Today in class we had a lively discussion of Juan Latino's "De natali serenissimi" (1572), reading from the edition/translation of Elizabeth Wright available at the Open Iberia/América website: openiberiaamerica.hcommons.org/2021/02/05/j...
26.02.2026 00:43 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Un libro hecho de puros epígrafes, el epígrafe infinito que termine para siempre con los epígrafes.
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We're hiring!
Come work with us @engfac.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @bkhistoxford.bsky.social !!!
Professorship of Bibliography and Modern Book History
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Might be Ibn Verga's own neo-calque
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Con toda seguridad, otro gran libro sobre el #aragonés de Guillén Tomás Fanci
«En nuestra lengua aragonesa». Testimonios documentales de la conciencia lingüística en la Edad Media 👇 #MedievalSky #LenguaAragonesa #Linguistics #Sociolinguistics
Has anyone seen כפולות as a Hebrew translation of 'doblones' in Early Modern texts? @perurealfonso.bsky.social ?
23.02.2026 19:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Do you have a favorite activity to do with students to help them develop solid thesis statements?
21.02.2026 18:25 — 👍 37 🔁 9 💬 9 📌 2The #MLA Global Hispanophone Forum is organizing a guaranteed panel on anti-authoritarianism. Abstracts are due March 15! We invite proposals on literary and cultural responses to authoritarianism across Spanish-speaking peripheries mla.confex.com/mla/2027/web...
18.02.2026 14:29 — 👍 7 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0No, it's global - lots of international participants
18.02.2026 05:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0It’s going to sound quaint, but the best way to resist an AI takeover of the humanities is to assign physical books, sit around, read them, and argue about ideas. Academic has become such a competitive arena, that we ourselves are trained to look for the winning angle, instead of the best education.
17.02.2026 16:42 — 👍 630 🔁 124 💬 17 📌 20Spanish teacher friends - any level - have you experimented with project-based learning instead of traditional exams? I would *LOVE* to hear about what has worked well for you and what has presented problems. Here are a couple of questions and observations that I'm struggling with at the moment:
18.02.2026 01:08 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Job in my department, one year renewable for three, early modern Iberian Atlantic world. I’m on the committee, happy to have a conversation/answer questions as far as is appropriate. March 15 deadline. apply.interfolio.com/181565?utm_s...
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Ibn Verga's 'Shevet Yehudah' is full of great schtick: Here's a bit from no. 8: “Our Lord King! I fear God and I will before him tell you what I know!” “It’s possible that you fear God,” the King observed, “but you also love money. Speak, for you will immediately receive a great reward.”
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In our fall issue, Edan Dekel and David Gantt Gurley published their 3rd essay tracing the literary roots of the Golem legend. Now on the JQR blog, they reflect on the path their research took.
Peruse their conversation and read all 3 essays for free!
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Vítimas da Inquisiçao no Império português.
Angelo Assis, Yllan de Mattos & Ronaldo Vainfas (eds), Vítimas da #Inquisição no #ImpérioPortugués, in 6 vols, from Editora Proprietas coming son. Photo from Angelo Assis' FB #EarlyModern #Conversos #Inquisition #PortugueseHistory #HistóriaPortuguesa #HistóriaBrasileira #HistoriaIndiana
15.02.2026 16:48 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I'd like at add a few things to this. (1) humanists have not been able to convince any political party that curiosity-driven humanities research is a public good that should be funded using tax dollars. Republicans don't believe this, but neither do Democrats.
13.02.2026 14:57 — 👍 616 🔁 166 💬 5 📌 21Really exciting!
12.02.2026 21:00 — 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0[Hybrid talk] Prof. Amina Boukail, "Translating Maqāmāt Alhariri in Medieval Hebrew" Feb 12, 12:00pm Berlin. Full details www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/e/semiarab/a...
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Where there's a will, there's a way, amigos.
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02.02.2026 22:24 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Friends in Spanish, Portuguese, and other language departments, do you offer a pro seminar for your grads? if so, do you have materials you'd be willing to share? Thank you!
26.01.2026 16:57 — 👍 6 🔁 11 💬 3 📌 1Went to my local library this morning to do a bit of research for my current book project and my goodness such a life-affirming space! There was an adult being taught to read on the next table, children enjoying story time, countless people taking out books. So grateful for our libraries ❤️
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Shem Tov Ardutiel on the money as usual (my translation)
25.01.2026 19:12 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0imagine if all that money had gone to teachers instead
25.01.2026 14:37 — 👍 1561 🔁 617 💬 15 📌 31I’m nearing the end of my PhD and looking for postdoc opportunities in the UK, preferably in or near London. If you come across any opportunities in Islamic/religious studies, South Asian history, intellectual history—please direct them my way. RT for visibility and don’t hesitate to get in touch.
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Postdoctoral Associate Jewish Thought / Philosophy (2026-2028), Yale University. Deadline: 16 February 2026.
#jewishstudies
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"Shaping the Soul: Books in Medieval Life" at Lewis & Clark College in Portland #medievalsky
19.01.2026 21:43 — 👍 19 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0#BookHistory this books looks f.awesome! (And it is on discount tho I already used all my budget for Janaury 🥲)
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