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John Penniman
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religious studies @Bucknellu | historian of Christianity in late antiquity | project director of Bucknell Health Humanities Initiative | rather be in Greece rn
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    John Penniman
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    Nov 28, 2023
    I will never recover from this student email.
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    John Penniman
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    Nov 28, 2023
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    big "seeing my name in the phone book" energy today.
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    John Penniman
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    Nov 28, 2023
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    15 years of yeoman's work here on the bird site and all it took was an accidental KO from a thoughtful student.
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    John Penniman
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    May 20, 2022
    my new favorite flower is the archaeological site poppy.
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    John Penniman
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    Nov 29, 2023
    Replying to @Jim_E_Miller
    hope you are well!
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    John Penniman
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    Nov 30, 2023
    Replying to @MadeleineHubSch
    time is a flat circle. none of us has aged a day since 2016.
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    John Penniman
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    Nov 30, 2023
    While visiting my parents over Thanksgiving, my father was eager to share something from Facebook that he thought was funny. It was a meme. That he had printed out. On paper. To show me. "I love a good Venn Diagram," he said.
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    John Penniman
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    Nov 29, 2023
    Replying to @diogeron
    it is a class on the New Testament!
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    John Penniman
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    Jan 11, 2022
    Very happy to have it official: I'm leading a team of humanities professors @BucknellU who are developing a Health Humanities curriculum. We hope to bolster the liberal arts here while also engaging the local community. Grateful to @NEHgov for the support.
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    National Endowment for the Humanities
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    Jan 11, 2022
    Today: @NEHgov announces $24.7 million in new #NEHgrant awards to support 208 humanities projects nationwide. Grants will support #humanities initiatives at college campuses, innovative digital resources, infrastructure projects, and more: bit.ly/33plpgh
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    John Penniman
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    May 9, 2022
    please god no i just wanted a coffee
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    John Penniman
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    Feb 21, 2022
    I'm presenting some current research on pharmacology and ritual here @ASCSAthens, hosted by the Gennadius Library, on March 8th at 7p (Athens time). It's titled: "The Residue of Eden: Myth and Medicine in Early Christian Anointing Practices." Zoom link!👇 ascsa.edu.gr/events/details…
    A man processing olive oil to use for medicine from folio 225V of the Pierpont Morgan Library Dioscorides (mid 10th c. CE)
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    John Penniman
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    May 16, 2022
    Does this Roman graffito say “and hot tourists” or “and not tourists”?
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    John Penniman
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    May 20, 2022
    Replying to @Historiographos
    In case you need further evidence, here are some show-stopping poppies from Ostia, Corinth, Acrocorinth.
    Poppies lining a wall along the street at Ancient Ostia.
    Poppies at Ancient Corinth, looking up to Acrocorinth.
    Poppies atop Acrocorinth. Looking out across the landscape from high above.
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    John Penniman
    @Historiographos
    Dec 1, 2023
    solidarity to all those who came of age in the latter days of the 1900s!
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