I’ve had some time of the last couple weeks to slowly start to catch up on my reading. This means randomly flailing about and reading articles, books for next semester, parts of Didier Eribon’s Returning to Reims, and short stories from the latest Conjunctions. So here goes my most recent reads: Article the First Theodoros… Read More →
I’ve been writing. Not quite frantically, but consistently over the last few weeks and that has cut a bit into my reading time. The issue of writing versus reading balance continues to be a challenge. I find it easier to find time to write — even just for a half an hour — than to… Read More →
In a rare and exotic digression of my traditional alliterative practice, today is a three things TUESDAY. Oh yeah! This is mostly to celebrate that I’m somehow gotten back into the habit of reading again! Thing the First It’s always a chance to celebrate when there’s some survey archaeology in the American Journal of Archaeology… Read More →
Lately, I’ve struggled a bit to find the enjoyment in writing. I’m not exactly sure what the deal is. Perhaps I’ve been writing too much technical stuff and not enough creative stuff. Maybe I’m just feeling a bit like I’m on a treadmill or writing too far ahead of my reading. Whatever the reason, I’m… Read More →
One of the challenges of a summer reading list is staying to true to it enough to get through at least some of it while also being flexible enough to read unexpected books that come my way. Catherine Keane’s More than a Church: Late Antique Ecclesiastical Complexes in Cyprus (2024) is just such a book.… Read More →
As I’m settling in Cyprus, I’ve been reading a few recent articles on Cypriot things that have piqued my imagination a bit. There are three pieces in particular that feel like a good place to start a short, but fun “three things Thursday”: Thing the First I was intrigued by a recent article by Rafael… Read More →
Last week, I posted a draft of the first of two proposal drafts for the Polis project on Cyprus. Here is the second one. We have a rather ambitious plan to get these two volumes submitted over the next two years. This might seem a bit unrealistic, but volume one is almost done and we… Read More →
I will admit that it’s taking me a bit longer to get my feet under me this summer than I would have liked. Every year travel gets a bit harder and it takes me a bit longer to recover. To make matters just a bit more complicated, I also feel a bit more pressure each… Read More →
I know that my posts here have become increasing far afield from my core training in Mediterranean archaeology, but as my summer plans take shape it feels useful to remember (for myself? for my readers?) that I’m trying to keep a toe in the Mediterranean archaeology game. Scott Moore and I plan to complete some… Read More →
It’s been a long time in the works, but the second Pyla-Koutsopetria volume is almost done and should get submitted this spring. I realize, of course, that this project had been pushed so far to the back burner that some of you may have lost track of it entirely. To rectify this and to maintain… Read More →
