For Cville locals: I got a fantastic smoothie from these lovely folks at the SUNDAY farmers market at the Jefferson School. I had no idea this market existed until I stumbled on it last week!
Janet Spittler
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UVa has relaunched the provost search (again). We really need to quit the evangelical “servant leadership” nonsense. But even more, we really need an actual academic in this position.
Executive Vice President and Provost
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kudos to @janetspittler.bsky.social and @ingerkuin.bsky.social and the whole @nasscal.bsky.social team for putting on an extraordinary 2 days of papers and fellowship!
The First Friday of May coincides with the NASSCAL conference here at the University of Virginia. While most of the conference is in-person only, we’re maintaining the regular online First Friday workshop, this week with TWO papers.
We had never needed the Arts and Humanities more.
Lt. Governor Ghazala Hashmi@ltgovhashmi.bsky.social · 4mo agoI’m thrilled to announce the launch of Literature & Government, or L&G with the LG, a lecture series engaging campuses across Virginia in thoughtful dialogue on democracy, leadership, and public life. Coming to a campus near you!
Applications due in two days, be there or be square
Advising Fellow, College of Arts & Sciences in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America | Student Services, Health, & Wellness at University of Virginia
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Join us this Friday for our workshop with Jeremiah Coogan! The topic is “Uses and Abuses of the Gospel(s) according to the Hebrews.” Regular time, regular place.
Please join us on February 6 at noon (EST) for the first First Friday Workshop of the new semester!
Please share widely! 3-year Postdoc in Early Christian Studies. Deadline: 8 March. Let me know if you have any questions or want to nominate a colleague.
Postdoc Position: Early Christian Studies | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a Postdoctoral Researcher: Early Christian Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies? Check our vacancy!
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In case you haven't yet heard about it, there is an interesting new project on 'Ethnicity and (In)Equality in Early Christianity' being led by Matthijs den Dulk (Radboud University). Currently hiring for a 3-year postdoc. Application deadline is 8 March. www.eiec.info/home
EIEC
Image: Jesus and the dog-headed men, Kiev Psalter, 1397
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We have concerns! www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2026...
A statement from 201 concerned faculty about U.Va. President Beardsley’s appointment
By acting in bad faith, the Board has flouted its fiduciary duties to the University and has violated its own bylaws calling on it to protect the University from outside interference.
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So many of my recent pieces for National Geographic would have suffered were it not for my ability to link to the amazing resources supplied by @nasscal.bsky.social. If you are interested in early Christian literature you must check out this invaluable site. www.nasscal.com
NASSCAL
North American Society for the Study of Christian Apocryphal Literature
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Do you need last minute gift ideas for an enemy or antagonistic family member? Look no further: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526175038/
The Cavalier Daily strikes again. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 "Scott Beardsley’s appointment [as UVA president] epitomizes a semester defined by absence, secrecy and institutional disregard." www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
EDITORIAL: An eleventh-hour presidential appointment and a community left in the dark
Furthermore, it is hard to ignore that the unanimous vote elevating Beardsley to the University’s top role was undertaken by a Board that is seemingly not legally constituted.
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Nag Hammadi friends: If you had to choose one “gnostic” text to read in a grad seminar on religious thinkers in antiquity, which would you choose and why? Bonus if it comes with an article that is readable for students with no Coptic and little experience with the corpus.
If your crèche has an ox and an ass or exactly three magi, congratulations: You’re having a very apocryphal Christmas already! Tony will explain.
Tony Burke@tonyburke.bsky.social · 8mo agoI will be doing a live interview via Zoom Dec. 22 on apocryphal Christmas traditions. Join in and ask me some skill-testing questions! See the image and link below for information.
Holiday Mutual Aid: PLEASE SHARE WIDELY! It’s time for YEAR 6! With recent federal-level changes creating new challenges in our community, we’re prioritizing core necessities. We are still welcoming traditional gifts. More info below. We take care of us. To Give C: $zyahnab Venmo: Zbryant01
Excellent editorial by the student paper: “Perhaps the most obvious epitomization of Mahoney’s desire to be protected from, rather than to protect, the University community, was his decision to be accompanied by a police guard as he entered the Faculty Senate.” www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
EDITORIAL: A university president guarded from his constituents cannot lead them
Mahoney’s position throughout his term has been one of deference — a deference that, amidst community protests, denigrates the role of a University president as authentically representing their commun...
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“Boys also have lower mean scores on the SAT in reading and writing, score lower overall on the ACT and have lower grade point averages in high school. “If we were going to eliminate preferences for men, the undergraduate population would skew to 65 percent female overnight,” Mitchell said.”
Trump’s attack on DEI may hurt college men, particularly White men
The Trump administration’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion also targets gender. The ban may impact gender balancing practices that often benefit college men.
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Once again: the presidential and provost search must be paused, Sheridan and Wilkinson must resign, and the student newspaper is utterly outpacing all other news sources. Wahoowa!
Sources say the provost search this spring was ‘unusual.’ Here’s why.
Sources qualified the search or elements of the search as “highly unusual” in large part because of the actions of Porter Wilkinson, who was at the time a member of the Board of Visitors and is now vi...
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Join us on the First Friday of December for a workshop with Sam Cook on the Monastic Use of Coptic Apocrypha!
An election for the 2025-2027 NASSCAL Board of Directors will take place at this week's First Friday Workshop (Dec. 5). The slate of nominees can be found here: www.nasscal.com/2025/12/02/n...
Notice of Election of the 2025–2027 NASSCAL Board
The NASSCAL First Fridays workshop taking place December 5 will also be the time that we elect a new Board of Directors. Ideally, this would take place at a bi-annual meeting of the Society, but we…
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I do love an advent calendar!
Peter Tarras@petertarras.bsky.social · 8mo agoAs a little treat for you, here's an #ArabicBible Advent calendar 🧵. Every day I'll post a verse from the Christmas story from one of the oldest Arabic Gospel lectionaries, Sinai ar. 72, dated 897 CE (and a few other texts in between). [2nd attempt, I won't be offended if you point out my nonsense.]
well, what the heck. it's the tuesday before thanksgiving, and whoever is on here deserves a treat: the first new translation I've posted in a long while: the Life and Martyrdom of Susanna: andrewjacobs.org/translations...
Life and Martyrdom of Susanna
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