College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor at 𝕿𝖍𝖊 @OhioState University #GoBucks πάντα δὲ δοκιμάζετε, τὸ καλὸν κατέχετε
Columbus, OH
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My new book, co-authored with Stephen Shoemaker, has has just been released. It's published #openacess but feel free to buy a hardcopy, too!
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#New on #OCIANA - A desperate and emotional #Safaitic plea by a man for his sick wife. He calls upon the goddess Allāt to give life (ʾḥy) back to his wife (mrʾt-h) who is sick (sqmt) and emaciated (ḫsft), and begs her for deliverance (ḫlṣt)
Find more: ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/…
What is the period-appropriate Arabic word for "pyxis"? Is it صندوق?
A 10th-century ivory pot from Córdoba, inscribed for Caliph al-Hakam II’s concubine. Its high-relief arabesques and imported ivory highlight Umayyad trade and artistic refinement. | bit.ly/3Y7Jnaq
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#HUGE on #OCIANA - 1349 NEW #Safaitic inscriptions from Marabb al-Shurafāt (Jordan) are now on #OCIANA. 1100 inscriptions have been published in a book by Phillip Stokes here: zenodo.org/records/23482253 . Explore the site: ociana.osu.edu/sites/414
And much more to come soon!
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El perro de Goya (1821) y el evangelista de Xanten (810) parecen dialogar a través del tiempo
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STOKED to share the publication via OCIANA of this edition of over 1,000 Safaitic inscriptions from Marabb al-Shurafāt in Jordan. Thanks to MCA Macdonald, Ali al-Manaser, and especially @SafaiticBlog, who intro'd me to Safaitic and guided to publication
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📢Job Announcement 📢
Come work with us @OhioState !Postdoctoral Scholar to Tenure-Track Assistant Professor - Digital Visual Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa
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#New_Site on #OCIANA : The Cairn of Hāniʾ was the first #Safaitic burial excavated. Discovered in 1951, the tomb contained a small man buried by nearly 100 loved ones, who left behind messages of their grief. Visit the site here and explore its txts: ociana.osu.edu/sites/218
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#100_Percented - All inscriptions of site BES26_HRN1 are now online: 68 texts! Explore them here: ociana.osu.edu/sites/984. One of our favorites is this buried horse. An exquisite representation of this high-value animal, which someone later scratched a stick-figure rider on!
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JIM 17/4 is out! Ibadi Manuscripts in Libya: Ibāḍī Manuscript Samples Documented by Ennami; Libyan Heritage in the Sormani Library (Milan) and the Archive of the Lincei (Rome); the Libraries of Nafusa Project; the Library of al-Mzābī; an Omani in Nafusa.
academia.edu/179134475/JIM_1…
📢Job Announcement📢
Tenure-Track or Tenured Professor in Medieval Islamic Cultures and Societies @HarvardNELC
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My article "Early Sunni Witnesses to Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq’s Teachings" has been published in the Festschrift in honor of Etan Kohlberg (message me for a copy) brill.com/display/book/97890…
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#just_published - the long-awaited report on seasons 2024-5 of the Badia Epigraphic Survey! It is filled with inscriptions, archaeology, and heritage management, including the excavation of site MH09, where the "allāh" inscription comes from.
Find more: academia.edu/178903861/Al_Ja…
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📢 Volume 103, issue 2 has just been published. Please check out our latest articles!
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Finally in print: this article edits & studies 5 remarkable 8th-century inscriptions from Mecca. These are important witnesses to caliphal patronage of the writing of prophetic biography & caliphal interventions into & harmonisation of hajj rituals.
academia.edu/55099627
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Anne Carson, with one of my all-time favorite opening lines and one of my all-time favorite closing lines.
ALT O Small Sad Ecstasy of Love Anne Carson I like being with you all night with closed eyes. What luck—here you are coming along the stars! I did a road trip all over my mind and heart and there you were kneeling by the roadside with your little toolkit fixing something. Give me a world, you have taken the world I was.
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Something truly remarkable: a (mostly) Arabic talismanic text featuring the Seven Sleepers, made using a printing block, from 13th c. Egypt, with a border in Arabic, Coptic, Hebrew, and Syriac (University of Utah, Or. P.1563):
