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News and notes relevant to the study of Greco-Roman world and its reception very broadly considered, especially notices of new journal publications, with a particular interest in pre-modern philosophy in a global context. https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/

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Journal of Chinese Philosophy Vol. 53, Nos. 1-2 (2026) brill.com/view/journal... . Chung-ying Cheng: a Life of Service, Devotion, and Contribution to Philosophical East and West (IV) @dgb-philosophy.bsky.social

brill.comJournal of Chinese Philosophy Volume 53 Issue 1-2: Special Issue: Celebration Festschrift. Chung-ying Cheng: a Life of Service, Devotion, and Contribution to Philosophical East and West (IV) (2026)"Volume 53 (2026): Issue 1-2 (Oct 2026): Special Issue: Celebration Festschrift. Chung-ying Cheng: a Life of Service, Devotion, and Contribution to Philosophical East and West (IV)" published on 12 Oc...

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Princeton Geniza Lab
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Thank you for the shout-out, Pasts Imperfect! Here's one of the documents in question, which contains a recipe for dyeing silk with lac. geniza.princeton.edu/en/documents...

geniza.princeton.eduLiterary text: ENA NS 30.21Verso: Detailed technical instructions in Judaeo-Arabic for making a red dye out of lac and dyeing silk with it.
Sarah E. Bond@sarahebond.bsky.social

Pasts Imperfect is out! @youngrichardkim.bsky.social discusses academics on the History Channel. Then, recovering the Aksumite Empire; @wmarybeard.bsky.social remembers Pat Easterling & @ericabuchberger.bsky.social remembers Chris Wickham; new ancient journals by @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & more

pasts-imperfect.ghost.ioPasts Imperfect (10.22.26)This week, classicist and ancient historian Young Kim discusses public history and his contribution to episodes of a History Channel series focused on Attila the Hun. Then, using ancient Ge'ez writing...

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Sarah E. Bond
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Pasts Imperfect is out! @youngrichardkim.bsky.social discusses academics on the History Channel. Then, recovering the Aksumite Empire; @wmarybeard.bsky.social remembers Pat Easterling & @ericabuchberger.bsky.social remembers Chris Wickham; new ancient journals by @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & more

pasts-imperfect.ghost.ioPasts Imperfect (10.22.26)This week, classicist and ancient historian Young Kim discusses public history and his contribution to episodes of a History Channel series focused on Attila the Hun. Then, using ancient Ge'ez writing...

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Eric Brown
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Honored to be included in this Festschrift for one of my favorite people. So much admiration and respect for Liz Asmis, as a researcher, a teacher, an editor, and a human being.

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Classical Philology Vol. 121, No. 4 (2026) www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/cp/2026/... @chicagojournals.bsky.social Passions, Politics, and the Language of Philosophy: Essays in Honor of Elizabeth Asmis @sophisteuein.bsky.social

journals.uchicago.eduClassical Philology | Vol 121, No 4
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Eurasian Studies Vol. 24, No. 1 (2026) brill.com/view/journal... Persia and Byzantium: Interactions Across the Centuries @biblioiranica.info @dgb-history.bsky.social

brill.comEurasian Studies Volume 24 Issue 1: Special Issue: Persia and Byzantium: Interactions Across the Centuries, edited by Michele Bernardini and Alessandro Taddei (2026)"Volume 24 (2026): Issue 1 (Oct 2026): Special Issue: Persia and Byzantium: Interactions Across the Centuries, edited by Michele Bernardini and Alessandro Taddei" published on 06 Oct 2026 by Brill.
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Philology in Europe before and after 1800: Change and Continuity / Laura Loporcaro, & @paulmichaelkurtz.bsky.social. eds. www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi... #openaccess @adendros.bsky.social @yunxie.bsky.social @greggiven.bsky.social

taylorfrancis.comPhilology in Europe before and after 1800 | Change and Continuity | LaPhilology in Europe before and after 1800 investigates a period often regarded as a watershed moment in the history of the humanities. Since the nineteenth

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Drafting the Past
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It's Launch Day for DRAFTING THE PAST, a new platform for history book reviews, essays, and more. Next! @lollardfish.bsky.social's review of a book about Charlemagne that seeks to recast the Carolingians w/in the long history of rising and falling empires. www.draftingthepast.com/waking-up-fr...

draftingthepast.comBook Review: Waking Up From a Carolingian DreamA new history of Charlemagne’s empire dethrones the usual narrative of its rise and fall