#mertola #alentejo #portugal I finally got to see the beautiful Igreja Matriz of Mértola, which used to be an Islamic mosque, an early Christian church, and a Roman temple.

The School of Art History now has an Athena Swan Silver award for Gender Equality! @uniofstandrews.bsky.social #AthenaSwan #GenderEquality I'm so proud of all the work we have done together!

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The School is proud to be the first School in the Faculty of Arts and Divinity to be a recipient of an Athena Swan UK Gender Equality Silver Award. For more information: #AthenaSwan #GenderEquality @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

Next Monday I'm giving a talk at the African Ivories Research Network at the University of Lisbon and online! Thanks to organisers Carlos Almeida, Luís Afonso, and José da Silva Horta. @arthistorysta.bsky.social

Next week I'm in Oxford to give the first paper in the 'Early Modern Art and Material Culture' series of the Iberian History Seminar - I'm honoured and excited! Thanks to organisers Giuseppe Marcocci and Sylvia Alvares-Correa iberianhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/home

Thursday 13th February! Join us in Sandy's Bar, St Andrews from 5pm-6:30pm for a series of 5 minutes talks about Queer History from University of St Andrews students and lecturers! More info below!

Over New Year’s I visited #Toledo with its wonderful art and architecture, such as some of the best works of #elgreco

The Dutch education budget will still be “disastrous” for universities, sector leaders said, despite a reduction to the sweeping cuts proposed earlier this year #highered #EduSky

Reduced budget cuts still ‘disastrous’ for Dutch universities

Agreement between coalition and opposition parties to reduce budget cuts does little to assuage sector leaders’ fears

timeshighereducation.com

Day 2 of the CIRIMA ASIA conference in #Seville with the brilliant @laurafg.bsky.social @mehapri.bsky.social @periodeye.bsky.social Hugo Miguel Crespo & many others!

Looking forward to this conference in Seville this week: ‘Asia y las Rutas de la Imagen’. With papers by the fabulous Hugo Crespo, Elsje Van Kessel, Stephanie Porras & many more. My paper explores the contribution of Goan artists to the arts of early modern Old Goa. www.us.es/eventos/agen...

Surprise encounter with a 17C painting of a naval battle between Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch ships in front of Pernambuco in... the breakfast room of conference hotel! More coffee, anyone? #seville #bluestorians #skystorians #blueskyarthistory

So excited to travel to Seville tomorrow. I'm giving a paper about maritime travel, spirituality, and insurance and talking about this dramatic painting by André Reinoso, 1619, Igreja de S. Roque, Lisbon, at the CIRIMA ASIA conference: geografiaehistoria.ucm.es/file/program...

PhD opportunity! 📢📢📢 Joint doctoral research position St Andrews / Bibliotheca Hertziana 15-18C European/colonial art histories, starting 1 Sep 2025 st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/... @bhmpi.bsky.social