I think I was normal until I started talking about crocodiles at the end…
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a delightful nod to the “surprised eel historian” @greenleejw.bsky.social ‘s visit to our class…eel man!
paper and creative project presentations in the feast and famine class are underway and we had some very fun presentations! pictured here: a video game about eating as a medieval nun and a mukbang youtube video of homemade medieval recipes!
the feast and famine class played a table top dice game in class today, using dice rolls to put together a medieval feast! 10/10 the most fun and animated day of class!
Congratulations! When you are settled in Rochester we should grab a coffee! It’s a great city!
I sing of bees and a bear
BL Harley 3448; Flore de virtu e de costumi (Flowers of Virtue and of Custom); 15th century; Italy, N. (Padua?); f.10v
Public lecture with @saveancientstudies.bsky.social
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“I’m more of an ideas man” - overheard in my class during group work
Book Reviewers Wanted!
"Filhos Da Terra: Mestizos Identities at the Margins of Portuguese Imperial Expansion" by Antonio Manuel Hespanha
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Book Reviewers Wanted!
"L'Amerique Meridionale: The Map That Shaped Brazil in the 18th Century" by Junia Ferreira Furtado
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Looking for scholars (especially early career and graduate students) to write book reviews for Terrae Incognitae. We already have some great books available like...
"Reimagining the Globe and Cultural Exchange: The East Asian Legacies of Matteo Ricci's World Map," Edited by Laura Hostetler
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“The East African coast is home to the longest contiguous chain of urban settlements on the continent.”
The nearly 2,000 miles of coastline is dotted with several hundred Swahili cities and towns which flourished during the Middle Ages.
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These two glass plaques show Ariadne & Bacchus.
One shows Bacchus watching Ariadne, who has been abandoned by Theseus. The other shows Ariadne reclining as a woman pours her wine.
Cameo glass was created by layering & carving glass in contrasting colours.
📍 House of Marcus Fabius Rufus, Pompeii
@jacksonchughes.bsky.social you needed this for that paper you wrote
the ta keeps falling asleep during midterm grading
How would you draw an animal you had never seen before? Edward Topsell’s 1658 ‘History of four-footed beasts…’ has illustrations of animals we recognise, as well as monsters. Although he writes about manticores, dragons and sea-serpents, even Topsell starts to question unicorns!
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Please get those applications in to become our journal’s new co-editors!
he’s smiling!
Got to represent Nazareth University tonight as a sponsor for the Rochester Museum and Science Center’s Uncorked and On Tap event! I am so happy to work at Naz and so happy to live in the city of Rochester, with everything it has to offer. Cheers!
Please consider showing some love to Greater Rochester LGBTQ+ Mutual Aid! In just their first month of existence, Emergency Relief Fund has issued $500 in support and Trans Joy Fund has issued over $600 in support, both within our local community. These two funds really need your support right now!
You should all take him up on this because the students LOVED it!
@greenleejw.bsky.social visited the Feast and Famine class today to talk about, you guessed it, EELS!
Not only did the students love it and keep telling me what a cool experience this was, but I got to hear more ab the work of one of my favorite “internet friends”! Thanks so much for visiting!
hey book nerds, uchicago press is doing their 90% off sale. i haven't looked through, but they usually have a huge title list, many from smaller partner presses.
also: the website has a different discount code than the mailer. if SAVE25 doesn't work, try GREATCHICAGO25.
hey! me & @lollardfish.bsky.social wrote this piece for @slate.bsky.social about what's hot in 2025, because it's the Middle Ages!
we see a retreat to the medieval as a (tacit) act of resistance against techbro authoritarianism. find out why...
please read and share
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Men: Ugh I struggle to even finish a book anymore my attention span is so cooked
Women: It's called A Field of Fury & Roses and it's the prequel to A Palace of Thorns which I enjoyed almost as much as its sequel, A Maze of Mist & Fire. Each book is 800 pages of inter-species elven smut
This special issue was a joy to be included in! Definitely check it out (maybe not while eating though…)
The @artinstitutechi.bsky.social Lands a Staggering Haul of Neoclassical Masterpieces
Jeffrey and Carol Horvitz have gifted the museum more than 2,000 works spanning the 16th to 19th century.
by Adam Schrader for artnet
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