School of Art History
@arthistorysta.bsky.social
School of Art History, University of St Andrews.
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/
Study in one of the largest and most dynamic Art History departments worldwide.
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/
Study in one of the largest and most dynamic Art History departments worldwide.
Pinned
No. 1 in UK for Art History. Guardian University Guide 2026 and The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/... & www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
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Mark your calendars ✨ On 17 Feb, Lucy Beall Lott of
@arthistorysta.bsky.social will present: ‘Out of the Mouths of Babes': Reassessing the Lost Miracle Statue of Saint Rumwald at Boxley Abbey
🗓️ 17 Feb
⏰ 17:30 GMT
🏛️ IN PERSON @ihr.bsky.social & 💻 ONLINE
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@arthistorysta.bsky.social will present: ‘Out of the Mouths of Babes': Reassessing the Lost Miracle Statue of Saint Rumwald at Boxley Abbey
🗓️ 17 Feb
⏰ 17:30 GMT
🏛️ IN PERSON @ihr.bsky.social & 💻 ONLINE
Sign up now: bit.ly/londonmedieval
February 6, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Mark your calendars ✨ On 17 Feb, Lucy Beall Lott of
@arthistorysta.bsky.social will present: ‘Out of the Mouths of Babes': Reassessing the Lost Miracle Statue of Saint Rumwald at Boxley Abbey
🗓️ 17 Feb
⏰ 17:30 GMT
🏛️ IN PERSON @ihr.bsky.social & 💻 ONLINE
Sign up now: bit.ly/londonmedieval
@arthistorysta.bsky.social will present: ‘Out of the Mouths of Babes': Reassessing the Lost Miracle Statue of Saint Rumwald at Boxley Abbey
🗓️ 17 Feb
⏰ 17:30 GMT
🏛️ IN PERSON @ihr.bsky.social & 💻 ONLINE
Sign up now: bit.ly/londonmedieval
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New series 🎥✨
We visited the 'These Parts: Scotland, Art and Identity’ exhibition at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social Wardlaw Museum
Assistant Curator Struan Watson guides us through the work of William McTaggart and Callum Innes in the first episode 👉 youtu.be/MoTTAHBNtJQ?...
We visited the 'These Parts: Scotland, Art and Identity’ exhibition at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social Wardlaw Museum
Assistant Curator Struan Watson guides us through the work of William McTaggart and Callum Innes in the first episode 👉 youtu.be/MoTTAHBNtJQ?...
From These Parts: Scotland, Art and Identity at Wardlaw Museum | William McTaggart and Callum Innes
YouTube video by Art UK
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January 26, 2026 at 5:34 PM
New series 🎥✨
We visited the 'These Parts: Scotland, Art and Identity’ exhibition at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social Wardlaw Museum
Assistant Curator Struan Watson guides us through the work of William McTaggart and Callum Innes in the first episode 👉 youtu.be/MoTTAHBNtJQ?...
We visited the 'These Parts: Scotland, Art and Identity’ exhibition at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social Wardlaw Museum
Assistant Curator Struan Watson guides us through the work of William McTaggart and Callum Innes in the first episode 👉 youtu.be/MoTTAHBNtJQ?...
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It's quiz time ⏲️
How much do you know about still life? Take our quiz to find out!
👉 https://artukdotorg.quillforms.app/forms/art-quiz-still-life/
Made in collaboration with School of Art History
'Still Life of Fruit and Flowers' by Clara Peeters (c.1585–c.1655) 📷 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
How much do you know about still life? Take our quiz to find out!
👉 https://artukdotorg.quillforms.app/forms/art-quiz-still-life/
Made in collaboration with School of Art History
'Still Life of Fruit and Flowers' by Clara Peeters (c.1585–c.1655) 📷 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
January 23, 2026 at 12:01 PM
It's quiz time ⏲️
How much do you know about still life? Take our quiz to find out!
👉 https://artukdotorg.quillforms.app/forms/art-quiz-still-life/
Made in collaboration with School of Art History
'Still Life of Fruit and Flowers' by Clara Peeters (c.1585–c.1655) 📷 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
How much do you know about still life? Take our quiz to find out!
👉 https://artukdotorg.quillforms.app/forms/art-quiz-still-life/
Made in collaboration with School of Art History
'Still Life of Fruit and Flowers' by Clara Peeters (c.1585–c.1655) 📷 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Out now! "A Companion to French Art, 1789 to the Present", edited/introduced by the School's Professor Natalie Adamson
and Professor Richard Taws (UCL). For more info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
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and Professor Richard Taws (UCL). For more info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Out now! "A Companion to French Art, 1789 to the Present", edited/introduced by the School's Professor Natalie Adamson
and Professor Richard Taws (UCL). For more info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
and Professor Richard Taws (UCL). For more info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Coming soon!
School of Art History Spring Lecture Series. All welcome!
Check post for more details!
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School of Art History Spring Lecture Series. All welcome!
Check post for more details!
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January 23, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Coming soon!
School of Art History Spring Lecture Series. All welcome!
Check post for more details!
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
School of Art History Spring Lecture Series. All welcome!
Check post for more details!
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
New publication: In 'Digital Museum Objects and Digital Ecologies', published in the International Journal of Heritage Studies, Dr Nicôle Meehan draws attention to barriers to access that many audiences experience when attempting to access digital heritage. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
January 16, 2026 at 11:20 AM
New publication: In 'Digital Museum Objects and Digital Ecologies', published in the International Journal of Heritage Studies, Dr Nicôle Meehan draws attention to barriers to access that many audiences experience when attempting to access digital heritage. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
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Online Lecture Series: Athletics & Aesthetics / Sport in Art History.
A unique online collaboration between the School of Art History at the University of St Andrews and R&A World Golf Museum.
Wed 4 March – Wed 8 April 2026
For more info and to book: onlineshop.st-andrews.ac.uk/conferences-...
A unique online collaboration between the School of Art History at the University of St Andrews and R&A World Golf Museum.
Wed 4 March – Wed 8 April 2026
For more info and to book: onlineshop.st-andrews.ac.uk/conferences-...
December 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Online Lecture Series: Athletics & Aesthetics / Sport in Art History.
A unique online collaboration between the School of Art History at the University of St Andrews and R&A World Golf Museum.
Wed 4 March – Wed 8 April 2026
For more info and to book: onlineshop.st-andrews.ac.uk/conferences-...
A unique online collaboration between the School of Art History at the University of St Andrews and R&A World Golf Museum.
Wed 4 March – Wed 8 April 2026
For more info and to book: onlineshop.st-andrews.ac.uk/conferences-...
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Interested in online study?
Join us for a fascinating series of short courses covering subjects such as the History of Scottish Design with @vadundee.bsky.social, Women and Modern Art, and AI in the GLAM sector!
Starting 12 January 2026.
Book now!
👉 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/online...
Join us for a fascinating series of short courses covering subjects such as the History of Scottish Design with @vadundee.bsky.social, Women and Modern Art, and AI in the GLAM sector!
Starting 12 January 2026.
Book now!
👉 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/online...
December 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Interested in online study?
Join us for a fascinating series of short courses covering subjects such as the History of Scottish Design with @vadundee.bsky.social, Women and Modern Art, and AI in the GLAM sector!
Starting 12 January 2026.
Book now!
👉 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/online...
Join us for a fascinating series of short courses covering subjects such as the History of Scottish Design with @vadundee.bsky.social, Women and Modern Art, and AI in the GLAM sector!
Starting 12 January 2026.
Book now!
👉 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/online...
Online Lecture Series: Athletics & Aesthetics / Sport in Art History.
A unique online collaboration between the School of Art History at the University of St Andrews and R&A World Golf Museum.
Wed 4 March – Wed 8 April 2026
For more info and to book: onlineshop.st-andrews.ac.uk/conferences-...
A unique online collaboration between the School of Art History at the University of St Andrews and R&A World Golf Museum.
Wed 4 March – Wed 8 April 2026
For more info and to book: onlineshop.st-andrews.ac.uk/conferences-...
December 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Online Lecture Series: Athletics & Aesthetics / Sport in Art History.
A unique online collaboration between the School of Art History at the University of St Andrews and R&A World Golf Museum.
Wed 4 March – Wed 8 April 2026
For more info and to book: onlineshop.st-andrews.ac.uk/conferences-...
A unique online collaboration between the School of Art History at the University of St Andrews and R&A World Golf Museum.
Wed 4 March – Wed 8 April 2026
For more info and to book: onlineshop.st-andrews.ac.uk/conferences-...
Interested in online study?
Join us for a fascinating series of short courses covering subjects such as the History of Scottish Design with @vadundee.bsky.social, Women and Modern Art, and AI in the GLAM sector!
Starting 12 January 2026.
Book now!
👉 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/online...
Join us for a fascinating series of short courses covering subjects such as the History of Scottish Design with @vadundee.bsky.social, Women and Modern Art, and AI in the GLAM sector!
Starting 12 January 2026.
Book now!
👉 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/online...
December 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Interested in online study?
Join us for a fascinating series of short courses covering subjects such as the History of Scottish Design with @vadundee.bsky.social, Women and Modern Art, and AI in the GLAM sector!
Starting 12 January 2026.
Book now!
👉 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/online...
Join us for a fascinating series of short courses covering subjects such as the History of Scottish Design with @vadundee.bsky.social, Women and Modern Art, and AI in the GLAM sector!
Starting 12 January 2026.
Book now!
👉 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/online...
🎉🎓The School would like to congratulate all our wonderful students who graduated at this week’s Winter Graduation ceremony. The weather was mixed but spirits were not dampened!
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
Well done all! #EverToExcel
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
Well done all! #EverToExcel
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
🎉🎓The School would like to congratulate all our wonderful students who graduated at this week’s Winter Graduation ceremony. The weather was mixed but spirits were not dampened!
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
Well done all! #EverToExcel
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
Well done all! #EverToExcel
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
ICOM, launches its new publication, 'The Museum Definition Handbook: Words Inspiring Action', co-authored by the School of Art History's Bruno Brulon Soares.
'The Museum Definition Handbook' addresses and analyses each term that appears within the definition.
👉 icom.museum/.../publicat...
'The Museum Definition Handbook' addresses and analyses each term that appears within the definition.
👉 icom.museum/.../publicat...
December 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
ICOM, launches its new publication, 'The Museum Definition Handbook: Words Inspiring Action', co-authored by the School of Art History's Bruno Brulon Soares.
'The Museum Definition Handbook' addresses and analyses each term that appears within the definition.
👉 icom.museum/.../publicat...
'The Museum Definition Handbook' addresses and analyses each term that appears within the definition.
👉 icom.museum/.../publicat...
'Invisible Loot: Maritime Warfare and Circulating Objects in Hugo Grotius’s De Jure Praedae' in 'Early Modern Low Countries' (9: 2, 2025). @elsjevankessel.bsky.social rethinks early modern looting – its theory, its practice, and its place in the violence of war.
👉 emlc-journal.org/article/view...
👉 emlc-journal.org/article/view...
Invisible Loot: Maritime Warfare and Circulating Objects in Hugo Grotius’s De Jure Praedae
| Early Modern Low Countries
Early Modern Low Countries
emlc-journal.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
'Invisible Loot: Maritime Warfare and Circulating Objects in Hugo Grotius’s De Jure Praedae' in 'Early Modern Low Countries' (9: 2, 2025). @elsjevankessel.bsky.social rethinks early modern looting – its theory, its practice, and its place in the violence of war.
👉 emlc-journal.org/article/view...
👉 emlc-journal.org/article/view...
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Call for Papers: In Her Words.
21 November 2025
Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, 19 June 2025
For more info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
21 November 2025
Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, 19 June 2025
For more info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Call for Papers: In Her Words.
21 November 2025
Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, 19 June 2025
For more info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
21 November 2025
Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, 19 June 2025
For more info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Award News!!!
The School of Art History–led Shared Island Stories research project has been announced as the winner of the inaugural International Council of Museums (ICOM) Award for Sustainable Development Practice in Museums.
👉 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
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The School of Art History–led Shared Island Stories research project has been announced as the winner of the inaugural International Council of Museums (ICOM) Award for Sustainable Development Practice in Museums.
👉 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Award News!!!
The School of Art History–led Shared Island Stories research project has been announced as the winner of the inaugural International Council of Museums (ICOM) Award for Sustainable Development Practice in Museums.
👉 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
The School of Art History–led Shared Island Stories research project has been announced as the winner of the inaugural International Council of Museums (ICOM) Award for Sustainable Development Practice in Museums.
👉 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Call for Papers: In Her Words.
21 November 2025
Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, 19 June 2025
For more info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
21 November 2025
Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, 19 June 2025
For more info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Call for Papers: In Her Words.
21 November 2025
Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, 19 June 2025
For more info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
21 November 2025
Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, 19 June 2025
For more info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Thinking about studying Art History or History of Photography at the University of St Andrews?
Join us for an Online Postgraduate Visiting Day on 24th November.
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/meet-u...
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Join us for an Online Postgraduate Visiting Day on 24th November.
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/meet-u...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Thinking about studying Art History or History of Photography at the University of St Andrews?
Join us for an Online Postgraduate Visiting Day on 24th November.
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/meet-u...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Join us for an Online Postgraduate Visiting Day on 24th November.
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/meet-u...
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Art History Research Lecture given by Professor Victoria Horne on Wednesday 12 November 2025, 4pm, School 3. All welcome!
See poster for more details.
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social
See poster for more details.
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Art History Research Lecture given by Professor Victoria Horne on Wednesday 12 November 2025, 4pm, School 3. All welcome!
See poster for more details.
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social
See poster for more details.
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social
Publication news: The School's Dr Ruth Ezra extends the book metaphor in this text exploring the use of mica in contemporary art, outlining the social, economic, and cultural histories of mica, from its extraction to its transformation: espaceartactuel.com/en/produit/1...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Publication news: The School's Dr Ruth Ezra extends the book metaphor in this text exploring the use of mica in contemporary art, outlining the social, economic, and cultural histories of mica, from its extraction to its transformation: espaceartactuel.com/en/produit/1...
An exhibition by our colleague Dr Shona Kallestrup, on Queen Marie of Romania, was the subject of a documentary on Romanian national television last week: Ora regelui: Maria a Romaniei, Regina-artista.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCuU...
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCuU...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
An exhibition by our colleague Dr Shona Kallestrup, on Queen Marie of Romania, was the subject of a documentary on Romanian national television last week: Ora regelui: Maria a Romaniei, Regina-artista.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCuU...
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCuU...
Thursday 25th November: Curators in Conversation
Niamh Finlay: Curating the Climate Crisis: Waters Rising at Perth Museum
4.00pm. School 2, St Salvator's Quad, St Andrews
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@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Niamh Finlay: Curating the Climate Crisis: Waters Rising at Perth Museum
4.00pm. School 2, St Salvator's Quad, St Andrews
@perthmuseum.bsky.social l
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Thursday 25th November: Curators in Conversation
Niamh Finlay: Curating the Climate Crisis: Waters Rising at Perth Museum
4.00pm. School 2, St Salvator's Quad, St Andrews
@perthmuseum.bsky.social l
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Niamh Finlay: Curating the Climate Crisis: Waters Rising at Perth Museum
4.00pm. School 2, St Salvator's Quad, St Andrews
@perthmuseum.bsky.social l
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Major new journal devoted to Islamic art history announced: 'Journal of Islamic Art and Architecture'.
Conceived and founded by Prof. Robert Hillenbrand, with Richard McClary, Francesca Leoni and Yusen Yu as editors.
For more info: www.euppublishing.com/toc/jiaa/1/1-2
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Conceived and founded by Prof. Robert Hillenbrand, with Richard McClary, Francesca Leoni and Yusen Yu as editors.
For more info: www.euppublishing.com/toc/jiaa/1/1-2
@edinburghup.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Major new journal devoted to Islamic art history announced: 'Journal of Islamic Art and Architecture'.
Conceived and founded by Prof. Robert Hillenbrand, with Richard McClary, Francesca Leoni and Yusen Yu as editors.
For more info: www.euppublishing.com/toc/jiaa/1/1-2
@edinburghup.bsky.social
Conceived and founded by Prof. Robert Hillenbrand, with Richard McClary, Francesca Leoni and Yusen Yu as editors.
For more info: www.euppublishing.com/toc/jiaa/1/1-2
@edinburghup.bsky.social
Wednesday 5 November, 4pm, School 3.
Professor Markus Ritter: Portraiture in Medieval Islamic Art: Type, Individuality, and Visual Commentary in Thirteenth-Century Book Painting
Professor Markus Ritter: Portraiture in Medieval Islamic Art: Type, Individuality, and Visual Commentary in Thirteenth-Century Book Painting
October 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Wednesday 5 November, 4pm, School 3.
Professor Markus Ritter: Portraiture in Medieval Islamic Art: Type, Individuality, and Visual Commentary in Thirteenth-Century Book Painting
Professor Markus Ritter: Portraiture in Medieval Islamic Art: Type, Individuality, and Visual Commentary in Thirteenth-Century Book Painting
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It's quiz time! This time we're getting a little spooky 👻🎃
Take our Halloween quiz, if you dare 👉 https://3081ca794b59.quillforms.app/forms/art-quiz-halloween
🧑🎨 William Blake (1757–1827) 📷 Tate
Take our Halloween quiz, if you dare 👉 https://3081ca794b59.quillforms.app/forms/art-quiz-halloween
🧑🎨 William Blake (1757–1827) 📷 Tate
October 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
It's quiz time! This time we're getting a little spooky 👻🎃
Take our Halloween quiz, if you dare 👉 https://3081ca794b59.quillforms.app/forms/art-quiz-halloween
🧑🎨 William Blake (1757–1827) 📷 Tate
Take our Halloween quiz, if you dare 👉 https://3081ca794b59.quillforms.app/forms/art-quiz-halloween
🧑🎨 William Blake (1757–1827) 📷 Tate
13 November at 4 pm in School II.
Dr Tom Schofield, Reader in Digital Arts & Cultures, @newcastleuni.bsky.social on 'Heritage Data Imaginaries: Fabulation against Machinic Hallucination'.
Event organised & supported by the Institute for Museums, Heritage & Society.
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Dr Tom Schofield, Reader in Digital Arts & Cultures, @newcastleuni.bsky.social on 'Heritage Data Imaginaries: Fabulation against Machinic Hallucination'.
Event organised & supported by the Institute for Museums, Heritage & Society.
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
13 November at 4 pm in School II.
Dr Tom Schofield, Reader in Digital Arts & Cultures, @newcastleuni.bsky.social on 'Heritage Data Imaginaries: Fabulation against Machinic Hallucination'.
Event organised & supported by the Institute for Museums, Heritage & Society.
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Dr Tom Schofield, Reader in Digital Arts & Cultures, @newcastleuni.bsky.social on 'Heritage Data Imaginaries: Fabulation against Machinic Hallucination'.
Event organised & supported by the Institute for Museums, Heritage & Society.
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social