Tarr Béla emlékére #bela youtu.be/6HOykXTH-qA?...

The Turin Horse (2011) Directed by Bela Tarr and Agnes Hranitzky Written by Tarr and Nobel laureate Laszlo Krasznahorkai - BOTD in 1954

Excellent interview with #belatarr

This screenshot from the The Turin Horse is, to me, the best expression of hope and longing. Read Krasznahorkai’s Nobel acceptance speech for an eloquent statement of this sort of hope.

His work was just beautiful. The Turin Horse moved me like no other film. Such a great loss. Hungarian director Béla Tarr, known for his bleak and beautiful films, dies at 70 apnews.com/article/hung...

Due to its broad scope and sometimes (very bold, but thought-provoking) theses, this book is intellectal fun. Here's part of an excursus to the philosophy of the social sciences (and the humanities). I won't subscribe to the taste thing, though. Graeber/Wengrow, The Dawn of Everything, 2021.

I would not wish this day to end without acknowledging the birthdate of the greatest classical philologist and Hellenist of our modern times. Born this say in 1848. grbs.library.duke.edu/index.php/gr...

Poignant, intelligent, and so valuable for life’s reflections: Anne Carson LRB's Winter Lecture series at Senate House, London on 22 January 2025. youtu.be/g8fPmTtG0qw?...

Watch Dan Edelstein speak on his book, The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin, in conversation with @judith-surkis.bsky.social and @sandipto.bsky.social on October 10th. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfGW...

..Our book is an attempt to revive a dialogue between archaeology and anthropology, which has been dormant since the 1960s, and an invitation to think differently about the course of human history: an experiment, in which we hope many others will join us." 3/3 #ThinkDifferentlyThinkArchaeology

Just a week ago, this wonderful lecture was given by the inimitable Sir Noel Malcom. Enjoy the pleasure of hearing him speak: youtu.be/4-RTrzY8uPc?...

My essay collection focused on ancient literature and translation will be available for pre-order in the UK in October.

Excellence awarded! Congratulations László Krasznahorkai!!

The sublime Arvo Pärt celebrates his 90th birthday today! estonianworld.com/opinion/arvo...

Ron Chernow’s blockbusting biography tells us everything about American literature’s founding father, Mark Twain—except that which makes him interesting, writes @rhodrilewis.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine...

My thoughts today with family and friends of Prof. Michael Rowlands. Mike shaped the fields of archaeology, anthropology, cultural heritage and material culture studies - his critical, comparative approach leaves a profound mark on the study of Europe, Africa, and China www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropology...

We are thrilled to announce that the Summer 2025 issue of Renaissance Quarterly (vol. 78.2) has been published online. Take a look: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #RenTwitter #earlymodern #Renaissance @universitypress.cambridge.org

‘Colón envisioned his library as a vast and accessible information machine. He recorded details about the acquisition of every book – date, place, price, even the exchange rate.’ Anthony Grafton on early modern libraries: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Should add: fully #OpenAccess! 🥳 #HoeraHuizinga! #MedievalSky #SkyStorians #LowCountries #EarlyModern (cool dissection of how he saw Rembrandt and his attention & care for fellow humans)

Since @onslies.bsky.social went to the trouble to compile this thorough list of #earlymodern published primary sources, it should be more widely known: liesbethcorens.wordpress.com/2019/12/13/e... And @sharonhoward.bsky.social has this page for online resources: earlymodernweb.org/resources/

On this day, 485 years ago, Thomas Cromwell was executed. A compelling yet flawed politician, portrayed with sensitivity in Mantel’s trilogy and in Mark Rylance’s film version. I am captivated by him in so many ways.

Not only can you watch #IMC2025 recordings until 20 September 2025, but in theme with our Worlds of Learning Strand, we have a 'Discover a Session' feature on our IMC App. 👀 This allows you to have a recording randomly chosen, so you can watch and learn something new! 😊 #MedievalSky

I am happy to express my birthday wishes to Professor Peter R. L. Brown who will enter his 90th year of a very full life tomorrow, the 26th of July. Though we have never formally met, he is a scholar’s hero, a vir doctissimus, to me. His work has been my guide for what historical scholarship is!!

Martin Joseph Routh (1754-1854), President of Magdalen College, Oxford (1791) gave valuable advice to young scholars: “Always verify your references.” Hard to do for youth today who are heavily dependent on ChatGPT and AI. "O tempora, o mores!"

The final Covid project is finally beating the dust. This #reformazing Cambridge Companion should be coming out towards the end of this year. 😊

To understand the appeal of the far-right today we need to examine the origins of the fascist myth of primordial male kinship. New essay, out today @eurozine.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/seeds-of-ano...

This broadcast is so timely - a must watch! pbs.org/video/hannah...

Just finished my musical day with the marvelous Borodin and his sublime String Quartet No. 2 played by the Esmé Quartet. Now I can head off to bed with those unforgettable strains of beauty bringing peace to my slumber. youtu.be/tx2tf--PONA?...

Such an important principle , but is it neglected more than applied among “critics” today?

In the midst of today’s banal ambition and flash, Brendel stood separate as a superb reminder of what it is to be gracious, humane, urbane while showing us, who enjoyed his performances, just how enchanting Beethoven and Schubert (among many others) could truly be.

One of the finest musicians has passed. A long life of exquisite genius; a pianist from the gods and for us mortals - Alfred Brendel. bbc.com/news/article...

It’s publication day for Thomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England with Michael Joseph @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social! Pop by your local bookshop or order now - uk.bookshop.org/a/12264/9781...

Freud to Zweig: “Anyone turning biographer, commits himself to lies, to concealment, to hypocrisy, to flattery, and even to hiding his own lack of understanding, for biographical truth is not to be had, and even if it were it couldn’t be used.” (letter 5/31, 1936). h/t Detlev Claussen.

In which I review, and for the most part admire, Michael Braddick's new life of Christopher Hill for @prospectmagazine.co.uk. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/6984...

I’m very pleased to be serving on the international advisory council of this important, ambitious, and highly original experiment in the re-making of global history: uhgi.org

In case you were unable to be in Philadelphia last week, here is the excellent discussion on the Bard by @rhodrilewis.bsky.social with Emily Wilson. youtube.com/watch?v=OM4L...

Excellent to see, courtesy of the excellent people at the special collections library of @brynmawrcollege.bsky.social, the original announcement for the lectures that became The Sense of an Ending. (Am impressed both by the Larkin and the 8.30pm start time.)

Out now: What *is* ‘ancient history’? Why it is much bigger and more important than we might think, how generations of scholars have dismembered it, how we can do it justice – and why ‘Classics’ has run its course: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

@timothysnyder.bsky.social I am quite confident there is substantial evidence why a particular judge in Louisiana is adjudicating this case (and many others). Look at this report: tracreports.org/immigration/...

Vital observations from the farsighted mind of Thomas Piketty. @thomaspiketty.bsky.social www.lemonde.fr/blog/piketty...

Europe must support the reform of IMF and World Bank in order to move away from the current censitary system and give countries like Brazil, India and South Africa their rightful place. www.lemonde.fr/blog/piketty...

Perceptive, eloquent and a fine reader of so much fine literature. Thankful for her sharing her readings with us lessers. Perry’s redolent introduction is a beautiful epitaph.

The Harmonia Mundi - Pichon version is perfect for the immortal Bach.

Is El Salvador Trump’s Gulag?

The return of Schutzhaft to another fascist state - Trump’s America. @anneapplebaum.bsky.social @timothysnyder.bsky.social @marcishore.bsky.social encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...

Très fier d’avoir participé au palmarès Télérama des meilleurs romans du XXIe siècle et de l’avoir commenté. Le résultat est magnifique : 2666, Austerlitz, La Fin de l’homme rouge…