Emily Wood
@ebwood.bsky.social
Assistant Curator, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum || ABD in art history || art & architecture of early modern Spain & Italy || she/her || heads up: there will be Red Sox posts
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Giambologna, Turkey, 1567, Museo Nazionale del Bargello #gobblegobble
November 23, 2023 at 1:21 PM
Giambologna, Turkey, 1567, Museo Nazionale del Bargello #gobblegobble
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D27,815 - issued in 1897 for a design for a cranberry scoop. #DesignPatents
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
D27,815 - issued in 1897 for a design for a cranberry scoop. #DesignPatents
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Call for Papers: TALKING STONES – OBJECT AND MATERIALITY IN EARLY MODERN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE International Conference – Prague, 17–18 April 2026.
See H-Sicily for the full Call for Papers: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
See H-Sicily for the full Call for Papers: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Call for Papers: TALKING STONES – OBJECT AND MATERIALITY IN EARLY MODERN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE International Conference – Prague, 17–18 April 2026.
See H-Sicily for the full Call for Papers: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
See H-Sicily for the full Call for Papers: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
El Greco, St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata, 1590–95, National Gallery of Ireland
📷: March 2022
📷: March 2022
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
El Greco, St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata, 1590–95, National Gallery of Ireland
📷: March 2022
📷: March 2022
Everything is awful, but it’s cranberry bagel season, so at least there’s that.
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Everything is awful, but it’s cranberry bagel season, so at least there’s that.
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i can not be the only person wondering about the five percent gap between bigfoot and the yeti
i mean is this where u draw the line
i mean is this where u draw the line
New polling on aliens
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
i can not be the only person wondering about the five percent gap between bigfoot and the yeti
i mean is this where u draw the line
i mean is this where u draw the line
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I am quoted in this Globe article as Director of American Studies at BU, and I like my quote very much:
“It's a value to society to have people highly educated in disciplines, whether they teach at universities or not.”
“It's a value to society to have people highly educated in disciplines, whether they teach at universities or not.”
"From Harvard to BU to Brown, New England schools are enrolling fewer new PhDs this year. Why?"
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/b...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/b...
From Harvard to BU to Brown, New England schools are enrolling fewer new PhDs this year. Why? - The Boston Globe
Elite universities are taking fewer doctoral candidates after decades of beefing up their research enterprises.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I am quoted in this Globe article as Director of American Studies at BU, and I like my quote very much:
“It's a value to society to have people highly educated in disciplines, whether they teach at universities or not.”
“It's a value to society to have people highly educated in disciplines, whether they teach at universities or not.”
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Job Opportunity!
Corpus Christi College seeks a 5-year full time (1.0) assistant professor in History.
Renewable
2 or more of these histories: Medieval, European & British, Canadian, Indigenous peoples’, Asian, art history and Church history.
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69529/c...
Corpus Christi College seeks a 5-year full time (1.0) assistant professor in History.
Renewable
2 or more of these histories: Medieval, European & British, Canadian, Indigenous peoples’, Asian, art history and Church history.
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69529/c...
Corpus Christi College - Faculty Position in History | H-Net
networks.h-net.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Job Opportunity!
Corpus Christi College seeks a 5-year full time (1.0) assistant professor in History.
Renewable
2 or more of these histories: Medieval, European & British, Canadian, Indigenous peoples’, Asian, art history and Church history.
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69529/c...
Corpus Christi College seeks a 5-year full time (1.0) assistant professor in History.
Renewable
2 or more of these histories: Medieval, European & British, Canadian, Indigenous peoples’, Asian, art history and Church history.
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69529/c...
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"What Is the Mysterious New Group Behind Trump’s Venice Biennale Pick?" Some observations about the American Arts Conservancy news.artnet.com/art-world/am...
What Is the Mysterious New Group Behind Trump's Venice Biennale Pick? | Artnet News
What is the American Arts Conservancy? Who are its advisors? Why is a pet foods entrepreneur in charge of the U.S. Venice Biennale pavilion?
news.artnet.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"What Is the Mysterious New Group Behind Trump’s Venice Biennale Pick?" Some observations about the American Arts Conservancy news.artnet.com/art-world/am...
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Ok, high-brow art world. What are you doing for public broadcasting?
'Cuz right now Bob Ross and GWAR appear to be takign the lead.
'Cuz right now Bob Ross and GWAR appear to be takign the lead.
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Ok, high-brow art world. What are you doing for public broadcasting?
'Cuz right now Bob Ross and GWAR appear to be takign the lead.
'Cuz right now Bob Ross and GWAR appear to be takign the lead.
😐
Breaking News: The CDC quietly appointed Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham, who has been critical of vaccines, as its second in command. During the Covid pandemic, he promoted discredited treatments like ivermectin and, as Louisiana’s surgeon general, halted the state’s mass vaccination campaign.
C.D.C. Quietly Appoints Doctor Critical of Vaccines as Second in Command
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham promoted discredited treatments like ivermectin and, as Louisiana’s surgeon general, halted the state’s mass vaccination campaign.
trib.al
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
😐
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Come for the discussion of weak connecting lines between letters, stay for the closing (critical) quotes from the owner of a conservatives-only design firm, which I’ll admit I found a totally fascinating idea.
From fancy fonts to gilded accents, President Trump has made it part of his domestic agenda to do an extensive redecorating spree around the White House.
Design experts read the writing on the Oval Office wall:
Design experts read the writing on the Oval Office wall:
What’s going on with Trump’s gold ‘Oval Office’ sign?
We asked design experts to read the writing on the White House wall and tell us what they see
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Come for the discussion of weak connecting lines between letters, stay for the closing (critical) quotes from the owner of a conservatives-only design firm, which I’ll admit I found a totally fascinating idea.
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Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
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The Jim Henson Company's 70th Anniversary Auction is today. If I had the funds, I would love to expand @ransomcenter.bsky.social's collection of author busts by purchasing these props from The Muppet Christmas Carol.
www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
#Muppets #JimHenson #booksky #filmsky 📚📽️
www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
#Muppets #JimHenson #booksky #filmsky 📚📽️
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Jim Henson Company's 70th Anniversary Auction is today. If I had the funds, I would love to expand @ransomcenter.bsky.social's collection of author busts by purchasing these props from The Muppet Christmas Carol.
www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
#Muppets #JimHenson #booksky #filmsky 📚📽️
www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
#Muppets #JimHenson #booksky #filmsky 📚📽️
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Bird pies in painting 🦢🥧
November 25, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Bird pies in painting 🦢🥧
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𝗖𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗲𝘀𝘁
By Benjamin D.R. Hellings
More info: bit.ly/4oiZfjE
#Numismatics #Coinage #Coins #Antiquity #RomanEmpire #Archaeology #Archaeologysky
By Benjamin D.R. Hellings
More info: bit.ly/4oiZfjE
#Numismatics #Coinage #Coins #Antiquity #RomanEmpire #Archaeology #Archaeologysky
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
𝗖𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗲𝘀𝘁
By Benjamin D.R. Hellings
More info: bit.ly/4oiZfjE
#Numismatics #Coinage #Coins #Antiquity #RomanEmpire #Archaeology #Archaeologysky
By Benjamin D.R. Hellings
More info: bit.ly/4oiZfjE
#Numismatics #Coinage #Coins #Antiquity #RomanEmpire #Archaeology #Archaeologysky
So much for “It’s the thought that counts.”
Roughly 42% of shoppers are already using A.I. tools for their holiday shopping, a recent survey found. More than half of Generation Z and millennial respondents said they trusted A.I. to recommend unique gifts. nyti.ms/4pocGQc
A.I. Can Do More of Your Shopping This Holiday Season
New tools and features from retailers and tech companies use artificial intelligence to help people find gifts and make decisions about their shopping lists.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
So much for “It’s the thought that counts.”
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Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
contingentmagazine.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
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Israel, which has obliterated most of Palestine’s archeological and heritage sites, including ancient churches, mosques, and temples, has suddenly discovered an urge to protect one from Palestinian ‘neglect’. It just so happens to be in the West Bank.
www.timesofisrael.com/israel-begin...
www.timesofisrael.com/israel-begin...
Israel begins seizing 1,800 dunams of West Bank land to develop archaeological site
Civil Administration says development legal, taking place amid 'neglect' of site by Palestinians; Peace Now: 'Government's lust for dispossession and annexation is insatiable'
www.timesofisrael.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Israel, which has obliterated most of Palestine’s archeological and heritage sites, including ancient churches, mosques, and temples, has suddenly discovered an urge to protect one from Palestinian ‘neglect’. It just so happens to be in the West Bank.
www.timesofisrael.com/israel-begin...
www.timesofisrael.com/israel-begin...
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Notice the staff. Can you tell me what the staff is?! It does not appear on the republican designs which inspired this type. livyarrow.org/2021/01/19/s...
Subsellium
ANS specimen Another ANS Specimen I want to think about how RIC Augustus 407 intersects with Republican types of Caepio Piso and also the Plebeian Aedile issue of the Cinnan regime, not to mention …
livyarrow.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Notice the staff. Can you tell me what the staff is?! It does not appear on the republican designs which inspired this type. livyarrow.org/2021/01/19/s...
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Are you in museums or galleries? Do you do Renaissance-era research? Think about applying NOW to the Society for Renaissance Studies award to support such a research project upto £1,000. Deadline 1 December! It could get you to that crucial archive or museum! www.rensoc.org.uk/funding-priz...
Museums & Galleries Research Award – Society for Renaissance Studies
www.rensoc.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Are you in museums or galleries? Do you do Renaissance-era research? Think about applying NOW to the Society for Renaissance Studies award to support such a research project upto £1,000. Deadline 1 December! It could get you to that crucial archive or museum! www.rensoc.org.uk/funding-priz...
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This story is bonkers.
Also, I hope the labor union is getting annual 3% cost of living increases.
Also, I hope the labor union is getting annual 3% cost of living increases.
"We didn't notice something that was noted on our 990s" is, I fear, more common than not at large nonprofits
(This is a corporate boards problem, I think, not a nonprofit specific issue – as any casual glance at the business world, and the welter of normalized self-dealing and fraud, might attest)
(This is a corporate boards problem, I think, not a nonprofit specific issue – as any casual glance at the business world, and the welter of normalized self-dealing and fraud, might attest)
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This story is bonkers.
Also, I hope the labor union is getting annual 3% cost of living increases.
Also, I hope the labor union is getting annual 3% cost of living increases.
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One of the most colorful figures in the black market for ancient art has died. For @lrb.co.uk, I wrote about Jonathan Tokeley-Parry - a smuggler who made fake fakes to defeat border inspections to get Egyptian artifacts to the UK and US, whose downfall both changed and didn’t change the market.
‘By his own estimate, Jonathan Tokeley-Parry smuggled three thousand antiquities out of Egypt in 65 trips over six years. His success was down to his skill as a “fabricator”.’
Erin L. Thompson (@artcrimeprof.bsky.social) on the blog:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Erin L. Thompson (@artcrimeprof.bsky.social) on the blog:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Erin L. Thompson | Fake it till you make it
Jonathan Tokeley-Parry, who died last month, had a business card in the early 1990s that described him as ‘Jonty “...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
One of the most colorful figures in the black market for ancient art has died. For @lrb.co.uk, I wrote about Jonathan Tokeley-Parry - a smuggler who made fake fakes to defeat border inspections to get Egyptian artifacts to the UK and US, whose downfall both changed and didn’t change the market.
Will be interesting to see what happens with this.
The small, spontaneously drawn red chalk sketch shows a bare right foot. It might become one of the most expensive drawings of a foot ever sold. nyti.ms/3XzFU33
His Right Foot: One Tiny Drawing for Sale, Said to Be by Michelangelo
The Renaissance artist painted more than 100 figures in the Sistine Chapel ceiling, yet studies for only a handful remain. Could this five-inch drawing at Christie’s be one?
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Will be interesting to see what happens with this.