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Dr Laura Fernández-González
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Associate Professor in the History of Art and Architecture, University of Lincoln,UK. Author: Philip II of Spain & the Architecture of Empire @PSUPress
#architecture #art #materialculture #iberianworld #globalhistory #latinamerica #Goa
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More news about this year's conference season :)

Excited about this lecture about my research on early modern Goa at the University of Manchester (13 May). Looking forward to discussing with colleagues.

Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-e...
Building Early Modern Goa
Dr Laura Fernández-González, University of Lincoln
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 12:42 PM
The programme for the Society of Architectural Historians’ conference in Mexico City has been announced.

The variety of themes is wonderful. I’m excited to speak about my research on architects and builders of colonial Lima!

See the programme in this link: sah.org/conferences/...
January 22, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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Jacquelyn Stucker covers Rosalía's single 'Berghain' with violinist Stefano Montanari and pianist Hannah Quinn

Rosalía – Berghain-Lux (opera cover). Royal Opera House

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK0q...
Rosalía – Berghain (opera cover)
YouTube video by Royal Ballet and Opera
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Jacquelyn Stucker covers Rosalía's single 'Berghain' with violinist Stefano Montanari and pianist Hannah Quinn

Rosalía – Berghain-Lux (opera cover). Royal Opera House

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK0q...
Rosalía – Berghain (opera cover)
YouTube video by Royal Ballet and Opera
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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This fellow, found in one of the etchings from Linschoten's Itinerario, spoke to me in dreams last night. I cannot recall what he said.
July 18, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Retired or soon to be retired UK HE or IRO researcher, or 'retired' but still holding PT position up to 0.5FTE?

Awards of £k-£24 k available from @leverhulme.ac.uk to support your research. The deadline is 4pm 29 January 2026.
Emeritus Fellowships | The Leverhulme Trust
www.leverhulme.ac.uk
January 13, 2026 at 10:19 AM
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Friendship Is Equality; A Friend Is Another Self!
January 12, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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Welcome new followers! Here are a few tips for succeeding on Bluesky from the Speculum principis, c. 1512:
January 12, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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‘If a drug boasted such benefits [as the arts] governments would be pouring billions into it. Instead, funding has been slashed across the culture sector.’
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
January 10, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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Nice bit of digital humanities here - using AI to transcribe more than 32,000 manuscripts in the space of a few months. But with two years of preparation in training the model and creating standards for automating manuscript transcription
www.inria.fr/en/comma-med...
CoMMA: thousands of medieval manuscripts finally transcribed
Transcribing thousands of medieval manuscripts by hand would be a monumental undertaking. Fortunately, researchers in computational humanities at the Inria Paris Centre have been able to automate the ...
www.inria.fr
January 9, 2026 at 12:48 PM
I was lucky enough to visit the splendid Bodegas Fundador -Domecq before travelling today
January 4, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Bodega La Mezquita, 1974, Domecq, Jerez
January 3, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Storks and grey clouds over palaces and churches in Jerez

#stork #greyclouds #winterscenes
January 2, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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This inventory lists several types of medium-sized glasses: medium-sized, more more medium-sized, more little medium-sized. It is like middle class in neoliberalism, everybody thinks they are in it so there are like 600 levels of middle class 😂 #skystorians
December 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Tacita de Plata; sunshine gleaming over the sea in Cádiz.

The Old and the New Cathedrals on a bright blue skyline
December 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
St Michael of the Oranges 🍊 and a lovely afternoon stroll in Jerez
December 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Very grateful for these two pieces of good news; a wonderful Christmas gift.

I’m honoured to join the SAHGB’s Board of Trustees

staffnews.lincoln.ac.uk/2025/12/22/d...
Dr Laura Fernández-González elected to the Board of Trustees of the Society of Architectural Historian of GB | Staff News | University of Lincoln
Congratulations to Dr Laura Fernández-González who has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Society of Architectural Historians GB (SAHGB).
staffnews.lincoln.ac.uk
December 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Volume 68 of Architectural History, the Society’s principal publication, has been published. Printed copies will soon be delivered to Society members.

The cover depicts the spiralling Eternit Tower at the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair.

sahgb.org.uk/features/architectural-history-volume-68
Volume 68 of Architectural History - SAHGB
The issue features eight articles, twenty book reviews, and a special collection of tributes to the late Howard Burns.
sahgb.org.uk
December 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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SAHGB has conferred the inaugural Colvin Special Award 2025 on the editors of the Pevsner Architectural Guides, recognising their renewal of this landmark series for readers across the British Isles.

Full press release on our website.
www.sahgb.org.uk/features/col...
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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'Though completely eclipsed by Don Quixote, Cristalián de España, which was first published in 1545, has a unique claim to fame. Its 800 pages, bristling with swords, sorcerers, dragons and damsels, make up the earliest known work by a female Spanish novelist.' 1/2
‘From her pen sprang unforgettable females’: 16th-century Spanish author’s knight’s tale given reboot
Beatriz Bernal’s pioneering novel features brave, chivalrous women who ride dragons and her adapter wants his illustrated version to reach young readers
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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It's lovely to see my book, 'Philip II of Spain and the Architecture of Empire', among excellent books in the 'new and best-selling books' from one of the Penn State University Press' subject series, namely, Art and Architectural History -Latin America, here: www.psupress.org/books/subjec...
PSU Press | Art History & Architecture-Latin American
A listing of the books published by Penn State University Press in the subject of Art History & Architecture-Latin American.
www.psupress.org
October 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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The School of Advanced Study 'has developed Reshaped, an online training platform offering free resources for humanities researchers in the UK and further afield, covering topics such as digital skills for research and open access in humanities subjects.' 1/2
December 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
For UK academic and especially Humanities researchers and others who write books. This is good news:

REF portability for long form outputs is found in 6.10.3. Screenshot here:
December 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Will the institutional 60% of SPRE be assessed only once or by each sub-panel? Not clear. But there will be 'no common material' between institutional and UoA SPRE statement. Suspect this will evolve in criteria setting.

And here's the link to further information. 10/10
REF 2029 publishes updates and resumes criteria setting following pause  – REF 2029
2029.ref.ac.uk
December 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM