Rebecca Kingston
@rkingston.bsky.social
Political Theorist. Author of Plutarch's Prism (CUP, 2022). History of ideas and moral psychology. Tennis fanatic.
Tenure-track Political Theory job at JMU in Harrisonburg, VA. Posting to signal boost! jobs.jmu.edu/jobs/assista... #poltheory #polphil #academicjobmarket
Assistant Professor- Political Science (Political Theory) - Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States
Working Title: Assistant Professor- Political Science (Political Theory) State Role Title: N/A Position Type: Instructional / Teaching Faculty Position Status: Full-Time FLSA Status: Exempt: Not Eligi...
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Fun to see the local tradition dating from the revolution raising Le Mai in honour of the re-elected village mayor and new councillors. Public spiritedness for sure, but not sure what that means for next May...
An Illuminati membership invitation by email?! Really? Do they even know how ironic that is?!
So grim, for these colleagues, for the ecology of education in the region and at this institution. And apparently with no transparency about the basis for the decision.
University of Hertfordshire UCU@uhertfordshireucu.bsky.social · 5mo agoOn Friday afternoon before the Bank Holiday, colleagues in the Humanities department were called to a meeting on Tuesday. They were informed that the University Portfolio Review had decided that English Language, English Literature, Philosophy, History & Creative Writing UG degrees would close
Perhaps this is the place for a preliminary shout out for this, especially for those interested in introducing Plutarch to their students. Available in August 2026! www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
Plutarch: Selected Political Writings
Cambridge Core - Classical Literature - Plutarch: Selected Political Writings
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Rebecca Kingston@rkingston.bsky.social · 6mo agoThere is a good deal to mine in Plutarch reception. Schliesser suggests that we need to approach the analysis of the reception of some of his writings differently, depending on their genre or form. With such a large opus, it is not always clear what Plutarch was doing in each work.
There is a good deal to mine in Plutarch reception. Schliesser suggests that we need to approach the analysis of the reception of some of his writings differently, depending on their genre or form. With such a large opus, it is not always clear what Plutarch was doing in each work.
Plutarch: Selected Political Writings
Cambridge Core - Classical Literature - Plutarch: Selected Political Writings
cambridge.org
An Oblique Digression on David Hume's Teachings on Esotericism, Pt II, with special reference to Hume's comments on Plutarch and Montesquieu with shout outs to @rkingston.bsky.social, Peter Loptson, and the great Julia Annas open.substack.com/pub/digressi...
Now out in OA: "Can Democracy be Rehabilitated?" by John Dunn (@thecambridgeschool.bsky.social): "[It] will be a heroic challenge... The stakes in meeting it are the possibility of democracy itself, a citizenry that has recovered the capacity to keep itself free" www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
Ontario groundhog (Wiarton Willy) has died. Six more years of winter?
Not so faithful I would suggest. The doctor never meant for his creature to be immortal for one...
Dr. SkySkull@drskyskull.bsky.social · 11mo ago*whispers* It is a faithful adaptation of an early 1800s novel by a woman about an arrogant self centered man Why are people
Canadian government now seeking to cut international student visas from a target of 305,900 a year (already lowered from before) to 155,000 in 2026 and dropping further in 2027 and 2028. Yet they also want to attract foreign talent. Why deny these students a good education? Where can they go?
Now why can't Elon Musk use his brains and technology for some good in the world now? (ok, I know the answer) Starlink would be a great solution here....https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/29/afghanistan-communications-blackout-taliban-shuts-internet
Amazingly enough I am on this list *multiple times* because of scholarly articles I coauthored. You should really check and see if you’re on it too.
Ryan Estrada@ryanestrada.com · last yr.Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
When I teach about Atlantic Slavery one of the key things I try to communicate is that it was a *resisted condition*. People were bound in servitude *by force* because only force could hold them to it. Their resistances forged entire cultures.
Liberating Narratives@liberatingnarratives.com · last yr.New post! Too often students assume enslaved Africans revolted on Saint-Domingue because they were inspired by the Enlightenment or the other Atlantic Revolutions. They didn't. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/enlightenmen...
This is helpful framing and might be relevant to those currently drafting syllabi, i.e. suggesting student use of AI to write papers amounts to 'deskilling'. If I taught in a different field I might ask students to draft their c.v. but stressing the number of skills they had lost recently.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · last yr.Physicians are using A.I. for diagnoses and more. But a new study found evidence that relying on A.I. tools might erode a doctor’s ability to perform fundamental skills without the technology, a phenomenon known as “deskilling.”
My book 'Plutarch's Prism' is reviewed by Katherine East in Vol. 45, no. 4, 2024 of 'History of Political Thought' journal. Nice review!
how sinister....can we turn back time and send him to Philosophy 101?
Some limited highlights from a recent fabulous rafting trip on the Nahanni River NWT. Should be on everyone's bucket list. #nahanni.com
So secret even he himself does not know it.... NYT "Trump Says ‘Nobody Knows’ His Plans on Iran"
Some limited highlights from a recent fabulous rafting trip on the Nahanni River NWT. Should be on everyone's bucket list. #nahanni.com
Wow, yes. An amazing glimpse of the LLM Lie Machine at work. Anyone whose students are bring tempted by LLMs, sharing this could be very helpful showing how it lies, and how it fails.
Benjamin Dreyer@bcdreyer.social · last yr.This is a hell of a thing to read.
Congrats to Stefan Eich @stefeich.bsky.social on winning the 2024 David and Elaine Spitz Prize from the International Conference for the Study of Political Thought (CSPT)! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
The Currency of Politics
Money in the history of political thought, from ancient Greece to the Great Inflation of the 1970s
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