Associate Prof. of Islamic World History, @UCHistoryDept Author of The Eastern Frontier: Limits of Empire in Late Antique and Early Medieval Central Asia
Cincinnati, OH
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Omg they did a male version of the ‘secret vote’ ad and it’s even better than the female version.
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The Hamilton County Board of Elections is aware of certain images circulating on the platform X, which appear to show a ballot which has been damaged or altered so that a candidate’s name appears misspelled. The images may be a hoax. (1/5)
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Reminder, abstracts for our forthcoming Biennial Convention in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, are due b the ed of the day on Thur. Oct. 31.
Join us next year in Tashkent! Tenth Biennial Convention of the ASPS to be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, August 12-16, 2025.
CFP open now. Abstracts due Oct. 31, 2024.
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8th-11th century city excavated at 6000m above sea level in Uzbekistan. Very cool.
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In the 9th cent, the governor of Baghdad shocked the city by abusing the corpse of a rebel. this is not the only story of postmortem violence. this article explores medieval Islamic sources for evidence of & polemics against necroaggression as a political tool
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HOLY SHIT.
Harris on Breakfast Club just said there should be a database for cops so they cant do bad things and get away with it by being passed around to other districts or departments to hide it.
I have NEVER heard a politician say that so clearly.
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Did you ever wonder how tile makers in the pre-modern Islamic world planned and created complex designs? Check out "Mail-Order Mihrabs" and delve into the logistics of tile production in 12th-14th century Kashan and the 15th-century Ottoman Empire.
Excited to see Brill's Companion to War in the Ancient Iranian Empires coming out next month, complete with a contribution by yours truly. Thanks to John Hyland @sasanianshah for inviting me to the project.
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Happy to be back in Hamburg for @rebellionUHH conference "How Rebellion Ends". Will be talking about the survivors of Ibn al-Ash`ath's revolt and the Muhallabids in Khurasan tomorrow.
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If "I have concepts of a plan" is good enough for running for president, it should work when applying for research funding or fellowships, paper abstracts and book proposals, annual performance reviews...
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ICYMI: The AAUP rejects the characterization of pro-Palestinian speech or critiques of the Israeli state as invariably antisemitic. Proponents of overly broad definitions of antisemitism & proponents of eliminating teaching about the history of racial & other violence share...1/
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If we want the war in Gaza to end, we can’t put our heads in the sand or ignore the voices of the Palestinian Americans in the Democratic Party. If we want peace, if we want real democracy, and if we want to win this election, the Democratic Party must allow a Palestinian American speaker to be heard from the DNC stage tonight.
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Join us today at the polyglot Ottoman court with a colorful language primer from Topkapı Palace. each entry shows 6 different languages, allowing us to study language instruction & Ottoman language ideology in the 15th century
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A little over two weeks ago, a user on Twitter posted a joke claiming, with a knowing wink, that J.D. Vance, the junior senator from Ohio and Trump’s running mate, had been quite intimate with an alluring chesterfield.
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Calling all graduate students working on any aspect of the Persianate world! Check out @persianate2023 upcoming Virtual Graduate Student Conference.
We are pleased to announce our first Biennial Virtual Graduate Student Conference to be held on 23 Oct 2024. Please see the link below for details. Abstracts will be accepted from graduate student members of the ASPS until 23 Aug.
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Only three weeks left to get your abstracts in for the ASPS's first Biennial Virtual Graduate Student Conference. See the link below to join the ASPS and submit your abstract!
We are pleased to announce our first Biennial Virtual Graduate Student Conference to be held on 23 Oct 2024. Please see the link below for details. Abstracts will be accepted from graduate student members of the ASPS until 23 Aug.
persianatesocieties.org/even…