Craig Clunas
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@craigclunas.bsky.social
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My great-uncle, after whom my father Charles Clunas was named, when born exactly ten years later in 1926
8 February 1916 Lance Corporal Charles Clunas (1068) of 23 Bn Royal Fusiliers and former @clydefc.bsky.social player was killed in action and buried in Guards Cemetery Windy Corner. Charles was 21 #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
February 17, 2026 at 5:19 PM
My great-uncle, after whom my father Charles Clunas was named, when born exactly ten years later in 1926
Hautamuistomerkkisuunnitelman kustannuslaskelma = "Cost calculation for a tombstone plan" (apparently)
J.L.Runebergin hautamuistomerkkisuunnitelman kustannuslaskelma http://kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=A+I+271%3A17
February 17, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Hautamuistomerkkisuunnitelman kustannuslaskelma = "Cost calculation for a tombstone plan" (apparently)
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Director of Scholarly Programs and Education (Senior Leadership Role) at the Elling Eide Center (ellingoeide.org). Ph.D. in Chinese Studies and proficiency in Classical Chinese required. (www.linkedin.com/jobs/search/...).
home | Elling Eide Center
Research We support research of premodern Asian Studies. Each year, we invite scholars from around the world to conduct research in our library, collaborate ...
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February 17, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Director of Scholarly Programs and Education (Senior Leadership Role) at the Elling Eide Center (ellingoeide.org). Ph.D. in Chinese Studies and proficiency in Classical Chinese required. (www.linkedin.com/jobs/search/...).
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Happy year of the fire horse
[Mark Rothko, Red on Red, 1969]
[Mark Rothko, Red on Red, 1969]
February 17, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Happy year of the fire horse
[Mark Rothko, Red on Red, 1969]
[Mark Rothko, Red on Red, 1969]
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𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬—𝐂𝐡𝐚: 𝐀𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩
𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠 & 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝:
𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, & 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬
⧉ 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: chajournal.com/2026/02/17/c...
。。。。。
𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠 & 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝:
𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, & 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬
⧉ 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: chajournal.com/2026/02/17/c...
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February 17, 2026 at 10:58 AM
𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬—𝐂𝐡𝐚: 𝐀𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩
𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠 & 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝:
𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, & 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬
⧉ 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: chajournal.com/2026/02/17/c...
。。。。。
𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠 & 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝:
𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, & 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬
⧉ 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: chajournal.com/2026/02/17/c...
。。。。。
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Happy Chinese New Year!
2026 is the Year of the Fire Horse.
This attentive steed was made in China’s Henan province over a thousand years ago. It was used as a funerary object, buried with the deceased so they had a horse to ride in the afterlife.
🐴 EAX.3960
2026 is the Year of the Fire Horse.
This attentive steed was made in China’s Henan province over a thousand years ago. It was used as a funerary object, buried with the deceased so they had a horse to ride in the afterlife.
🐴 EAX.3960
February 17, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Happy Chinese New Year!
2026 is the Year of the Fire Horse.
This attentive steed was made in China’s Henan province over a thousand years ago. It was used as a funerary object, buried with the deceased so they had a horse to ride in the afterlife.
🐴 EAX.3960
2026 is the Year of the Fire Horse.
This attentive steed was made in China’s Henan province over a thousand years ago. It was used as a funerary object, buried with the deceased so they had a horse to ride in the afterlife.
🐴 EAX.3960
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Learn about some significant new finds in Bodleian Libraries’ Chinese collection including an important missing page from the world’s earliest text of Cantonese opera safely hidden inside a 40-volume imperial dictionary, two leaves of a rare copper plate print album commissioned by Kangxi Emperor.
New discoveries in Oxford's Chinese collections (Mamtimyn Sunuodula)
YouTube video by Henrike Lähnemann
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February 15, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Learn about some significant new finds in Bodleian Libraries’ Chinese collection including an important missing page from the world’s earliest text of Cantonese opera safely hidden inside a 40-volume imperial dictionary, two leaves of a rare copper plate print album commissioned by Kangxi Emperor.
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Join us at the AAH Annual Conference 2026 at the University of Cambridge, 8-10 April. Explore over 100 sessions led by leading experts in the field.
💳 AAH Members enjoy discounted registration - a perfect reason to become part of our community and save.
🔗 https://loom.ly/6Dt-NdI
💳 AAH Members enjoy discounted registration - a perfect reason to become part of our community and save.
🔗 https://loom.ly/6Dt-NdI
February 16, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Join us at the AAH Annual Conference 2026 at the University of Cambridge, 8-10 April. Explore over 100 sessions led by leading experts in the field.
💳 AAH Members enjoy discounted registration - a perfect reason to become part of our community and save.
🔗 https://loom.ly/6Dt-NdI
💳 AAH Members enjoy discounted registration - a perfect reason to become part of our community and save.
🔗 https://loom.ly/6Dt-NdI
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Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, Love Consoles Painting from the Bitter and Ridiculous Criticisms of her Enemies, 1781, Oil on panel, 21 x 27 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
February 15, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, Love Consoles Painting from the Bitter and Ridiculous Criticisms of her Enemies, 1781, Oil on panel, 21 x 27 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
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I propose to make universal the old policy of the Blackfriars conference at the American Shakespeare Center:
If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.
If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.
February 16, 2026 at 1:14 AM
I propose to make universal the old policy of the Blackfriars conference at the American Shakespeare Center:
If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.
If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.
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![Handwritten title reading 'A Description & Account of the Diffrent [sic] islands & bays on the NW Coast in what Manner situated & the product that arise from the Different Islands & likewise the behaviour of the Natives from Each Different Place'.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:h2bvg3nkxrszfh5me3w4qq3j/bafkreib2dilxyd2ujv4bdx3c46oouohavmuk4avtlftozegej235r2duye@jpeg)
February 16, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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Celebrating the Year of the Horse 馬年 with the most auspicious ancient Chinese postal horse names: Wholly Fortunate 完幸, Laden with Jade 載玉, and Son of Dragons 龍子, who all worked at the Xuanquan 懸泉 Postal Station in the Han dynasty! 🐎🐎🐎
#yearofthehorse #chinesenewyear #馬年
#yearofthehorse #chinesenewyear #馬年
Calm at the Carriage, Kills Bandits, Protects the Stables: Unique Horse Names in Excavated Han Administrative Documents from Xuanquan | Early China | Cambridge Core
Calm at the Carriage, Kills Bandits, Protects the Stables: Unique Horse Names in Excavated Han Administrative Documents from Xuanquan - Volume 47
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February 16, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Celebrating the Year of the Horse 馬年 with the most auspicious ancient Chinese postal horse names: Wholly Fortunate 完幸, Laden with Jade 載玉, and Son of Dragons 龍子, who all worked at the Xuanquan 懸泉 Postal Station in the Han dynasty! 🐎🐎🐎
#yearofthehorse #chinesenewyear #馬年
#yearofthehorse #chinesenewyear #馬年
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Curling is like Jackson Pollock's paintings.
You look and say 'I could do that'.
Art historians say: okay, but it wouldn't *occur to you* to do that.
You look and say 'I could do that'.
Art historians say: okay, but it wouldn't *occur to you* to do that.
February 16, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Curling is like Jackson Pollock's paintings.
You look and say 'I could do that'.
Art historians say: okay, but it wouldn't *occur to you* to do that.
You look and say 'I could do that'.
Art historians say: okay, but it wouldn't *occur to you* to do that.
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If you are in or near Aberdeen, this is an exhibition featuring ten important Scottish modernist paintings. It draws on research we have funded, & celebrates both the 50th anniversary of the collection as well as the 200th anniversary of @royalscottishacad.bsky.social
www.abdn.ac.uk/collections/...
www.abdn.ac.uk/collections/...
Aberdeen Artworlds: The Linklater Collection
The new exhibition from University Collections is Aberdeen Artworlds, marking 50 years of the Linklater Collection of works by some of the most important Scottish artists of the 20th century.
www.abdn.ac.uk
February 16, 2026 at 10:29 AM
If you are in or near Aberdeen, this is an exhibition featuring ten important Scottish modernist paintings. It draws on research we have funded, & celebrates both the 50th anniversary of the collection as well as the 200th anniversary of @royalscottishacad.bsky.social
www.abdn.ac.uk/collections/...
www.abdn.ac.uk/collections/...
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Slade Lectures 2026
'Brasilia: Planned Exclusion'
Esther da Costa Meyer
5pm Wed 18 Feb
Auditorium, St John's College
@stjohnsox.bsky.social
(Free Admission)
Abstract: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/slade-...
Slade Lectures 2026: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/slade-lectures
'Brasilia: Planned Exclusion'
Esther da Costa Meyer
5pm Wed 18 Feb
Auditorium, St John's College
@stjohnsox.bsky.social
(Free Admission)
Abstract: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/slade-...
Slade Lectures 2026: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/slade-lectures
February 16, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Slade Lectures 2026
'Brasilia: Planned Exclusion'
Esther da Costa Meyer
5pm Wed 18 Feb
Auditorium, St John's College
@stjohnsox.bsky.social
(Free Admission)
Abstract: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/slade-...
Slade Lectures 2026: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/slade-lectures
'Brasilia: Planned Exclusion'
Esther da Costa Meyer
5pm Wed 18 Feb
Auditorium, St John's College
@stjohnsox.bsky.social
(Free Admission)
Abstract: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/event/slade-...
Slade Lectures 2026: www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/slade-lectures
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#DOTD in #ChineseHistory: Kong Shangren #孔尚任 (1648–1718), #Qing #清 (1644–1911) playwright, author of The Peach Blossom Fan #桃花扇, which is set during the fall of the #Ming #明 (1368–1644) and has been called '#China's greatest #historicaldrama'. #LateImperialChina #theatre
February 14, 2026 at 7:35 AM
#DOTD in #ChineseHistory: Kong Shangren #孔尚任 (1648–1718), #Qing #清 (1644–1911) playwright, author of The Peach Blossom Fan #桃花扇, which is set during the fall of the #Ming #明 (1368–1644) and has been called '#China's greatest #historicaldrama'. #LateImperialChina #theatre
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Fellowship Opportunity!
Jenny Wormald Junior Research Fellow in Women’s History
University of Oxford - St Hilda’s College
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQL341/j...
Jenny Wormald Junior Research Fellow in Women’s History
University of Oxford - St Hilda’s College
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQL341/j...
Jenny Wormald Junior Research Fellow in Women’s History at University of Oxford
Discover an exciting academic career path as a Jenny Wormald Junior Research Fellow in Women’s History at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
www.jobs.ac.uk
February 13, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Fellowship Opportunity!
Jenny Wormald Junior Research Fellow in Women’s History
University of Oxford - St Hilda’s College
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQL341/j...
Jenny Wormald Junior Research Fellow in Women’s History
University of Oxford - St Hilda’s College
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQL341/j...
Fung Ming Chip (Feng Mingqiu) 馮明秋
born 1951, Hong Kong
born 1951, Hong Kong
"Because of the void everything is possible. Without the void nothing is possible.", Written in Bold Black Script https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/336547
February 13, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Fung Ming Chip (Feng Mingqiu) 馮明秋
born 1951, Hong Kong
born 1951, Hong Kong
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The Aberdeen Breviary Vol. I - Pars Hiemalis, ‘winter part’, was printed in Edinburgh #OTD in 1509/10. Completed by Vol. II - Pars Aestivalis, ‘summer part’, it is Scotland’s first printed book and the first to chronicle the Scottish saints’ lives. 📸National Library of Scotland #medievalsky
February 13, 2026 at 8:23 AM
The Aberdeen Breviary Vol. I - Pars Hiemalis, ‘winter part’, was printed in Edinburgh #OTD in 1509/10. Completed by Vol. II - Pars Aestivalis, ‘summer part’, it is Scotland’s first printed book and the first to chronicle the Scottish saints’ lives. 📸National Library of Scotland #medievalsky
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Happy birthday to Charles Darwin,
patron saint of tired scientists, grumpy fieldworkers, and hating your own manuscript.
patron saint of tired scientists, grumpy fieldworkers, and hating your own manuscript.
February 12, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Happy birthday to Charles Darwin,
patron saint of tired scientists, grumpy fieldworkers, and hating your own manuscript.
patron saint of tired scientists, grumpy fieldworkers, and hating your own manuscript.
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The study points to using libraries and visiting museums as bringing these enormous brain health benefits ... who would have thought? Well, librarians and museum folk for a start ... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study finds
Cognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:57 AM
The study points to using libraries and visiting museums as bringing these enormous brain health benefits ... who would have thought? Well, librarians and museum folk for a start ... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Recently digitised and Open Access: The Moscow Sun Yat-sen University Papers, covering 1927-1930. Includes course, committee, and conference materials.
digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/KKDO...
digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/KKDO...
Moscow Sun Yat-sen University Papers - UWDC - UW-Madison Libraries
digital.library.wisc.edu
February 11, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Recently digitised and Open Access: The Moscow Sun Yat-sen University Papers, covering 1927-1930. Includes course, committee, and conference materials.
digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/KKDO...
digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/KKDO...
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I am thrilled that my book Music and Musicians in Late Mughal India: Histories of the Ephemeral 1748–1858 has now won the 2026 Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy prize (Association for Asian Studies/South Asia Council)! www.asianstudies.org/grants-award...
Honoured to share it with the great Charu Gupta.
Honoured to share it with the great Charu Gupta.
Coomaraswamy Prize - Association for Asian Studies
Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize The Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize honors a distinguished work of scholarship in South Asian Studies that promises to define or redefine the understandin...
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February 11, 2026 at 4:06 PM
I am thrilled that my book Music and Musicians in Late Mughal India: Histories of the Ephemeral 1748–1858 has now won the 2026 Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy prize (Association for Asian Studies/South Asia Council)! www.asianstudies.org/grants-award...
Honoured to share it with the great Charu Gupta.
Honoured to share it with the great Charu Gupta.
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#jobfairy this is an intriguing one - 18 month research fellowship for an object-focused historian, museums studies person or similar at Chatsworth House! £48k + £11k travel, outreach etc #skystorians
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQK358/d...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQK358/d...
Devonshire Collections Research Fellow at Chatsworth House Trust
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Devonshire Collections Research Fellow opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
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February 10, 2026 at 11:08 AM
#jobfairy this is an intriguing one - 18 month research fellowship for an object-focused historian, museums studies person or similar at Chatsworth House! £48k + £11k travel, outreach etc #skystorians
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQK358/d...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQK358/d...