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Asst Professor @FSUReligion. Historian of religion(s). Roman religion. On and off again relationship with ancient magic.

[Mötley Drüe @drewdar]

Hottest take so far.

[Sam Haselby @samhaselby]

tbf, U Chicago going Claude could improve its Econ Dept's output.

[John Oliver @iamjohnoliver]

Hello again! Here's our piece from Sunday about Twitter. Bye! https://t.co/KqA7EUY18B

[Mötley Drüe @drewdar]

Ha! This totally made my summer!

[Harvard University Press @Harvard_Press]

When prescribing the dimensions of the Loeb Classical Library series, James Loeb remarked that they should be "handy books of a size that would fit in a gentleman's pocket."

Of course, he likely meant a coat pocket, but these variations are acceptable.

Credit: @_31BCE @kittyk0zume @booksoftitans @drewdar

[Mötley Drüe @drewdar]

@davidwengrow fighting the good fight here. The ideology underlying Indo-European “homeland” was set into stark relief for me in a seminar I took years ago with Bruce Lincoln. Especially we read Stefan Arvidsson’s Aryan Idols: Indo-European Mythology as Ideology and Science.

[David Wengrow @davidwengrow]

White supremacists - as the replies to my tweet show - have imagined it precisely to be a “homeland” belonging to a single people, language, and culture. Note the conclusions of Bruce Lincoln, who devoted much of his life to Indo-European studies:

[David Wengrow @davidwengrow]

White supremacists - as the replies to my tweet show - have imagined it precisely to be a “homeland” belonging to a single people, language, and culture. Note the conclusions of Bruce Lincoln, who devoted much of his life to Indo-European studies:

[Russell McCutcheon @McCutcheonSays]

@RColesworthy We’re all writing for the generations to come. Peers already know what they think (or think they know…). But those new to the game are looking for possibilities and our job is to provide examples of how it can be done differently.

[Walter Scheidel @WalterScheidel]

It’s actually a bit disturbing that the authors didn’t specify the period (1900-1969) in the title, and instead claim that they show how socio-economic background “shapes” (rather than ‘shaped’) academia, even though even the most recent cohort in this survey is dead or retired.

[FSU Department of Religion @FSUReligion]

There's still time to apply to @FSUReligion's graduate program! Our highly regarded program offers full funding for both MA and PhD students. The application deadline is January 15, 2025. Visit https://t.co/n11gEUi0lM for more info or contact Matthew Goff at [email protected].

[Mötley Drüe @drewdar]

@paulmrenfro @dnewheiser @iamalda I second this.

[Mötley Drüe @drewdar]

Register here: https://t.co/y4Xq85UC8T

[Mötley Drüe @drewdar]

NAASR Annual Conference starts today with our online program! @NAASReligion

[Mötley Drüe @drewdar]

This Friday @ FSU!

[Mötley Drüe @drewdar]

@MarshCunningham @UChiDivinity So happy to hear (mahpet)!

[Mötley Drüe @drewdar]

Still the the third best day of my
life. He’s missed! #bullshitjobs

[NAASR @NAASReligion]

We are thrilled to announce the full program for #NAASR2024 Interlocutions, which includes both the virtual, pre-conference events on Nov. 16 AND the in-person program for our meeting in San Diego!

Full program: https://t.co/lSYQ39wpPN

A thread with more details👇:

[Mötley Drüe @drewdar]

“[O]ne cannot rewrite history.” Says the guy who in this video is rewriting history.

[Ryan Walters @RyanWalters_]

Oklahoma kids will learn that the Bible and the Ten Commandments are foundational for western civilization. The left is upset, but one cannot rewrite history.

[Mötley Drüe @drewdar]

Choose soccer over the debate! #CopaAmèrica #Uruguay #Bolivia #Debates2024

[NAASR @NAASReligion]

Craig Martin’s Presidential Address, “Imagining NAASR: Pasts and Futures”, is available now on Youtube! Access it here: https://t.co/3JBQvXTCSH

[Tyler Austin Harper @Tyler_A_Harper]

If you are an academic lambasting the “white privilege” of the economics professor who got violently arrested while trying to intervene on behalf of a student also getting violently arrested, I’d kindly invite you to stop being an embarrassment to our profession. Please. Thanks.

[Mötley Drüe @drewdar]

The Hello Fresh box is here!

[Author Benjamin Ryan @brclothwrites]

— “Thanks for the invite! I had fun 🥰”