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T. B. Sailors

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Specialist in the academic study of ancient Christianity and its literature Bis vor Kurzem: @unituebingen.bsky.social | HMML @visithmml.bsky.social | ARISC (Abteilung Jerewan) | Albright Institute @albrightinstitute.bsky.social Ich hasse Social Media

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Cambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org · 28/08/2026
📚 At 1 Trinity Street, Cambridge, books have been sold since 1581. In this BBC Radio Cambridgeshire episode, @cambridgebookshop.bsky.social manager Alastair Lynn shares the lasting significance for readers and booksellers. 🎧 Listen now on BBC Sounds: cup.org/4y5kKd0
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Secret Cambridgeshire - Inside Britain's oldest bookshop site - BBC Sounds
Trinity Street in Cambridge has been selling books since the 16th century.
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University of Michigan Press @uofmpress.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
“Carrying on this tradition is an incredible responsibility, but it also is incredibly fun and rewarding..." Learn more about the Papyrus Conservation Summer Seminar at U-M and check out our book "Discarded, Discovered, Collected," which follows the history of the collection below: buff.ly/5tpwCeN
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Inside one of the world's few crash courses in conserving and caring for ancient papyrus manuscripts
Nine scholars recently attended a seminar at the University of Michigan to learn about conserving papyrus manuscripts.
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Malcolm Choat @malfy-c.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Version 2 of our Forging Antiquity Database of forged papyri and related fakes is now up, containing 561 fake manuscripts of many different sorts! The database is at www.forgingantiquity.com/forgeries, and an accompanying blog post at markersofauthenticity.com/2026/08/28/v...
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Forging Antiquity
Forging Antiquity : The website for the Australian Research Council Discovery Project: Forging Antiquity: Authenticity, forgery and fake papyri
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Lydia Bremer-McCollum @lcbmphd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The new semester is starting (or well under way). If you find yourself wishing you had more Coptic reading in your life, consider joining my online reading group! Meets Mondays @ 10:00am ET (Atlanta, GA time) [Zoom] DM me for more info!
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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Join us for 'From Skin to Script', a hands-on workshop in traditional parchment-making – one of the UK's most critically endangered crafts Explore how living craft knowledge affects how we understand medieval manuscripts 29 Sep - 1 Oct 2026 bit.ly/4gcqbRn (limited places)
From Skin to Script is a practical workshop in traditional parchment making.
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NINO Leiden @nino-leiden.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The NINO Thesis Prizes submission deadline is 1 October 2026. Students in Ancient Near Eastern Studies: there is still time to submit your BA or MA thesis (graded 8 or higher) to compete for a prize! For more information and to upload your thesis, go to buff.ly/vfoVSST
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Rebecca Stephens Falcasantos @rsfalcasantos.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Looking forward to returning to this project and discussing it with the BPG in a few weeks.
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Arthur Urbano 🌍📷🏛️🛫🇮🇹🤌😷 @arturoviaggia.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I'm looking forward to presenting work in progress at the joint meeting of the Boston Area Patristics Group and Providence Patristics Group in February! Also looking forward to the other great presentations by @rsfalcasantos.bsky.social, @jennisifire.bsky.social, and @ptochotrophos.bsky.social!
Boston Area Patristics Group 2026-2027 schedule
Fall Semester 2026
September 17, 2026
7:30-9:00 pm
Rebecca Stephens Falcasantos 
(Amherst College)
“A Marginal Rehabilitation: Reading Socrates on John 
Chrysostom in BML Plut. 70.7”
October 15, 2026
7:30-9:00 pm
Gabrielle Thomas 
(Berkeley Divinity School at Yale)
“Becoming like the devil in Gregory of Nyssa’s Homilies 
On the Lord’s Prayer and On the Beatitudes”
November 12, 2026
7:30-9:00 pm
Dieter Roth (Boston College)
“The Staurogram: Writing a Picture of the Crucified 
Christ”
December 10, 2026
7:30-9:00pm
Susan Holman (Valparaiso University)
“Walking on Water in Church: Environmental Health in 
6th century Petra

Spring Semester 2027
January 21, 2027
7:30-9:00 pm
Jennifer Barry (Harvard Divinity School)
“Visual Vocabulary of Sacred Embodiment: Mary’s 
Shoes at the Catacomb of Commodilla”
February 18, 2027 (Joint meeting with the 
Providence Patristics Group)
7:30-9:00 pm
NOTE: ALL ZOOM meeting
Arthur Urbano (Providence College) 
"The Threads of an Early Christian Sartorial 
Imagination"
March 18, 2027
7:30-9:00pm
TBD
April 15, 2027
7:30-9:00pm
TBD

All meetings (except February’s all-Zoom session) take place in the Conference Room of the Center for the Study 
of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School, 42 Francis Ave., Cambridge. If you wish to join the colloquium 
online, please pre-register using the Zoom link on each session’s announcement email.
Please feel free to share this schedule with folks you might think are interested. If you wish to be removed from (or 
added to) the list, just let me know. For further information or to receive copies of the papers, you may contact me 
at: srholman@post.harvard.edu
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NINO Leiden @nino-leiden.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
De vijfde editie van de Week van het oude schrift wordt gehouden van maandag 21 t/m zaterdag 26 september 2026. Elke dag om 17.00 uur is er in het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden een gratis lezing door een specialist. buff.ly/BDSzXor
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Mohr Siebeck @mohrsiebeck.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Mit der Übernahme des theologischen utb-Programms von Narr Francke Attempto und der Zeitschrift für Neues Testament (ZNT) erweitern wir unser theologisches Portfolio um bewährte Lehrbücher und eine renommierte Fachzeitschrift. www.boersenblatt.net/news/verlage... #MohrSiebeck #Theology #utb #ZNT
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De Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
We're proud to announce that the #digitization of the Brill Book Archive is complete, making over 15,000 #books, many of them centuries old, available to researchers worldwide through their institutional libraries in a fully searchable online collection. 🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/publishing/a... 1/4
Purple visual reading: Brill Book Archive. Digitization complete, over 15,000 titles available online for the first time
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The John Rylands Library @thejohnrylands.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Henry Guppy founded the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library in 1903. Its purpose was to share information about the library’s resources. The Bulletin is still published today and recent issues are available via Open Access: www.manchesterhive.com/view/journal…
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Tony Burke @tonyburke.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Seven (?) years in the making, submitted to my editors yesterday. 624 pages, covering almost 400 texts but 100 or so pages over my page limit. Happy to leave this in the hands of the editors for a while and move on to something else (or just get more sleep). My thanks to all who helped along the way
Draft of opening page to Introduction to Christian Apocrypha by Tony Burke
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Critical Texts @criticaltexts.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Nearly 3 years after the British Library cyberattack, images of its Greek New Testament manuscripts are slowly returning online—and the restored images are now available under public domain. What's back, what’s still missing, and what can we learn from the recovery? criticaltexts.com/nearly-3-yea...
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Nearly Three Years After the British Library Cyberattack: What Happened to Its Greek New Testament Manuscripts?
On October 28, 2023, one of the world’s most important research libraries effectively disappeared from the internet. The attack was not a temporary outage: it crippled the British Library’s digital…
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Theology Hub @theologyhub.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🔔 #theologyjobs Full Professorship in Theology in Aarhus @au.dk international.au.dk/about/profil... #theology #theologie #aarhus #openposition
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Full Professorship in Theology - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Culture and Society - Department of Theology, Aarhus University
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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Journal of Early Christian Studies Vol. 34, No. 3 (2026) muse.jhu.edu/issue/57381 @projectmuse.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social
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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies Bulletin Vol. 12, No. 1 (2026) www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/en/comst/pub... @csmc-hamburg.bsky.social #openaccess Criticism of the Variant: Philological Discussions in Traditional Commentary Cultures
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Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies Bulletin 12/1, 2026
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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Version 2 of the Forging Antiquity Database markersofauthenticity.com/2026/08/28/v... @malfy-c.bsky.social @richardbott.bsky.social
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Version 2 of the Forging Antiquity Database
Version 1 of the Forging Antiquity database was published online in 2019. It contained 214 records of forged papyri, and had been largely complied by Malcolm Choat, Rachel Yuen-Collingridge, and Va…
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 21/08/2026
The verdict is in. The decision is made. We will protect this place.
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Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
At 154 feet tall, the University Library’s tower is a familiar feature of the Cambridge skyline. Designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott – architect of Battersea Power Station and designer of the red telephone box – the library opened in 1934. 📷 Photo by Lloyd Mann
Two people walking through a sunny, dry field with green trees and the tall brick tower of Cambridge University Library visible in the background.
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And-Boo 👻 Jacobs (he/him) @drewjakeprof.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
hey hey it's @janetspittler.bsky.social gabbing about Thecla (in anticipation of her participation in a big Ehrmanpalooza next month) marvel at her insights and at her enviable collection of Loebs! www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNqB...
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Was Paul The Apostle Married to Thecla? | Dr. Janet Spittler
YouTube video by History Valley
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Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL) @cbrl.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
CBRL is seeking a part-time Archive Assistant to join the team at the CBRL Kenyon Institute in East Jerusalem. The successful candidate will support the digitisation, cataloguing and documentation of archival materials, including photographs, slides and documents.
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IOSCS @ioscs.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Intervista: Camilla Recalcati parla del suo libro, The Egyptian Background of the Septuagint (Brepols: 2025). www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvdg...
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"The Egyptian Background of the Septuagint" di Camilla Recalcati
YouTube video by Letture
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LXX Graduate Student Network @lxxgsn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
We’re excited to announce the launch of the LXX Graduate Student Network! The network aims to connect graduate students working on the Septuagint and related fields, creating opportunities for collaboration, conversation, and mutual support. Learn more at lxxgsn.com
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IOSCS @ioscs.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
IOSCS members and colleagues may be interested in the newly launched LXX Graduate Student Network: lxxgsn.com
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camillalxx.bsky.social @camillalxx.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
So happy to launch the LXXGSN! Josh, Robert, Ellen, Chris, Andrew & I want to create a community for graduate students: a place to connect, keep LXX research in the wider scholarly conversation, and foster generous exchange. Join us & spread the word! lxxgsn.com
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marybeard @wmarybeard.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The wonderful Pat Easterling has sadly died. I remember her here: her collaborative scholarship (coffee or a drink not a tetchy email) & her great bon mot that Classics teaches you "to read difficult things", www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...
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Farewell to Pat Easterling
There can hardly have been a classicist in the UK (or many further afield) whose professional and personal lives were not in some way touched by Professor
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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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IxTheo @ixtheo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🔔Stellenausschreibung 🔔 Der FID Theologie sucht eine*n wissenschaftliche*n Mitarbeiter*in (TV-L E 13, 100%, zunächst befristet bis 30.09.2027). Bewerbungsfrist: 15.9.2026. Nähere Informationen unter: uni-tuebingen.de/einrichtunge...
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Aktuelle Stellenausschreibungen
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Rebecca Stephens Falcasantos @rsfalcasantos.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Our department is hiring. TT position in Hebrew Bible and Ancient Judaism. I’ve found great colleagues and students here. Please share! apply.interfolio.com/189845?fbcli...
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IxTheo @ixtheo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Seit kurzem sind wieder diverse theologisch relevante Zeitschriften mit allen Artikeln neu in IxTheo verzeichnet, viele davon mit direktem Link zum Volltext in #OpenAccess. Dieser Thread gibt einen Überblick:
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Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften @bbaw.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Was verrät der Briefwechsel zwischen Adolf Harnack und Friedrich Althoff über Wissenschafts-, Bildungs- und Kirchenpolitik im wilhelminischen Kaiserreich? Eine Buchpräsentation mit Wolfram Kinzig und Claudia Kampmann. 🔗 www.bbaw.de/veranstaltun...
31. August 2026, 18:00 Uhr, Einstein-Saal, Buchpräsentation: Vom Vorzimmer ins Zentrum der wilhelminischen Wissenschaftsorganisation. Die Korrespondenz zwischen Adolf Harnack und Friedrich Althoff.
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Edith Hall @edithmayhall.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Blog on my friend and mentor Professor Pat Easterling, who died this week edithorial.blogspot.com/2026/08/reme...
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Dr Liam Sims @liamsims.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
What wonderful reminiscences of Pat Easterling, who died on Monday aged 92...
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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Pat Easterling supervised my undergraduate dissertation (on women and infanticide in Euripides). She was so clever, obviously, and I wasn’t close to being good enough to deserve her: it wasn’t a particularly good dissertation, because
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Carol Atack @carolatack.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A lovely tribute to Professor Pat Easterling, former Regius Professor of Greek and fellow of @newnhamcollege.bsky.social.
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Peter Gainsford @kiwihellenist.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A sad loss, though I hadn't been in touch with her for a long time (the last time I visited the UK for academic purposes was the early 2000s). She was my Doktormutter, and a supremely supportive one. As Edith says, she had a talent for getting people to behave -- but also to be at their best.
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Ineke Sluiter @inekesluiter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Read this wonderfully warm-hearted and true tribute to the amazing Professor Pat Easterling by @edithmayhall.bsky.social For me, too, Pat was a role model, with wise advice on how to be a female academic and the meaning of leadership. I’m grateful to have known her. RIP
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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
#OTD 273 years ago, Josef Dobrovský (1753–1829) was born 🥳 A historian, theologian, and pioneer of Slavic studies, he wrote the first modern grammar of Old Church Slavonic and contributed to the study of Czech grammar and comparative Slavic linguistics. #LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 19/08/2026
The Boundary Waters will remain exactly as it should: wild, pristine, and unharmed.
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Andrew Tobolowsky @andytobo.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I have a piece on this coming out with @sarahebond.bsky.social but this actually isn't the question. It's totally true - which is why I myself actually teach about the Bible for a living! But the question isn't "is it good to learn about the Bible!"
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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowships are still open. The scheme gives researchers in the humanities and social sciences the opportunity to strengthen their experience of research and teaching in an academic environment. Find out more: bit.ly/4xWduAS
A colour block banner promoting Postdoctoral Fellowships funding. Deadline: Wednesday 30 September 2026
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American Society of Church History @aschurchhistory.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The March 2026 issue of Church History is now available! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
New issue of Church History March 2026 with cover image
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Jes Battis @jesbattis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The reality is that many students struggle with reading, analysis, retention, abstraction, literal *thinking*, because these technologies erode their ability to work, grow, and engage critically—not just with course material, but with the world—and universities SEE this but still choose profit.
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Biblia Arabica @biblia-arabica.com · 05/08/2026
Biblia Arabica is a 21-year project to find & publish historic Jewish & Christian translations of the Tanakh/OT in #Arabic =~8K #manuscripts & fragments around the 🌍 Teams @goetheuni.bsky.social @jacculturelmu.bsky.social @lmu.de Funded @adwmainz.bsky.social BAdW @akademienunion.bsky.social
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Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Our new academies project "Biblia Arabica" @biblia-arabica.com is now on Bluesky! Leave a follow and stay up to date with our research on Jewish and Christian Arabic translations of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. bsky.app/profile/bibl...
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American Council of Learned Societies @acls1919.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
BREAKING: Thanks to an anonymous funder, ACLS is able to offer 10 additional ACLS Fellowships in 2027 for scholars confronting official constraints on their research and writing owing to the contested nature of their fields. Learn more: bit.ly/4wptSYY
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ACLS Announces Additional Fellowships to Support Scholars
Ten additional awards will be added to the ACLS Fellowship Program for the 2026-27 competition year.
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HMML @visithmml.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Dr. Columba Stewart, ED of HMML, presents this week at the World Congress of Syriac Studies / Conference of Christian Arabic Studies in Bucharest, Romania: bit.ly/3PuXLHS Pictured: a Syriac evangelion, Church of the Forty Martyrs, Mardin, Turkey (CFMM 00037): bit.ly/4bixVyp
Pictured: a Syriac evangelion in the collection of the Church of the Forty Martyrs, Mardin, Turkey. View online in HMML Reading Room (CFMM 00037): vhmml.org/readingRoom/view/123211
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Dr. Chance Bonar @chancebonar.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Y’all, go apply to teach Classics at my alma mater & live in one of the best small towns in Minnesota! www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...
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