ICYMI yesterday afternoon a fantastic new digital resource pulling together data on the Roman road network has just launched. Explore at:

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

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 🗃️

'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

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...

🚨🚨🚨 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...

www.sahgb.org.uk/whatson - @thesahgb.bsky.social has a busy autumn events programme - our seminar series with @IHR kicks off this Thursday!

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.

I can't decide whose head in early modern England would explode the most watching this video.

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...

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

Job Ad❗Editor-in-Chief of the William and Mary Quarterly williammary.wd12.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WM/det...

🔴 ÚLTIMA HORA | Un intento de atraco en el Louvre lleva al cierre del museo durante todo el día elpais.com/cultura/2025-10...

Yes, that was a strange noise. No, we’re not going to check.

Fantastic essay on historical erasures and an amazing portrait of an enslaved man.

Cusco from the bell tower of the Church of San Cristóbal. Photo from 2022.

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 💕

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.

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...

We have just launched our new application cycle for long- and short-term fellowships at the JCB! Details at jcblibrary.org/fellowships/...

@yalebooks.bsky.social have outdone themselves with the cover of my new book. Out in January for anyone interested.

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.

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!

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!

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

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

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

Fabulous exhibition at the Museo Pedro de Osma in Barranco-Lima curated by Andrés de Leo and Diana Castillo Cerf

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...

Brief stopover at El Prado en route to Pamplona for my brother’s exhibition; the Guadalupe and the Veronese shows are amazing!

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...

🔍 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

🚨 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...

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...

Universities doubling down as public sentiment shifts away from dependence upon AI. This is the problem with the buy-in.

Professur für Archäologie der schriftlosen Kulturen Europas #infocliojob

We have a cover!

Rosemary Sweet and I have written a book about #18thc British travellers to Spain and Portugal, and I'm really happy it's now free to download here: uclpress.co.uk/book/no-coun... (hard copies also available!) #skystorians #c18th

Is it OK to post jobs here? Hoping so, as we're recruting 7 3-year Research Fellowships as part of a new Leverhulme Centre for the Study of Slavery in War. (More details below). Please share widely, and apply! jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

On the #WorldPhotographyDay2025 I think about my late brother, the photojournalist Javier Fergo. Next week, an exhibition of his work entitled 'Escuchar la Luz' and curated by Susana Girón will open as part of the Festival Flamenco On Fire in Pamplona. www.flamencoonfire.org/programacion...

Now available at www.hakluyt.com/hakluyt-soci... Dr Zoltán Biedermann Hakluyt Society Annual Lecture 2025 ‘Indigenous voices in the literature of travel and exploration’

Well, it's finally *really* out: habemus full citation — Krebs, V. (2025). ‘People and Things Have Always Been Mixed Up’: Notes on the So-Called Global Middle Ages. Journal of Medieval History, 51(4), 581–585. doi.org/10.1080/0304... 50 free downloads at: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RAEXD...

Delighted to announce that my new article, "Dialogic Depositions: Finding Black Women’s Presence in Spanish Colonial Legal Records," is here! Thanks to the RQ editors and staff for their assistance and support.

I reviewed Chrislayne Alfagali's brilliant _Blacksmiths of Ilamba_ for @rsaorg.bsky.social's Renaissance Quarterly. Highly recommend Alfagali's book to anyone interested in histories of technology and early modern Africa: doi.org/10.1017/rqx....

Drawing showing Padma motifs in the cornice of the Gol Gumbaz and a detail of floral decoration in the vaulting of the apse in St Francis Church in Goa.

Drawing showing Padma motifs in the cornice of the Gol Gumbaz and a detail of floral decoration in the vaulting of the apse in St Francis Church in Goa.

A thoughtful guideline for AI use in History Education by @historians.org insisting on the fundamental role of expertise, uncertainty, & creativity in historical work *BUT* the guideline approves « Ask[ing] generative AI to produce a historical image for a paper or presentation » This is an issue.

Coming up October 1-3 - The Global Baroque: Two-Way Relations Puebla de los Ángeles, Mexico A symposium focused on Baroque Art in the Latin American territories jovenesceiba.com/vii-simposio...

in [...] Divari, [there was] an ancient temple [...] built with marvellous art and which contained ancient figures wrought to the greatest perfection, Andrea Corsali to Giuliano de Medici, 1515. 📷 The Mandovi River & Old Goa from the Isle of Divar; St Cajetan's dome and bell towers on the horizon.