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Alex Burchmore @alexburchmore.bsky.social · 11h

I'm keen to write something short about this, thinking about the cultural politics of Chinese porcelain, the history of its display and collection in the UK, and the symbolism of its breakage, but I'm not sure where might be a good fit for a piece like that... Suggestions welcome! 👀

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Two Chinese porcelain objects reportedly damaged at British Museum, renewing calls for return of looted cultural relics

Two Chinese porcelain objects dating to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) Kangxi period at the British Museum were allegedly damaged on Sunday after a bowl fell from its display shelf. The museum reportedl...

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Kate North @curatorkate.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The totally stunning ceiling in the (equally stunning room) in Bishop West’s Chantry Chapel, Ely Cathedral 😍 The detail and surviving colours are amazing! West was chaplain to Henry VII and a diplomatic envoy to Henry VIII.

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

‘The shadow that is cast...’ Alberto Giacometti, Swiss artist, known for his attenuated & expressive sculptures, born #OTD 1901. Tate London

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The humanityes are transformative, empoweringe, and democratic. Thei must be taught yn the spirit of open conversacioun, manye voyces, inquirye, and curiositye. When the humanityes are taughte as obedience of stale traditions & fandom of elitism, thei are not the humanityes any more, just dogma.

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Museum Stories @museumstories.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Smaller than a teacup. 3.75 inches tall, shaped like a melon, glazed pale green. Made during Korea's Goryeo dynasty, sometime in the 1100s or 1200s. It was never meant for a dinner table. It went into a tomb, a wine pot for the soul of the dead.

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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

🚨 ALERT 🚨: All of Stuart Hall's notebooks have been digitized and are freely available to browse and read??? stuarthalldigital.bham.ac.uk/archival_mat...

Stuart Hall notebook: NOTES ON THE REPRODUCTION OF IDEOLOGIES AND THE MEDIA (Orange notebook, "Summit Students Pad")

Stuart Hall notebook page with headline: "Problems for a Marxist Theory of the Media" and a series of bulletpoints. Lined notebook paper with black handwriting.

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Alex Burchmore @alexburchmore.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Really excited to share this paper co-authored with Mingyuan Jiang for #PublicHumanities, a new open-access journal from @universitypress.cambridge.org that seeks to "ask big questions and pursue bold answers" Our "big question": Why is antiquity so highly valued in Chinese #museums? #AcademicSky

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The Gravity of Antiquity in Chinese Museums | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core

The Gravity of Antiquity in Chinese Museums - Volume 2

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Ada Arendt @adaarendt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Urge your academic library to purchase this big, beautiful brick of a book.

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

William Morris, Arts & Crafts designer, translator of Icelandic sagas, founder of Kelmscott press, died #OTD 1896. Kelmscott Chaucer 1896, Stanford University | Snakeshead printed textile 1877, Victoria & Albert Museum | Portrait by George Frederick Watts 1870, NationalPortrait Gallery London

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Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I HAVE A COVER! And a pub date - July 6, 2027! If you want six true stories of antiquities fraud, from a California college convinced that Hong Kong tourist trinkets were worth millions, to an entire fake museum, to the titular mummy carved from styrofoam, preorder at www.amazon.com/Styrofoam-Mu...

Cover of the book The Styrofoam Mummy https://www.amazon.com/Styrofoam-Mummy-Tales-Antiquities-Market/dp/1324035870

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Overland Journal @overlandjournal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It’s finally here - issue 260. In your mailbox shortly. Limited copies will be available online to purchase in the coming days. Thank you to our subscribers and supporters for their patience while we brought this issue to life 💗

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University of Brighton Design Archives @designarchives.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A selection of fabrics and wallpapers from the Festival of Britain exhibition, 1951, published in 'Design from the Festival', one of the many digitised resources available on our website - designarchives.brighton.ac.uk/resources/do... @designcouncil.bsky.social archive DCA/32/2/1/78

a 2-page magazine spread with colour and black and white photos of wallpapers and textiles. Patterns include florals, checks, stripes

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Kate Franklin @melucene.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

so gratefulwhen museums provide images of all sides of an object, especially ivory objects, such that we can understand and mark the age of the elephant life which made this material (Louvre OA 4068)

the casket of al-Mughira turned to view its bottom-- the creamy cross section of a whole elephant tusk

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Kate Bagnall @baibi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Received my author copy of this new edited collection – Mobile Lives – today! It’s beautifully produced, with great (colour) reproductions of the many images it includes. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... 🗃️

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Alex Burchmore @alexburchmore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I loved Wodehouse, Pratchett, and Hitchhikers' Guide, too! Also, Tom Holt's fantasy novels - bit of history, bit of myth, lots of deadpan commentary 🤓

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Alberto J. Campillo Pardo @albertocampillo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm delighted to prresent "Privilege and Power Printing Privileges and the Regulation of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe" from the @be4copy.bsky.social project and edited by Marius Buning, @andreaottone.bsky.social and me. #Printingprivileges #Bookhistory #OpenAccess www.scup.com/doi/book/10....

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Privilege and Power | Books

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Fiona McLees @mclees-fiona.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Statue of Ruskin by Gutzon Borglum, best known for sculpting the 60-foot-high heads of Mount Rushmore. He described Ruskin as "the most marvellous, magnificent, unappreciated genius the world has ever known" - this small statuette certainly feels monumental. On display at Ruskin’s house, Brantwood

Detail of the bronze statue - Ruskin’s beard is long and flowing and he looks very serious. Behind the statue is patterned wallpaper that Ruskin hard commissioned for Brantwood

Bronze statuette of Ruskin seated; very grandiose - long flowing beard and fully draped in a cloak, he could be an old testament prophet

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ertruitt.bsky.social @ertruitt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Unboxing day! Over a decade in the making, NECESSARY INVENTIONS: ROGER BACON, THE MIDDLE AGES, AND THE MAKING OF MODERN SCIENCE (PENN Press) is a material object. Thank you to everyone who helped along the way. For sale on October 20. @pennpress.bsky.social

Photo of a box filled with multiple copies of the book. The cover is ochre, and has different images of Bacon, from manuscripts and printed books.

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Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I am tired of having to pretend that the value of studying my discipline solely rests on the "marketable skills" we teach. Sometimes things are just worth knowing and doing because they make your life bigger and richer.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Some authores trye to wryte lengthye frame-tale narratyves thei get called assholes That nevir happenid to Giovanni Boccaccio

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Alex Burchmore @alexburchmore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A treat in the mailbox yesterday! My copy of the latest Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art, co-edited by the brilliant @drrwel.bsky.social and Ariel Kline, and featuring my article "Working with Wreckage: Cai Guo-Qiang, Iwaki, and the Modular Mobility of Adaptive Reuse" 👇🏼 #ArtSky 🖼️🏛️🎨

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Dr. Rachel Schine @rachelschine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I need to generate a list of ~80 books for my university library to purchase in the next few weeks and the most obvious thing is to tell them "Brill baby, Brill." But if anyone involved with Near Eastern Studies has other ideas for difficult-to-acquire and necessary texts, holler.

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Alex Burchmore @alexburchmore.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Really pleased to share my review for CAA Reviews of Roger Nelson's brilliant new book "Artistic Art Histories in Southeast Asia: Modernisms in Contemporary Practices", coming out very soon with @cornellupress.bsky.social! Link to the full review: caareviews.org/reviews/4438 #ArtSky 🖼️ #BookSky 📚

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Jared Davidson @anrchivist.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

So thrilled to have been featured on Drafting the Past. If you like hearing about *how* people write and organise their craft (as well as geek out on books), this is the podcast for you

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Drafting the Past @draftingthepast.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Confession: we're aiming for 1,000 subscribers before our first book reviews go live in 4 weeks! If you're not already subscribed, what are you waiting for? If you are, please share! Together, we're creating a home for nonfiction history books and the people who love them. www.draftingthepast.com

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Drafting the Past

Reviews, craft essays, news and more for readers and writers of history.

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Benjamin L. Clark @benjaminlclark.com · 18/10/2024

Hey, new folks! INTRO — I'm Benjamin. I write comic history, curate museum exhibitions, and other stuff. I've won some awards, and I'm open to other projects when I'm available. Find me other places: 🌐 benjaminlclark.com 📰 buttondown.com/benjaminlclark 📷 instagram.com/benjaminlclark (if you must)

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Annalisa Nicholson @apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Late to my own party, but it is wonderful to see my edition of Hortense Mancini’s letters in print, which arrived at the start of the year. If you think your library would benefit from the words of one of the seventeenth-century’s most libertine women, here is the link: iterpress.org/978164959131...

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Nicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

‘Drawing of a Plaster Hand.’ #Drawing by Dankvart Dreyer (1816-1852) #art

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Emile Chabal @emile-chabal.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Publication day! (For the US edition, at least - UK edition coming in a couple of weeks...) Thank you to everyone who helped along the way 😊 www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

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The So What @thesowhat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

TSW welcomes proposals for short, public-facing pieces on animals real & imaginary in medieval marginalia. Argumentative, creative, & pedagogical pieces on marginalia from any manuscript, place, & language is welcome! #medievalsky #marginalia #skystorians www.arthuriana.com/tsw-calls-page

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Angry Birds Manuscrit animé

ALT: Angry Birds Manuscrit animé

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Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

The fourteenth century is alive again! I'm delighted to announce that my books are now published by @wiltonsquare.bsky.social. They should once again be available through all good trade outlets in the coming days; please do support your local bookshop. Events and signings soon - please bear with me!

The Romance of William and the Werewolf book cover

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Ben Doyle @bendoyle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Jacket spread for the @bloomsburylit.bsky.social new Blue Humanities handbook now finalized. Doesn't it look lovely?! 600 pages of some of the finest folks working in the field. It's the most comprehensive overview to date. What an achievement! @stevementz.bsky.social @serpiloppermann.bsky.social

Image shows a jacket spread (front and back) for the Bloomsbury Handbook to the Blue Humanities. The jacket is an overhead shot of a body of water and land and the back jacket is grey and turquoise. Blurb reads:

The most comprehensive treatment of the emerging discourse of the Blue Humanities to date, this book comprises essays from key figures alongside new voices, creating a navigational map through this new discipline’s formulations and possibilities.
Structured around four parts, Discourses, Networks, Forms and Representations, the Handbook begins by establishing
the critical discourses and theoretical lenses that shape
how we see our planet’s water, and the impact of watery
thinking on disciplinary knowledge. It ranges across the
Indian, Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic and Southern Ocean worlds,
recognising oceans as active, connective systems that
link people, species, ideas, and materials across time and
space. It considers the myriad ways humans encounter
water: salty, fresh, frozen or fluid, out in the world or moving
within human bodies. It also explores artistic practices that
conceptualize human relation to water – visual, sonic, poetic
– and the watery imaginings of artists conjuring an immersive
encounter to bear witness to historical injustice and a climate
crisis that is all too current. Moving beyond Western binaries
of colonial representation, the book includes a diverse range
of contributions and contributors, making it essential reading
for scholars and students of the Blue Humanities.

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

How to do with books, especially bibles, when you live in a material world? Well, William Hogarth of 18th century fame reminds us of the typical re-using (of bindings). In this case, the leather binding is re-used for a shoe sole. #bookhistory #booksky

A detail from William Hogarth, A Rake's Progress, Plate 1, from around 1735, showing a bound bible and the leather cover with a hole that looks like a shoe. William Hogarth, A Rake's Progress, Plate 1.

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

‘Oak’ Ladybird Book of Trees, 1963 Artist: SR Badmin

In the foreground we just see a little of the leaf and fruit of the tree. In the mid ground, the large trunk of an ancient oak displays the bark. In the background we see the full tree canopy in all its splendour.

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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

For the last nine months it's been my pleasure & privilege to be the editor of Renaissance Studies, and I think we're well overdue a romp through some fantastic articles we've published this year. See below for some of the finest new research in the interdisciplinary study of the Renaissance! 👇

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Should you wish to indulge your love of beetles (and why wouldn’t you) this brilliant and scholarly website will certainly help. It’s a work of art by a human. www.rosspiper.net/2020/01/10/s...

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Saproxylic beetles - Dr. Ross Piper

This is an intro and visual guide to the extraordinary diversity of beetle species associated with dead and decaying wood in the UK. Numbering some 650 species, this habitat supports the greatest dive...

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 15/09/2026

What does the archive of a former activist reveal about solidarity practices in the 1970s? James_AL_Downs explores the networks and activities of the Solidarity Committees supporting liberation movements in the Gulf.

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An Archive of Solidarity

What does the archive of a former activist reveal about solidarity practices in the 1970s? James Downs explores the networks and activities of the Solidarity Committees supporting liberation movements in the Gulf.

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Alex Burchmore @alexburchmore.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My review for @aunz.theconversation.com of "David Hockney: Portraits in Print" at the National Gallery of Australia, #Canberra! 👇🏼 "He remains the 'people’s artist', a connoisseur of the intimate, humble and ordinary who valued connection as that which most makes us human" #ArtSky 🖼️ #art 🏛️ #Hockney

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David Hockney: Portraits in Print reveals lesser-known aspects of the celebrated artist

The National Gallery of Australia exhibition showcases the late British artist’s mastery of intimate detail and talent for connection

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🧵Early subscription libraries in Yorkshire emerged in the 18th century. These libraries allowed middle-class members to pool money to buy and preserve books. The most important example is The Leeds Library, founded in 1768 and the oldest surviving proprietary subscription

The Leeds Library, founded in 1768 and the oldest surviving proprietary subscription library in the country. Image: Michael D Beckwith, Public Domain.

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M Beattie, PhD @thanatos-kalos.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

So, erm...this is out in November and you can pre-order it if you want (or get your library to do it). It's probably not very good but... www.bloomsbury.com/uk/fictitiou...

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Fictitious Countries in Media

Melissa Beattie addresses the problems and potentials of creating fictitious countries in film and media, interrogating the methods and motivations of their con…

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Alex Burchmore @alexburchmore.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Hello, shy author here... 🙋‍♂️ If any/all of the following are your thing - contemporary art from China, ceramics, histories of trade, identities across borders, cultural diplomacy, heritage tourism - my book New Export China (@ucpress.bsky.social) will maybe, probably, definitely be your thing! 👇🏽

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New Export China by Alex Burchmore - Hardcover

Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Please do get in touch with ideas for #maritime books - our @degruyterbrill.bsky.social series 'Early Modern Maritime Humanities 1400-1800: Oceans in History and Culture', ed. by me & John Mcaleer is keen to hear from you! Contact me or @erikagaffney.bsky.social here or via brill.com/page/forthco...

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

“The starlings in this picture are at the halfway stage between their juvenile and adult plumage” Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson ‘What to Look for in Autumn’ (1960)

A group of five juvenile starlings perched on brambles, picking at ripe blackberries

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Dr Eva Johanna Holmberg @evajohannaholmberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Honoured to be chairing the Hakluyt Society essay prize committee for the second time, do consider submitting an essay and/or advertise to your PhD students/ECR colleagues. 🗃️ #earlymodern included!

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