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April 2016

April 21, 2016

Consensus is Part of the Scholarly Method

An article in Real Clear Science highlighted that consensus-building is part of the scientific method. Alex...

February 2016

February 20, 2016

When Academics Play RPGs

This sample of how a role playing game works made me laugh. Does anyone know...

February 08, 2016

Informal Discourse for Academics

February 03, 2016

Jewish Christianity and the Origins of Islam #CFP

I had the above video of a roundtable discussion of "Jewish Christianity and the Origins...

January 2016

January 27, 2016

How to E-Mail a Professor

Sometimes we neglect to explain how to do something, assuming that it should be common...

January 26, 2016

Evangelical Fear of Scholarship

Two different people suggested that this quote should be turned into a meme. It is from...

January 21, 2016

What My Desk Says About Me

I confess that my desk is covered in books, and papers from last semester and...

January 17, 2016

Methodological Atheism and Agnosticism in the Study of Religion

Academic study focuses on the world of cause and effect, on evidence and probability. And...

January 16, 2016

Sabbatitude

Most of you will be aware that I was on sabbatical last semester. My department...

January 11, 2016

Passive-Aggressive Voice

Via $%@! Academics Say. There is also version not customized for academics (although it may...

January 11, 2016

Butler University Searching for an Associate Provost

I am on the search committee that will be looking for a new associate provost at...

January 05, 2016

Skepticism and Consensus

"Nevertheless the opinion of experts, when it is unanimous, must be accepted by non-experts as...

December 2015

December 22, 2015

Sci-Fi CFPs

Several calls for papers came to my attention recently. One is a repeat of a...

December 21, 2015

Research in Religious Studies Conference #CFP

Jim Linville shared the poster above, which is a great opportunity for students of religion at...

December 14, 2015

End of Semester Bingo

From My Free Bingo Cards. Although I have not been teaching this semester, I can relate...

December 12, 2015

Take a Day Off

Academics who are finishing classes and gearing up for grading, I strongly recommend that you...

December 08, 2015

Do You Still Believe?

December 06, 2015

Presenting Your Findings

December 03, 2015

Jedi vs. Professors

This cartoon from PHD Comics will help you tell the difference, while also noticing the...

November 2015

November 27, 2015

Blogging the #AARSBL15 Blogger Session

Rick Brannan and Chris Brady both shared their papers from this year's Blogger and Online...

November 23, 2015

What I Tell My Students: #AARSBL15 Mentoring Luncheon

The SBL student advisory board put together a wonderful luncheon with great speakers who gave...

October 2015

October 31, 2015

Museum of Science Fiction Journal of Science Fiction

Via Religion CFP and Penn English CFP, I learned that a new journal is being launched:...

October 19, 2015

New Journal: Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies

April DeConick shared the news on her blog that E. J. Brill is launching a...

October 10, 2015

Syriac Summer School

VHMML has added a range of resources to its website, including a school for learning...

October 09, 2015

Sagan on Scholarship

This quote from Carl Sagan sums up well a point I have tried to make...

September 2015

September 28, 2015

NASSCAL (North American Society for the Study of Christian Apocryphal Literature)

It isn't NASCAR (although there was some discussion of whether it would be mostly funny or...

September 26, 2015

#YCAS2015 Sixth Panel

After the coffee break, Dominique Côté spoke about the Pseudo-Clementine literature, and the question of...

September 26, 2015

#YCAS2015 Fifth Panel

The morning of the second day of the York Christian Apocrypha Symposium began with Gregory...

September 25, 2015

#YCAS2015 Third Panel

The session after lunch began with Brandon Hawk talking about the use of apocryphal narratives...

September 25, 2015

#YCAS2015 Second Panel

The first paper in the second session at the York Christian Apocrypha Symposium was by...

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