“The decline of the humanities is very worrying. It’s not because people are not interested in studying these subjects, but because we don’t encourage it."

Indeed, even here in Iraq, for example, the Iraqi government has stopped granting scholarships for students who are studying humanities subjects. Imagine 500 fully funded scholarships being offered to medicine, engineering, and science, but not a single one for the humanities.

Job posting: Assistant Professor of New Testament Princeton Seminary! ptsem.edu/wp-content/upl…

Are you working on a book on ancient Near Eastern or Mediterranean religions? Consider publishing with the RAM series at Eisenbrauns. We have some great titles lined up, and yours could be next! eisenbrauns.org/books/series/b…

Heading off to the amazing Chalke History Festival! Talks, living history, debate, performance – all set in the beautiful Wiltshire countryside. This Thursday, I will be discussing all things Mesopotamia with Becky Wragg Sykes - so excited!

It's #TabletTuesday! This tablet has the name of six witnesses who attest to the fact that an official Sin-bani has sworn an oath concerning the ox and sheep of the Amorites. It any of the animals go missing, that he is responsible.

When you go round grandma's and she always has the same biscuit selection

Extremely important to recognize that Trump is the excuse, not the cause

The deadline for submitting your article to Issue 4.2 is one week away (August 1)! We'd love to see your work featured with us. avarjournal.com/avar/announcem…

Really pleased to see my research on an ancient #Sumerian #myth discussed on phys.org/news/2025-07-f… & elsewhere (I can't keep track!). We should all delight in more cunning foxes saving the day.

📰 Wake up babe, a new Sumerian myth just dropped Archaeologists have deciphered a cuneiform tablet detailing a previously unknown tale, although its fragmented nature leaves the story unfinished #ArchaeologyNews via Archaeology Magazine archaeology.org/news/2025/07/2…

1. Je tu zpátky víkendový #klínopis, v němž vám představím další zajímavý text ze světa starověkého Předního východu. Dnes půjde o skutečně neobvyklou tabulku: zápis churritské rituální písně. Ano, písně. Seznamte se s Hymnem na bohyni Nikkal.

The real lesson of Tisha B'Av is to be realistic and know your place geopolitically. As much as the prophets blamed the Babylonian destruction on "our sins", the real reason was Zedekiah thought it was a bright idea to annoy Babylon. Same lesson later with Rome

Finished it. Going to read it again. I'm not done with it.

"I asked chatgpt" "I asked grok" well I asked the gods through extispicy and they want me to appoint my daughter as priestess of the moon-god

My new piece in The Chronicle of Higher Education focuses on the ways in which university administrators knowingly undercut the humanities. Take a look! chronicle.com/article/theyre…

Ando’s numerous articles these past few months have shown that virtually all financial arguments for cutting humanities programs are lies. They are the cheapest programs at any university and frequently subsidize the others. It’s trustee and administrative ideology.

No PhD admissions for Middle Eastern Studies at UChicago in 2026. MES includes modern and all aspects of the ancient Near East: cuneiform languages, Egyptology, archaeology. insidehighered.com/news/business/…

Very cool Syriac post-doc opportunity!

Exhibit 999,999 for why it is wild that universities are shutting down religious studies departments.