Onwards to the Lincoln Centre for the Jerome Robbins special collection, part of the New York Public Library…🫡
Lucinda Menaul
@lhmenaul.bsky.social
Classics and English Lit PhD student funded by the AHRC, Kings College London. Interested in Victorian classical and medieval reception + literary representation of horses I shoot on pretentious retro cameras…
Princeton - absolutely breathtaking. Really enjoying my time researching in Special Collections here!
Representation of the Pagan (Muslim) Corflambo (burning heart), Stories from The Faerie Queene (1922), by Mary Macleod. See Spenser Book 4, Canto 8, 38.
I’ve wanted to visit @pennmuseum.bsky.social since I was a young teenager and was ridiculously excited to finally see Queen Puabi’s headdress in real life — somehow I never thought I would! Also very taken with these beautiful ornamental horse bits c.1000BC, Iran… I want one for my handsome Flint🥹🐴
I am in Philadelphia for exciting archival research for PhD chapter 3! UPenn Special Collections and Historical Society of Pennsylvania awaits… and how beautiful are the apartments round Rittenhouse Square?
Happy Pride! As I couldn’t watch the central parade, we had our own little horsie parade. Passers-by were delighted!
Excited to see @lhmenaul.bsky.social’s article ‘Once upon a Homer: classical epic as folklore-fairytale in nineteenth-century literature’ is finally out (I was lucky enough to get an early look, and it’s fascinating!) 🥂 doi.org/10.1093/crj/...
Once upon a Homer: classical epic as folklore-fairytale in nineteenth-century literature
Abstract. This article explores the recasting of Homeric narratives as folklore-fairytale in the latter half of the nineteenth century in Britain, taking W
doi.org
I am so excited to share that my very first academic article has been published by the Classical Receptions Journal! ‘Once Upon a Homer: classical epic as folklore-fairytale in nineteenth-century literature’ is open access, so do please give it a read! doi.org/10.1093/crj/...
Once upon a Homer: classical epic as folklore-fairytale in nineteenth-century literature
Abstract. This article explores the recasting of Homeric narratives as folklore-fairytale in the latter half of the nineteenth century in Britain, taking W
doi.org
Routledge Companion to Video Games and History should be out in November. Exciting news! My chapter "Historical Games in Class: An Introduction for Educators" was my, if you will, culminating overview on the topic before I dove into analog & Twine for the new book. www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
We're very grateful for the wonderful suggestions we received last week - please keep them coming!
Voices of Motherhood@voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social · 4mo ago📣 Calling all historians of activism and social movements! We're planning a new undergrad module on Power and Protest in 19th/20th century Britain and we would LOVE your ideas on existing and emerging research. Key questions are "what is protest?" and "who gets to protest?" and topics include...
I love to start the day with a good 404 error, and this one is *really* good.
#Skyhistorians ££££ for MA and PhD students and ECRs working on women's and gender history. Spread the word (repost: liking is nice, but it won't reach an audience beyond yourself).
Women's History Scotland@womenshistscot.bsky.social · 4mo ago⏰️ Still time to apply for our £500 research bursary! It is open to masters students, doctoral researchers, ECRs, and independent historians who research women’s and gender history, particularly for those working on Scottish themes. 🗓 Deadline 31st May 🔗 womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...
New exhibition open: When Britain Stood Still: The General Strike at 100 Explore how workers, politicians & trade unionists responded to the 1926 General Strike & how opposition was organised against it www.ncl.ac.uk/library/special-collections/exhibitions/when-britain-stood-still #GeneralStrike100
Minority groups brace for surge in racism after Reform UK election gains
Minority groups brace for surge in racism after Reform UK election gains
Many members of minority communities fear results in Birmingham and elsewhere could lead to rise in hostile rhetoric
theguardian.com
The Erechtheion, shot on Kodak Gold 35mm by me… Bring back film photography 🫶🏻
This is now what passes for “science” from the BBC. Hackneyed cliches, faux mystery, factually incorrect statements. 1. Archaeologists are, once again, “baffled” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Mystery of Welsh medieval cemetery deepens
Skeletons and artefacts unearthed from the site near Cardiff Airport are baffling archaeologists.
bbc.co.uk
David Attenborough, 'the voice for nature,' turns 100 reut.rs/3P0iwuM
David Attenborough, 'the voice for nature,' turns 100
Britain's David Attenborough, who has for decades been the world's most authoritative voice on the natural world and whose documentaries have been watched by hundreds of millions, will on Friday celebrate his 100th birthday.
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"The window depicts “angeli ministrantes” and “angeli laudantes” – ministering and praising angels. Burne-Jones designed the angels, Morris the decorative leaf design." #architecture #restoration #church #cathedral www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
My favourite artefact I saw at the Ackland Museum, Chapel Hill, was this 3rd century statue — the sculptor had even gone to the trouble of chiselling in the horseshoe and frog onto the sole of the horse’s foot 🥹
Landed safely back from Chapel Hill at Heathrow at 10am. By 2pm galloping over fields strewn with wild deer and thinking about the classical horses I spotted at the Ackland Museum. I really do have highly enjoyable jobs.
My obsession with finding Pegasus in unusual places was warmly rewarded at the Wilson Library’s Special Collections at Chapel Hill. Thanks @esing.bsky.social for organising such a great opportunity for us visiting from King’s College London!
From the Sword of Democles, 1812. Ackland Museum Chapel Hill.
First time travelling internationally for my PhD and my first time in the US — Chapel Hill University looking beautiful!
From 21 May, Tate Britain will host the first major European exhibition of Whistler’s work in 30 years. The show will include portraits, drawings, prints, and designs, from his teens in St. Petersburg to the enigmatic late self-portraits. The show ends 27 September.
Classical Equid #5. Possibly an Amazonomachy scene. 4th-3rd C BC. Heraklion Archaelogical Museum.
Classical Equid #4. Bronze Pegasos figurine. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
