Pierre Chambert-Protat
I suggest the scholars who contributed to uncover the details of the #ReceptioGate be nominated for the 2022 Nobel Prize of Philology awarded by the very real International Philology Society 😏
Dec 27, 2022 at 8:55amWeb
Show threadPierre Chambert-ProtatDec 27, 2022

On the #ReceptioGate see Peter Kidd's initial post:
https://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2022/12/nobody-cares-about-your-blog.html

And his summary of what happened in the hours that followed:
1. https://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-receptio-rossi-affair-part-i-staff.html
2. https://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-receptio-rossi-affair-part-ii.html
3. https://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-receptio-rossi-affair-iii-my.html
4. https://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-receptio-rossi-affair-iv-my.html
5. https://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-receptio-rossi-affair-part-v.html
6. https://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-receptio-rossi-affair-vi-backstory.html

"Nobody cares about your blog!"

Show threadPierre Chambert-ProtatDec 27, 2022

Following up on the #ReceptioGate, @aaronm and maybe others have noted that Receptio claims to have ties with the “International Society of Philology”, which awards a “Nobel Prize of Philology”… but that whole thing itself is made up, for reasons unclear (scam? delusions of grandeur?)

I recommend reading this, you're in for a ride 🍿
👉 https://www.scena9.ro/en/article/romanian-academy-nobel-florent-montaclair-chomsky

The Fake Nobel that Duped the Romanian Academy

A Frenchman with a penchant for vampires invented a university and a gold medal, with which he tricked institutions, publications, and important intellectuals.

Show threadCorneliagracchiDec 27, 2022
@chaprot @aaronm This gets curiouser and curiouser…