Summary: Faculty retreat, and Schrödinger’s Students.
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Mid-Atlantic SBL Call for Papers
Posted on August 27, 2010 by anummabrooke
Are you SBL? Are you Mid-Atlantic? Then this is for you. The Mid-Atlantic Region of the Society of Biblical Literature has issued their call for papers for the 2011 conference (PDF link). The conference is March 17–18. The due date for proposals is December 6 2010. The theme this year is “Religion and Embodiment,” and [...]
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This is What Grad School Means
Posted on August 25, 2010 by anummabrooke
Summary: Per Dr. Crazy, it means: the prof doesn’t “make class happen.” How do you communicate this in class?
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Pronouncing Sumerograms as Sumerograms?
Posted on August 24, 2010 by anummabrooke
Summary: Is there evidence that ancient scribes sometimes pronounced sumerograms as sumerograms, rather than as the Akkadian words they represent?
Filed under: Ancient Near East | Tagged: Akkadian, epigraphy, inscriptions, language | 3 Comments »
Studying Religion or Theology: What’s The Use?
Posted on August 23, 2010 by anummabrooke
Akma and Mark (links are to their home pages) shared a Facebook link to the Geek Muse: 100 Reasons to Study Theology and Religion: A Call for Comments. With religion and theology departments coming under the knife, Geek Muse calls for your arguments: how do these programs benefit our society? What good are they? Give [...]
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