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It frankly doesn’t matter if DHS “lied.” They should not exist, and Columbia university, which has been cooperating with these state agencies to provide information about students, staff, and faculty to facilitate deportation, does not get to come out of this looking like a victim.

The British Museum and Palestine: On Misinformation, Zionist Lobbying, Cultural Erasure, and Complicity in Genocide by Archaeologists Against Apartheid Cover Image: Gold plaque (pendant) representing the Canaanite goddess ‘Astarte’ (repoussé), and other gold and jewellery from Palestine ( 16th c. BCE…

If you want some clarity on recent changes to references to “Palestine” at the British Museum, here is a timeline of events and analysis everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2026/02/25/t...

Soon I'm giving two public lectures at Scripps College in CA as part of the O'Brien Distinguished Visiting Professorship. LA-area friends, would love to see you there!

March 31, 4:30pm: Lyricism as Historiography of the Long Past

April 1, 4:15pm: Feminist Histories and the Problem of the Real

just became a monthly supporter of @jamhoor.org because in a world of ever-proliferating little mags, we could stand to see a lot more dedicated work on south asia and the potentials of its left

Israel is trying to rewrite ancient history. In Palestine, Israel has systematically destroyed ancient heritage and made colonial land grabs of archaeological sites.

#OPINION by Dr Marchella Ward

Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260215-isr...

#PhotoDuJour

Love and Revolution - A Reading List - Pluto Press They say love is in the air, we say that’s just the smell of late-stage capitalism trying to monetize your dopamine. This Valentine’s Day, we’re getting into the real stuff: intimacy, desire, care, an...

Interesting list of weekend reading on revolutionary romance from @plutopress.bsky.social: www.plutobooks.com/love-and-rev...

Screenshot of sameerproject on IG Ramadan and Community: A Guide for Giving Back (P.S. you don’t have to be Muslim to participate) Zakat eligible Sameer Project x translating Falasteen

Can 20 people join us today in donating to the Sameer Project for Ramadan? $8 provides a meal for a family, and $32 can pay for groceries. You can also donate more to fund a water truck or a water desalination plant.

Pass this on, please.

See their IG for details: www.instagram.com/p/DUq5PoSjkK0

Res Diff 7 2026 The 2026 Res Difficiles conference will take place on March 13th. Register for the conference here. Res Difficiles: A Conference On Challenges and Pathways for Addressing Inequity In Classics.&nbsp…

It is my pleasure to announce the program for #ResDiff7 (March 13, 2026), an annual digital conference addressing inequity in classics, co-organized with Elke Nash. Keynote: Samuel Agbamu (@samagbamu.bsky.social). Registration is now open: resdifficiles.com/res-diff-7-2...

Everything about Leqaa Kordia's arrest and incarceration is abhorrent. CAIR has set up an easy form for you to send your representatives a message demanding Leqaa Kordia's release. secure.everyaction.com/6U1ygBt6eUK-...

Cambridge University museum set to return Benin bronzes to Nigeria A Cambridge University museum  will shortly return around 100 Benin bronzes to Nigeria as part of a major restitution initiative, the UK's weekly newspaper the Observer has reported.

Excellent choice!

Photo of a proto-cuneiform clay tablet against a white backdrop. The tablet is divided into several squares which each contain some pictographic signs. On the far left is one that looks like a jug on a stand

What an honour to speak at an event for the Earth Rover Program last week alongside some incredible people, almost none of whom seem to be on BlueSky except for @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

I spoke on soil health in ancient Mesopotamia, and here are some snippets of what I learned along the way

London friends! Come hang out with us tomorrow and reimagine a play about how powerful men sacrifice young girls in the name of never-ending wars that preserve an unjust world order… which is in absolutely no way relevant to the world in which we live, of course.

The executive board wants to install a task force to discuss results, and the President and Secretary have announced to step down only after the Annual Meeting in Athens. Nothing has been said about Gaza. These responses are not sufficient.

The EAA votes are out

The great majority of our archaeological community has voted in favour of the petitions raised by #concernedEAA. We asked for a democratic process, we asked for accountability, and for the need to acknowledge the horrific genocidal policy of Israel against Gaza.

once again, i feel compelled to remind academics that when you use theories, methods, and epistemologies of the marginalized but treat your marginalized colleagues and students like shit: you are the problem. and yeah, we see you.

Motion A: 468 members agreed to exclude Israeli institutional affiliations = 67% 237 did not agree; 77 abstained Motion B: 470 members did not approve of the actions of the Exexcutive Board = 79% 124 did approve; 205 abstained Motion C: 564 members supported a firm statement condemning the ongoing genocide in Palestine = 78% 160 did not support; 76 abstained Motion D: 410 supported change in statutes to ptovide mechanism to remove President and Executive Board = 58% 294 did not support; 95 abstained Motion E: 451 supported a vote on the viability of the current Officers (excl. Treasurer) = 67% 223 did not support; 125 abstained

🚨EAA per rollam vote results🚨

For anyone who doesn't want to trawl through a long document to find the results, I've compiled them here. Well done to everyone who voted for demonstrating strongly and clearly that change is needed 👏🏼👏🏼

The deadline for this cool opportunity is fast approaching!

RaceB4Race Love - YouTube Recordings from the January 2026 Love: A RaceB4Race Symposium.This symposium explored the concept of love in the broadest sense. How does race inform the way...

If you couldn't make it to #RaceB4Race Love last month the recordings are now available online!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

The unfinished story of the Worcester College Skull-Cup - Society of Antiquaries of London This lecture introduces the history of a skull made into a drinking cup and used in dining rituals at Worcester College Oxford, a story told in Every Monument Will Fall: a story of remembering and for...

Next Thursday—19 Feb, 5pm—come to hear me talk at the Society of Antiquaries of London (Burlington House/Royal Academy courtyard) about museums, ancestral remains, and unfinished case of the Worcester College skull cup. Open to all, free of charge but register here >> www.sal.org.uk/event/skull-...

““the major choice faced by the intellectual is whether to be allied with the stability of the victors and rulers or—the more difficult path—to consider that stability as a state of emergency threatening the less fortunate with the danger of complete extinction.”

‘A New Year in Gaza’: By Ibrahim Nasrallah The people named in this poem are the writers, painters, and musicians martyred in the genocide. They are only a few of the many artists who were martyred in the past two years of war against Gaza.

‘A New Year in Gaza’: By Ibrahim Nasrallah

The people named in this poem are the writers, painters, and musicians martyred in the genocide. They are only a few of the many artists who were martyred in the past two years of war against Gaza.

🇵🇸 Gaza Needs Your Support: Help Build a Lifeline for Students and Remote Workers! In Gaza, war has destroyed homes, blocked roads, and left countless people without work. Yet, amidst the rubble, hope remains. Students and remote workers face daily struggles—power outages, broken…

As internet remains weak in Gaza, hundreds of people come to Spark workspace EACH WEEK to connect to online jobs & classes. To feed their families & build their future!

Help this youth-led humanitarian project empower the community. Hit "weekly"! 0/770 by Saturday: chuffed.org/project/spar...

The Hopefulness of Complaint A lecture delivered for the Transform Theory, Policy, and Practice: Decolonise Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in Higher Education (HE) conference, Westminster University on February 6, 2026.*

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Announcing—LatinCy Readers v.1.0.2, i.e. LatinCy-powered corpus readers for Latin text collections. Quickly get sentences, lines, words annotated for lemma, POS, morphology, NER, etc. Supporting .txt, .xml, .tess, .conllu, and more. github.com/diyclassics/... #digiclass #nlproc

This from Raja Abdulhaq for @partiindigenes.bsky.social should be required reading (especially for all those looking to secret service explanations for Epstein: empire has always been about dehumanisation - and still is, just look at its American-Zionist incarnation - it is not a secret).

ICYMI: the registration link for the Queer and Trans Studies in Religion conference is live!

this year's edition will be completely online, and thus so easy to attend, with incredible keynotes from Evren Savcı @evrensavci.bsky.social and Lamya H!

studyofreligion.ucr.edu/holstein-cha...

Photo of a rectangular cuneiform tablet seen from the front and two sides.

Trying to get your brother to text back and send wine in the 7th century BCE.

“Why do I not see your messenger? If I see your messenger before I enter Borsippa, let my brother send one jar of the same wine that you drink.”

Dismissed UT Professor Sought Financial Contribution from Epstein Foundation Former UT Professor Thomas K. Hubbard wrote a letter to convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein requesting funds for a conference critical of new Title IX rules.

Not exactly shocking news but it's worth noting that Hubbard seems to have requested money from Epstein to fund an anti-Title IX conference (something in line with, say, his class & multiple conference talks about how women are regularly making false rape claims)

thetexasorator.com/2026/02/03/d...