Reposted by Marina MoskowitzLynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Knitting in Scotland: Craft, Culture, Community is now available in illustrated hardback from Bloomsbury at a discount - £59.50 instead of £85. Still pricey I know! 073
Marina Moskowitz @profmoskowitz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026At our first class, I asked students to write on a notecard, anonymously, if and how they use AI and why. One responded: ‘As someone in the humanities my job is to think, question & write—I can and should (and enjoy) do(ing) it. I don’t need a robot to do that for me.’ The kids are alright… 063
Reposted by Marina MoskowitzAndrew Popp @andrewpopp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026My department (Business Humanities & Law at Copenhagen Business School) is currently offering two PhD Scholarships, the first in Responsible Entrepreneurship. Very good pay and conditions in a highly welcoming and interdisciplinary dept. Historians welcome! Spread the word. Feel free to email me.cbs.dkPhD scholarship in Responsible Entrepreneurship 2912
Reposted by Marina MoskowitzEmma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 18/08/2026In case your brain’s also tired and sad here’s a floral pick-me-up I grew: 1325316605
Reposted by Marina MoskowitzThe Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Did you know our Linda Parry Textile Research and Conservation Grants make awards of £500-£5,000 to churches, chapels & other places of UK worship for the research & conservation of textiles?! Next deadline is 31 August, apply now! www.sal.org.uk/what-we-do/g... 46033
Reposted by Marina MoskowitzKate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Who else spent their childhood cutting out paper dolls? This collection was made by Anne Sanders Wilson for her sister Mary in 1832 & accompanied a morality tale called The History of Miss Wildfire charting the perils of fashion. I still have some of mine, anyone else? #V&A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡 1213424
Reposted by Marina MoskowitzLaurenCDeutsch @laurencdeutsch.bsky.social · 12/08/2026#Ootd is this 1948-59 Horrockses Fashion evening dress. Horrockses was a British cotton manufacturing firm before they went into ready-to-wear in 1946. They were known for their bright and vibrant prints, like this cotton based iris pattern. #Fashionhistory 210317
Reposted by Marina Moskowitz99% Invisible @99pi.org · 07/08/2026In 1821, two Rhode Island brothers went looking for buyers for their woolen fabric, and stumbled into a lucrative, captive market: Southern slave plantations. Listen to A History of the United States in 100 Objects on the 99% Invisible feed 👉 bit.ly/4fNZhPW 1266
Reposted by Marina MoskowitzEmma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Berry-ish palette of garden finds, August 🌿 316033
Reposted by Marina MoskowitzMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Great to see Osterley House, National Trust engage again with the long legacy of the East India Company and its material cultures in Hounslow. Exciting to see another exhibition on this theme: Journeys: Wedding Shawls, Baghs and Phulkaris from the Karun Thakar Collection, open until 1 November. 1/4easterneye.bizKarun Thakar brings British Asians into Osterley House with National Trust exhibitionExhibition of shawls invites visitors to rediscover estate's India links 18529
Reposted by Marina Moskowitzjessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful 193126037999
Marina Moskowitz @profmoskowitz.bsky.social · 20/07/2026So happy to be home (after an unexpected 10 weeks away for family matters) to partake in this bounty!! 130
Reposted by Marina MoskowitzHyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 17/07/2026As Longaberger’s iconic headquarters sit empty, the baskets survive as artifacts of a national identity that commodified craft and packaged settler colonialism as heritage.hyperallergic.comHow a Basket Empire Wove the Myth of AmericaAs Longaberger's iconic headquarters sit empty, the baskets survive as artifacts of a national identity that commodified craft and packaged settler colonialism as heritage. 0103
Reposted by Marina MoskowitzMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Read this and have a think. It's important. With a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers to the FT. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...giftarticle.ft.comWe need humanities more than ever in the age of AISubjects like literature, languages and history are vital to a thoughtful and prosperous society 35322
Reposted by Marina MoskowitzHyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 13/07/2026Holly EJ Black’s new book "The Story of Printmaking: A Global History of Art" is “an ideal introduction to the art form [whose history is] fundamentally one of the democratization of art," says writer Bridget Quinn.hyperallergic.comThe Story of Printmaking Is the Story of DemocracyHolly EJ Black deftly weaves a narrative that integrates varied geographical and cultural perspectives, centering figures who may not have been artists themselves. 1155
Reposted by Marina MoskowitzKate Atherley @kateatherley.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Ok, I'm not saying it's the only reason I came to London, but I'm also not NOT saying that. Schiaparelli's Bow Knot Sweater at the V&A. 1927. I talk about this sweater all the time in my colourwork classes. www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/... 5582
Reposted by Marina MoskowitzLynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Finally got to see the hardback of our new book. Lovely production and fully illustrated. Also available open access @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social 23713
Reposted by Marina Moskowitzwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Poppies (1987) by Scottish artist Elizabeth Blackadder #WomensArt 31393209
Reposted by Marina MoskowitzNora Howley @norahowley.bsky.social · 22/06/2026And Ohio Knitting Mills translated it into a ready to wear piece that retailed for less than $30. A hand knitting version is in Stephen Tatar’s 2010 book. 🧶 2255
Reposted by Marina MoskowitzHyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 22/06/2026Through her new book that examines the history of Black quilters, author Sharbreon Plummer argues that in order to achieve broader appreciation for this artform, “a curiosity around and protection of the lineages, aesthetics, and inner worlds of the Black women who make them.”hyperallergic.comThe Inner Worlds of Black QuiltersI am often reminded of the warmth of a quilt at my great-grandmother’s house, the weight of wool and polyester patchwork that dared you to try to break free. 210056
Reposted by Marina MoskowitzThe Met: Costume Institute @metcostume.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Shawl botfrens.com/collections/223/conten… 0192
Reposted by Marina MoskowitzSuzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 21/06/2026I'm working from the WWII Red Cross sock pattern from the Newberry, but was fascinated to see this 1915 WWI sock knitting party painting yesterday! It's by Henrietta Mabel May from the Pierre Lassonde collection! I assume they are also using double pointed needles, but can't quite tell. 1142
Reposted by Marina MoskowitzEdward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Chalkie Davies Snoopy in the style of Jean Miro 684197603
Reposted by Marina MoskowitzDonna Rose @donna-rose.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Art Nouveau door, Brussels Belgium, photographer unknown 190126251441
Reposted by Marina MoskowitzThe Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 19/06/2026A little clip from a special event last night at the Huguenot Chapel in @cburycathedral.bsky.social for @refugeeweek.bsky.social - supporting the fantastic work of @kentrefugeean.bsky.social where we sang our original #seeyourfaceagain & #somewhereovertherainbow 47420
Reposted by Marina MoskowitzJohn Carter Brown Library @jcblibrary.bsky.social · 18/06/2026We love these photos of our Reading Room taken by Rythum Vinoben! If you haven't visited the Library, we'd love for you to come in and view the Reading Room and our current exhibition. Details at jcblibrary.org. 052
Marina Moskowitz @profmoskowitz.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Excited to be part of this special issue and share with colleagues one of almost 14,000 treasures from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection @uwmadison.bsky.social 010
Reposted by Marina MoskowitzSimon Newman @simonatmadison.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Another morning in the kitchen, strawberry and rhubarb, and strawberry jam 011
Reposted by Marina MoskowitzShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I just stopped by Printed Matter, where they were hosting a Parsons class. Craig, their bookshop director, told me that last year, class instructors commonly asked shop staff to pull artists’ books that exemplify 🎨 use of AI; now, students are asking to see material that offers an *antidote* to AI ✊ 1637
Reposted by Marina MoskowitzCarole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 17/06/2026🤗 Repost from @musicscope • On June 17, 1971, “Tapestry” by Carole King reached number #1 on the US Billboard 200. Its deeply personal songwriting and timeless appeal helped it remain on the charts for years and earned it a lasting place in music history. 52972761054
Reposted by Marina MoskowitzLost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Delighted that the annual Glasgow taxis outing to Troon today got decent weather. I hope the big-hearted drivers and their young charges have a great day. This is the 79th annual outing. Pic: Cabby Jimmy McCallister, ready for the off, in 1954 (picture: parkheadhistory.com) 2334
Reposted by Marina MoskowitzSimon Newman @simonatmadison.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Cherries from the garden, some dried and some as jam. A morning well spent! 151
Reposted by Marina MoskowitzMark E. Poasts @lolphillies.bsky.social · 14/06/2026“Scots discovering tailgating” could be a real Prometheus stealing fire moment 170165253833
Reposted by Marina MoskowitzLost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Good to see that the George Washington statue in Boston is now wearing the appropriate headgear. Pic: Dan Witzke 613730
Reposted by Marina Moskowitzmarse @marse.bsky.social · 13/06/2026I knew virtually nothing about Scotland or the Scots before them invading Boston for the World Cup … I am obsessed with them. They’re insane? And so fun. And SO nice and talkative and thankful for the hospitality. And super duper drunk always. 11025147
Marina Moskowitz @profmoskowitz.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Hello Bluesky! Very pleased to say this is in the world, either in this fetching hardback or available for open access digital download! @lynncabrams.bsky.social @sallytuckett.bsky.social @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social 2307
