Sarah Porter

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asst prof religious studies, gonzaga u early christianity // material culture // archaeology

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Sarah Porter@portersf· Mar 30

It's @sarahebond.bsky.social day at Gonzaga!

A very yellow flyer with a falling, broken column capital ripped straight from the cover of Sarah Bond's book. This flyer advertises Prof Bond's lecture "A History of Rome in 5 Strikes" today at GU!

Sarah Porter@portersf· Mar 5

submiiiiiiit #aarsbl26 #sblaar26 #affectivespaces #ancientreligion

A graphic soliciting SBL proposals for the Space, Place, & Lived Experience in Antiquity unit by March 9. 1) A panel on space, place, affect, and atmosphere. Possible treatments might be the relation of space, place, affect as they relate to spooky or haunted places; terrifying spaces and experiences of terror; disgusting spaces; ones that are associated with ecstasy; spaces associated with insanity and its experiences; etc. Proposals should include a statement of the theoretical apparatus (for example, cognitive science, Deleuzian frameworks, psychological theories, biological frameworks, etc.) deployed to discuss such dimensions; 2. Open call.

Sarah Porter@portersf· Jan 21

Anddd it worked. Many darlings were killed / saved for a different article.

The strips of paper with paragraphs on them are now arranged in different tidy groups on my floor. Floor = Turkish rug with lots of colors: bright green, sky blue, marigold, and a deep pink.

Sarah Porter@portersf· Jan 21

the Muehlberger Method (tm) @emuehlbe.bsky.social

I cut up a draft to rearrange it on the floor. This photo shows stage 1: a bunch of paragraphs on different slips of paper, all heaped into a pile all over my desk. Chaos reigns.

Sarah Porter@portersf· Dec 16

A screenshot from AbeBooks. To the left: an image of a book cover. It says "World Religions Made Easy: An Easy-to-Understand Pocket Guide" with a picture of candles. A little "sticker" printed on the cover says, "Includes 7 pull-out charts of fifteen truths about Jesus." Underneath, it says, "Stock Image."

In the book details: John Chrysostom, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Volume 9, First Series: On the Priesthood; Ascetic Treatises; Select Homilies and Letters; Homilies and Satues [A Select Library of the Christian Church]. The book costs $27.00.

Sarah Porter@portersf· Dec 8

archivists and users of archives! this is an archaeological fieldbook in french. i am having trouble with a word. can you help me discern it? see alt text for more. #history #french

With apologies for the bad resolution, I believe these lines say: "qui semble composé de petits [???] de marbre vert de mauvaise qualité." Can you help me figure out the little [???s]?

Sarah Porter@portersf· Mar 7

@sarahebond.bsky.social on @jiatolentino.bsky.social's desk?! in Vogue?! we love a crossover.

screenshot of a photograph from Vogue Philippines' instagram from a feature of Jia Tolentino. in the photo is a white desk surface with five books visible: Carriére's Chronicle of a Trial, Curtis Sittenfeld's Show Don't Tell, Charlotte Wood's Stone Yard Devotional, Sarah Bond's Strike, and one in the back that I can't see very well.

Sarah Porter@portersf· Mar 3

1. are you thinking about ruins? 2. are you thinking about intersectionality and ancient cities? 3. (invited) 4. are you thinking about space, place, and lived experience in antiquity?? Join us! #aarsbl25 #sblaar25

Description: This unit seeks to engage diverse methodological and theoretical perspectives on social practices in antiquity as mediated through place or larger spatial frameworks. Presentations exploring the creation, use, or understanding of space or place through material remains and/or texts are welcome.

Call for papers: 1. Reflecting on ruins. Ancient and modern reflections on ruins, ruination, and ruined spaces often diverge considerably. We anticipate proposals that explore this gap between ancient and modern theorizations of ruins. Do theories of ruins/ruination developed for the industrial and post-industrial world offer insights for ancient datasets? Can ancient reflections on ruins speak to contemporary ruin theory? We also welcome proposals on specific archaeological sites or ancient literary discourses of ruins. Theoretical frameworks informed by gender, trauma, occupation, and war are especially sought. 2. The Social Scientific Criticism of the New Testament and Space. Place, and Lived Experience in Antiquity Units are pleased to announce a joint session dedicated to the theme of intersectionality and urban space in Common Era Antiquity. The session will be a combination of invited contributions as well as papers accepted for presentation. We invite proposals for papers that consider ways in which shared urban spaces such as marketplaces, crossroads, streets, cemeteries, shops, cauponae, insulae, domus, harbors, prisons, etc. furnished places for dynamic construction and signaling of socio-religious identities. 3. A book panel on Mark Lester’s Deuteronomy and the Material Transmission of Tradition (Leiden: Brill, 2024) held jointly with the Book of Deuteronomy unit. Panelists will be invited. 4. Finally, we have an open call on space, place, and lived experience in antiquity. Successful proposals will include a clearly stated theoretical framework and an explanation of the link to “lived experience.”

Sarah Porter@portersf· Dec 12

here's a picture of my dog, and i'll just put the image desc here: photo taken from behind of a large-ish black and white dog (Luna) on a blue leash, walking a sidewalk triumphantly, holding a stick that's twice her size, like all of us

Sarah Porter@portersf· Nov 26

so is mine 💕

Sarah Porter@portersf· Oct 25

alas, neither st. lucy nor hypatia were summoned...but i did get to read some tarot!

in the foreground, a round table with votive and taper candles and draped in crimson and gold. if you look closely, you can see a saucer with two eyeballs on it. in the background, a fireplace draped in purple twinkle lights. spooky!

Sarah Porter@portersf· Sep 17

blueya

Sarah Porter@portersf· Feb 17

@emuehlbe.bsky.social thought of your "imagination, space, and filth" article last night when this guy died in the Yellowstone ep i was watching (yes i KNOW it's repub show)

screenshot of Yellowstone. A man with grey hair and glasses is sitting on a toilet saying "i don't want to die on a fucking toilet." (he will die on a fucking toilet in just a second. but he abducted the guy's son!!!)

Sarah Porter@portersf· Dec 5

obsessed with these lowkey disturbing holiday cards a long-ago friend is selling www.redbubble.com/people/acsb9...

small shocked gnome with red hat against a black background. a terrible teethy face grins from the darkness. text: "christmas eve will find me."

Sarah Porter@portersf· Sep 19

it's week 4 - time for one of my good ole "this is how we seminar" games