Christine Sukic

Isaac Oliver, c. 1565-1617.

Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia (1596-1662) when Princess Elizabeth in 1613

(Royal Collection, HM CIII)

Close up on the right side of a woman's face. There is a frilled collar and delicate lace headpiece.

Detail of the right arm with a lace sleeve and a gold bracelet. She is holding a handkerchief in her hand.

These details? Stunning!

Hommage à Agnès Alexandre-Collier / In memory of Agnès Alexandre-Collier FR & EN

Au revoir chère Agnès

www.mfo.ac.uk/article/homm...

#otd St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre

Born on this day in 1552, Lavinia Fontana of Bologna. Here, self-portrait in her studiolo in 1579, an intellectual young artist.

Private chamber of abbess Giovanna Piacenza at the convent of San Paolo, Parma: a glorious fictive arbor painted for a v. lucky nun by Antonio da Correggio, whose day is today.

Opinion | ‘1984’ Hasn’t Changed, but America Has

News from the Free World

‘1984’ Hasn’t Changed, but America Has www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...

Also, as a tangent, I'd love to see more of this kind of thing on #academicsky. More sharing of tools, ideas, and resources for teaching, not just endless doom amd gloom.

We should share our hard-won knowledge about pedagogy as eagerly and as often as we share our research!

it's always a good day to talk about HUMANITIES WORKS

humanitiesworks.org

Some brilliant ideas about reading here!

Ça me rappelle Palerme: un jeune homme en Vespa, un bébé dans les bras, cigarette au bec, conduite d’une main, sans casque!

CFP for next year's congress! #SFS2026

5 June 1610: The chamberlain of the City of #London orders #otd Richard Burbage be reimbursed & allowed keep ‘taffety silke & other necessaries’ from the water pageant in honour of Prince Henry’s creation as Prince of #Wales on 31 May (Dulwich Art Gallery) #WillPerformForCloth

Nous aussi nous sommes impatients : si seulement le train était à l’heure!

L’atelier @shakespearefrance.bsky.social SFS de la SAES commence demain!

📍 Demain, c’est le grand jour ! Le Congrès SAES 2025 démarre à Toulouse 🎓✨
📅 Du 5 au 7 juin, conférences, ateliers et rencontres vous attendent !
🎉 Toute l’équipe est impatiente de vous retrouver pour faire vivre ensemble cette nouvelle édition du SAES.
#SAES2025 #Toulouse #VilleRose #CongrèsSAES

A huge thanks to all our amazing guests and speakers, we've had fabulous fiftieth! If you've missed anything you can catch up on our Youtube channel!➡️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkg9jFvvT2U&list=PLLgheICnZPXeMX5MBeEAZUw9fwi_qPlob&index=4

It's here, it's out, you want it! The official programme!
We'll be looking to see you there for the 50th anniversary of the @shakespearefrance.bsky.social #sfs2025

Demandez le programme! Here’s the full lineup for the upcoming SFS Conference 🎉

The Shakspaires of Trinity Lane: A Possible Shakespeare Life-Record Hereford Cathedral Library holds a fragmentary seventeenth-century letter addressed to a ‘Mrs Shakspaire’, concerning her husband’s dealings with a fatherless apprentice named John Butte or Butts. ...

Delighted to say that my article, "The Shakspaires of Trinity Lane: A Possible Shakespeare Life-Record" is now fully published and open-access! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

2/2 Scarlet ibis. Extraordinarily designed nature study by Maria Sibylla Merian.

Renaissance Lives | Andreas Vesalius: Anatomy and the World of Books Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience.

🧠 Discover more about the life of Andreas Vesalius

In this Renaissance Lives talk, Sachiko Kusukawa revisits Vesalius’s legacy, revealing how his work emerged from the cultural and technological revolution of the Renaissance.

Watch now: warburg.sas.ac.uk/podcasts/ren... #Renaissance

Happy 50th birthday!

Oxford University researcher uncovers hidden copy of Shakespeare Dr Leah Veronese from Oxford University's English Faculty has unearthed a rare manuscript copy of Shakespeare’s famous Sonnet 116 tucked away in a 17th-century poetry collection. This treasure was

NEW: @engfac.bsky.social's Dr Leah Veronese has unearthed a rare manuscript copy of Shakespeare’s famous Sonnet 116 tucked away in a 17th-century poetry collection.

This is only the second known manuscript copy of the sonnet ever discovered.

More info ⬇️

Pass it on.
#StandWithUkraine

Ukraine is Europe!
We stand by Ukraine.

We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.

Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.

I Stand With Ukraine against this despicable bully

I Stand With Ukraine against this despicable bully

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

Two assholes both alike: indignity. #amerika

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