Prof Francesca Stavrakopoulou

Chaired Professor of Hebrew Bible & Ancient Religion. Geeky. Greeky. Atheist. Sideline in TV & Radio. #GodAnAnatomy: Winner of #PENHessellTiltman Prize 2022

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Ooh the new paperback edition of my God book has reverted back to the lovely blue cover of the UK hardback

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@AshWils35269768 She’s a fab actor, too!

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Big news here yesterday: we’ve avoided compulsory redundancies - solely because some of our brilliant colleagues took voluntary redundancy … 1/3

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@DominicSelwood Oh, thank you!

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In the British Museum and spotted my book in the museum shop. And what a good-looking book it is, too

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This year's #NCFestival starts on Friday 6 Nov, 11am with Francesca Stavrakopoulou (@ProfFrancesca) talking with Helen Bond about her prizewinning and fascinating book, 'God: An Anatomy' (@picadorbooks, 2021), recently serialised on Radio 4. Book now 🎟️👇
https://t.co/a29L4wyKzr

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News emerging that Exeter University's teaching staff has been reduced. Culling the humanities is heartbreaking. It is also dangerous. My piece in the Spectator.

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From Exeter university where major cuts in the humanities incl theology were on the cards https://t.co/rN152K8qwm

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@DarlinUnrealLiz ❤️

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@MarioIAguilar 💗💗💗

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@TaliChilson You’re right. Trust is dead.

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@waelgenga @Ruesavatar Thank you

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@RichardDNagel She’s similar to Anat, yes. Some scholars have argued their names are related, but it’s not certain. It’s wonderful that Tanit lives on in the name of your parents’ village!

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Thank you to everyone who stood up for us, wrote letters, signed the petition, and told the university exactly why what we do actually matters ❤️ 3/3

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We're so relieved to keep our jobs, but totally gutted about losing our friends and comrades, worried about what the future holds for our disciplines, and utterly horrified at what university leadership has become … 2/3

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Why the VC and Exec Board of Exeter Uni needs the humanities: a very short thread.

1. When you tell us we’re ‘in scope’ for redundancy, we can parse your choice of violent language to show that the process you have triggered is predatory and combative. #DefendExeterUni

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4. Screw it, with our cultural capital and media networks, we can even get game-show hosts and tv producers to tell you why. #DefendExeterUni

[Prof Francesca Stavrakopoulou @ProfFrancesca]

Why the VC and Exec Board of Exeter Uni needs the humanities: a very short thread.

1. When you tell us we’re ‘in scope’ for redundancy, we can parse your choice of violent language to show that the process you have triggered is predatory and combative. #DefendExeterUni

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3. When you refer to ‘tiebreaks’ between colleagues ‘scored’ for redundancy, we can explain why your quiz-show language is far from harmless. #DefendExeterUni

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Broadcaster, scientist, and author Adam Rutherford has just sent this letter to senior leaders of Exeter Uni on behalf of its glittering signatories, who include Stephen Fry, Alice Roberts, Rob Macfarlane, Samira Ahmed, Emily Wilson, Marina Warner, Natalie Haynes…