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Ryan Masato Baldwin @ryanmbaldwin.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Sharing the news that my family and I have moved to Ohio! I will be spending this year as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati! I am absolutely thrilled to be part of such a large and historic department. It’s going to be a great year!!

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Asian and Asian American Classical Caucus @aaacc.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Announcing our newly-elected officers for 2025-2027! Co-Chairs: Tori Lee & Chris Waldo Financial Officer: Ryan Masato Baldwin Mentorship Coordinator: Dominic Machado Outreach Officer: Allie Pohler Programming Officer: Katherine Lu Hsu Secondary Education Liaisons: Annie Huynh & Ethan Ganesh Warren

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Ryan Masato Baldwin @ryanmbaldwin.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

I am thrilled to announce that I passed my dissertation defense! I have been so fortunate to have had such a supportive advisor and committee who were all so enthusiastic about my project! I can’t believe I’m here! #DrBaldwin

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Ryan Masato Baldwin @ryanmbaldwin.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Today’s the day! On this day, the 2,778th birthday of Rome, I will be defending my dissertation! Let’s hope it goes well!

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Ryan Masato Baldwin @ryanmbaldwin.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Scheduled my dissertation defense today (April 21) and sent my final draft to the committee! Can’t believe it’s finally happening!

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Ryan Masato Baldwin @ryanmbaldwin.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Today is a great day! I sent a draft of my entire dissertation to my advisor! Also, my committee is working on setting a defense date. I’m almost there!!

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Ryan Masato Baldwin @ryanmbaldwin.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Just finished Pentiment, a game set in 1500s Bavaria. Absolutely delightful. The writing was fantastic, the story and characters were engaging, and the medieval scripts and artwork were incredible. It’s short, but I loved every minute of it

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Ryan Masato Baldwin @ryanmbaldwin.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Just sent a draft of my final dissertation chapter to my advisor! Let’s hope he likes it. Now, while I wait, I’ll start putting all the chapters together and writing an introduction. There’s a light at the end of the tunnel!

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Ryan Masato Baldwin @ryanmbaldwin.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Read Alex Michaelides’ The Fury while on the plane. Very gripping read. I loved the unreliable narrator trope and the journey he took his reader on. Great allusions to Greek tragedy and Agamemnon, too. Nothing beats the Silent Patient, but I had a great time with it.

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Ryan Masato Baldwin @ryanmbaldwin.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Starting my last semester as a graduate student today! Let’s finish that dissertation (and many more job applications)!

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Ryan Masato Baldwin @ryanmbaldwin.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Had an incredible time at SCS/AIA this year. Saw a lot of old friends and met a lot of people. Ate a lot of good food. My presentation was very well received and I was awarded the Gruen prize! Couldn’t ask for anything more. Hope to meet more of my fellow classicists in the future!

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Ryan Masato Baldwin @ryanmbaldwin.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

I am absolutely thrilled to announce that I have been awarded the Erich S. Gruen Prize for my paper “Nomoi and Cannibalism in Herodotus’ Histories”!!!

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Ryan Masato Baldwin @ryanmbaldwin.bsky.social · 05/01/2024

#AIA #SCS If you want something fun to do today, come see my talk “Frowned Upon in Most Societies? Cannibalism in Herodotus’ Histories”, where I talk about funerary, nutritive, convivial, and vengeful cannibalism. It’s a part of what looks to be a great historiography panel! 11 AM. See you there!

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Women's Classical Caucus @womensclasscaucus.bsky.social · 01/01/2024

With heavy hearts, we share this beautiful tribute to Sharon James, an absolute giant in the field and someone whose impact and absence will be deeply felt. classics.unc.edu/2023/12/31/i...

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In Memory of Sharon James | Department of Classics

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Ryan Masato Baldwin @ryanmbaldwin.bsky.social · 16/12/2023

Finished a draft of a chapter of my dissertation! It’s certainly rough, but I’m very excited to get some of these thoughts/ideas down. I particularly liked my Seneca and atomism analysis. Now to find out what my advisor thinks of it…😬

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Ryan Masato Baldwin @ryanmbaldwin.bsky.social · 30/10/2023

Finished my first fellowship application. I learned a lot from the experience, but it was also an emotional roller coaster. On to the next one!

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Ryan Masato Baldwin @ryanmbaldwin.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

Any of my Classics friends read Alex Michaelides’ “The Silent Patient”? An incredibly dark and sad read, but the author uses the Alcestis myth incredibly well and I thought it was a very engaging and well-written story. One of the better novels I’ve read recently.

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Ryan Masato Baldwin @ryanmbaldwin.bsky.social · 21/10/2023

Everything is booked for SCS! You can find me at the Greek Historiography panel talking about cannibalism in Herodotus. Never been to Chicago. Should be a great time!

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Ryan Masato Baldwin @ryanmbaldwin.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

I have arrived from the other place! Now to figure out who is here and how this works…

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