our production of #Aeschylus' Agamemnon is on Warwick Arts Centre this week! We are about to witness Agamemnon's chilling homecoming after the invasion of Troy.... Find out more and book here: warwickartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/nPX-a… Warwick Classics Network Prof. Michael Scott University of Warwick Warwick Arts Faculty

Admirable Giotto, avec ce détail de la décapitation de saint Paul, où Plautille reçoit son voile de l'apôtre pendant son ascension. Plautille, une noble romaine, avait prêté son voile à saint Paul pour lui bander les yeux pendant son exécution. Le saint avait promis de le lui

📣 New The Renaissance Society of America Webinar Alert! Learn about #highered career paths outside the tenure track, and how to secure and thrive in a non-tenure-track academic position. Happening Thursday, March 6. Register: ow.ly/RArG50UT81I #RenTwitter #professionaldevelopment #earlymodern

Illustration of an octopus by Ulisse Aldrovandi, from the volume Animali, late 16th century.

Hot off the press, my latest volume on Epistemic Practices and Knowledge of Plants in Pre-modern European studies #histsci #histplants #histbotany Amsterdam Univ Press #scientiaestudies Just in time to bring copies to The Renaissance Society of America #rsa25 #rsaBoston aup.nl/en/book/978946…

As we approach the Spring Equinox, here's what Stonehenge looked like in the 16th century. BL Add MS 28330; Lucas De Heere, Corte Beschryvinghe van Engheland, Schotland, ende Irland; 1573 CE-1575 CE; England (London); f.36r Medieval Manuscripts

Une cérémonie de panthéonisation de l'historien et résistant Marc Bloch aura lieu le 16 juin 2026, quatre-vingt-deux ans jour pour jour après son exécution par la Gestapo. Rappel au sujet du fondateur des Annales. radiofrance.fr/franceculture/…

#Passover starts on Saturday evening, here's my favourite depiction of the plague of wild beasts (עָרוֹב) in the ca. 1320 Golden Haggadah from northern Spain (British Library Ms. 27210, f. 12 v). Spot the attack squirrel among the wolves, lions and serpents!

Call for Papers: The RenAIssance. Examine the complex relationship between Artificial Intelligence and Renaissance studies. Abstracts of 150 words are due by Thursday, May 1. ow.ly/C3vY50VwNTH #twitterstorians #RenTwitter #earlymodern

Are you joining our free online talk, 4 weeks today? Dr Kim Jacobson is speaking on 'From Spring Tonic to Syphilis: sassafras, an indigenous herbal cure-all' All welcome, register via the link! bshp.org/events

🦉📙 EN LIBRAIRIE AUJOURD'HUI 📙🦉 Aelius Aristide, En l'honneur de Rome (Discours 26) • Collection des Universités de France série grecque, bilingue grec-français. • Texte établi, traduit et commenté par Laurent Pernot, avec la collaboration de Matteo Di Franco. 💬 Dans le

Aujourd’hui en librairie les œuvres philosophiques complètes de Cicéron dans la traduction de Charles Appuhn publiées chez Bouquins

Some personal thoughts on the recent death of the historian of science, Mario Biagioli #histsci thonyc.wordpress.com/2025/05/23/mar…

Black Cat, a hanging scroll painting by Hishida Shunso, created in 1910.

Indigenous Remedies 3: The Virtues of Salep ("Succus Priapisci"), Italy - 13th century from Pseudo Apuleius, Cod. 93 HAN MAG, f. 35r, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna. #CSMBR #MedicalHistory #Salep #IndigenousRemedies

Why did Renaissance thinkers retreat into rooms of one’s own—and what did they hope to find there? Book now for our upcoming talk 'The Soul in the Studiolo: On Renaissance Libraries, Solitude, and the Self' warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/the-sou… 16 June 2025, 6- 8pm | 📍 Warburg Institute

Pétrichor : n. m. Odeur particulière, habituellement agréable, que prend la terre après la pluie. Se prononce "pétrikor."

Sunset from the top of the tower 🌇 Thank you to Sam, one of our Vergers and also Stonemasons who took this photo while ringing the bells

'This course was fantastic, I am thrilled to have been a part of it. I am not sure that I have ever learned so much so quickly before.' 🌟 Our online course in Latin European Medieval Palaeography runs 16-27 June, and there's still time to apply: rb.gy/2k1p6y

This #PrideMonth we're looking at some of the queer histories hiding in plain sight in the Museum! Meet Polydeukes! You may have come across this bust on a visit to Soane’s sepulchral chamber- he was believed to be the younger lover of Greek politician Herodes Atticus [thread👇]