Catriona MacLeod
@catrionamac.bsky.social
Lover of paper and porcelain, Romanticist. Editor, Word&Image. Hebridean, not there often enough.
An original Klecksographie by the original mothman, Justinus Kerner.
November 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
An original Klecksographie by the original mothman, Justinus Kerner.
Electronic review systems for journals are broken: I’ve received daily nagging reminders for a week to complete a review due TODAY and this morning at 5 am the machine wrote to me that my review was late . . .
November 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Electronic review systems for journals are broken: I’ve received daily nagging reminders for a week to complete a review due TODAY and this morning at 5 am the machine wrote to me that my review was late . . .
Coining a new word: detitlement
October 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Coining a new word: detitlement
RIP Jane Goodall. I can’t think of a bigger influence on my children, inspiring optimism in the face of climate devastation.
October 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
RIP Jane Goodall. I can’t think of a bigger influence on my children, inspiring optimism in the face of climate devastation.
And there we have it: ICE are deporting a great guy who works in my building with asylum papers.
September 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
And there we have it: ICE are deporting a great guy who works in my building with asylum papers.
The Sissi Experience in Vienna is only worth it for the home gym.
September 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The Sissi Experience in Vienna is only worth it for the home gym.
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UBC Queer and Trans German Studies is hosting Andrea Rottmann (FU Berlin) as the next Tobin Distinguished Lecture in Queer and Trans German Studies! The event will take place in person at UBC as well as online. We would be grateful if you could pass the announcement on to your networks.
August 6, 2025 at 11:41 AM
UBC Queer and Trans German Studies is hosting Andrea Rottmann (FU Berlin) as the next Tobin Distinguished Lecture in Queer and Trans German Studies! The event will take place in person at UBC as well as online. We would be grateful if you could pass the announcement on to your networks.
My dog sneaked a Scottish elevenses when I wasn’t looking: coffee and a Tunnocks caramel wafer (elegantly unwrapped).
August 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
My dog sneaked a Scottish elevenses when I wasn’t looking: coffee and a Tunnocks caramel wafer (elegantly unwrapped).
If you happen to be in Glasgow and can find your way to an unsignposted special exhibit of Alasdair Gray you can see among other things the original art for “Poor Things”
August 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
If you happen to be in Glasgow and can find your way to an unsignposted special exhibit of Alasdair Gray you can see among other things the original art for “Poor Things”
I’m just leaving this out there without commentary.
August 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I’m just leaving this out there without commentary.
Arriving back in Scotland and what’s missing from the picture?
August 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Arriving back in Scotland and what’s missing from the picture?
I picked up this nineteenth-century trompe l’oeil painting of paper ephemera in Vienna. What a find.
July 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I picked up this nineteenth-century trompe l’oeil painting of paper ephemera in Vienna. What a find.
Heading into Midsommar takes me back to midnight last year, flying into Umea, Sweden.
June 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Heading into Midsommar takes me back to midnight last year, flying into Umea, Sweden.
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On how my brilliant colleagues at the Smart Museum handled a difficult situation and used it as a moment to promote new research on provenance.
On how my brilliant colleagues at the Smart Museum handled a difficult situation and used it as a moment to promote new research on provenance.
Stolen From Buddhist Monks, Sacred Painting Is Returned by Chicago Museum
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June 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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On how my brilliant colleagues at the Smart Museum handled a difficult situation and used it as a moment to promote new research on provenance.
On how my brilliant colleagues at the Smart Museum handled a difficult situation and used it as a moment to promote new research on provenance.
I had to turn down a major international invitation and am so sad about the situation.
April 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I had to turn down a major international invitation and am so sad about the situation.
teamLab at Smart Museum.
Perfect for spring.
Perfect for spring.
March 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
teamLab at Smart Museum.
Perfect for spring.
Perfect for spring.
Two different staff members at UChicago Medicine misidentified me as Irish in honor of St Patrick’s Day this morning.🧙♀️
March 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Two different staff members at UChicago Medicine misidentified me as Irish in honor of St Patrick’s Day this morning.🧙♀️
Excited to be traveling to Stanford for a talk on Tuesday.
February 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Excited to be traveling to Stanford for a talk on Tuesday.
www.littlesparta.org.uk/support-us/ please join me in supporting Little Sparta after the devastating storm damage.
February 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
www.littlesparta.org.uk/support-us/ please join me in supporting Little Sparta after the devastating storm damage.
This is what I would call a village legend, but it seems my great grandfather was some kind of a barefoot runner.
February 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This is what I would call a village legend, but it seems my great grandfather was some kind of a barefoot runner.
Brrrr it’s a brisk morning in Chicago.
January 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Brrrr it’s a brisk morning in Chicago.
The weather is what we Hebrideans call coarse. Bliadhna mhah ur/ happy Hogmanay from Chicago!
December 31, 2024 at 10:22 PM
The weather is what we Hebrideans call coarse. Bliadhna mhah ur/ happy Hogmanay from Chicago!