#Literature

Erkhyan Rafosa

Erkhyan

I hate the argument that all cultures absorb external influences, not because it’s wrong, but because it often ignores nuance.External influences absorbed through grassroots adoption and external influences being mandated

Thomas J. Leeper

thosjleeper

There's a weird thing in political science literature where people do observational causal inference but avoid causal language and opt instead for the language of predictive modelling but then don't

Sarah J Tracy 🌵

SarahJTracy

One of the main things that stops good #qualitative research from being GREAT is that people get stuck during that ephemeral step between coding/thematizing and interpretation/claim-making.Some musings and tips to

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

1/24 Today, I will examine the notion of "iltizam" (Arabic for commitment/adherence). I will show that iltizam is a clichéd historical narrative, often employed by historians and literary scholars to

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Eliishama

The Jews expecting the coming of a prophet wasn’t exclusive to the Jews of Arabia, this tradition is very old and even present in second temple Jewish literature and alluded

R. M. Francis

RMFrancis

We're just one month away from @WolvesLitFest and this year I'm sharing a stage with @HelenCalcutt at this event - http://www.wolvesliteraturefestival.co.uk/events/readings-from-rmfrancis-and-helen-calcutt.htmlThere's tons to se

thepurplebindi

Factualpwrcrown

Unpopular opinion: Varna edition.In ancient India, the mostly impermeable membrane of varna-based occupation led to the honing of expertise over generations. Parents acting as mentors to their children-apprentices meant selfless

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SaltyCStar

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to rename buildings memorializing eugenicists. The history is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most

Elizabeth Humphrys

anintegralstate

In the last few days a number of academics have talked about how the current higher ed system is will loose its egalitarian nature if the proposed changes to the

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JonathanTummons

I have seen a bunch of tweets about communities of practice recently – so here is a reminder that theory is only worth using if you are going to use

John Peterson

thejohnpeterson

The pro-secondary-sources, 'you need to read our introductions first' side of this argument is a kind of neo-scholasticism, all about extracting the syllogisms from books and neatly categorizing and labeling

Dr. Matt, Buddhism stirred not shaken

mattdmilligan

So the Mūlasarvāstivāda-vinaya has a good number of references to festivals occurring at stūpa-s. These seem to have been big thangs with vendors, waived taxes, and so forth. The Chinese

Kate Harding

KateHarding

Thread: In no particular order, 13 books by independent presses available from 13 independent bookstores I love #indiesXindies 1/13 My Autobiography of Carson McCullers, by @JennShapland, pub. @Tin_House . Buy

Classics at UAlberta

ClassicsAlberta

Now, let’s meet another of our academic teaching staff (non-permanent, non tenure-track academics with a focus on teaching), @KatyMackay Katy Mackay is an Associate Lecturer and has taught Classics (Latin,

Dr Sam Hirst

RomGothSam

Tomorrow's there's an online class on The Russian Gothic FantasticIf you'd like to come and you haven't already got a link, just write a little message below.The classes are at

Pavel Iosad

anghyflawn

One of the things really being laid bare in the school results fiasco is the widespread belief that high-stakes final exams are the 'real' measure of achievement (or even ability).

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