Dr Laura Fernández-González

Fantastic essay on historical erasures and an amazing portrait of an enslaved man.

View of a rectangular plaza with two chuch façades with tower bells, and other municipal and residential buildings. Cerros (hills) on the horizon on a clear sky day, near the time of sunset.

Cusco from the bell tower of the Church of San Cristóbal. Photo from 2022.

Ancient Egyptian ‘sick notes’ go on display in new Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition 'Made in Ancient Egypt', the new exhibition at The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge runs from 3 October 2025 – 12 April 2026. .

Today at @camunivmuseums.bsky.social’s Fitzwilliam, so of my favorite papyri @ ostraca go on display for “Made in Ancient Egypt” 3 October 2025 – 12 April 2026. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/made... The window 🪟 order is a famous one, but I also love the sick note from the Valley of the Kings. Daily life 💕

I had a mid-career fellowship and it was exactly what I needed to finish my book. The BA application forms are far simpler than you might expect if you’ve only ever seen forms for other funders. So, if you’re eligible, do explore further. Best of luck if you apply.

I'm very pleased to announce that the call for proposed Special Issues of the Historical Journal is now live, with a deadline of 12th December. Please do spread widely among your networks — @saracaputo.bsky.social and I look forward to reading your submissions! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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We have just launched our new application cycle for long- and short-term fellowships at the JCB!

Details at jcblibrary.org/fellowships/...

@yalebooks.bsky.social have outdone themselves with the cover of my new book. Out in January for anyone interested.

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A baroque gilded altarpiece with a wooden statue of Our Lady of O encircled by a golden wreath

Painting found on the lateral wall of the chapel with a profusely decorated frame and a representation of St Michael and Donor draped with Indigenous garments

Paining of Our Lady of Rosary with Donor frames by a profusely decorated baroque frame

San Pedro de Lima, Peru. The Jesuit Basilica.

Chapel of Jesus Child and Our Lady of O

Below a close up of the image of the Altar of Our Lady of O; a painting of St Michael and Donor; and a painting of Our Lady of Rosary and Donor.

The donors’ portraits are wonderful!

A baroque gilded altarpiece with a wooden statue of Our Lady of O encircled by a golden wreath

Painting found on the lateral wall of the chapel with a profusely decorated frame and a representation of St Michael and Donor draped with Indigenous garments

Paining of Our Lady of Rosary with Donor frames by a profusely decorated baroque frame

San Pedro de Lima, Peru. The Jesuit Basilica.

Chapel of Jesus Child and Our Lady of O

Below a close up of the image of the Altar of Our Lady of O; a painting of St Michael and Donor; and a painting of Our Lady of Rosary and Donor.

The donors’ portraits are wonderful!

Casa Aliaga, Lima.

It claims to be the oldest continuously inhabited house in the Americas since Geronimo de Aliaga built it. Likely built on the top of a Huaca; the house was rebuilt after the 1746 earthquake and thereafter.

This is the patio; stunning 1/3

More interiors in the Casa Aliaga 3/3

A desk in the middle and 17th century tiles on the walls with five oil on canvases.

Box decorated with mother or pearl and carry from the Philippines and a Silver statue of a peacock

Detail of the Peruvian Silverwork of a peacock box

Painting on of Our Lady framed by a red and gilded frame

The gorgeous office room 2/3

Casa Aliaga, Lima.

It claims to be the oldest continuously inhabited house in the Americas since Geronimo de Aliaga built it. Likely built on the top of a Huaca; the house was rebuilt after the 1746 earthquake and thereafter.

This is the patio; stunning 1/3

On the left, a wine glass half full (or is it half empty) with a red liquid; on the right, a bottle half full/half empty with the same red liquid. Because let's be frank, REF2029 is driving some to drink.

Some (no doubt annoyingly) glass-half-full reflections on REF2029 pause, for academic and PS staff involved in HEI submission(s).

If, like me, you're having to deal with the hiatus in the known unknowns, what's a viable approach to take? Some very preliminary thoughts. 1/7

Model of the Holy Sepulchre

Model of the Holy Sepulchre

Model of the Holy Sepulchre

An extraordinary piece indeed.

Interplay of mirrors and light with statues of of Our Lady Mary

Gallery interior with representations of Mary

Model made of nacar, mother of pearl and olive tree wood of the st sepulchre

Detail of a baroque gilded domestic altar

Fabulous exhibition at the Museo Pedro de Osma in Barranco-Lima curated by Andrés de Leo and Diana Castillo Cerf

More press news about my brother’s exhibition and his important work:

Javier Fergo o la lucha por un mundo más justo. Diario de Navarra

www.noticiasdenavarra.com/cultura/2025...

Large poster on a building with the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe announcing the Prado Museum show. On the background the façade of the Jerónimos Church

Large poster for the Veronese exhibition at the Prado Museum

Brief stopover at El Prado en route to Pamplona for my brother’s exhibition; the Guadalupe and the Veronese shows are amazing!

The Spanish newspaper La Voz del Sur has published about Javier Fergo's exhibition. David Montes pens the article with interviews with Arturo Fernández, Director of the Festival Flamenco On Fire& Susana Girón, photojournalist, curator.

More (in Spanish) here: www.lavozdelsur.es/cultura/flam...

🔍 Did you know that we have a searchable dataset that draws on records of Londoners of African, Caribbean, Asian and Indigenous heritage in our parish registers from 1561-1840?

The project started in 2000 and, thanks to our staff and volunteers, now has records of 2600 Londoners!

#SwitchingTheLens

🚨 JOB ALERT🚨
We are looking to hire an Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern). This Grade 8 open-ended position has an application deadline of 28/09/2025. Click below to learn more and apply. Please share widely!

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ050/a...

Research Associate in Early Modern Global History:Oxford Road

Just a few days to go before the deadline - 25 August.

There's huge scope within the project to develop work related to trade, cross-cultural encounter and empire in the early modern world, in geographies stretching across Africa and Asia.

www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Universities doubling down as public sentiment shifts away from dependence upon AI. This is the problem with the buy-in.

Professur für Archäologie der schriftlosen Kulturen Europas #infocliojob

We have a cover!

No Country for Travellers? No Country for Travellers? explores the rise and nature of British travel to Spain and Portugal between 1760 and 1820, across a region that is conventionally overlooked in studies of British travel to...

Rosemary Sweet and I have written a book about #18thc British travellers to Spain and Portugal, and I'm really happy it's now free to download here: uclpress.co.uk/book/no-coun... (hard copies also available!) #skystorians #c18th

Job Vacancy at the University of Nottingham: Research Fellow in Slavery and War (Comparative Contexts) (Fixed term) In 2025, the University of Nottingham and King’s College London will launch the new Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery in War, funded by the Leverhulme Trust for up to £10 million over ten year...

Is it OK to post jobs here? Hoping so, as we're recruting 7 3-year Research Fellowships as part of a new Leverhulme Centre for the Study of Slavery in War. (More details below). Please share widely, and apply! jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...