AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE

Hey @asor-research.bsky.social and #aarsbl25 attendees: three of our four journal editors are in Boston and would love to talk with you about submitting your work to us. Come find Eric Trinka, Isaac Alderman, and/or Alexiana Fry (@alexianafry.bsky.social) if you have questions or an idea!

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We are pleased to announce the long-awaited news: Avar is transitioning into a hybrid style, online-first model beginning with issue 5.1! See our announcement at avarjournal.com/avar/announc....

We're excited to announce our news NEXT WEEK as ASOR, AAR, and SBL fast approach!

We announce our news THIS MONTH!

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We can not wait to share with you what's coming next (besides another issue still to release this year)!

The countdown begins. One month until our announcement about a change for AVAR!

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We're slowly getting edits back for the articles you'll soon read for AVAR 4.2!

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We're a young journal, so we are back to our current issue this Monday: AVAR 4.1, a special issue on Mobility and Migration in the ANE! avarjournal.com/avar/issue/v...

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GOOD MONDAY MORNING! AVAR 3.2 has three articles, from
@alexianafry.bsky.social, Jacob Dahl, Robert Miller II, and Jonathon Riley. avarjournal.com/avar/issue/v...

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AVAR 3.1 holds a host of admirable articles from Timothy Hogue, Eric Wagner, Emanuel Pfoh, and Ekaterina Kozlova. ENJOY:
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This Monday, we're featuring AVAR 2.2, a special issue spearheaded by Zachary Rubin on Knowledge Construction in the ANE. Articles are by @sophushelle.bsky.social, @cwjones.bsky.social, Christian Casey, @nabalkattu.bsky.social, Walker Rhea, and Kay White! avarjournal.com/avar/issue/v...

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Another Monday, another archive! AVAR 2.1 was special issue "Parenthood in the ANE" edited by Kristine Henriksen Garroway, with articles from Katrien De Graef, Luciana Urbano, Agnes Garcia-Ventura, Mireia López-Bertran, Sarah Fein, Anja Marschall, and Carol Meyers: avarjournal.com/avar/issue/v...

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More archives coming at you this Monday, with issue 1.2! Articles about children, materiality, and color can be found, written by Kristine Henriksen Garroway, Jeremy D. Smoak, David Bosworth, Lucia Tosatto, and Ellena Lyell: avarjournal.com/avar/issue/v...

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While we start working away at issue 4.2 for you, check out our archives! Our first issue (1.1), "Deviance in the ANE", features articles from @drrebekah.bsky.social, @moudhy.bsky.social, Ilan Peled, @katherinesouthwood.bsky.social, Ben Dewar, and Melanie Wasmuth: avarjournal.com/avar/issue/v...

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You can still submit your article to us for Issue 4.2 TODAY! Check out our submissions checklist and SEND IT.
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The past seven Mondays have featured 7/8 of our latest special issue (4.1) articles. We hope you've enjoyed them as much as we have. Let us know what you think!

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The deadline for submitting your article to Issue 4.2 is one week away (August 1)! We'd love to see your work featured with us.
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Diaspora is a place where one can encounter the divine, where one finds refuge, where one is home. Go read it now! (3/3)

Coining the term "polisification," because Aseneth's transformation is similar to but quite different from City-is-Woman metaphors, Glass argues that this realized metaphor replaces Aseneth as home for the displaced house of Jacob. (2/3)

Another Monday, another article for you! Gillian Glass' "Redefining Diaspora as Home through Realised Metaphor: The Polisification of Aseneth" does exactly what the title claims, demonstrating how biblical tradition is negotiated in the novel: (1/3) 🧵
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Ultimately, they land in a place where they do not agree with one another, calling for both reflection and reflexivity in this interdisciplinary work. Enjoy! (3/3)

Coming from different backgrounds of study, like ancient history, biblical studies, and anthropology, these four work through how they have discussed the potential interplay of current migration research into the past, with both the strengths and weaknesses of doing so. (2/3)

It's Monday, and we've got another article for you! This special issue features a methodological article from a project @ucph.bsky.social, written by Ida Hartmann, @alexianafry.bsky.social, Kacper Ziemba, and Frederik Poulsen: (1/3) 🧵
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Fry and Trinka touch on the ways ancient scholars have done some of this work problematically, as well as asking how we might join the conversation in reciprocity instead of simply taking. Do you have thoughts? Read it and let us know! (3/3)

Each article features critiques of specific "cultures of mobility" as it pertains to what is in/visible, how researchers might tend to distinguish between movement and relation to place, and spectrums of movers' agency. (2/3)

New Monday, New Article Feature! Today, we're featuring
@alexianafry.bsky.social and Eric Trinka's article that helps readers see the relationality that the first four articles of the special issue highlight: (1/3) 🧵
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Enjoying our latest issue? We'd love to have your work featured in our next one! Our upcoming issue is an open call, submissions due on August 1.
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Wolf helps us to be clearer about the issues migrants endure, as well as encourages readers to take concrete steps toward stopping these harms. READ IT! (3/3)

Wolf uses the faces of oppression as laid out by Iris Marion Young (exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, cultural imperialism, and violence) and an additional "face" (derivitization) to analyze instances and systems of oppression that migrants encounter. (2/3)

It's MONDAY, which means it is time to highlight another article from our recent issue. Allison Wolf shares in "A Feminist Account of Migration Justice: An Overview," how she has conceptualized the study of oppression in mobility: (1/3) 🧵
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