Philological Essayist @PhilologicalEssayist@qoto.org

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Fundraising campaign by an indigenous grassroots organization aimed at priting 2000 copies of a Nawat dictionary for free distribution. Nawat is the last, endangered Uto-Aztecan language in El Salvador. 👇

https://givebutter.com/TimumachtikanNawat?s=09

I have a little article on the history of translation in #Iranian cultures in Sonja Brentjes's new book on #sciences in #Islamicate societies:

Zeini, Arash. 2022. Multiple translation activities: Translation in Iranian cultures. In Sonja Brentjes (ed.), Routledge handbook on the sciences in Islamicate societies: Practices from the 2nd/8th to the 13th/19th centuries. Routledge.

https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-on-Science-in-the-Islamicate-World-Practices-from-the/Brentjes/p/book/9781138047594

The authorities in St. Petersburg are looking for the hackers responsible for recently hijacking screens at the Hermitage museum to display images of Russian war atrocities committed at Bucha. https://www.fontanka.ru/2023/01/31/72019754/

As some of you will know, I have just started my ERC Consolidator Grant project QurCan "The Canonization of the Qurʾānic Reading Traditions". I'm currently looking to fill two post-doctoral positions to join the project as soon as possible!

Retweets very much appreciated!

On the topic of macrons (◌̄, ¯, ¯: one of the #diacritics featured in the major latinization systems for #Ottoman Turkish, hence used e.g. in our https://github.com/QHOD/ota-keyboard input method), we learn from a nice editorial cartoon that those matter in other languages as well, namely for Māori: https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/24-01-2023/the-side-eye-the-stink-a. Thanks @klim for sharing #encoding #typography

New article out on my Substack site: 天學問答 - Argumentative Text Against Catholicism by Korean Scholar An Chŏngbok 安鼎福 from 1790 AD) - Part 1. Many more parts will follow. Read, and enjoy! Critical comments always welcome, as well as new subscribers to my (free, I may add) Substack newsletter! - Link: https://philologicaltryouts.substack.com/p/argumentative-text-against-catholicism .

THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE
1. Private School
2. Legacy Ivy admission
3. Nepotism hire
4. Seed capital from family money
5. Club memberships
6. Personal assistant, nanny, ghostwriter
7. Journalists who ask “what’s your secret?” and uncritically publish the lame answer

Why are textbooks that are supposed to be "An Introduction to Koranic and Classical Arabic" demonstrably wrong about the same same corpus it claims to describe.
Q3:9 ʾinnaka ǧāmiʿu n-nāsi
Q37:38 ʾinnakum la-ḏāʾiqū l-ʿaḏābi l-ʿalīmi
Q38:59 ʾinnahum ṣālū n-nāri...
(Thackston)

Benzaiten is a Japanese goddess who rules over all that flows including learning, music, prosperity and love. She is the only female member of the seven lucky gods of Japan, and is derived from the Hindu river goddess Sarasvati who also rules over music, art and knowledge. You can read more about Benzaiten here:
http://www.curiousordinary.com/2020/04/a-benzaiten-pilgrimage.html
🎨1. 'Benzaiten' - Yashima Gakutei
2. 'Benzaiten Seated on a Dragon' - Keisei
#JapaneseFolklore @folklore #folklore #japodon #DailyFolklore #Japan #ukiyoe

On the modern "dialects" of #Pali across #SoutheastAsia and some additional resources for learning the scriptural language of #Theravada #Buddhism
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/essays/pali-resources_mazard

The open access Yearbook for Dutch #bookhistory is welcoming articles on controversy! Consult the #cfp at https://www.boekgeschiedenis.nl/call-for-papers-2024-ophef/ (scroll down for the English version) and submit your contribution! #BookHistodons @sclaeyssens @Cdemorree

There’s an absolutely astonishing story brewing in the medieval manuscripts world of a Potemkin Village scholarly institute built out of plagiarism and stock photos. I can scarcely do it justice except to link to Peter Kidd’s thorough deconstruction of #receptio #receptiogate

Part 1: https://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-receptio-rossi-affair-part-i-staff.html

Part 2: https://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-receptio-rossi-affair-part-ii.html

Part 3: https://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-receptio-rossi-affair-iii-my.html

Part 4: https://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-receptio-rossi-affair-iv-my.html

Part 5: https://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-receptio-rossi-affair-part-v.html