Michele Stopera Freyhauf

The El Paso story is a perfect little slice of Trumpism. You take the combined incompetence of our Dep'ts of Transportation, Defense & Homeland Security and create a major public safety risk, shut down a major airport, alarm our neighbors that we are about attack them & shoot down a party balloon.

Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.

photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

Poster providing information for a lecture to be given by Lydia Bremer-McCollum titled "Meeting Thekla in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Silk Road." The lecture will be held online via Zoom and in-person at Saint Louis University's Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Center on Thursday, February 26 at 3:30-5:00pm CST. The blurb for the talk reads: "Legends about Thekla survive in over eight languages, including Syriac, Ge'ez, Armenian, and Old Turkic. This talk analyzes the diverse linguistic manuscript traditions of the stories about Thekla contained in the apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thekla, using this text as a case study to think about the value of variation and linguistic diversity. Through examination of manuscripts from the Caucasus and across the Silk Road, we reflect on how these artifacts serve as crucial sites for thinking about justice, marginalization, and the richness of ancient Christianity."

I will be giving a lecture titled "Meeting Thekla in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Silk Road" later this month as part of The Silk Roads Lecture Series: People, Objects, and Stories on the Move at SLU's AMES Center. | February 26, 2026 at 3:30-5:00pm CST | Zoom: slu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

I love this - all of us are cogs in the wheel and through teamwork we all bring our gifts and abilities to the table

New Open Access Journal: Studies in Egyptian Archaeology and Science (SEAS) Studies in Egyptian Archaeology and Science (SEAS) ISSN: 3049-5792 Established in 2022, Studies in Egyptian Archaeology and Science (SEAS...

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Have you heard about the Levantine Ceramics Project? LCP is an open-access, interactive website and digital publication, sponsored by ASOR, for the study of Levantine pottery from the Neolithic era (c. 5500 B.C.E.) until today. Check it out here: buff.ly/4ggumZg

God’s Monsters: Vengeful Spirits, Deadly Angels, Hybrid Creatures, and Divine Hitmen of the Bible — ANCIENT JEW REVIEW Esther J. Hamori, God’s Monsters: Vengeful Spirits, Deadly Angels, Hybrid Creatures, and Divine Hitmen of the Bible . (Minneapolis: Broadleaf, 2023). Friedrich Nietzsche’s most famous aphorism is…

Today at AJR, Ethan Schwartz reviews Esther J. Hamori's God's Monsters. https://buff.ly/3VklYjK

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Mad props and respect to the participants at yesterday's Amarna Letters Symposium here at GWU. Amazing research going on; very interesting and exciting! Thanks to all who attended either in person or virtually.

In case you haven't heard – Medieval Women: In Their Own Words is open! *cue medieval fanfare*

Step into the Middle Ages and explore the lives of women both well-known and long-forgotten, and their stories of creativity, courage, and resilience: bit.ly/BLMedievalWo...

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