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Brad Hostetler

@bradhostetler.bsky.social

Associate Professor of Art History at Kenyon College. Late Antique and Byzantine art, Greek epigraphy.

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Kenyon College - Details - Assistant Professor of Asian Art History

We're hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Art History at Kenyon College, with a specialization in any field of Asian Art. Please apply! careers.pageuppeople.com/695/cw/en-us...

09.10.2025 21:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A screenshot of The Lowdown showing a corner of the fictional book, Man Moon, originally from Reservations Dogs.

A screenshot of The Lowdown showing a corner of the fictional book, Man Moon, originally from Reservations Dogs.

In addition to the Willie Jack sighting in the first few minutes of the Lowdown, we have a second cameo of the book Man Moon beside Lee Raybon (Ethan Hawke). Hoping Flaming Flamers show up next.

26.09.2025 21:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A screenshot of the sample recommendation form with a recommender's name, Dr. Leo Spaceman, already prefilled.

A screenshot of the sample recommendation form with a recommender's name, Dr. Leo Spaceman, already prefilled.

I just downloaded the sample recommendation form for the Fulbright ETA program, and I'm pleased to see that someone in the Fulbright office is a 30 Rock fan.

28.08.2025 09:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The cover for After Transformation. The @dukepress.bsky.social designers are just so great.

dukeupress.edu/after-transf...

#ancientbluesky #byzantinebluesky #classicsbluesky

20.08.2025 12:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 95    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.

11.05.2025 18:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42234    ๐Ÿ” 8674    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 928    ๐Ÿ“Œ 394
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Actually they don't use the term byz so they are saved at least one letter this time!

12.03.2025 22:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy to see a bit of Byzantine art make it into today's @nytimes.com crossword.

12.03.2025 21:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congratulations! This is very interesting!

23.12.2024 09:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This paper was a long time in the making - we'd wondered about #viking nicking on the #Newark torc for a very long time...

... and then the #Knaresborough ring turned up! ๐Ÿ˜Š

Had a lot of fun writing this with @trixranderson.bsky.social

#Archaeology

23.12.2024 07:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 48    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Chora Monastery of Constantinople Cambridge Core - European Studies - The Chora Monastery of Constantinople

New contribution to the Elements in the History of Constantinople by Cambridge University Press:

The Chora Monastery of Constantinople by Emmanuel S. Moutafov

Free download until January 2!
www.cambridge.org/core/element...

09.12.2024 07:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Inscribing Sacred Matter: Reading and Writing Inscriptions on Byzantine Relics
Date: Dec 5, 2024 Time: 12:00 PMโ€“1:30 PM Location: Zoom

Inscribing Sacred Matter: Reading and Writing Inscriptions on Byzantine Relics Date: Dec 5, 2024 Time: 12:00 PMโ€“1:30 PM Location: Zoom

I'm giving a talk on December 5 via Zoom!
Inscribing Sacred Matter: Reading and Writing Inscriptions on Byzantine Relics
maryjahariscenter.org/events/inscr...

21.11.2024 19:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also I started on of these packs for the few working on #Byzantium and things #Byzantine or Eastern Roman, if you prefer. Say hi to be included, and send proposals for other people you know.
go.bsky.app/5imp5ju

18.11.2024 07:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 54    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm probably mistaken, but glad that I know my posts are deleted.

17.11.2024 09:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is how I understand it.

17.11.2024 08:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Quotation of Revelation 1:13, "And in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed in a robe to his feet and a golden sash on his female breasts." It includes the Greek text for "on his female breasts" at the end.

Quotation of Revelation 1:13, "And in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed in a robe to his feet and a golden sash on his female breasts." It includes the Greek text for "on his female breasts" at the end.

๐Ÿงต Biblical studies bsky is arriving! Let's talk Jesus, the Bible, and trans people

Trans people are dehumanized, blamed, demonized, and lied about. I'm not a political operative with clout, but I am a biblical scholar who studies gender in antiquity

So how about the trans Jesus of Revelation? 1/12

16.11.2024 15:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 144    ๐Ÿ” 36    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

It must not be true because I haven't been active on there for a while. You need tweetxer because when you deactivate your account your tweets still exist for x do use how they wish. Tweetxer will delete them before you say goodbye for good.

16.11.2024 09:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Seeing as there are lots of introductions on here: my PhD research is looking at the material culture of Roman children, focussing on the site of Dura-Europos. Here are a couple of examples from the corpus of articulated bone dolls. Iโ€™m also looking at infant feeding bottles & terracotta toys.

15.11.2024 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 340    ๐Ÿ” 43    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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GitHub - lucahammer/tweetXer: Delete all your Tweets for free Delete all your Tweets for free. Contribute to lucahammer/tweetXer development by creating an account on GitHub.

I am now officially Twitter/X free.

First I migrated all of my Tweets here using @blueark.app @en.blueark.app. Small fee!

Next I deleted all of my Tweets using tweetXer by @luca.run github.com/lucahammer/t.... Free!

Finally, I deactivated my Twitter/X account.

16.11.2024 07:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜Mosaicoโ€™ Italian art exhibit featured at Dupont Underground - The Eagle The new exhibit is in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy

โ€œUsing both large digital screens and double-sided animated projections โ€ฆ allows viewers to get up close and examine the mosaicsโ€™ intricate details.โ€
Exhibit: โ€œMosaico: Italian Code of a Timeless Artโ€
Through 2 Feb. 2025
DuPont Underground
AncientBluesky ๐Ÿบ
www.theeagleonline.com/article/2024...

15.11.2024 18:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light In 2015, the BBC & PBS adapted the first two books of Hilary Mantelโ€™s excellent Wolf Hall trilogy into a six-episode miniseries called Wolf Hall, starring Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell and Damian Lewis as Henry VIII. N

Ooh, they are doing a second Wolf Hall TV miniseries based on Hilary Mantelโ€™s third book in the trilogy, The Mirror and the Light. Watch the trailer here. Mark Rylance (Cromwell) & Damian Lewis (Henry VIII) return. Nov 10 on BBC; Mar 23, 2025 on PBS. [kottke.org]

08.11.2024 16:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Change message suggestions are
diamond dozen.

Change message suggestions are diamond dozen.

I donโ€™t want to blow up this dipshitโ€™s mentions but I would like to say this is my new favorite malapropism

08.11.2024 04:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 77    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congratulations!

07.11.2024 20:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Casey Parks
@caseyparks
Final tally: According to data from 
@Ad_Impact
, Republicans spent nearly $215 million on network TV ads that paint trans people as a national threat. This figure does not include cable or streaming ads. There are 1.6 million trans people over the age of 13 in the U.S.

Casey Parks @caseyparks Final tally: According to data from @Ad_Impact , Republicans spent nearly $215 million on network TV ads that paint trans people as a national threat. This figure does not include cable or streaming ads. There are 1.6 million trans people over the age of 13 in the U.S.

The Trump campaign spent $134.38 on anti-trans ads for every single trans person that actually exists

05.11.2024 18:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3844    ๐Ÿ” 1394    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 66    ๐Ÿ“Œ 107
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Embodied Wearing: Clothing for Artemis in Ancient Athenian Religion1 This study examines the role of clothing in the worship of Artemis in ancient Athens and its surrounding region, focusing on the sensory and embodied experience of dress in religious practice. Usin...

Of course 20:26 on a Monday evening is the perfect time for new articles to be published! Especially if theyโ€™re open access!

So if youโ€™re interested in Artemis, Athenian religion, or clothing dedications here is my latest!

#ClassicsBluesky

28.10.2024 20:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 51    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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AI overwhelmingly prefers white and male job candidates in new test of resume-screening bias Kyra Wilson, left, University of Washington doctoral student in the Information School and Aylin Caliskan, a UW assistant professor in the iSchool. (UW

100%! We did it! ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿฅ‡

Great job everyone!

www.geekwire.com/2024/ai-over...

01.11.2024 12:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 159    ๐Ÿ” 58    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
Detail of a lead ampulla showing a roundel with an image of Christ's Ascension.

Detail of a lead ampulla showing a roundel with an image of Christ's Ascension.

One side of an ampulla featuring two pilgrims adoring the cross. A bust image of Christ is suspended at the upper end of the cross. The two thieves are shown on either side. A Greek inscription surrounds this image.

One side of an ampulla featuring two pilgrims adoring the cross. A bust image of Christ is suspended at the upper end of the cross. The two thieves are shown on either side. A Greek inscription surrounds this image.

One side of an ampulla showing the two Marys at the tomb being greeted by an Angel. The word "Resurrection" is inscribed in Greek between Marys and the angel and above the aedicule. A greek inscription surrounds this image.

One side of an ampulla showing the two Marys at the tomb being greeted by an Angel. The word "Resurrection" is inscribed in Greek between Marys and the angel and above the aedicule. A greek inscription surrounds this image.

A detail of one side of an ampulla showing a cross under a canopy. It is surrounded by 12 bust images, presumably of the apostles. A ring of stars surround the apostles.

A detail of one side of an ampulla showing a cross under a canopy. It is surrounded by 12 bust images, presumably of the apostles. A ring of stars surround the apostles.

In Monza for the first time seeing the famous lead ampulla acquired by pilgrims ca. 600. The collection was possibly given by Gregory the Great to Queen Theodelinda around that same time. I photographed all 16 and labeled them according to Grabar's numbering:
www.flickr.com/photos/bradh...

31.10.2024 15:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It's here! Everything you never really wanted to know about Mamluks and their socks (and the creation of medievalist identity through modern knitting pattern design)! www.academia.edu/125167738/Au...

30.10.2024 17:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m going to share an expert secret about how to tell this isnโ€™t a medieval illustration, that only someone with a PhD in history could possibly know: They didnโ€™t sell beds made from metal tubing in Argos in the middle ages

31.10.2024 09:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 64    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#hivemind #skystorians, perhaps especially museums & curators:
I'm trying to locate this joiner's toolbox, purportedly made by William Hewlett in 1773. This is the only info I have & I'm trying to find out moreโ€”esp. if it still exists & where it is. Has anyone seen this before? #histsci ๐Ÿ›๏ธ #craft ๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ

21.10.2024 09:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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