Curious about the life of the Jewish communities in the 16th century? This illustrated book of customs printed in Venice contains Hebrew and Yiddish and provides us with an insight into early-modern Jewish life and religious practices.  Find out more here: tinyurl.com/2wtub8rz

For #ManuscriptMonday a #Zoroastrian liturgical text in Avestan, the Videvdad sadeh (‘Law repudiating the demons’), dated 1642 from Iran. More on this manuscript (RSPA 230) at bl.uk/collection-ite… #DiscoveringSacredTexts British Library Learning

There's something a bit sock puppet-esque about this #manicule #ManiculeMonday #MondayMarginalia

Our new post by guest writer Shiva Mihan on an early copy of the Divan of Kamal Khujandi copied by the #Timurid calligrapher Jaʿfar Tabrizi blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-afri… #ManuscriptMonday

The anti-2SLGBTQIA+ #1MillionMarch4Children was vastly outnumbered today in cities across Canada by people who supported a message of acceptance and love. #protecttranskids #transrightsarehumanrights buff.ly/3LtcC00

Universities Canada stands with the 2SLGBTQIA+ community in the face of today's protests against inclusive school policies. We believe in celebrating diversity, fostering understanding of differences and creating safe, inclusive and respectful learning environments for all.

Yes! We teach roughly half of the classes on campus. We deserve long-term contracts with easy conversion to career status or tenure-track. Our working conditions are students' learning conditions. #abpse #MakeItFair

We. Told. You. So. Bigotry Pension stealing Public health disasters Anti-education Climate change denial All. Of. It.

Micrography of Jonah being swallowed by the fish, at the text of Jonah, the haftarah for the afternoon service of Yom Kippur. #YomKippur BL Add 21160; 'the Yonah Pentateuch'; 13th century; Germany; f.292r BL_HebrewMSS BL Asian and African

memorients.com/articles/this-… We have unearthed a wonderful MEMOries blog post for you today from our Events Editor Dr Aisha Hussain, exploring the discourse on Ottomans in Shakespeare's Henriad.

Thanks for giving us the opportunity to speak about potential solidarities, CAUT/ACPPU! I'm buzzing with new ideas from #CASConf2023.

Damaged ownership inscription of the Mughal emperor #Jahangir in a copy of #Saʻdi's Divan dated 995/1587 at Herat, copied by Muhammad al-katib (Add Ms 25812) #ManuscriptMonday

“We really are so concerned about our students, [and] we really love teaching," Contract Academic Teaching Staff Director Laura Schechter said. But trapping instructors in short term contracts "really limits what we can do, both in and outside of the classroom.”

Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806) was an African American intellectual who challenged Jefferson's views on race through a series of letters in 1791. Hear more about Banneker's remarkable life and correspondence with Jefferson from our new podcast episode: bit.ly/3QuUohU

A big thank you to Katie Teeling and The Gateway for taking the time to talk to me and other AASUA representatives during Fair Employment Week at #UAlberta. Working together, we can #MakeItFair!

If anyone is looking to do some Hallowe’en-themed thinking, this looks fun! #UAlberta

For those of us who are writers and readers, I noticed that a lot of folks aren't familiar with the rich canon of Palestinian literature and don't know where to begin reading. In response to this, down below is a thread of novels, non-fiction, and poetry about Palestine (🧵):

The Department of English and Film Studies invites you to join us for the return of our popular 7-Minute Research Presentations series, next Wednesday, November 8th.

The Department of English and Film Studies invites you to join us next Wednesday at 3:30 PM in the Salter Reading Room (3-95 Humanities Centre) for research talks by three recent winners of a Roger S. Smith undergraduate research award.