― Anonymous
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Really enjoyed @phildorroll.bsky.social's piece on patriarchy, virtue, & Orthodoxy today in Public Orthodoxy. publicorthodoxy.org/2026/09/02/h...
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History or Virtue? A Response to Drs. David and Mary Ford
Earlier this year, Drs. David Ford and Mary Ford offered a response to my previous article on Christian masculinity and its patriarchal distortions. While I appreciate their sincere and thoughtful engagement with my position, I also contend that their arguments in support of male headship are based on a confusion between historical precedent and genuine...
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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
After teaching history for 25 years, I’ve finally figured out my “why”…
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Not me remembering to moisturize after reading how Menelaus "tied his sandals on his well-oiled feet."
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pinecliffwoman.bsky.social @pinecliffwoman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Dancing cloud girl with her hair flying Imagination favors the curious 🌊
Dancing cloud girl with her hair flying

Imagination favors the curious 🌊
Clouds at sunset looking east from the Colorado foothills.  What do you see?
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Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Do you work in late antiquity? Like church councils? Appreciate northwestern Anatolia? Then you should submit a paper for this Sept '26 online conference on Nicaea hosted by the SBL Greco-Roman Religions unit! www.samreligions.org/virtual-conf...
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Imposter syndrome, brought to you from the 13th century. Loose translation: "I embarked [on this work] but what stopped me was what I know of shortcomings in myself. My heart whispered to me: “who are you to undertake to enter these palaces [of former scholars]? ...
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Once again, today is a nice reminder that I like writing. Wish these days would come more often!
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Happy Eid to all who celebrate!
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
To all these terrific resources, I'd like to add:
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Why write when I can make pour-over coffee?
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Ending 2025 to the sounds of a heavy downpour, the warmth of good friendships & the memories of wonderful books I got to read this year. May 2026 treat us kindly.
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Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Brent Nongbri on "Augustine in the Cairo Genizah":
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Augustine in the Cairo Genizah
Thinking about the letters of Augustine reminds me of one of the more interesting manuscripts I encountered this year. Among the many remarkable manuscripts in the Cairo Genizah is Cambridge Univer…
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Current read (from #aarsbl25 haul). Been a long time since I enjoyed a non-fiction book so much.
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Andrew Tucker @andrewtucker.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
“Between you and God, stands the poor person. His hand is stretched out in the middle, through it you give and receive. Through it you can buy, the kingdom that is greater than all…. To the poor he has entrusted his wealth, the treasury of divinity.” Isaac of Antioch, On Almsgiving
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Job alert: the project “Biblia Arabica: Researching and preserving the Arabic translations of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament” jointly led by Prof. Dr. Ronny Vollandt and Prof. Dr. Nathan P. Gibson is announcing 2 new PhD positions. (2) job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/5...
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Research Fellow (PhD) (m/f/x)
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Job alert: the project “Biblia Arabica: Researching and preserving the Arabic translations of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament” jointly led by Prof. Dr. Ronny Vollandt and Prof. Dr. Nathan P. Gibson is announcing 2 new PhD positions. (1) dynamiken-des-religioesen.uni-frankfurt.de/ausschreibun...
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Ausschreibung: 15 Promotionsstellen am LOEWE-Zentrum „DynaRel“
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Belated but here we are. #AARSBL25 was a blast. Attended wonderful panels, met old friends and made new. As my first time in Boston, it also marks my discovery of Brattle Bookshop, which means I bought more books from the city than from the conference. Another first!
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Public Orthodoxy @publicorthodoxy.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Join Us for a Groundbreaking Conference on Coptic Christianity! May 19-21, 2025 Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus The Orthodox Christian Studies Center is proud to present its inaugural Coptic Christianity Conference:
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Just finished the first rough draft of dissertation chapter one. Feeling rather pumped (and very sleepy!)
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
This year I'm on the #aar steering committees of the Middle Eastern Christianity Unit & Religion and Memory Unit. Check out our CfP(s) & consider submitting a proposal! MECU June: papers.aarweb.org/group/14948 MECU Nov.: papers.aarweb.org/group/14947 R&M Nov.: papers.aarweb.org/group/14993
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
It's a slow but satisfying day of dissertating at home. Almost 900 words in today.
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Is it just me who can't find the #aar #sbl call for papers, or are they really hidden in some obscure nook of the website?
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Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
“But when it comes to making judgments about the characteristics of past societies, especially those located outside North America and Western Europe, their ability to do so is much more limited.”
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AI struggles to understand human history and fails miserably when tested
The study, which is the first of its kind, evaluates the historical knowledge of leading AI models such as ChatGPT-4, Llama, and Gemini.
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Jairo I. Fúnez-Flores @insurgentthought.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
The intellectual always has a choice either to side with the weaker, the less well represented, the forgotten or ignored, or to side with the more powerful. —Edward Said
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Writing at USC's philosophy library is always a lovely experience.
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Gen Z leading the way. religionnews.com/2025/01/16/m...
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My Gen Z daughter and her Altadena and Pasadena classmates are showing us the way
(RNS) — It should not be surprising that the children of this community would lead in taking care of their own across faiths, ethnicities and languages.
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Ethan Jacobs 🇺🇦 @ejacobslaw.com · 08/01/2025
LA fires are a good reminder that the only difference between me and any refugee is luck.
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Thread for if you have to evacuate 👇🏼
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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
The LA Times has a good list of places offering discounted or free food and coffee to displaced families and/or first responders. Check it out and double check to be sure what deals are where. (added this to my running resources list) www.latimes.com/food/list/lo...
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L.A. restaurants offering shelter, discounts and food to fire evacuees and first responders
These L.A. restaurants and coffee shops are staying open to shelter evacuees, offering discounts and, in some cases, free food to evacuees and first responders to the numerous ongoing fires in Souther...
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. one book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. no explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 day 15
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Stay safe, LA people.
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Never done a reading challenge before; I buy & read bks all the time for work & fun. But this year will be read-from-my-bookshelf & read-for-my-dissertation year. It's Jan 7 & I'm already restless - stopped reading 2 books midway & picked up a 3rd. BUT all from my bookshelf. Maybe I'll make it?
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. one book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. no explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 day 14
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. one book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. no explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 day 13
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. one book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. no explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 day 12
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David *Objection* Ngong @profngong.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
South African poet Don Mattera wrote a searching poem called "To God". It sounds like Job! I found it in a paper by Prof. Maluleke.
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
In memory of Richard Hays. RIP Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. one book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. no explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 day 11
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. one book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. no explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 day 10
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. one book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. no explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 day 9
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. one book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. no explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 day 8
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Happy new year. May 2025 bring a kinder, more just, & more humane world.
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 30/12/2024
Did you use the Internet Archive this year to research, read, explore web archives with the Wayback Machine, or discover something new? Your support makes it possible! 👉 Like & share to spread the word. 💙 Consider donating to keep Internet Archive growing: archive.org/donate/?orig...
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. one book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. no explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 day 7
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. one book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. no explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 day 6
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. one book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. no explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 day 5
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. one book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. no explanations, no reviews, just covers. 💙📚 day 4
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Monica Mitri @monicamitri.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Shameless marketing plug for some of my favorite books (and bookshelf)! Thanks @phildorroll.bsky.social
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