For the next three years I will be serving as President of the dynamic community which is the American Research Institute of the South Caucasus. This org works on the ground to support scholars researching a fascinating and complex region-- join us!! arisc.org

I am one day late for the feast of St Jerome! may we all find peace and quiet, and by our kindness earn the love of a furry friend who warms our feet while we write our little stories (15th c icon, BM 1994,0501.1; Durer, 1514. NGA 6642)

kitten, Dvin, Armenia, 2008

a little gasp at the Sasanian (?) silk lining the back board of the Fulda Gospel-- Universitat Wurzeburg M.p.th.f.66

The Department of the History of Art and Architecture at Tufts University invites applications for a tenure-track position in Asian Art History at the rank of Assistant Professor, with a start date of September 1, 2027. All applications are submitted via Interfolio, at apply.interfolio.com/194232

Starting my day with this provocative, brilliant piece from Sebouh Aslanian on the political crafting of alternative pasts evnreport.com/opinion/tlon...

Tlön, Uqbar, Gandzasar: Notes on the Imaginary Land Called “Caucasian Albania”

Listen to the AI generated audio article.  Your browser does not support the audio element. “The methodical fabrication of hrönir

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boosting signal--- The Center for Armenian Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, invites proposals for works in progress to be presented at its 16th Annual International Graduate Student Workshop (April 16–17, 2027). Submission by Sunday, November 15, 2026: myumi.ch/jVNQ4

so gratefulwhen museums provide images of all sides of an object, especially ivory objects, such that we can understand and mark the age of the elephant life which made this material (Louvre OA 4068)

Job Klaxon!! Lecturer in Archaeology and Heritage, Birkbeck: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSY235/l...

Lecturer in Archaeology and Heritage at Birkbeck, University of London

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Lecturer in Archaeology and Heritage on jobs.ac.uk!

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the crows battle the owls Kitāb Kalīlah wa-Dimnah Bod. MS Pococke 400 92a

So excited for this week's virtual conference celebrating 20 years of the American Research Institute of the South Caucasus, co-sponsored by the Dadian Oztemel Chair at Tufts (among many others) arisc.org?p=12945

animals entranced by music: detail from "Bahram Gur Sees a Herd of Deer Mesmerized by Dilaram' s Music", Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi MetMuseum 13.228.28

the jarring scribble of Bodleian MS Ashmole 1511 (a medieval bestiary) a thing there is that hunger cannot kill although a thousand years it sleepeth...???

a fabulous detail from the first f of a 14th c French Animalibus of Albertus Magnus, showing the philosopher receiving his knowledge from Aristotle -- and a monkey doing science

mood board for this fall

coming out of the summer like

been mentally struggling for 5 min to describe the color of the ocean today and realized the most accurate phrase is “Baja Blast”

oh. oh shit oh no

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I used to do some work on the ethical use of satellite and drone imagery for aid and disaster response, and it is genuinely hard to express in words what a dangerous, stupid thing Google is doing by making it easy to use GenAI to create faked satellite imagery:

my new obsession is AI generated listing images on Etsy, which are offensive, annoying and now ubiquitous. Exhibit A: furry hand in self-sweater uses real ashtray, on sale for $21

mentally im here: pantslesss at work

o how i love this Visitation situated in a stony desert, from Fitzwilliam MS 62 f 53r

lick that boot hon, pull up that ladder queen

New amazing book out in open access! can't wait to dig into this ---- smithsonian.figshare.com/articles/boo...

all i want right now is a box of popsicles and some HEB white gardenia sunscreen and i can't get either delivered

!!!!!! i cant believe it, i just hit the goal limit on the first chapter of the new book !!! i am equal parts excited by the fascinating amazing stuff this project lets me think about and terrified by the sheer scope of it weeeeeeeeee

thinking/writing about tapestry and animal allegory today, in cahoots with some gorgeous beasts such as these, at Minneapolis Institute of Art

sometimes the 'cultural genocide' comes from inside the house. absolutely shocking news of destruction of a unique building, the manor of Chesar Orbelyan, one of the better known princes of Vayots Dzor-- in the name of 'reconstruction.' azg.am/news/%d5%a1%...

researching depictions of Jerome and the lion today, and this one made me lol: (Getty, Ms. 106 (2010.21), recto)

very much feeling this fashion plate for women over 30 (!!!) in the November 1984 Armenian Women Workers (Հայաստանի Աշխատավորուհի) magazine

sometimes an image really looks back at you Psalter, Sis, 1283 BL Or 13804