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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Reminiscing on all the paperwork I had to fill out just to take the History Club to the Renaissance Festival.

Flyer for the University of Cincinnati Skycats skydiving club.

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

And we wonder how the entire tech industry got sucked up into an apocalyptic sex cult based on Harry Potter fan fic.

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I just read that Lee Bollinger wrote a book about the state of American universities and why they've declined...

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Post a perfect album from the 90s.

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Found some incredible AI generated maps of the Arab conquest of Iran... AI is truly the future!

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

And in the most appropriate of ways.

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Celebrating the 4th in the most appropriate of places.

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I do think the Cat's Lair would make a great replacement for the East Wing of the White House.

The Cat's Lair from the Thundercats cartoon.

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

If you see this post a concert photo you took.

DEVO performing in their signature yellow jump suits.

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?

Cover of the Wu-Tang Clan's Enter the Wu-Tang 36 Chambers

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Got to see the largest surviving fragment of the 17th century Chehel Sotoun rug today. Marketed as the largest rug ever produced when it was cut up and sold off in pieces. Legend has it that it took 2 elephants to carry it from the Deccan to Isfahan. Who knew this was at the Cincinnati Art Museum?

A corner of a massive Persian rug with a dark border and red interior all with floral designs.

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Went to the Cincinnati Observatory for their Halloween event and my niece would not leave the car until I took my costume off.

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Or these functional versions from Kokand?

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

How about this guy from the National Center of Archaeology in Tashkent (originally from Kanka)?

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Was lucky enough to get a tour of Sanjar Shah with Michael Shenkar just days before this article was published. He showed us where the mural fragments were from (and where they've found evidence for more). Such an incredible site. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Saturday we took a group trip to Samarqand on the Afrasiyab high speed train to see the Timurid sights. It was a lot of work and a lot of fun and something that couldn't be done without everyone at the ASPS and TSUOS. Looking forward to doing it again for 2027.

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Over 300 participants from 30 countries came to Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies for four days of panels, films, performances of traditional music, and business meetings culminating in a pseudo-Uzbek wedding at the Hotel Uzbekistan that saw everyone on the dance floor.

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

For the past 2 years (especially the last 6 months or so), I've been busy organizing the 10th biennial convention of the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies. The convention was held this past week in Tashkent.

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

After my presentation today, I was so hungry I could eat a horse. Well, at least a part of a horse on a nice plov. When in Turan?

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

But I also found some time to do some research for my paper at Ming Urik.

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

They are very nice bags custom made for the ASPS.

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

If you're coming to the ASPS conference, odds are you'll get a goodie bag hand packed by myself and co-chair Dr. Kazuo Morimoto.

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

My Rep @repgreglandsman.bsky.social voted to thank ICE for tearing a nursing baby away from its mother and deport its veteran father.

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Post your favorite Dr. Who. Wrong answers only.

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Here's another group of ICE agents @repgreglandsman.bsky.social is thankful for...

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Great seats for Pachuca vs FC Salzburg at the FIFA Club World Cup.

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Twenty years after their debut and marking their return to Epitaph, The Process of Belief is one of Bad Religion's best albums. And the follow up The Empire Strikes First includes one of my favorite songs by them, Los Angeles is burning.

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Spotted inside a campus building today. Anyone want to guess the department?

A garbage can with a sign above it reading "Watch your butt! Please do not put you cigarette butts in the trashcan for it is a fire hazard."

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Great show from Mdou Moctar at the Woodward Theater tonight. Check em out when they're in your town.

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.

Gwildor from the Masters of the Universe movie

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Look what showed up in the mail today... Can't wait to dive in. @rebellionuhh.bsky.social

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

2.7 lbs. of Winter Break reading material just arrived today. Including an article by yours truly. Thanks to @sasanianshah.bsky.social for inviting me to contribute.

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

If you see this, post a concert photo you took. The last show I went to was the Richard Lloyd Group at MOTR. Got to chat with Richard for a bit after the show.

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 04/11/2023

Montreal. This is the back half of the rally for Palestine.

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

As soon as I post that, I find a marker describing caliphal succession (spoiler alerts: the game starts with the death of al-Mutawakkil, but they've changed the narrative up a bit... Which is a bit disappointing, I always thought the real story would make a good HBO series).

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

The more I play Assassin's Creed Mirage, the more impressed I am by the integration of historical background into the game. As you explore the world, you uncover mini-essays about aspects of life in Abbasid Baghdad like this one on lustreware.

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Rob Haug @robhaug.bsky.social · 26/08/2023

Took a group of first year History majors on a tour of Great American Ballpark and the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum today. Great tour including the press box and dugout. Learned a lot about the history of baseball and Cincinnati.

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