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Decided I need a T-shirt that reads: "Don't mess with me, man. I'm a philologist."

If this is "news" to you, you may want to take some time to learn about the history of #MycobacteriumLeprae & #MycobacteriumLepromatosis. And #zoonotics. theguardian.com/us-news/2023/a…

New funding from The Medieval Academy: The Fellows Fund will support two annual awards for members who do not have access to research funding. Two awards of $5,000 will be granted annually to Ph.D. candidates and/or non-tenure-track scholars to support research in medieval studies.

Uh-oh, this will be a weekly point of pride to keep this up. #NYTFlashback #twitterstorians

Very much hoping that the search committees for these #EnvironmentalHistory jobs are considering #DiseaseHistory as part of their remit. There's a whole new world of scholarship now that needs to be incorporated into every curriculum.

"At Fort Qaitbay in Rashid ... visitors will soon be able to stand where the Rosetta Stone is thought to have been found, point their smartphones at a QR code and watch the stone pop out of their screens in an augmented-reality installation." nytimes.com/2023/08/11/art…

#kzoo24 CFP! Our Foremothers Society sessions this year will honor Monica H Green, PhD #VaxTheWorld, and the (many!) ways in which her scholarship and teaching have benefited others. See roundtable descriptions in thread:

‘We can get to zero deaths’: Phoenix heat tsar sees livable future for US’s hottest city theguardian.com/us-news/2023/a…

Oh, what a pity. Article title: "Proposed Principles for International Bioethics Conferencing: Anti-Discriminatory, Global, and Inclusive", tandfonline.com/eprint/AS4WNYR… Article cost:

This doesn't address the crisis in the #Humanities, which means it's no commentary on whether higher ed as currently configured will (or even should) survive. Still, this is important data. nytimes.com/2023/08/21/opi…

On The Sixtieth Anniversary of the March on Washington aaihs.org/on-the-sixtiet…

Hardly unexpected, but sobering nonetheless: sustained transmission of #SARSCoV2 among N American white-tailed deer: nature.com/articles/s4146… #histmed #PandemicThinking