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Elisabeth Ansel @elisabethansel.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This Orwellian quote reads like it was written today: "Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception. Every nationalist is capable of the most flagrant dishonesty, but he is also (...) unshakeably certain of being in the right." George Orwell: Notes on Nationalism, 1945

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Christine Bates @christinebates.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Early morning writing companion. 🐾

Cat sitting on a bed next to a laptop with an open Word document. The cat is looking at the beholder. She is a long-hair cat, black and brown. Very floofy.

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Christine Bates @christinebates.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Incredibly proud of @susiebeckham.bsky.social and @hosmeriana.bsky.social for compiling 'Shaping Nineteenth-Century Art History', a magnificent volume of essays honouring Liz Prettejohn's work. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526192998/

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Elisabeth Ansel @elisabethansel.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Images as Climate Archives: Delighted our essay on William Ascroft, noctilucent clouds & the Krakatoa eruption, with Kilian Heck & Christian von Savigny, is out. Thanks, Christian, for the insights into atmospheric physics & for reaching out to art history. ahnp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/kch...

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Christine Bates @christinebates.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Enjoying @elisabethansel.bsky.social co-authored article on Ascroft's twilight sketches after the Krakatoa eruption! 🌋

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Elisabeth Ansel @elisabethansel.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I'm delighted that @christinebates.bsky.social is undertaking research on Anna Blunden, an important but understudied artist. Her painting "God's Gothic" is an compelling example of an early ecocritical artistic approach. Congratulations on this residency, Christine! www.linkedin.com/safety/go/?u...

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Christine Bates @christinebates.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I'm delighted and deeply grateful to have been selected as this year's AAH & Ampersand Foundation Art History Resident. This generous residency will enable me to develop my research project on ecofeminism in Pre-Raphaelite art.

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Dr Andrew McInnes @drbeard79.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Homer, crouching down to comfort a distressed Bart: European heatwave is worst *so far*

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Steven @steven-burgess.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Join the @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social Graduate Network tomorrow at 19:30 as I chair our May seminar, 'Set in Stone', exploring the visualisation of marble, geological structures and ‘Romantic ecology’ in paintings by Pre-Raph associates with Joy Cador and @christinebates.bsky.social. Link below.

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Set in Stone

A seminar that explores the visualisation of marble, geological structures and 'Romantic ecology' in paintings by Pre-Raphaelite associates.

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Christine Bates @christinebates.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

So thrilled to see Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale's 'The Pale Complexion of True Love' on display at the Musée d'Orsay! ✨ One of the great Pre-Raphaelite painters finally getting som of the spotlight she deserves. 🎨 #Art #PreRaphaelites #MuseeDOrsay www.musee-orsay.fr/es/obras/pal...

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Elisabeth Ansel @elisabethansel.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Thrilled to share that I won the Klaus Heyne Award 2026 for outstanding essays in Romanticism studies. My article examines “Ossianic images & processes of visual translation in Turner & Carus”. Looking forward to the ceremony on 22 June @goetheuni.bsky.social. weltexpresso.de/index.php/wi...

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Weltexpresso - Dritte Verleihung des Klaus Heyne-Preis zur Erforschung der Deutschen Romantik

Ausgezeichnet werden 2026 der Philosoph Dr. Kirill Chepurin und die Kunsthistorikerin Dr. Elisabeth Ansel Hubertus von Bramnitz Frankfurt am Main (Weltexpresso) - 'Seligkeit‘ und ‚Ossian‘: Mit diese...

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Mira Claire Zadrozny @mira-claire.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Tomorrow @elisabethansel.bsky.social, Johannes Grave, @christinebates.bsky.social and I will present our Book “Picturing the Romantic” at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris thanks to the invitation from Romanticism across Borders.♡ www.gw.uni-jena.de/91465/book-l... (hybrid event)

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Elisabeth Ansel @elisabethansel.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Delighted about the positive review of my book on Jack B. Yeats in the context of Irish and Global modernism in the March 2026 issue of The Burlington Magazine.

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Elisabeth Ansel @elisabethansel.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Looking forward to the launch of our book "Picturing the Romantic" in Paris on March 31. The editors Elisabeth Ansel, Johannes Grave, @christinebates.bsky.social, & @mira-claire.bsky.social will be discussing the book together with the team from Romanticism across Borders. Please feel free to join.

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Elisabeth Ansel @elisabethansel.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

What a great workshop on Archives & Romanticism! Thanks to our generous hosts @khiflorenz.bsky.social, especially Hannah Baader, Costanza Caraffa & Mandy Richter, to our colleagues @artatyork.bsky.social, and to all the scholars. A special pleasure to work with @christinebates.bsky.social again.

Group of scholars at the KHI in Florence.

Group of scholars in the exhibition "The City as Archive".

Group of scholars in the photo archive, KHI.

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Elisabeth Ansel @elisabethansel.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Fragmentary versions of David. The original at the Galleria dell'Accademia and its photographic reception that shaped the art historical canon. The photos are part of exhibition "The City as Achive" @khiflorenz.bsky.social.

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Elisabeth Ansel @elisabethansel.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Looking forward to our joint workshop on "Archives Unbound" at the KHI in Florence. It is a collaboration between @uni-jena.de, @khiflorenz.bsky.social & @york.ac.uk, taking place from 2–3 February. #Memory #Archives #Romanticism www.khi.fi.it/en/aktuelles...

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Archives Unbound: Time and Memory in Romantic Visual Culture

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Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut @khiflorenz.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

📅 02-03 February 2026 📍 Florence Archives Unbound: Time and Memory in Romantic Visual Culture Workshop organized by the research group "European Romanticism or Romanticisms in Europe?" (University of Jena), the University of York’s Department of History of Art and the KHI. ➡️ t1p.de/ot78i

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Christine Bates @christinebates.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I’m delighted to speak tonight at the Northlight Arts Centre in Leeds about how Romantic and Pre-Raphaelite artists visually contributed to nineteenth-century anthropocentric concerns. northlightartscentre.org.uk/art-history

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Christine Bates @christinebates.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

'Picturing the Romantic: New Perspectives on European Romanticism(s) in the Visual Arts' is out now @manchesterup.bsky.social. I’m thrilled to have been part of the editorial team with @elisabethansel.bsky.social , J. Grave & M. C. Zadrozny. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179425

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Manchester University Press - Picturing the Romantic

Picturing the Romantic - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Picturing the Romantic by Elisabeth Ansel

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