Aditi Rao

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mostly tweeting. classics phd + union organizer @pr*ncton. philly, pa.

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🚨Out now on Everyday Orientalism: ‘In the Presence of Absence’: On Classics & Palestine Part 2 by @aditilrao.bsky.social حضرة الغياب: في الكلاسيكيات وفلسطين - الجزء الثاني everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2024/06/25/i...

‘In the Presence of Absence’: On Classics and Palestine Part 2everydayorientalism.wordpress.com حضرة الغياب: في الكلاسيكيات وفلسطين - الجزء الثاني cover picture: Anonymous artist (used with permission) by Aditi Rao For Part 1 click here. It would be easy, perhaps, to assign the fateful label of ...

Of course states which naturalize absolute allegiance to cops, soldiers, and endless wars criminalize, institutionalize, and render infelicitous all divergence from their fabricated reality, however lucid, however resolute.

May we remember Aaron Bushnell’s name, and honor the memory of his desperate courage and uncommon conscience, as we live in the wake of all those martyred for this genocide.

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It is my pleasure to announce the program for ResDiff5 (March 22, 2024), an annual digital conference addressing inequity in classics, which I co-organize with Joseph Romero. Keynote: Dominic Machado (@dominicmachado.bsky.social). resdifficiles.com/res-diff-5-2...

Nah we’re absolutely not going to start calling the slaughter in Rafah last night “the Super Bowl massacre” as if this genocide is only extant under the auspices of American spectatorship.

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They aren't reporting on the destruction of higher ed, they're actively participating in it.

we begged NYT to write about public universities, so their main HE reporter covers the new rules governing Florida's university system, doesn't even mention the abolition of all DEI programs, gives star billing to a Wayne State sociology prof who thinks the discipline has been hijacked by leftists

Florida Eliminates Sociology as a Core Course at Its Universitieswww.nytimes.com In December, Florida’s education commissioner wrote that “sociology has been hijacked by left-wing activists.”

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The recording of yesterday's In Solidarity with Palestine roundtable is now up on Youtube! You can access the link, together w a selection of resources 👇🏼 everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2024/01/12/i...

In Solidarity with Palestine: A Roundtable with the Critical Ancient World Studies Collective and Ev...everydayorientalism.wordpress.com Cover picture: Detail from a rendering of the Madaba Mosaic Map (Jordan, 6th c. CE), with "GAZA" partially written on the top lefthand side, above a fragmentary representation of the city; from Palmer...

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🚨SAVE THE DATE: Jan. 23 4-6pm GMT on Zoom In solidarity w Palestine : A rountable w Critical Ancient World Studies and Everyday Orientalism RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

folks @aia/scs, if u encounter a friendly non-signer, encourage them along. our field (+ its "progressive" caucuses) are lagging, woefully, behind peer disciplines speaking up on the genocide in Gaza + the necessity of academic free speech. lets turn up, on paper & beyond. forms.gle/kY4K3tYBbw7G...

Classicists and Ancient Historians in Solidarity with the people of Palestineforms.gle We, the undersigned classicists, ancient historians, and scholars of antiquities affirm our commitment to the Palestinian people, both in the face of the most recent acts of genocide instigated by the...

Got doxxed, rip, pls do the thing and report the post on twitter if you are able to! (lol @ this being my first post on here)

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