Dr. Stephennie Mulder
@stephenniem.bsky.social
Assoc prof of Islamic art at UT Austin, 24-25 NEH Fellow, Syria, archaeology, heritage. Formerly world-renowned author of "The Citizen Kane of Islam-centric cat-themed Twitter threads", now making an Arabic/English digital game set in 8th c. Syria
Anyway, buy my book etc. etc. cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Flooded Pasts by William Carruthers | Paperback | Cornell University Press
Flooded Pasts examines a world famous yet critically underexamined event—UNESCO's International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia (1960–80)—to show how the project, its genealogy, and its...
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William Carruthers@williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 22h agoJust saw this and the lack of context in this (really flimsy) show that this review notes seems to me pretty emblematic of the Met’s display of Dendur, which hasn’t ever gone into much detail about how the temple got there (or the place where it came from): news.artnet.com/art-world/gi...
A bit late...we know...but thanks to everyone who presented at and attended our strand at @imc-leeds.bsky.social last month. So many papers, so much to reflect on. Thank you everyone, we hope to see you next year 😊 Here's a photo of the organising team looking proud.
⭐️⭐️ PRESS RELEASE: Today, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) + its Texas affiliate, Texas AAUP-AFT, sued Texas Tech University System Chancellor Brandon Creighton and members of the Board of Regents over two system memoranda issued in the past eight months. 1/2
AAUP, Texas AAUP-AFT file lawsuit against Texas Tech System
Social: Bluesky @texasaaup.bsky.social
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This baby needs $10K for a shot at life. Honestly it feels impossible to raise so much money, but 10 people giving just $50 a month will get us halfway there! 10 people giving $100 a month and it’s done! ❤️ We can help this sweet girl!
Dr. Stephennie Mulder@stephenniem.bsky.social · 4w agoIt’s my birthday 🎂🎉 and I’m raising money to help little Noor get a lifesaving genetic therapy. She’s the three-year-old daughter of Syrian friends, and I’m grateful for anything you feel you can give: but recurring donations will be most impactful. Thank you! ❤️ 🙏 givebutter.com/help-a-syria...
It feels impossible to raise so much money, but if we all decide to donate just a little, we can help this sweet girl! 10 people giving just $50 a month gets us halfway there! Ten people giving $100 a month and it’s done! ❤️
Dr. Stephennie Mulder@stephenniem.bsky.social · 4w agoIt’s my birthday 🎂🎉 and I’m raising money to help little Noor get a lifesaving genetic therapy. She’s the three-year-old daughter of Syrian friends, and I’m grateful for anything you feel you can give: but recurring donations will be most impactful. Thank you! ❤️ 🙏 givebutter.com/help-a-syria...
I know this seems like a dream to raise so much money, but we can help this sweet girl! 10 people going just $50 a month will get us halfway there! Ten people giving $100 a month and it’s done! ❤️
Dr. Stephennie Mulder@stephenniem.bsky.social · 4w agoIt’s my birthday 🎂🎉 and I’m raising money to help little Noor get a lifesaving genetic therapy. She’s the three-year-old daughter of Syrian friends, and I’m grateful for anything you feel you can give: but recurring donations will be most impactful. Thank you! ❤️ 🙏 givebutter.com/help-a-syria...
It’s my birthday 🎂🎉 and I’m raising money to help little Noor get a lifesaving genetic therapy. She’s the three-year-old daughter of Syrian friends, and I’m grateful for anything you feel you can give: but recurring donations will be most impactful. Thank you! ❤️ 🙏 givebutter.com/help-a-syria...
Help little Noor get a lifesaving genetic treatment!
With your help, this sweet Syrian toddler will have a chance to play
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Just here to post this again like I do every year, not only because Douglass was one of the founding philosophers of American liberty but because I am so moved by the kids Frederick Douglass’ descendants deliver “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July”
‘What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?’: Descendants Read Frederick Douglass' Speech | NPR
YouTube video by NPR
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great year for medievalists; first you’ve got a tyrant starting shit with the Pope and now we have a full blown schism
'“These buildings were like part of us” said Rasoul Mosavi, his head still bandaged in gauze from the injury he received in the explosion...“This place is very dear to my heart”’ Deeply researched, on-the-ground survey of wartime damage to cultural heritage in Iran www.reuters.com/investigates...
How 5 weeks of war shattered some of Iran’s cherished monuments
The air campaign across Iran damaged some of its most famous monuments, shattering glass and wood, and cracking walls and ceilings at UNESCO sites.
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Crescent-shaped earrings encircling confronted birds, constructed with gold wire, granulation, and filigree Iran, 11th-12th c., Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wait till he hears who invented the reflecting pool en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian...
Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · last mo.Trump is trying to blame his reflecting pool nightmare on anyone but himself.
one of my favorite fun medieval facts is that the famous winged Lion of Saint Mark the Evangelist in Venice is actually Chinese archaeologymag.com/2024/09/lion...
The Lion of St. Mark’s Square in Venice is Chinese: Isotopic Analyses Confirm It | Archaeology News Online Magazine
The Famous Lion of St. Mark's Square in Venice is Chinese: Isotopic Analyses Confirm its Origins, Possibly Brought by Marco Polo's Family.
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Hello I’m an archaeologist and I am making a video game
Dr. Stephennie Mulder@stephenniem.bsky.social · 2mo ago🎉 We’re on YouTube! 🎉 The White Banner is an Arabic-English historical adventure role-playing game set during a famous rebellion in early Islamic Syria. The game is currently in development as a joint Syrian-UT Austin collaboration. Subscribe & follow for updates! www.youtube.com/@WhiteBanner...
EVERYONE I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS CHECK IT OUT
Dr. Stephennie Mulder@stephenniem.bsky.social · 2mo ago🎉 We’re on YouTube! 🎉 The White Banner is an Arabic-English historical adventure role-playing game set during a famous rebellion in early Islamic Syria. The game is currently in development as a joint Syrian-UT Austin collaboration. Subscribe & follow for updates! www.youtube.com/@WhiteBanner...
This looks like it's going to be marvellous.
Dr. Stephennie Mulder@stephenniem.bsky.social · 2mo ago🎉 We’re on YouTube! 🎉 The White Banner is an Arabic-English historical adventure role-playing game set during a famous rebellion in early Islamic Syria. The game is currently in development as a joint Syrian-UT Austin collaboration. Subscribe & follow for updates! www.youtube.com/@WhiteBanner...
🎉 We’re on YouTube! 🎉 The White Banner is an Arabic-English historical adventure role-playing game set during a famous rebellion in early Islamic Syria. The game is currently in development as a joint Syrian-UT Austin collaboration. Subscribe & follow for updates! www.youtube.com/@WhiteBanner...
The White Banner Game
The White Banner is a historical action adventure role-playing game currently in development by a joint Syrian-American team. The game is playable in Arabic and English and is set in the Qasr, an 8th ...
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🎉 We’re on YouTube! 🎉 The White Banner is an Arabic-English historical adventure role-playing game set during a famous rebellion in early Islamic Syria. The game is currently in development as a joint Syrian-UT Austin collaboration. Subscribe & follow for updates! www.youtube.com/@WhiteBanner...
The White Banner Game
The White Banner is a historical action adventure role-playing game currently in development by a joint Syrian-American team. The game is playable in Arabic and English and is set in the Qasr, an 8th ...
youtube.com
😅😅 85 degrees and 78% humidity but Texas AAUP-AFT showed up for the launch of Gina Hinojosa’s Team Texas Public Schools initiative! The fight for public education and higher education in Texas are connected! ✊ @ginafortexas.bsky.social
“Inboden’s ideal school will strictly promote the line that the West is the best, idealism trumps materialism, and diversity is divisive. Both sides of ‘debates’ will flatter power and prestige…” the-austin-tadarida.ghost.io/a-kingdom-on...
William Inboden and the Transformation of the University of Texas at Austin
In August of last year, William Inboden began serving as the new executive vice president and provost of the University of Texas at Austin (hereafter UT Austin). In addition to obviously being one pos...
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"Faculty are completely in the dark on the process, and to the extent we’ve heard anything it has been through the rumor mill...That’s a concern because faculty are no longer in control of the core curriculum at a research university."--D Morales, UH AAUP www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
A battle over 'indoctrination' is reshaping core curriculum at Texas colleges
A new state law mandates that Texas' core curriculum must be 'foundational.' No one is really saying what that means.
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stop scrolling the bad news and help me make some good news 🥹❤️
Dr. Stephennie Mulder@stephenniem.bsky.social · 2mo agoYay we are so close to 2/3 there with this fundraiser for my Syrian friends! If just ten people donate $100 each, these sweet kids will be in school. Ten people. Ten people on the internet. TEN. PEEOPLEEE. 😀 givebutter.com/ZUTUcD
Good morning! Have you helped some sweet Syrian kids go to school yet today? Add it to your checklist, it’ll feel great 🥰
Dr. Stephennie Mulder@stephenniem.bsky.social · 2mo agoYay we are so close to 2/3 there with this fundraiser for my Syrian friends! If just ten people donate $100 each, these sweet kids will be in school. Ten people. Ten people on the internet. TEN. PEEOPLEEE. 😀 givebutter.com/ZUTUcD
We really are so close! Excited to see this happen!
Dr. Stephennie Mulder@stephenniem.bsky.social · 2mo agoYay we are so close to 2/3 there with this fundraiser for my Syrian friends! If just ten people donate $100 each, these sweet kids will be in school. Ten people. Ten people on the internet. TEN. PEEOPLEEE. 😀 givebutter.com/ZUTUcD
Good morning bsky friends! If just nine of you give $100 we will fully fund these kids’ school fees TODAYYYYY! Help a girl out we can do this! ❤️🎉❤️🎉
Dr. Stephennie Mulder@stephenniem.bsky.social · 2mo agoYay we are so close to 2/3 there with this fundraiser for my Syrian friends! If just ten people donate $100 each, these sweet kids will be in school. Ten people. Ten people on the internet. TEN. PEEOPLEEE. 😀 givebutter.com/ZUTUcD
Yay we got one donation! Just nine people needed now! NIIIINNEEEE 🎉❤️🎉❤️
Dr. Stephennie Mulder@stephenniem.bsky.social · 2mo agoYay we are so close to 2/3 there with this fundraiser for my Syrian friends! If just ten people donate $100 each, these sweet kids will be in school. Ten people. Ten people on the internet. TEN. PEEOPLEEE. 😀 givebutter.com/ZUTUcD
Yay we got one! Just nine people needed now! NIIIINNEEEE 🎉❤️🎉❤️
Dr. Stephennie Mulder@stephenniem.bsky.social · 2mo agoYay we are so close to 2/3 there with this fundraiser for my Syrian friends! If just ten people donate $100 each, these sweet kids will be in school. Ten people. Ten people on the internet. TEN. PEEOPLEEE. 😀 givebutter.com/ZUTUcD
Yay we are so close to 2/3 there with this fundraiser for my Syrian friends! If just ten people donate $100 each, these sweet kids will be in school. Ten people. Ten people on the internet. TEN. PEEOPLEEE. 😀 givebutter.com/ZUTUcD
Help a Refugee Family Pay their Kids’ School Fees
By Stephennie Mulder
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