Sarah Porter

ah so you came by all this ::waves hands:: naturally

i don't!! i was also weirded out!!

wild to imagine how we would all describe each other if we had to be this precise. "hello mother, i am writing from SBL, and i shall now give you a list of descriptions of my colleagues." 😅😬

75 Years Ago this Month: The First Junior Fellows Arrive James N. Carder (February 2016)

always a pleasure to peek into @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social's archives. today i was trying to find a woman who worked as cataloguer at antioch for a bit - florence day - & sure enough, stumbled across these conversational descriptions of the first cohort of junior fellows www.doaks.org/newsletter/n...

today as i was soliciting answers in class i said ...

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waddup.

WHY DID I SAY THIS, DID I BLACK OUT

Pleased to say that for the next year I'll be a Publisher for our Religion list at Routledge books, covering all areas of religious studies and theology. I'd welcome anyone researching or teaching in this space to get in touch if you'd like to discuss a book idea 📖

Archivist position at The Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at Radcliffe: careers.harvard.edu/job/archivis... #historyjobs

assigned @emuehlbe.bsky.social's "perpetual adjustment" to a small group of students and wooo there are a LOT of exclamation points in their annotations this week!

Usually, to show an author love, the first rule is: buy the book. And, you can totally buy this book---but, it's also available OA, which means you can in a few weeks' time get it for free.
luminosoa.org/books/m/10.1...

So, the updated rule: to show an author love, get her book and read it!

ISAC Postdoctoral Fellowship in Religion, Healing, and Magic in Late Antiquity Job Posting Title: ISAC Postdoctoral Fellowship in Religion, Healing, and Magic in Late Antiquity ---- Hiring Department: Department of Religious Studies ---- Position Open To: All Applicants ---- Wee...

🚨 Postdoc at UT Austin Religious Studies in Religion, Healing, and Magic in Late Antiquity (2 years)! utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UTstaf...

the analysis is too boring to even type out

'Sutton Hoo & Syria: The Anglo-Saxons Who Served in the Byzantine Army?' This is one of the most exciting things I've written (so far..!). Thanks to everyone who helped.
academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

The number of fluent Spokane Salish speakers has more than doubled after the first graduation of a pilot adult immersion program: 'This is historic' WELLPINIT, Wash. – Felicia Pichette was overjoyed the first time her grandson told her “no.”

www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

Leo XIV comes out swinging hard in his first Apostolic Letter, esp §§80-81, insisting on the centrality of social movements and structural change and not JP2’s restrictions of liberation theology to individual dimensions. Vatican 2 and Medellín are back.

www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago (RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

Faith groups have filed suit against DHS for violating their 1st and 4th amendment rights, arguing that by targeting faith-based demonstrators "with violence," ICE agents are enacting a policy that “substantially burdens their exercise of religion” and violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

so important

Bible and Early Christianity US Graduate School Funding SCHOLARSHIPS Fellowship Description Estimated Deadline Degree level Citizenship Davis Putter Scholarship Fund — Up to $15,000 for students who are active and emerging organizers in progressive movemen...

I’ve put together a list of funding sources for graduate students in biblical studies and early Christianity. Most of these are only available to students in the U.S. but many of them don’t have citizenship requirements. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

incredible work, kelly - thank you!

Meet the Historians Documenting Every Object at the Smithsonian A group of citizen historians, alarmed by Donald Trump's targeting of Smithsonian museums, are on a mission to document their displays.

This is great, so glad this is happening. news.artnet.com/art-world/ci...

hat tip to @ismipratima.bsky.social, wtf

oh my GOD

It sucks the way the humanities are being eroded & labeled unimportant. For every rant against a “new identity,” there is an ancient poem or painting or song or or or that tells us there is nothing new under the sun

& a link to a bunch of clips from antioch in the 30s, separated for easier viewing ochre.lib.uchicago.edu/ochre?uuid=b...

YouTube video by Sardis Expedition SM2020 0001

if you like this kind of stuff, here's one from sardis of the bath-gym reconstruction in the 60s:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBhZ...

YouTube video by eDesigner Ancient Corinth in 1945

sweet little documentary from the corinth excavations ca 1945. the last minute or so is ASCSA's pitch: that archaeology helps the local economy www.youtube.com/watch?v=LppD...

really grateful RSR took a risk and let figurative art publish as a response! if you've read mike's book, you know images are a crucial part - couldn't imagine this symposium without some.

“She Laughs at the Future” (Prov. 31:24b): Reading Sarah's Queer Jouissance Click on the article title to read more.

The new issue of Religious Studies Review is live, featuring responses to Lee Edelman and the Queer Study of Religion that include my own essay, "'She Laughs at the Future' (Prov. 31:24b): Reading Sarah's Queer Jouissance." It's available open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

beautiful symposium for a beautiful book
don't miss @postrafelite.bsky.social's cartoon about creation - a beautifully meditative way to start the morning

I keep seeing the media say crime is down but people feel like it is up without mentioning the role of phone notifications and social media like Nextdoor, Ring Alerts, and Facebook Groups that not only make people more aware of any crime nearby they wouldn’t have known about in the past… (1/3)

this is great, shawn

Getting Published: Supplemental Resource Package On May 1st, FGLIF convened a panel covering the basics of getting your manuscripts published by different presses and journals! The panelists have worked together to create a supplementary informat…

thanks to @ktardio.bsky.social, who tipped me off to an impressive resource compiled by @fglif.bsky.social for folks seeking to publish with classics / classics adjacent journals and presses fglif.org/2025/05/06/g...