#mertola #alentejo #portugal I finally got to see the beautiful Igreja Matriz of Mértola, which used to be an Islamic mosque, an early Christian church, and a Roman temple.

Next Monday I'm giving a talk at the African Ivories Research Network at the University of Lisbon and online! Thanks to organisers Carlos Almeida, Luís Afonso, and José da Silva Horta. @arthistorysta.bsky.social

Next week I'm in Oxford to give the first paper in the 'Early Modern Art and Material Culture' series of the Iberian History Seminar - I'm honoured and excited! Thanks to organisers Giuseppe Marcocci and Sylvia Alvares-Correa iberianhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/home

Over New Year’s I visited #Toledo with its wonderful art and architecture, such as some of the best works of #elgreco

Day 2 of the CIRIMA ASIA conference in #Seville with the brilliant @laurafg.bsky.social @mehapri.bsky.social @periodeye.bsky.social Hugo Miguel Crespo & many others!

Surprise encounter with a 17C painting of a naval battle between Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch ships in front of Pernambuco in... the breakfast room of conference hotel! More coffee, anyone? #seville #bluestorians #skystorians #blueskyarthistory

So excited to travel to Seville tomorrow. I'm giving a paper about maritime travel, spirituality, and insurance and talking about this dramatic painting by André Reinoso, 1619, Igreja de S. Roque, Lisbon, at the CIRIMA ASIA conference: geografiaehistoria.ucm.es/file/program...