Dr Laura Fernández-González
@laurafg.bsky.social
Associate Professor in the History of Art and Architecture, University of Lincoln,UK. Author: Philip II of Spain & the Architecture of Empire @PSUPress
#architecture #art #materialculture #iberianworld #globalhistory #latinamerica #Goa
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#architecture #art #materialculture #iberianworld #globalhistory #latinamerica #Goa
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The @scottpolar.bsky.social are looking for a librarian. This is a rare opportunity! Work with (probably) the world's largest dedicated polar library alongside archive and museum colleagues. The dream 😍
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Librarian
The Library of the Scott Polar Research Institute is one of the most comprehensive collections of published polar information in the world. This highly specialist reference collection, which attracts
www.cam.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The @scottpolar.bsky.social are looking for a librarian. This is a rare opportunity! Work with (probably) the world's largest dedicated polar library alongside archive and museum colleagues. The dream 😍
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And the news is... We're recruiting! Applications are now open for our 2026 @leverhulme.ac.uk Doctoral Scholarships. So, if you want to study at PhD level pre-modern handwritten cultures and the organisation of knowledge and power within them, do investigate our refreshed website.
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
And the news is... We're recruiting! Applications are now open for our 2026 @leverhulme.ac.uk Doctoral Scholarships. So, if you want to study at PhD level pre-modern handwritten cultures and the organisation of knowledge and power within them, do investigate our refreshed website.
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'THE’s analysis includes more than 120 institutions from the government’s gender pay gap service providing undergraduate education in 2024-25, and excludes school trusts and further education colleges.' 1/3
Gender pay gap growing across majority of UK universities
More than half of higher education institutions failed to improve gender pay equity last year
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
'THE’s analysis includes more than 120 institutions from the government’s gender pay gap service providing undergraduate education in 2024-25, and excludes school trusts and further education colleges.' 1/3
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Keen to explore maritime environments and histories without going to sea? The Royal Museums Greenwich Caird Fellowship deadline is 18 January 2026.
Fellowships at Royal Museums Greenwich
Apply for funding to support research at Royal Museums Greenwich through our Caird Research Fellowships
www.rmg.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Keen to explore maritime environments and histories without going to sea? The Royal Museums Greenwich Caird Fellowship deadline is 18 January 2026.
Gasped at this passage
‘Grief is a swallow’, he said, ‘One day you wake up and you think it’s gone, but it’s only migrated to some other place, warming its feathers. Sooner or later, it will return and perch in your heart again.’
Elif Shafak, 10 minutes, 38 seconds in This Strange World.
‘Grief is a swallow’, he said, ‘One day you wake up and you think it’s gone, but it’s only migrated to some other place, warming its feathers. Sooner or later, it will return and perch in your heart again.’
Elif Shafak, 10 minutes, 38 seconds in This Strange World.
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Gasped at this passage
‘Grief is a swallow’, he said, ‘One day you wake up and you think it’s gone, but it’s only migrated to some other place, warming its feathers. Sooner or later, it will return and perch in your heart again.’
Elif Shafak, 10 minutes, 38 seconds in This Strange World.
‘Grief is a swallow’, he said, ‘One day you wake up and you think it’s gone, but it’s only migrated to some other place, warming its feathers. Sooner or later, it will return and perch in your heart again.’
Elif Shafak, 10 minutes, 38 seconds in This Strange World.
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Hey historians 🗃️: Do you know of presses that publish short books (around 30K words / 90 pages plus notes)? I have been working on an article project that could easily turn into an great micro-history of that length, but I'm not sure it would make it to the usual full 60-90K words...
November 19, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Hey historians 🗃️: Do you know of presses that publish short books (around 30K words / 90 pages plus notes)? I have been working on an article project that could easily turn into an great micro-history of that length, but I'm not sure it would make it to the usual full 60-90K words...
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'The Casa de la Memoria is a museum, a research archive, a lending library, an events space and the hub for a volunteer-run organisation that has helped lead the charge against forgetting in Spain.'
The families of Franco’s victims still seeking justice 50 years after his death | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 7:40 AM
'The Casa de la Memoria is a museum, a research archive, a lending library, an events space and the hub for a volunteer-run organisation that has helped lead the charge against forgetting in Spain.'
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BREAKING: European Sleeper will start a Paris-Berlin sleeper train from 26 March 2026, after Nightjet pulls out in December.
It'll run via Brussels (with Eurostar connection from London) 3 times a week. This + existing train = Brussels-Berlin 6 times a week. www.europeansleeper.eu/paris
It'll run via Brussels (with Eurostar connection from London) 3 times a week. This + existing train = Brussels-Berlin 6 times a week. www.europeansleeper.eu/paris
November 12, 2025 at 7:16 AM
BREAKING: European Sleeper will start a Paris-Berlin sleeper train from 26 March 2026, after Nightjet pulls out in December.
It'll run via Brussels (with Eurostar connection from London) 3 times a week. This + existing train = Brussels-Berlin 6 times a week. www.europeansleeper.eu/paris
It'll run via Brussels (with Eurostar connection from London) 3 times a week. This + existing train = Brussels-Berlin 6 times a week. www.europeansleeper.eu/paris
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Do share this fully funded PhD (with stipend) in Architectures of the Global South as broadly conceived with people who maybe interested. It has Amit Srivastava, Peter Sciriver and Katherine Bartsch as supervisors in Adelaide University adelaideuni.edu.au/research/res...
Expression of interest | Adelaide University
adelaideuni.edu.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Do share this fully funded PhD (with stipend) in Architectures of the Global South as broadly conceived with people who maybe interested. It has Amit Srivastava, Peter Sciriver and Katherine Bartsch as supervisors in Adelaide University adelaideuni.edu.au/research/res...
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ICYMI yesterday afternoon a fantastic new digital resource pulling together data on the Roman road network has just launched. Explore at:
itiner-e
itiner-e.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:28 AM
ICYMI yesterday afternoon a fantastic new digital resource pulling together data on the Roman road network has just launched. Explore at:
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The great thing about working on early modern academia is you never know if the archive will a) overturn everything we thought we knew about early modern philosophy or b) be nothing but complaints about low pay
November 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
The great thing about working on early modern academia is you never know if the archive will a) overturn everything we thought we knew about early modern philosophy or b) be nothing but complaints about low pay
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The Scott Opler Fellowship in Architectural History for the Period 2026-2028
University of Oxford - Worcester College HR - Research Fellows www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH476/t... #skystorians 🗃️
University of Oxford - Worcester College HR - Research Fellows www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH476/t... #skystorians 🗃️
The Scott Opler Fellowship in Architectural History for the Period 2026-2028 at University of Oxford
Discover an exciting academic career path as a The Scott Opler Fellowship in Architectural History for the Period 2026-2028 at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The Scott Opler Fellowship in Architectural History for the Period 2026-2028
University of Oxford - Worcester College HR - Research Fellows www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH476/t... #skystorians 🗃️
University of Oxford - Worcester College HR - Research Fellows www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH476/t... #skystorians 🗃️
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'His book tour brought him to Cambridgeshire, where he would marry and have two children with Susannah Cullen, an Englishwoman from Ely. They settled in Soham, supported by a local network including abolitionist friends, safe...when reactionary “church and king” mobs were targeting reformers.' 1/3
Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student
Fitzwilliam Museum has uncovered student’s work from 1977 that revealed Cambridgeshire location of child’s burial place
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
'His book tour brought him to Cambridgeshire, where he would marry and have two children with Susannah Cullen, an Englishwoman from Ely. They settled in Soham, supported by a local network including abolitionist friends, safe...when reactionary “church and king” mobs were targeting reformers.' 1/3
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Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The value of public R&D
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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🚨🚨🚨 Major announcement!!!
I am extremely pleased to announce that HAA is searching for a senior, endowed position in premodern art or architecture. The subfield is wide open. Please spread the word and encourage curious scholars to write to me with questions! 🚨🚨🚨
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I am extremely pleased to announce that HAA is searching for a senior, endowed position in premodern art or architecture. The subfield is wide open. Please spread the word and encourage curious scholars to write to me with questions! 🚨🚨🚨
cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...
William S. Dietrich II Professor of Premodern Arts and/or Architecture
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
cfopitt.taleo.net
October 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🚨🚨🚨 Major announcement!!!
I am extremely pleased to announce that HAA is searching for a senior, endowed position in premodern art or architecture. The subfield is wide open. Please spread the word and encourage curious scholars to write to me with questions! 🚨🚨🚨
cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...
I am extremely pleased to announce that HAA is searching for a senior, endowed position in premodern art or architecture. The subfield is wide open. Please spread the word and encourage curious scholars to write to me with questions! 🚨🚨🚨
cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...
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www.sahgb.org.uk/whatson - @thesahgb.bsky.social has a busy autumn events programme - our seminar series with @IHR kicks off this Thursday!
Architectural History Events - SAHGB
Throughout the year, the society hosts numerous hybrid seminars, face-to-face visits and study days.
www.sahgb.org.uk
October 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
www.sahgb.org.uk/whatson - @thesahgb.bsky.social has a busy autumn events programme - our seminar series with @IHR kicks off this Thursday!
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There's more detail of the AHRC decisions here, and while the numbers still aren't great they do look somewhat better than the FOI table suggests.
October 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
There's more detail of the AHRC decisions here, and while the numbers still aren't great they do look somewhat better than the FOI table suggests.
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I can't decide whose head in early modern England would explode the most watching this video.
King Charles III prayed with Pope Leo XIV in the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, marking the first time in modern history that the leaders of the Anglican and Catholic churches prayed together. Read more: nyti.ms/4o5fFwI
October 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I can't decide whose head in early modern England would explode the most watching this video.
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Centre for the Art and Architectural History of Port Cities 'La Capraia', Naples: Call for 2026-27 research residencies for doctoral students. utdallas.app.box.com/v/LaCapraiaC...
Centro per la Storia dell’Arte e dell’Architettura delle Città Portuali “La Capraia”
The Center for the Art and Architectural History of Port Cities “La Capraia” is a partnership between The Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History, the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Franklin Univ...
arthistory.utdallas.edu
October 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Centre for the Art and Architectural History of Port Cities 'La Capraia', Naples: Call for 2026-27 research residencies for doctoral students. utdallas.app.box.com/v/LaCapraiaC...
It's lovely to see my book, 'Philip II of Spain and the Architecture of Empire', among excellent books in the 'new and best-selling books' from one of the Penn State University Press' subject series, namely, Art and Architectural History -Latin America, here: www.psupress.org/books/subjec...
PSU Press | Art History & Architecture-Latin American
A listing of the books published by Penn State University Press in the subject of Art History & Architecture-Latin American.
www.psupress.org
October 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It's lovely to see my book, 'Philip II of Spain and the Architecture of Empire', among excellent books in the 'new and best-selling books' from one of the Penn State University Press' subject series, namely, Art and Architectural History -Latin America, here: www.psupress.org/books/subjec...
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Today is the official release day of Modern Peru. There’s also a 50% off sale at @dukepress.bsky.social, so good time to get a copy.
www.dukeupress.edu/modern-peru
www.dukeupress.edu/modern-peru
Modern Peru: A New History
www.dukeupress.edu
October 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Today is the official release day of Modern Peru. There’s also a 50% off sale at @dukepress.bsky.social, so good time to get a copy.
www.dukeupress.edu/modern-peru
www.dukeupress.edu/modern-peru
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Job Ad❗Editor-in-Chief of the William and Mary Quarterly
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Editor of William and Mary Quarterly
Job Requisition: JR100984 Editor of William and Mary Quarterly (Open) Job Posting Title: Editor of William and Mary Quarterly Department: CC00007 WM001 | PRES | OIEAHC - Omohundro Institute Job Family...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Job Ad❗Editor-in-Chief of the William and Mary Quarterly
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🔴 ÚLTIMA HORA | Un intento de atraco en el Louvre lleva al cierre del museo durante todo el día elpais.com/cultura/2025-10...
Un intento de atraco en el Louvre lleva al cierre del museo durante todo el día
En el asalto no se han producido heridos
elpais.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🔴 ÚLTIMA HORA | Un intento de atraco en el Louvre lleva al cierre del museo durante todo el día elpais.com/cultura/2025-10...
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Yes, that was a strange noise.
No, we’re not going to check.
No, we’re not going to check.
October 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Yes, that was a strange noise.
No, we’re not going to check.
No, we’re not going to check.
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Fantastic essay on historical erasures and an amazing portrait of an enslaved man.
Uncovering the lives of enslaved people is incredibly important. Here’s a great example of such work. #arthistory
hyperallergic.com/1047549/port...
hyperallergic.com/1047549/port...
Portrait of Enslaved Man Dispels Years of Falsehoods
The truth of Frederick Baker’s life was long obscured by a whitewashed history perpetuated by the Longwood mansion in Mississippi, new research says.
hyperallergic.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Fantastic essay on historical erasures and an amazing portrait of an enslaved man.