Before and after, more of less. The fish can’t be beat here!
Liam Brockey
@lbrockey.bsky.social
Historian, early modernist (mostly things Portuguese), book lover, Schnauzer owner
Pitões das Júnias monastery in remote northern Portugal is beautiful. Over a thousand years old, it was touched up in the #earlymodern era
Wonderful battle images from the Portuguese War of Independence, c. 1660, at the Palácio da Fronteira near Lisbon. Note the English not knowing how to fight with muskets and instead using them as clubs! #earlymodern
We have a cover! Release date is later this year, right in time for the long winter’s nights! #earlymodern
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Pôr Abril no sítio certo
O Governo e a Câmara Municipal de Lisboa querem tirar o prometido Museu do 25 de Abril do Terreiro do Paço, o local simbólico da revolução que trouxe a democracia a Portugal. Queremos pôr abril no ce...
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Ripped up the basement carpet and found a shuffleboard court! What adventures await?
Starting another semester, year 24 that I've been at this. Time to do a little sowing, as it says on the Beaumont Tower here on campus.
The cookie making madness is nearing an end, 21 varieties this year!
I wrote a short tribute to my friend and mentor, Jurgis Elisonas (aka George Elison), known to many scholars for his work on early modern Japan. He is sorely missed! www.asianstudies.org/in-memoriam-...
In Memoriam: Jurgis Saulius Algirdas Elisonas (1937-2025) - Association for Asian Studies
Jurgis Saulius Algirdas Elisonas passed away after a brief illness on September 17, 2025. Professor Elisonas is known to many in the field of East Asian history by the Anglicized version of his name, ...
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Oregon Compact on Higher Education
Oregon Compact on Higher Education A Living Document prepared by United Academics of the University of Oregon The “Oregon Compact on Higher Education” is intended to contest the “Trump Compact” ...
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The new Piet Oudolf garden at Belle Isle in Detroit is beautiful!
Funky medieval lions on a tomb in the Igreja de São João in Figueiró dos Vinhos, Portugal
Dutch and Portuguese tiles in Lisbon, 17th Century at Convento dos Cardais.
If you agree that American has no kings, add ❌👑 to your name!
Why isn’t every anti-Musk politician using this song to start their rallies? A plus, it’s got the best video ever made: youtu.be/z5rRZdiu1UE
Beastie Boys - Sabotage (Official Music Video)
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Hundreds here in East Lansing wait for Tom Barrett, MI-7 rep. Too scared to come, I guess! #Indivisible
