Chaired Professor of Hebrew Bible & Ancient Religion. Geeky. Greeky. Atheist. Sideline in TV & Radio. #GodAnAnatomy: Winner of #PENHessellTiltman Prize 2022
UK. Exeter/London
Joined May 2011
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In the British Museum and spotted my book in the museum shop. And what a good-looking book it is, too
Prof Francesca Stavrakopoulou retweeted
This year's #NCFestival starts on Friday 6 Nov, 11am with Francesca Stavrakopoulou (@ProfFrancesca) talking with Helen Bond about her prizewinning and fascinating book, 'God: An Anatomy' (@picadorbooks, 2021), recently serialised on Radio 4. Book now 🎟️👇
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News emerging that Exeter University's teaching staff has been reduced. Culling the humanities is heartbreaking. It is also dangerous. My piece in the Spectator.
Prof Francesca Stavrakopoulou retweeted
From Exeter university where major cuts in the humanities incl theology were on the cards churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2…
She’s similar to Anat, yes. Some scholars have argued their names are related, but it’s not certain. It’s wonderful that Tanit lives on in the name of your parents’ village!
Thank you to everyone who stood up for us, wrote letters, signed the petition, and told the university exactly why what we do actually matters ❤️ 3/3
We're so relieved to keep our jobs, but totally gutted about losing our friends and comrades, worried about what the future holds for our disciplines, and utterly horrified at what university leadership has become … 2/3
Big news here yesterday: we’ve avoided compulsory redundancies - solely because some of our brilliant colleagues took voluntary redundancy … 1/3
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Why the VC and Exec Board of Exeter Uni needs the humanities: a very short thread.
1. When you tell us we’re ‘in scope’ for redundancy, we can parse your choice of violent language to show that the process you have triggered is predatory and combative. #DefendExeterUni
4. Screw it, with our cultural capital and media networks, we can even get game-show hosts and tv producers to tell you why. #DefendExeterUni
3. When you refer to ‘tiebreaks’ between colleagues ‘scored’ for redundancy, we can explain why your quiz-show language is far from harmless. #DefendExeterUni
2. When you commodify us in terms of ‘headcount’, we can use ancient imperial art to unpack the brutality of your language, its dehumanising impact, and the butchery of your project. #DefendExeterUni
Why the VC and Exec Board of Exeter Uni needs the humanities: a very short thread.
1. When you tell us we’re ‘in scope’ for redundancy, we can parse your choice of violent language to show that the process you have triggered is predatory and combative. #DefendExeterUni
