Pictures of Sheyuan mocui 涉園墨萃, a book on inkstones published by Republican-era bibliophile Tao Xiang 陶湘 (1871-1940). Tao's publications count as among the most exquisite from China in the 1920s.

Today is National Umbrella day ‘The Ladybird ABC, 1959’ Artist: G Robinson

Sir Edmund Backhouse sends a telegram from Peking to @bodleian.ox.ac.uk , February 1926. Says it all, really.

Fellowship Opportunity! The Eloise Quiñones Keber Fellowship Deadline March 1, 2026 $2,000, the fellowship supports research travel for a scholar working in any area of pre-Columbian, early modern, or colonial Latin American art history for the period 1300–1700. www.rsa.org/page/keberfe...

The AAH Curatorial Prizes are now open. Open to individual curators and teams, the prizes recognise originality and public value, judged by leading figures in the field. Exhibitions and Displays Panel: Caroline Campbell • Tristram Hunt • Sarah Munro • Sook-Kyung Lee 27 Feb https://loom.ly/r50hZIg

#BOTD: Xia Nai 夏鼐 (1910–1985), Chinese archaeologist and egyptologist. #ModernChina #Archaeology #Egyptology

The former Director of the Ashmolean, and Emeritus Fellow of Worcester College, Sir Christopher White, has died. Under his leadership, the Museum’s first education officer and volunteer lecturers were appointed, and he oversaw the creation of the Ashmolean's lecture theatre.

Footstool https://collections.artsmia.org/art/5053/

🌏 Speaker: Fei Deng (Professor, Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, Fudan University) 📅 Thursday, March 5, 2026 🕓 4:00 PM CT 📍 Herring Hall 100 — Open to the public, no registration required 💻 Also available via Zoom (🔗: loom.ly/bkM8eCg) #RiceAsianStudies #RiceHumanitiesAndArts

AAH Fellow: Sutapa Biswas, FAAH We’re delighted to welcome Sutapa Biswas as a new Fellow of the Association for Art History. A pioneering artist and educator, her work has shaped socially engaged art histories for over four decades and continues to inspire generations.

AAH Fellow: Adrian Locke, FAAH We’re delighted to welcome Adrian Locke as a new Fellow of the Association for Art History. With a distinguished curatorial career in the UK and internationally, he has made a lasting contribution to public engagement with art and culture.

AAH Fellow: Abigail Harrison Moore, FAAH We’re pleased to welcome Abigail Harrison Moore as a new Fellow of the Association for Art History. A leading scholar in art and design history, her work connects academic research with public engagement and supports arts education across the UK 📸Andy Lord

📢 Call for Applications: Paris–Rome Fellowship in Digital Art History 2026/2027 funded by the Institut national d’histoire de l’art (INHA) and the Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History (BHMPI) ⏳Application deadline: March 15, 2026 🔗 www.biblhertz.it/3773078/2602...

It’s the 5th of February. Time for a song. youtu.be/WJBrAIVrK-4?...

New job at UCL History of Art @uclhistoryofart.bsky.social 'Lecturer in History of Art, Materials, and Technology'. Deadline 1 March. Please circulate/apply! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

View of Delft. About half a century earlier than The Other One & painted by Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom. Today is his day.

Good to see Pamela Crossley on the #Qing makes the cut

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This is genius! 😍 The sentence 不想上班那就別上 ("if you don't want to go to work, then just don't go") is mashed up into four written characters, each comprising two spoken syllables: ⿱⿰不目心⿲上丿王⿰𭃂尤⿰另上 h/t @y-wenli.bsky.social

A new year means a fresh crop of books! I've compiled a list below of new and upcoming tiles I would love to get reviewed for @urbanhistory.bsky.social. If you want a copy of one of these in return for a review, let me know! Beginning with vol III of the awesome-looking Cambridge History of Europe!

Important! AHRC is looking for a new Executive Chair. A critical role for arts and humanities. £160k - £170k. Please share widely to help get the best possible field! fa-evzn-saasfaukgovprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Poste de lectrice/lecteur en langue chinoise à AMU afec.hypotheses.org/12010

There's another by 梁孫傑 just published in Taiwan that mixes... Mandarin, Taiwanese, Hakka, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and various indigenous languages ! It won the Golden Tripod award in the translation category last year. www.worldjournal.com/wj/story/124...

Feb 2nd - The great explorer, Captain Spaulding, left New York for Africa. 📽️📅 Animal Crackers (1930)

On James Joyce's birthday, huzzah for Dai Congrong 戴从容, translator of 2013 best-selling "Finnegan's Wake" Chinese version. (Now tackling *that* would keep me quiet for a bit) His thoughts on the task here iscen.bfsu.edu.cn/__local/0/B8... #芬尼根的守灵夜

Joachim von Sandrart, The Month of February, 1642, Oil on canvas, 149 x 123,5 cm, Staatsgalerie, Schleissheim #earlymodern #foodhistory #arthsitory #17thc

Cupid Victorious, or the grim truth about a Caravaggio, a short Substack essay about painting and morality. open.substack.com/pub/jpstonar...

The FINAL programme is out: forarthistory.org.uk/session-ques...

Prix de thèse AFEC 2026 afec.hypotheses.org/11950 Rappel : le prix de thèse de l’AFEC 2026 est ouvert ! Il concerne les thèses soutenues en France en 2025, sur les mondes chinois et utilisant principalement des sources en langue chinoise. Les dossiers devront être adressés avant le 4 mai 2026.

Feb 1: Feast of Brigit of Cell Dara (Kildare) († c.524), abbess. Ireland’s most important female saint, also widely commemorated in Scotland. 📸Culnacreann #medievalsky

The Burlington Magazine has a useful £12k of funding for a one-year scholarship in 18th c. French fine and decorative art. Want to apply? Know somebody who needs to know this? Details here: www.burlington.org.uk/jobs-noticeb...

Gripped by this 1962 footage of set building and filming of "Boxer" epic "55 Days at Peking" @jwassers.bsky.social

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life of Matteo Ricci, a Jesuit priest who in the 16th century led a Christian mission to China. Ricci travelled extensively and came into contact with senior officials of the Ming Dynasty administration. bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

Call for Papers: "Reframing Tibetan and Mongol Mapmaking Practices (pre-20th century)" vom 26. bis 28. November 2026. Eine internationale #Konferenz an der #HumboldtUniversität Berlin und der #StabiBerlin. Alle Infos 👉 sbb.berlin/sthsd @crossasia.bsky.social

I wondered if anyone can help with deciphering this signature please? It's on a confidential letter to the Metropolitan Police in 1876 regarding a murder suspect. I can't quite make out the name and all suggestions would be gratefully received!

A good appreciation of Xiao Zhuang, one of China’s pioneering female photojournalists, who died recently www.sixthtone.com/news/1018093

This role is ideal for a researcher with a strong publication record, substantial editorial experience, and a commitment to the evolving field of art history and academic publishing. Applications due on Friday 27 February 🔗 Find full details and how to apply: loom.ly/SLM3VJs

📣 Job Opportunity: Reviews Editor Applications are now open for Reviews Editor of Art History, the Association’s prestigious, international, peer-reviewed journal. ⬇️

Important new paper on the early development of Pictish symbol carving.

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There are bunch of different #scholarships/#fellowships going in Cambridge at the Needham Research Institute and its East Asian History of Science library #historyofscience #科技史 Here are details: www.nri.cam.ac.uk/opportunitie...

Really pleased to share this excerpt from my book New Export China: Translations Across Time and Place in Contemporary Chinese Porcelain Art (@ucpress.bsky.social, 2023), featured in Garland Magazine 👇🏼 📖 #BookSky #AcademicSky #Art #Ceramics #China 🏺

Six years ago today, Wuhan started its 76-day lockdown. So close yet so far

📢JOYCE YOUINGS LECTURE 2025-26 IS NEXT WEEK📢 Prof. Jane Whittle: Work & gender, status & power: the surprising history of everyday chores in early modern England 🗓️ 28 January, 3pm, followed by drinks reception 📍 Uni of Exeter & Zoom 🗃️ All welcome, register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-joyce-...

"It was formerly possible to pursue studies from kindergarten through to university entirely in Mongolian—an academic pathway traversed by this essay’s second author. That era is over." #InnerMongolia madeinchinajournal.com/2026/01/20/r...

AAH Conference 2026 Keynote Speaker spotlight: Tanya Harrod Tanya Harrod presents Craft Matters: An Autobiographical Journey, reflecting on craft as a critical tool for thinking across art history, culture, and making. 🔗 Book your tickets for the AAH Annual Conference: https://loom.ly/84fvVEc

All this impending snow. Reminds me that now we enter into the 24th of 24 micro-seasons: “Greater Cold” #大寒 - the coldest period of the year. Yet also, a period anticipating the beginning of spring and the warmth of the coming lunar new year. [Kawase Hasui, Evening Snow at Terashima Village, 1920]

Charles-Antoine Coypel, Don Quixote Led by Folly, oil on canvas, 1714-1734 (Musée national du château de Compiègne)

You can find me in the Times flying the flag for humanities and social sciences in this story about changes to funding at @ukri.org www.thetimes.com/article/be92...