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L0058782 Velvet ribbon votive offering, Isle of Man, 1880-1916 Credit: Science Museum, London. Wellcome Images This blue velvet ribbon...

My review of the Scottish National Gallery’s recent exhibition, Jean-Étienne Liotard, has gone live on the British Society for...

My review of the Scottish National Gallery’s recent exhibition, Jean-Étienne Liotard, has gone live on the British Society for...

I’m excited to announce that I passed my viva with minor corrections on Thursday. Despite several sleepless nights and countless hours of...

I’m excited to announce that I passed my viva with minor corrections on Thursday. Despite several sleepless nights and countless hours of...

I thought I’d share the information about the National Museum of Scotland’s forthcoming lecture on Margaret Tytler’s fascinating yet...

I thought I’d share the information about the National Museum of Scotland’s forthcoming lecture on Margaret Tytler’s fascinating yet...

I had meant to publish this on November 1 but essay marking got in the way. Which, I guess, is appropriate for a post about struggling to...

I had meant to publish this on November 1 but essay marking got in the way. Which, I guess, is appropriate for a post about struggling to...

A roundup of CFPs, articles, papers, and postings that caught my attention this week: Spectropia; or, Surprising Spectral Illusions...

A roundup of CFPs, articles, papers, and postings that caught my attention this week: Spectropia; or, Surprising Spectral Illusions...

I’m delighted to be co-convening the University of Edinburgh’s Eighteenth-Century Research Seminar Series (ECRS). See the Call for Papers...

I’m delighted to be co-convening the University of Edinburgh’s Eighteenth-Century Research Seminar Series (ECRS). See the Call for Papers...

A roundup of CFPs, conferences, articles, job listings and seminar series that have caught my eye in the last (few) week(s). As always,...

A roundup of CFPs, conferences, articles, job listings and seminar series that have caught my eye in the last (few) week(s). As always,...

Click the link below for the programme for the upcoming Difficult Women conference, and see the organiser’s site for more details....

Click the link below for the programme for the upcoming Difficult Women conference, and see the organiser’s site for more details....

On Wednesday (7th October) I’ll be presenting a paper at the Archive Materials research symposium. I’ll be talking about my research on A...

On Wednesday (7th October) I’ll be presenting a paper at the Archive Materials research symposium. I’ll be talking about my research on A...

This article examining the material culture of abandoned psychiatric institutions: ‘Abandoned Suitcases Reveal Private Lives of Insane...