Friday Varia and Quick Hits
It’s mosquito season here in North Dakotaland and even simple pleasures like walking the dogs or having a beer in the backyard become devolve into feeding frenzies for our thirsty friends.
To be honest, it’s a bit of blessing because this is a hectic weekend. I’m starting to feel the looming semester as well as the pressure to complete a few projects that had plenty of time around them just a bit earlier this summer. If you check back on the blog next week, there might even be a bit of a sneak peak!
There are also some enjoyable distractions this weekend with Formula 1 back in Austria for the second race of their double header, test cricket, and NASCAR all tempting me to my comfy chair for a few hours. Here’s something that I wrote about the England – West Indies Test.
Hopefully your weekend has some time on comfy chairs or outside or doing whatever brings you joy!
Here are this week’s quick hits and varia:
Open Letters are coming thick and fast this summer. Here are three more:
America’s international students are facing deportation. This is a disaster.
Famine and Plague in Byzantium Seminar in Ankara on the Zooms: Here’s some of what I think I know about the topic.
Intersectional Orientalism and Sexism in a Museum Exhibition.
Who Writes about Archaeology? An Intersectional Study of Authorship in Archaeological Journals
Materiality and memory of ancient Near Eastern inscribed private objects.
A good week for Shawn Graham:
Greek Traditional Building Practices Workshop
What I’m reading: Justin Leidwanger, Roman Seas:A Maritime Archaeology of Eastern Mediterranean Economies (2020).
What I’m listening to: Cloud Nothings, The Black Hole Understands.
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