"The distinctive human disease pool—and its array of respiratory viruses in particular—is a product of our distinctive history as a species" ti.me/2W3vlXh?utm_so…

Boomer Zoomer! Thanks to the expertise and quick action of the entire OU community, students and faculty took to ⁦@zoom_us⁩ today as they began adapting to the online learning environment.

I have not written about Christianity and the Antonine Plague. But see CP Jones academia.edu/39914898/Chris… for a few thoughts

Dr. Rhona Seidelman was approached by JQR to reflect on historical and literary resonances prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. katz.sas.upenn.edu/resources/blog… Also see her new related book: rutgersuniversitypress.org/under-quaranti…

The BBC News (UK) on our latest article in 🅰ntiquity Journal and coverage in Science Magazine! #HarvardSoHP's Prof. Alex More (Alexander More) and SoHP chair Michael McCormick co-authors. #Twitterstorians #MedievalTwitter #Archaeoscience

Kyle Harper did you see this???

That's amazing! Boomer Sooner, "quarantine bluegrass style"

Every era gets the infectious diseases—and the resulting political upheaval—it has coming. foreignpolicy.com/2020/04/06/cor…

Wow!!!

Looking forward to discussing ancient pandemics on 4/21 at the live webinar hosted by Harvard History: “What History Teaches Us About Pandemic”. We will hear great insights from Joyce E. Chaplin 🌻, Sidney Chalhoub, and Erez Manela! Register now at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Wonderful line-up on history of infectious disease next Tue!

Wonderful Classics Dept @ U of Oklahoma is hiring an Asst. Prof in ANCIENT POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY! Please share apply.interfolio.com/82055 and feel free to reach out if you have ?s.

Looks fantastic there!

An amazing read from my University of Oklahoma colleague Andrew Porwancher

Very excited to share that the Dept. of Classics and Letters at University of Oklahoma is looking to hire the inaugural Barnett Family Professor of Classical Archaeology. Details here: apply.interfolio.com/92767 Please share this wonderful opportunity to join our Dept!

It's real! Always an amazing feeling to hold that first copy. Thank you Princeton University Press @robtempio Matt Rohal for putting so much into this book. press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…

Pub day! Plagues upon the Earth is out. Started writing it in 2017, never imagined I would finish it during a pandemic. V thankful for lots of support from family, generous colleagues, and whole team @ Princeton University Press for helping make it happen.

Exciting few weeks for study of Plague of Justinian / First Pandemic: Peter Sarris with a compelling, important 'state of the question' academic.oup.com/past/advance-a… and John Mulhall with a brilliant article on medical responses to plague muse.jhu.edu/article/820354 Congrats + thx both