Matthew Chalmers

Educator, researcher, scholar of religion | Jews, Christians & Samaritans | Mediterranean and MENA |

[Matthew Chalmers @Matt_J_Chalmers]

I won't patronize you with a long explanation of why the "despised enemies of the Jews" reading is bad

But I will point you to some of the work of the last decade - since this column was originally written in 2012 - that steers us toward a better understanding (1/4):

[Biblical Archaeology Review @BibArch]

Who were the Samaritans? https://t.co/rdcrq7TgnO

[danmcquillan (@[email protected]) @danmcquillan]

"For fascist ideologues who glorify violence, AI’s tendencies towards epistemic, structural & administrative violence are not flaws but features. The disruptive potential of AI will become entangled with the more savage disruptions of a fascistic social vision." Resisting AI, p97

[Brian Connolly @BrianConnolly74]

There are virtually no university administrators left who can formulate a defense of higher education beyond some iteration on austerity. So I wouldn’t look to them for much, as usual

[danmcquillan (@[email protected]) @danmcquillan]

This looks like a great report, but I'd rewrite the postulate: it's not so much that carceral AI shouldn't exist (it shouldn't, of course) but that AI _is_ carceral, and therefore AI shouldn't exist (i.e. should be abolished)

[Matthew Chalmers @Matt_J_Chalmers]

@snarkademic So, this happened to me with a VAP this year, with me as the internal. It was pretty clear to the person who emailed me, because we know each other and I was already adjuncting at the school

I gave them the best advice I could give on the position, and told them I was in the mix

[Alex Moskowitz @alexrmoskowitz]

“innovation” under capital is nothing more than the privatization of public goods. this is essentially a tram, reconceptualized through private ownership

[Matthew Chalmers @Matt_J_Chalmers]

Or to put this another way: think how different college would look if alongside mandated 2-3 hour labs in STEM they also had 2-3 hour English or History or whatever labs built into the curriculum

[Matthew Chalmers @Matt_J_Chalmers]

This is the completely correct take on the moral panic about how "the kids don't read"

Everything about how most of Higher Ed is structured by its leaders and management, including their rush to embrace AI, excludes anyone dedicating lots of time to reading

[Matthew Chalmers @Matt_J_Chalmers]

This is the completely correct take on the moral panic about how "the kids don't read"

Everything about how most of Higher Ed is structured by its leaders and management, including their rush to embrace AI, excludes anyone dedicating lots of time to reading

[Matthew Chalmers @Matt_J_Chalmers]

Working through editorial feedback for a book review for a Classics journal (not something I do often) and golly

Classics is the only discipline I work with where positive comments about how a book helps redirect the field get read as an attack. *So* much defensive gatekeeping

[Jake Nabel @JakeNabel]

I have a cover! Coming early 2025 from the University of California Press

[inefficient rhubarb snackowski @snackowska]

back in 2018: tenured profs suck but they aren’t the problem, admin is

2024: admin is the problem. tenured profs are also very clearly the problem

[Matthew Chalmers @Matt_J_Chalmers]

I've been contingent for five years. It's been manageable; sometimes good. Even then, I've been replaced on courses without notice, told there's no courses at the same time that people chase new hires

Failure to see contingent faculty as real or priority colleagues is chronic

[Matthew Chalmers @Matt_J_Chalmers]

this attitude is all over the place, especially with tenured folks: understanding or even having class solidarity doesn't mean squat if you don't think of contingent folks as equals, as "real faculty" yet

[Matthew Chalmers @Matt_J_Chalmers]

this attitude is all over the place, especially with tenured folks: understanding or even having class solidarity doesn't mean squat if you don't think of contingent folks as equals, as "real faculty" yet

[Matthew Chalmers @Matt_J_Chalmers]

@MAdryaelTong @AnnRea_10 Quasi-expert opinion: Luke-Acts knows about Samaritans and is generally positive; Matthew barely knows anything; John is complicated. If 4:9b is original, John has false knowledge; if 4:9b is a gloss, John looks more positive

[Matthew Chalmers @Matt_J_Chalmers]

hard agree

[Jess A. Goldberg 🇵🇸 @KempoJesse]

This discourse is dead. There is nothing new or insightful to say. This caricature of a critique disguised as a question is neither clever nor useful.

[Jess A. Goldberg 🇵🇸 @KempoJesse]

Early career academics should unionize in recognition that their institution is their common nemesis

[Diabetic of Enlightenment @dee_of_e]

once I was on an academic job search for a one year appointment (!!!) where a committee member said one candidate wasn’t deferential enough to our institution and was too on their high horse — just a flagrant projection that had no basis in evidence. people are fucking nuts