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Ancient Historian and Professor. First gen, public school, state college kid teaching at a SLAC. I like books, music, movies, and being in the Mediterranean (sailing and researching). PhD OSU, BA UCSD.
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If, however, these are just VAPs, that’s wrong to call them Asst Prof.
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But is is limited. Assistant professorships are often broken into multiple pre-tenure review periods at which stages the person could be not renewed. Some have 2-year periods, some 3. Ours is 3 plus 1 if not renewed, 3+3 if renewed. Nothing is unlimited until tenure.
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Need to differentiate myself from the horror…
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Arguable. But that doesn’t make him either 1. Better judge of what makes a good drama that Aeschylus or Euripides, nor 2. A particularly exceptional literary critic. Just because the name on the cover says “Aristotle” doesn’t de facto make the arguments strong.
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There is a grave marker in Greek in the Diocletian museum for a Jewish woman named Faustian. It’s one of my favorites.
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Delian inscriptions are never where you need them to be.
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lol. Perfect.
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Thankfully, I am a tea drinker and have ample supply to survive a full year.
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Really gonna cut into the Ohio diner beat when no one can afford breakfast anymore.
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The American rule is jus solis. Like the English rule: if you're born here you're a citizen, unless you're subject to some foreign sovereign's direct authority (i.e. you're a diplomat or a member of an invading armed forces following that sovereign's orders).
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Exactly—no and no.
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Cannot believe someone actually voted against him.
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Passés politisés. Usages politiques du passé antique et médiéval au XXIe siècle / Political Uses of the Ancient and Medieval Past
Frontière·s 9 | 2023
journals.openedition.org/frontieres/1...
#OpenAccess #History #Archaeology #ArtHistory #Antiquity #MiddleAges #ClassicalReception #Medievalism
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Adorable.
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I just did a class for "lifelong learners" (retirees) at our county library on ancient Athenian democracy (and I did it for parent weekend and for a group of BoT/alumni) and they all found it scarily relevant.
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Deadlines are very different from timed in class writing.
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I wrote an article in 2013 on Aeschylus’s Persians arguing that he defends certain forms of monarchical power, just not others and it isn’t all rah rah democracy. I still agree with myself (which is shocking).
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I can’t believe I have to go out into those too few degrees. Fortunately, my cat won’t let me get up.