On advance access: "Out of the Rubble of the Second World War: Post-War Reconstruction in China" by ‪Toby Lincoln (University of Leicester) #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/past...

In doing an online image search I stumbled across this X-ray that conservators took of Rauschenberg's "Monogram" in 2016, and only now am I realizing how much I needed this image

Salle du Jeu de Paume à #Versailles (#Yvelines) Lieu du serment du 20 juin 1789. Construction 4e quart XVIIe siècle. Cet immeuble ... Suite 👉 https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00087683/versailles-salle-du-jeu-de-paume

What MoMA's curators left out of the Wilfrido Lam retrospective www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

New at the Dye Garden: a Tetrapanax papyrifer, known as a 'pith paper plant' 🌿 Once the stems are mature enough, the inner pith can be used to make paper! Thank you to Harry Metcalf, Paper Conservator at the @fitzmuseum.bsky.social, for the donation.

Hôtel de ville à #Villeurbanne (#Rhône) Hôtel de ville destiné par le maire, Lazare Goujon, à servir de nouveau centre urbain à la... Suite 👉 https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00118150/villeurbanne-hotel-de-ville

New blog post on research of our Mongolian artwork and other Society news: royalasiaticsociety.org/the-arab-hal...

Again, the No. 54 Issue of the Journal of Song Yuan Studies is out! Please renew your membership to receive a hardcopy of the journal and continue to support us.🐎

Longtime AAS member, Leiden University historian, and NAN NÜ founding editor Harriet Zurndorfer has passed away. At #AsiaNow, her colleagues Anne Gerritsen, Ying Zhang, and Limin Teh remember Harriet's immense contributions to the field.

#earlymodern #art #French #C18th Fantastic research opportunity: Burlington Magazine Scholarship | French 18th-Century Art enfilade18thc.com/2026/03/24/b...

Fantastic to see this experimental archaeological research being funded. I have no doubt it will add to the growing body of evidence, already presented by Victoria Whitworth and Thomas Keyes, that the Book of Kells was made at Portmahomack in Easter Ross. #MedievalSky

FUNDING NEWS: Society Funds Experimental Archaeology Connected to the Book of Kells and More with Latest Grants The project could bring us closer to knowing whether the Book of Kells was created at a Highland monastery over 1,200 years ago: www.socantscot.org/news/society...

CfP: Global Histories of Knowledge: Circulations and Encounters, in Oxford, June 2026

Album Leaf, from "Landscapes from Nature, Poetry, and Art" https://collections.artsmia.org/art/64083/

Octavia Elfrida Saunders Memorial Lecture 1 April 2026 , 5 pm @uniofstandrews.bsky.social Craig Clunas, "Painting the learned woman in Ming China" events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/octav...

Another trailblazer of Chinese gender and women's history is no longer with us. Condolences to colleagues in Leiden, Prof. Zurndorfer was also very generous with encouragements when we kickstarted what was to be the first of the China Academic Network on Gender conferences at SOAS in 2017.

Saddened to learn of the passing of this valued colleague and significant scholar of Chinese history, condolences to family and friends, RIP

24 Mar 1603: In the early hours of the morning, d. Elizabeth I Queen of #England & #Ireland #otd (NT) - the last Tudor monarch

Out today in the UK buijones.com/books/everyt... … cc @uselesstree.bsky.social @fromtga.bsky.social (should be available at Blackwell’s on Broad Street ) @prashantrao.bsky.social @peterfrankopan.bsky.social (and some London bookstores too)

I think many people outside the curatorial/museum/art history world don't realize how much rich, dense information can be found on *backs* of paintings, with labels & other notations added when artworks are lent to museums, put up for auction, etc. Another unexpected thing I love about art history

This week we're helping you find Scottish art from our one million artworks. Take a look 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/art-terms/scottish-art-and-artists 'Lunga from Iona' by Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell (1883–1937) 📷 Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums

I wrote a story about Dafen, an artist’s village in southern China that used to produce more than 60% of the world’s new oil paintings. Now, its model of art reproductions is under threat, as demand falls and consumer trends in China shift towards originality. Out in print now @financialtimes.com

Hive mind question... Does anyone recognise the location on Bloomsbury Street, London in this painting? Fwiw I *think* it's looking north from the junction with New Oxford Street but For Reasons that might be wishful thinking on my part. I've already checked the bomb damage maps.

The 2026 call for scholars at risk is open until 24 April at my alma mater Up to ten 1-year postdocs (renewable once), all disciplines, admin and mental health support, colleagues who care

The Original London Chinatown Revealed- Myths and Realities Exhibition at St.Anne’s Limehouse, March 20 to July 2026 This exhibition is about the Chinatown that grew up right next to this church, flourished 1900 -1955 and yet almost disappeared from sight in the 1960s.

A great interview with a great art historian: www.alainelkanninterviews.com/jennifer-mon...

👇 @craigclunas.bsky.social @amiefr.bsky.social @eicathomefinn.bsky.social @billcallahan.bsky.social @shibanim.bsky.social @myetcetera.bsky.social

Job Opportunity! Assistant Professor in History of Irish Art in its Global Contexts, 1800-2000 Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQV003/a...

Fully-funded AHRC Collaborative Doctoral PhD Studentship at UCL and the V&A: 'Invisible Hands: Migrant Labour and British Craft in the 18th Century' Ignore the 'top ten' hype; focus on the ace resources, environment and support. Deadline 15 April. #Skystorians

From the current issue: "Hegemony, Hunting and Human Trophies in the East Asian War of 1592–1598" by Rebekah Clements (Autonomous University of Barcelona) #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/past...

A reminder that the deadline for nominations to our book prize in Chinese law (any era, any subject) is coming up. We are open to both books about law & books that use legal cases to talk about broader issues. China Mainland/Taiwan/Hong Kong/Singapore focused studies all welcome!

My review of 'The Art of the Book' which celebrates the 75th anniversary of @thamesandhudson.bsky.social is in @theobserveruk.bsky.social. It is a sumptuous book about the power of books (& the power of reading): & a publishing house as a cultural institution. observer.co.uk/culture/book...

If the test to get into BBQ University in China isn't called either the 高烤 or the 烧考, I will lose all of my remaining faith in humanity.

Do you know a state school student in Yr 9 or 10 who'd like to study art history? Tell them about the free FPQ/HPQ courses run by the excellent charity Art History Link-up: www.arthistorylinkup.org/programmes/h...

Mar 18: Feast of Fínán/Finian of Aberdeen (5/6thC), bishop. He is probably the man commemorated at Lumphanan, a corruption of Llanffinan, and Migvie, where the church is recorded in the 12thC as ‘ecclesia S Finnani de Miggeveth’. 📸Paddy Heron #medievalsky

But my Lord Mayor I find to be a talking, bragging Bufflehead. In every discourse I observe him to be as very a coxcomb as I could have thought had been in the City.

New issue of @etudeschinoises.bsky.social just out, and my periodical reminder to colleagues across the world that Etudes Chinoises is double-blind peer-reviewed, diamond open access and also publishes articles written in English (not just French) 💫

They’ll have to call it something else, this will just cause needless confusion www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow...

How is AI reshaping art history? The new Proceedings volume Artificial Intelligence and Art History explores machine-vision methods, their challenges to humanistic inquiry, and the ethical questions shaping this evolving field. Find out more: https://bit.ly/472kuAA

Join the Maps and Society lecture series for Mimi Cheng (Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz): ‘Aesthetics and Authority in 19th Century Maps of China’. 26 March, 5pm - 7pm Free in person or online with advance booking.

A huge congratulations to British Academy Fellow Lyndal Roper on winning the @holbergprize.bsky.social. She is a leading scholar of early modern European history, her work has shaped the understanding of witch persecutions, the German Peasants’ War, and the life of Martin Luther. bit.ly/3P5pUEZ

Congratulations to Emeritus Regius Professor Lyndal Roper who was named as the 2026 Holberg Prize Laureate today! www.history.ox.ac.uk/article/oxfo...

Looking for Chinese literature in translation? In the age of artificial intelligence, with publishers turning to AI translation tools, it is more meaningful than ever to read human translations. Here are five: chinabooksreview.com/2026/03/17/t...

HEY AUTHORS CLAIM WHAT YOU ARE OWED 👇🏾

Out a week from tomorrow in the UK, Asia, & other places (just not North America, though hope to have a special N. American edition to follow). My very very short new primer on China in the era of Xi Jinping buijones.com/books/everyt... (w/Intro by Mitter & blurbs by Branigan, Moser, Yu, & Mallet)

Children’s author Julia Donaldson and illustrator Axel Scheffler are this year’s recipients of the Bodley Medal, the highest honour awarded by the Bodleian Libraries. Previous winners of the Bodley Medal include Hilary Mantel, Kazuo Ishiguro and Zadie Smith.