Tobin Johnson

No one belongs in that box; no one is a woman in the sense that these types of patriarchy enthusiasts mean woman.

Some people who get thrown in that box are women in another sense; some people who get thrown in that box aren’t women at all.

No one belongs there.

New Medieval Books: The Mamluk Sultanate: A History - Medievalists.net A look at the Mamluks, the slave-soldiers who ruled Egypt, Syria and parts of Arabia from the mid-13th century to 1517. It focuses on the politics and governing of this medieval state.

New Medieval Books: The Mamluk Sultanate: A History https://www.medievalists.net/2023/01/new-medieval-books-the-mamluk-sultanate-a-history/ #MedievalBookSky

Unfortunately that explains a lot.

Somebody put my deadname email on a bank account which is definitely real, and despite multiple attempts at emailing their personal banking agent back going "I am not your client," they still haven't changed it after years plural.

My uncle apparently did this with his East Asia Studies PhD with a fifteen to twenty year break in the middle, so it happens!

From the fossils community on Reddit: Found a mandible in the travertin floor at my parents house Explore this post and more from the fossils community

Someone put this on my timeline and my app refreshed when I went to read it and I can't find the post again to repost, but oh my god, y'all, go read this saga, it is AMAZING. Start here: www.reddit.com/r/fossils/s/...

Arkansas Law Criminalizing Librarians Ruled Unconstitutional A federal judge has struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing so-called “harmful” materials to minors.

A federal judge has struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing so-called “harmful” materials to minors

I think I read about both of those on your tumblr blog ages ago and I've found them both really helpful for teaching!

How do you think Faramir fits in?

Oh hey, just a thing I wanted to share with other teachers. Some of my students are using AI in a way I did not anticipate, and so I did not warn specifically against it. (Some of the warning I gave covered this in a general sense but I want to be more specific in future.) So: a lil thread.

Target sometimes carries cimetidine/tagamet. I can't take pepcid acid, so had the same problem. You can check if it's in stock near you on their site.

I keep telling my advisor we need to find an alumni who wants the history building's sewage system named after them. Maybe put up some little names plaques like they make for park benches on the circuit breaker cabinets and toilet stalls.

Yeah, different period but I sometimes see high estimates of manumission in Islamic history (not usually numbers, just "common"), and it seems to come from studying manumitted individuals who show up in records, often those who became politically powerful. By definition a hugely unusual situation.

A reminder that Trump doesn't play 4D chess. His critics impose 4D chess narratives on his reckless impulsivity in order to reassure themselves that there is method to the madness, when there just isn't.

Hi, please add me! Doctoral candidate working on the early Ottoman Empire/late medieval Islamic world.

We are seeking written or visual works relevant to Persian studies, such as essays on Iranian society and culture, reviews of Persian literature, films, and theater, creative works inspired by coursework in Persian studies, and more. Written submissions in English (1500-2000 words) should be in docx format, double-spaced, and adhere to MLA format citations. The word count for written submission in Persian is 500-800 words. Poetry submissions should be between 1-3 pages in length. You don't have to be a Persian studies major or minor, or a UMD student, to submit your work! Submissions are open to all undergraduate students. Submissions from UMD students will be considered for the Amouzegar Undergraduate Scholarship as well as Roshangar. We will accept submissions for our Fall 2024 issue from Tuesday, October 1 - Tuesday, October 22th. Submit by email to roshan@umd.edu and moosavi@umd.edu.

Roshangar Undergraduate Persian Studies Journal
Fall 2024 Call for Submissions
Open to all undergraduates!
Due Oct 22
Submit in English or Persian
roshangarumd.wixsite.com/rupsjournal

Who Is in Charge of History Curricula? Some Findings from the AHA’s Research The AHA’s Mapping the Landscape project has found that teachers are facing a perennial question.

Today in #AHAPerspectives, the AHA's Mapping the Landscape team—Whitney E. Barringer, Nicholas Kryczka, & Scot McFarlane—shares what they learned about social studies curricula. More research findings coming in future reports! 🗃️

Thank you so much! I've been telling myself I'll make an appointment somewhere for like a year now, but unknown doctors are so exhausting that I keep failing at really doing it.

Sorry to barge in, but I'm looking for an EDS doc in roughly the same general area (I live in the DMV on the Maryland side). Do you have any recommendations? (I moved in 2020 and was getting along with student health renewing my established prescriptions but, unfortunately, I need changes now.)

Enrollment up at MN colleges after “historic” state funding Enrollment at public colleges rose for the first time in a decade. Higher ed leaders credit historic state funding and innovative college access initiatives.

Enrollment at public colleges rose for the first time in a decade. Higher ed leaders credit historic state funding and innovative college access initiatives. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/43zA5EI

This is a powerful rebuke of, among other things, the entire way the @nytimes.com reports on higher education, which for years has fixated on the fantasy of "wokeness" run amuck.

I was allowed to pet one as a child at a zoo program, which in retrospect is raising a lot of questions for me as a memory.

Don't We Have To Judge People By The Standards Of Their Time? Many who reach for this cliché want it to function as a shield against judgment altogether.

I'm not in academia anymore so I can't self-cite in my daily work, but if I could, it would definitely be this. Every day this stupid idea comes up.

Really interesting! Glad to see the note on mares with wear from bits. The claim mares weren't ridden in medieval Europe bc of breeding requirements has always seemed suspicious to me bc most pregnant mares can be ridden and worked normally (and we know mares were ridden/worked in other societies).

I was going to say you should come to Roshan Institute events because we've been giving out free baklava, but I think our April one is online.

Okay, conference paper is finished and sent in on time. Back to working on candidacy exam/diss prospectus stuff.

New Medieval Books: The Ruling Families of Rus - Medievalists.net A look at the history of Rus, Lithuania, Moscovy and Tver from the 11th through to the 15th century through the members of the Volodimerovich clan. Each chapter focuses on a ruler and their family.

New Medieval Books: The Ruling Families of Rus www.medievalists.net/2024/03/new-... #books #medieval

Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Education Letter to AHA Council Regarding Search for Executive Director March 19, 2024 American Historical Association Council 400 A Street SE Washington, DC 20003 Dear Professor Glymph, Professor Muir, President Vinson, Professor Hyde, Professor Thomas, Professor Hill...

🗃The American historical profession needs a national strategy for sustaining the discipline, and we need the next Executive Director of the AHA to provide it. Please consider signing on to the SNDHE letter: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...