Dr Laura Fernández-González
@laurafg.bsky.social
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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 Own views 🌈 she/her
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Cusco from the bell tower of the Church of San Cristóbal. Photo from 2022.
View of a rectangular plaza with two chuch façades with tower bells, and other municipal and residential buildings. Cerros (hills) on the horizon on a clear sky day, near the time of sunset.
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sarahebond.bsky.social
Today at @camunivmuseums.bsky.social’s Fitzwilliam, so of my favorite papyri @ ostraca go on display for “Made in Ancient Egypt” 3 October 2025 – 12 April 2026. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/made... The window 🪟 order is a famous one, but I also love the sick note from the Valley of the Kings. Daily life 💕
Ancient Egyptian ‘sick notes’ go on display in new Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition
'Made in Ancient Egypt', the new exhibition at The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge runs from 3 October 2025 – 12 April 2026. .
www.cam.ac.uk
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sadiahqureshi.bsky.social
I had a mid-career fellowship and it was exactly what I needed to finish my book. The BA application forms are far simpler than you might expect if you’ve only ever seen forms for other funders. So, if you’re eligible, do explore further. Best of luck if you apply.
hetanshah.bsky.social
We’ve opened a call for our British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships which enable established scholars to have the time to complete a significant piece of humanities or social sciences piece of research, through a one year period of leave
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships
The British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships are intended to enable established scholars, needing relief from teaching and administration, to have the time to bring to completion a signi...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
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earlymodernjohn.bsky.social
I'm very pleased to announce that the call for proposed Special Issues of the Historical Journal is now live, with a deadline of 12th December. Please do spread widely among your networks — @saracaputo.bsky.social and I look forward to reading your submissions! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Historical Journal Call for Special Issues
Welcome to Cambridge Core
www.cambridge.org
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jcblibrary.bsky.social
We have just launched our new application cycle for long- and short-term fellowships at the JCB!

Details at jcblibrary.org/fellowships/...
The image has pink and brown design elements, the JCB logo, and the text "Fellowship opportunities- Apply now!"
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mbarcia24.bsky.social
@yalebooks.bsky.social have outdone themselves with the cover of my new book. Out in January for anyone interested.
laurafg.bsky.social
2/2 and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner [that we deem appropriate]"
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1/2The Terms of Service include (among other things): " a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for us to use your Member Content …
laurafg.bsky.social
I’ve just sadly deleted my Academia. Edu account after many, many years. The new Terms of service made it untenable. Is there another place with similar reach/networks that works? Thank you.
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San Pedro de Lima, Peru. The Jesuit Basilica.

Chapel of Jesus Child and Our Lady of O

Below a close up of the image of the Altar of Our Lady of O; a painting of St Michael and Donor; and a painting of Our Lady of Rosary and Donor.

The donors’ portraits are wonderful!
A baroque gilded altarpiece with a wooden statue of Our Lady of O encircled by a golden wreath Painting found on the lateral wall of the chapel with a profusely decorated frame and a representation of St Michael and Donor draped with Indigenous garments Paining of Our Lady of Rosary with Donor frames by a profusely decorated baroque frame
laurafg.bsky.social
San Pedro de Lima, Peru. The Jesuit Basilica.

Chapel of Jesus Child and Our Lady of O

Below a close up of the image of the Altar of Our Lady of O; a painting of St Michael and Donor; and a painting of Our Lady of Rosary and Donor.

The donors’ portraits are wonderful!
A baroque gilded altarpiece with a wooden statue of Our Lady of O encircled by a golden wreath Painting found on the lateral wall of the chapel with a profusely decorated frame and a representation of St Michael and Donor draped with Indigenous garments Paining of Our Lady of Rosary with Donor frames by a profusely decorated baroque frame
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laurafg.bsky.social
Casa Aliaga, Lima.

It claims to be the oldest continuously inhabited house in the Americas since Geronimo de Aliaga built it. Likely built on the top of a Huaca; the house was rebuilt after the 1746 earthquake and thereafter.

This is the patio; stunning 1/3
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More interiors in the Casa Aliaga 3/3
laurafg.bsky.social
Casa Aliaga, Lima.

It claims to be the oldest continuously inhabited house in the Americas since Geronimo de Aliaga built it. Likely built on the top of a Huaca; the house was rebuilt after the 1746 earthquake and thereafter.

This is the patio; stunning 1/3
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eicathomefinn.bsky.social
Some (no doubt annoyingly) glass-half-full reflections on REF2029 pause, for academic and PS staff involved in HEI submission(s).

If, like me, you're having to deal with the hiatus in the known unknowns, what's a viable approach to take? Some very preliminary thoughts. 1/7
On the left, a wine glass half full (or is it half empty) with a red liquid; on the right, a bottle half full/half empty with the same red liquid. Because let's be frank, REF2029 is driving some to drink.
laurafg.bsky.social
An extraordinary piece indeed.
Model of the Holy Sepulchre Model of the Holy Sepulchre Model of the Holy Sepulchre
laurafg.bsky.social
Fabulous exhibition at the Museo Pedro de Osma in Barranco-Lima curated by Andrés de Leo and Diana Castillo Cerf
Interplay of mirrors and light with statues of of Our Lady  Mary Gallery interior with representations of Mary Model made of nacar, mother of pearl and olive tree wood of the st sepulchre Detail of a baroque gilded domestic altar
laurafg.bsky.social
More press news about my brother’s exhibition and his important work:

Javier Fergo o la lucha por un mundo más justo. Diario de Navarra

www.noticiasdenavarra.com/cultura/2025...
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Brief stopover at El Prado en route to Pamplona for my brother’s exhibition; the Guadalupe and the Veronese shows are amazing!
Large poster on a building with the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe announcing the Prado Museum show. On the background the façade of the Jerónimos Church Large poster for the Veronese exhibition at the Prado Museum
laurafg.bsky.social
The Spanish newspaper La Voz del Sur has published about Javier Fergo's exhibition. David Montes pens the article with interviews with Arturo Fernández, Director of the Festival Flamenco On Fire& Susana Girón, photojournalist, curator.

More (in Spanish) here: www.lavozdelsur.es/cultura/flam...
Title of the newspaper article and a photo of a lion in a cage in Ukraine from Javier Fergo's Refugee Animals project.
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thelondonarchives.bsky.social
🔍 Did you know that we have a searchable dataset that draws on records of Londoners of African, Caribbean, Asian and Indigenous heritage in our parish registers from 1561-1840?

The project started in 2000 and, thanks to our staff and volunteers, now has records of 2600 Londoners!

#SwitchingTheLens
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durhamhistory.bsky.social
🚨 JOB ALERT🚨
We are looking to hire an Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern). This Grade 8 open-ended position has an application deadline of 28/09/2025. Click below to learn more and apply. Please share widely!

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ050/a...
Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern) at Durham University
Apply now for the Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern) role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
www.jobs.ac.uk
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edmond-smith.bsky.social
Just a few days to go before the deadline - 25 August.

There's huge scope within the project to develop work related to trade, cross-cultural encounter and empire in the early modern world, in geographies stretching across Africa and Asia.

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Research Associate in Early Modern Global History:Oxford Road
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
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kbgraubart.bsky.social
Universities doubling down as public sentiment shifts away from dependence upon AI. This is the problem with the buy-in.
theonash.bsky.social
The University of Michigan is now claiming that students have an ‘ethical responsibility’ to use AI.
Questions to ask yourself
As GenAl poses to be a revolutionary tool that can change the academic space and beyond, it is important for you to understand why and how you intend to use these new, powerful tools. These are a few questions to consider and note that the answers to these questions will vary for each person.
• Is using a GenAl-based tool helping me learn more and think better?
• Is using a GenAl-based tool enabling or hindering my mastery of the stated course objectives?
• Is the content I generate accurate and verifiable? Is it free of biases that might harm other groups of society?
• How will I treat content that might have been generated using a GenAl-based tool?
• Is using a GenAl-based tool equitable to my peers in my course?
• How can my actions in using a GenAl-based tool lead to the greater good of society?
Understand that your usage of GenAl-based tools can give you the means to better not just yourself, but also society as a whole, and there is an ethical responsibility towards doing so.