Kate Franklin
@melucene.bsky.social
medievalist-archaeologist, landscape, nature, memory and materiality in Armenia and the Silk Road world
Arthur H Dadian and Ara Otztemel Assoc Prof in Armenian Art and Architecture at Tufts; southern transplant and frito-pie-enjoyer.
Arthur H Dadian and Ara Otztemel Assoc Prof in Armenian Art and Architecture at Tufts; southern transplant and frito-pie-enjoyer.
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Kate Franklin
@melucene.bsky.social
· Apr 4
Textual Layering, Landscape Memory, and Medieval Places in Vayots Dzor, Armenia | European Journal of Archaeology | Cambridge Core
Textual Layering, Landscape Memory, and Medieval Places in Vayots Dzor, Armenia
www.cambridge.org
NOW OUT IN OPEN ACCESS
This article comes out of so many conversations between Astghik and me, in villages, on hilltops, in the back of the jeep, over wine, while washing pottery. I am so happy it’s finally out!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
This article comes out of so many conversations between Astghik and me, in villages, on hilltops, in the back of the jeep, over wine, while washing pottery. I am so happy it’s finally out!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
TIL that the grapes of wrath are a figure from Revelations 14:10, here are some angels checkin that vintage (MS Douce 180 fol 41v), honestly an image i am vibing with today, hashtag nec habent requiem die ac nocte, qui adoraverunt bestiam
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
TIL that the grapes of wrath are a figure from Revelations 14:10, here are some angels checkin that vintage (MS Douce 180 fol 41v), honestly an image i am vibing with today, hashtag nec habent requiem die ac nocte, qui adoraverunt bestiam
weird little guys on an arm reliquary MetMus 47.101.33
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
weird little guys on an arm reliquary MetMus 47.101.33
i have never clicked so fast, what a nightmare
November 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
i have never clicked so fast, what a nightmare
obsessed with this little peek of block print fabric in the early modern binding of the 14th c Gladzor gospel
November 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
obsessed with this little peek of block print fabric in the early modern binding of the 14th c Gladzor gospel
to the girl on the bike in the witch hat who just adjusted her headphones and pedaled away singing Sally’s Song from Nightmare Before Xmas: I love you
November 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
to the girl on the bike in the witch hat who just adjusted her headphones and pedaled away singing Sally’s Song from Nightmare Before Xmas: I love you
i’m in a crowded bar and the time warp just came on and no one time warped, i am an ancient being out of time
November 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
i’m in a crowded bar and the time warp just came on and no one time warped, i am an ancient being out of time
Blood Red
The fluids grow septic and the blood flows weak.
www.emptysetmag.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Astghik wrote this excellent discussion of the trajectory of medieval archaeology in the Republic of Armenia, from the perspective of our project. And the rest of this issue is awesome also!
journals.ysu.am/index.php/hi...
journals.ysu.am/index.php/hi...
The Development of Medieval Archaeology in Armenia and the “Vayots Dzor Silk Road Survey” (VDSRS) | History and Culture
This article addresses the current challenges facing medieval archaeology and outlines the necessary steps to align it with global trends, ensuring its sustainable development. Key challenges include the need for methodological innovation and enhanced interdisciplinary collaboration, both of which are essential for a more comprehensive study of Armenia’s medieval past.
journals.ysu.am
October 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Astghik wrote this excellent discussion of the trajectory of medieval archaeology in the Republic of Armenia, from the perspective of our project. And the rest of this issue is awesome also!
journals.ysu.am/index.php/hi...
journals.ysu.am/index.php/hi...
boosting the signal for this excellent conference in Yerevan:
📌International conference “Fortresses and Defense System in the Middle East” | October 23-25, 2025
➡️The conference program is presented below:
➡️You may also join the conference via the Zoom platform: us05web.zoom.us/j/8200944272....
📌International conference “Fortresses and Defense System in the Middle East” | October 23-25, 2025
➡️The conference program is presented below:
➡️You may also join the conference via the Zoom platform: us05web.zoom.us/j/8200944272....
October 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
boosting the signal for this excellent conference in Yerevan:
📌International conference “Fortresses and Defense System in the Middle East” | October 23-25, 2025
➡️The conference program is presented below:
➡️You may also join the conference via the Zoom platform: us05web.zoom.us/j/8200944272....
📌International conference “Fortresses and Defense System in the Middle East” | October 23-25, 2025
➡️The conference program is presented below:
➡️You may also join the conference via the Zoom platform: us05web.zoom.us/j/8200944272....
doomed opinion but it’s a weird vibe hearing people w cancelled nsfs congratulating themselves on being mostwoke martyrs when, babes, actual critical postmodern shit didn’t get nsfs before, we’ve been poor this whole time
October 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
doomed opinion but it’s a weird vibe hearing people w cancelled nsfs congratulating themselves on being mostwoke martyrs when, babes, actual critical postmodern shit didn’t get nsfs before, we’ve been poor this whole time
smiles, retitles syllabus topic heading from "anchoresses and anchorholds" to "Living Dead Girls"
October 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
smiles, retitles syllabus topic heading from "anchoresses and anchorholds" to "Living Dead Girls"
bow to our varmint queen
Katharine Hepburn, photographed by American fashion photographer George Platt Lynes (1946)
October 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
bow to our varmint queen
as an inveterate lawn hater but also a human-landscape-entanglement story lover, im so excited to head to this later today---
humanities.tufts.edu/events/unive...
humanities.tufts.edu/events/unive...
University Ecologies event: Lawn People, a Retrospective with Paul Robbins, 10/16 | Center for the Humanities at Tufts | Tufts University
Join us to hear Paul Robbins (Dean, Nelson Institute at Yale) discuss his book, Lawn People.
humanities.tufts.edu
October 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
as an inveterate lawn hater but also a human-landscape-entanglement story lover, im so excited to head to this later today---
humanities.tufts.edu/events/unive...
humanities.tufts.edu/events/unive...
ugh, a new favorite panel by Vayots Dzortsi T'oros Sarkawag -- famous for putting himself into his paintings, this one of the Dormition, with a little T'oros sweetly censing in the foreground
October 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
ugh, a new favorite panel by Vayots Dzortsi T'oros Sarkawag -- famous for putting himself into his paintings, this one of the Dormition, with a little T'oros sweetly censing in the foreground
looking for lecture slide pics and finding only a tiny version of myself, taking dusk selfies at the arena of Siena
October 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
looking for lecture slide pics and finding only a tiny version of myself, taking dusk selfies at the arena of Siena
hmm should i work, or should i design my own ex libris book plates, a thing i cant believe i havent done
October 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
hmm should i work, or should i design my own ex libris book plates, a thing i cant believe i havent done
despite walking by this monument a million times, I learned today that it commemorates the saving of the Mush Homiliary by two unknown women, who cut the massive manuscript in half and carried it on their backs out of the genocide from Arakelots to Yerevan
October 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
despite walking by this monument a million times, I learned today that it commemorates the saving of the Mush Homiliary by two unknown women, who cut the massive manuscript in half and carried it on their backs out of the genocide from Arakelots to Yerevan
millennials, this is a sober reminder to check in on those people you knew in college who were clearly poised for a villain arc.
are they in safe containment? could they be appointed the ceo of anything?
are they in safe containment? could they be appointed the ceo of anything?
October 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
millennials, this is a sober reminder to check in on those people you knew in college who were clearly poised for a villain arc.
are they in safe containment? could they be appointed the ceo of anything?
are they in safe containment? could they be appointed the ceo of anything?
tracked down the news article covering the SCANDALOUS purchase of the unicorn tapestries by Rockefeller
Tues Feb 27, 1923
Tues Feb 27, 1923
October 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
tracked down the news article covering the SCANDALOUS purchase of the unicorn tapestries by Rockefeller
Tues Feb 27, 1923
Tues Feb 27, 1923
a beautiful thing that didnt make it into the lecture today: a paradise carpet, 17th c Isfahan
September 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
a beautiful thing that didnt make it into the lecture today: a paradise carpet, 17th c Isfahan
back on my bullshit (reading Hafez at work)
September 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
back on my bullshit (reading Hafez at work)
i spent 7 years with no bluejays and i missed you you yelly little jerks
September 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
i spent 7 years with no bluejays and i missed you you yelly little jerks
new favorite Layla/Majnun illustration: Walters 611 Khamsah of the 13th c, f92b
September 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
new favorite Layla/Majnun illustration: Walters 611 Khamsah of the 13th c, f92b
hoooboy that douay rheims song of songs really hits
September 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
hoooboy that douay rheims song of songs really hits