For those interested, check out the video of my conversation about Picturing Aura convened in October 2025 at the Warburg Institute in London, featuring responses from Richard Noakes, Alison Wright, and Christopher Pinney, and moderated by John Tresch. warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Very honoured by the generous and insightful review of Picturing Aura by Justine Bakker, which has just been published in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion: academic.oup.com/jaar/advance...

Thanks to @jeremystolow.bsky.social for the invitation to Paris to talk about "Colour, Poison, Cure" next month. I'll be talking about my "Feeling Blue" book on hospital colour, alongside lots of fab speakers on everything from toxic wallpaper to chromotherapy.

Join me online for a conversation about Picturing Aura, with Connor Martini, at Princeton's Center for Culture, Society, and Religion on 12 February, 12:00 - 13:30 EST. Details in the link, below. csr.princeton.edu/events/2026/...

Si vous êtes à Paris le 5 février, venez à l'Institut national d'histoire de l'art m’écouter parler (en français) de Picturing Aura. Les détails figurent sur l’affiche.

Some reflections on Picturing Aura, written for the blog of CAS-E (Center for Advanced Study for Alternative Rationalities and Esoteric Practices from a Global Perspective (in Erlangen, Germany), following from my talk there on 28 October. cas-e.de/2025/12/01/r...

In case you would like to watch a video of a book talk on "Picturing Aura" delivered at the Centre for Advanced Study for Alternative Rationalities and Esoteric Practices from a Global Perspective, in Erlangen, Germany on 28 October 2025: www.youtube.com/watch?v=i03r...

Join me and me and an amazing panel to discuss "Picturing Aura" at the Warburg Institute on 16/10, in person or streamed online. Register here: warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

If you are in Amsterdam on 4 November, come to an author-meets-critics event at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, featuring Birgit Meyer, Mattijs van de Port, and Justine Bakker. Register via the link below: nias.knaw.nl/events/book-...

Join us (in person or online) for an 'author-meets-critics' event at the Warburg Institute in London on 16 October from 17:30 - 19:00, UK time. With responses from Christopher Pinney, Alison Wright, and Richard Noakes, moderated by John Tresch. warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/pictu...

I am delighted to announce that 'Picturing Aura' was awarded a 2025 book prize from the Parapsychological Association. Especially gratifying since my book was never intended as a contribution to parapsychology research or to act as an apology for their work. www.parapsych.org/articles/51/...

Check out my interview with Miranda Melcher about Picturing Aura (the book, the research that led to the book, and some of the issues it raises) on the @NewBooksNetwork.bsky.social platform. Thanks, Miranda, for this stimulating conversation! newbooksnetwork.com/picturing-aura

Featuring vivid illustrations, "Picturing Aura" documents the surprising history of aura photography from the 19th century to today, illuminating a remarkable, entangled history of picture-making that challenges settled assumptions about religion, art, and science: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255174...

L’historien Pierre Nora est mort

To be able to respond to @johnleeclark.bsky.social's Touch the Future and experience Protactile was truly a gift. Thanks so much to David Howes for inviting me participate and to John, @jeremystolow.bsky.social, and Polina Dimova for their amazing scholarship. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqzU...

What FH is all about: Not to validate nor to debunk, but to understand why scientists have believed & disbelieved in “occult” phenomena. This requires a willingness to put ourselves in the shoes of those whose positions we might not immediately “get”:

Montreal people: Picturing Aura will be part of this exchange of authors, as part of the Uncommon Senses conference at Concordia University’s 4th Space. Come join the conversation! www.concordia.ca/cuevents/off...

"History of this boundary-crossing enterprise." Today's book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @jeremystolow.bsky.social & @mitpress.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Picturing Aura has been featured on the web platform Big Think: bigthink.com/the-past/the...

“Picturing Aura” has been featured on the MIT Press Reader. You can read an excerpt from the book’s Introduction on their website here: thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-long-his...

Montreal people: Only one week until the Picturing Aura book launch! Please note that there has been a room change. The poster, below, contains the corrected information about the time & place. Hope to see you there!

With more than 60 full-color illustrations, "Picturing Aura" is a rich, interdisciplinary study by @jeremystolow.bsky.social that chronicles the rise and global spread of modern instruments and techniques of picturing aura: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255174...

Picturing Aura continues its launch tour! After Montreal (on 10 April) and NYC (on 14 April), next comes San Francisco. Come join us at UC Berkeley on 16 April🙂. Details in this link: events.berkeley.edu/bcsr/event/2...

For those in the NYC area on 14 April, come join us for the NY book launch of Picturing Aura! Details in the image below. Please note that, although this event is free and open to the public, registration is required. You can use the QR code in the flyer or via this link: forms.gle/kqs8v2VMb8yg...

Montreal people! If you are in town on 10 April, join us for the Picturing Aura book launch! It will be a great delight to see you there!