Sat. Sep 5th, 2026

News and Events

Göttingen AT IG post
Comparative Semitics Digital Humanities Hebrew Bible News and Events Semester in Review Travel

Research Update (2025-2026)

TL;DR This post provides a research update on how I spent the previous academic year. Here are the highlights:Passed comprehensive…

Afro-Asiatic
News and Events Travel

Summer 2025, NACAL 48, and Comps

Introduction This post offers a brief update on my recent academic travels over the past four months—primarily for conferences and…

Strasbourg PPT, First Slide
Hebrew Bible History of Scholarship News and Events Travel

An Academic Pilgrimage: Germany Summer 2025

TL;DR: For the past few weeks, I’ve traveled to Stuttgart, Tübingen, Berlin, Wittenberg, Erfurt, Heidelberg, Strasbourg, Göttingen, and Hamburg, including…

Drs. Talia and Cook at Dr. Talia's retirement party.
News and Events Semester in Review

Semester in Review: Spring 2025 at JHU

Introduction For the past two years, I’ve written “Semester in Review” posts about my coursework at Johns Hopkins (Fall 2023…

AOS 235 (2025)
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235th Annual Meeting of the AOS (2025)

From April 9–12, 2025, I attended the 235th Annual Meeting of the American Oriental Society in Boston, presenting my research…

PTS Image 2025
News and Events Travel

JHU-PTS Doctoral Symposium

One week ago, I presented a lecture at the first annual Johns Hopkins-Princeton Theological Seminary Doctoral Symposium for Hebrew Bible/Old…

News and Events Archive:

  • Apr. 2025: 235th Annual Meeting of AOS (here).
  • Jan. 2025: Fall 2024 Semester in Review (here).
  • Nov. 2024: First SBL presentation (here).
  • Nov. 2024: Touring Monticello, UVA, Jefferson Vineyards (here).
  • Oct. 2024: Selected as 2024 Samuel Iwry Fellow at JHU (here).
  • Sep. 2024: Running my first half marathon (here).
  • Sep. 2024: Spring and Summer 2024 Semesters in Review at JHU (here).
  • Feb. 2024: Two New (Online) Publications (here).
  • Jan. 2024: Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania (here).
  • Jan. 2024: Fall 2023 Semester in Review at JHU (here).
  • Nov. 2023: Starting the Digital Studies Online Library (here).