Laura Foster
@fosterlaura.bsky.social
Asst Prof of Art History at John Cabot University, Rome. Early modern institutional architecture and urbanism. Also gender studies, 18th c. stuff. Also politics and cats. Opinions here are my own.
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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your periodic reminder that such a statue is never the man, it’s always just a memory of the man
that communities and societies must have the right to choose whom, what, how and when they wish to remember
and that those choices have to be able to change over time
that communities and societies must have the right to choose whom, what, how and when they wish to remember
and that those choices have to be able to change over time
there’s a notable silence from those who used to claim that monuments should never be removed about the toppling of statues of Hafez al-Assad in Syria 🧐
news.sky.com/video/syrian...
news.sky.com/video/syrian...
Syrian crowds topple statues of Hafez al Assad across the country
The rebels, made up of various opposition groups, said they were working to transition power to a new governing body.
news.sky.com
December 9, 2024 at 11:03 AM
your periodic reminder that such a statue is never the man, it’s always just a memory of the man
that communities and societies must have the right to choose whom, what, how and when they wish to remember
and that those choices have to be able to change over time
that communities and societies must have the right to choose whom, what, how and when they wish to remember
and that those choices have to be able to change over time
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When people tell me their sick but still “pressing on”
I tell them don’t
Stop pressing
Sickness is your body telling you to stop
I tell them don’t
Stop pressing
Sickness is your body telling you to stop
December 2, 2024 at 7:53 PM
When people tell me their sick but still “pressing on”
I tell them don’t
Stop pressing
Sickness is your body telling you to stop
I tell them don’t
Stop pressing
Sickness is your body telling you to stop
Fantastic news! Just the person who is needed
If we’re going to take on Trump, Republican extremists, and move our country forward, the Democratic Party needs to be stronger. I'm running for Chair of the Democratic National Committee to unite the party, fight everywhere, and win. Join me. 🧵
Unite. Fight. Win.
YouTube video by Ben Wikler
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December 1, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Fantastic news! Just the person who is needed
With students today at Piranesi’s S. Maria del Priorato, even more spectacular with the fall colors in the surrounding gardens
November 27, 2024 at 11:50 AM
With students today at Piranesi’s S. Maria del Priorato, even more spectacular with the fall colors in the surrounding gardens
Is there anything I can tell you about what’s going on in Rome right now?
November 26, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Is there anything I can tell you about what’s going on in Rome right now?
Astounded by the number of real followers I have been able to accumulate in such a short amount of time here. Hello and thanks to all! I try to curate so rest assured if you are promoting crypto it’s an instant block. Trolls and fake accounts have really begun to seep in the last week
November 26, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Astounded by the number of real followers I have been able to accumulate in such a short amount of time here. Hello and thanks to all! I try to curate so rest assured if you are promoting crypto it’s an instant block. Trolls and fake accounts have really begun to seep in the last week
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In 1693, a Manila Galleon full of goods and bound for Acapulco, wrecked on the coast of what is now Oregon, never reaching its destination. A craftsman from the Nehalem-Tillamook and Clatsop peoples made this arrowhead (in the Tillamook Pioneer Museum) out of Qing dynasty porcelain from the wreck.
October 14, 2024 at 4:45 PM
In 1693, a Manila Galleon full of goods and bound for Acapulco, wrecked on the coast of what is now Oregon, never reaching its destination. A craftsman from the Nehalem-Tillamook and Clatsop peoples made this arrowhead (in the Tillamook Pioneer Museum) out of Qing dynasty porcelain from the wreck.
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This is my go to a #StarterPack for Architecture and the Built Environment. Please take a look!
go.bsky.app/PqAqtFD
go.bsky.app/PqAqtFD
November 16, 2024 at 9:40 AM
This is my go to a #StarterPack for Architecture and the Built Environment. Please take a look!
go.bsky.app/PqAqtFD
go.bsky.app/PqAqtFD
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Ultimately, we are in a new tech-capitalist era where the humanists / humanitarians / liberal arts minds / pro-social designers will need to fight harder than ever to safeguard humanity and nature.
Particularly women, LGBTQ, and Black— everyone who is not a rich white broligarch.
Particularly women, LGBTQ, and Black— everyone who is not a rich white broligarch.
November 19, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Ultimately, we are in a new tech-capitalist era where the humanists / humanitarians / liberal arts minds / pro-social designers will need to fight harder than ever to safeguard humanity and nature.
Particularly women, LGBTQ, and Black— everyone who is not a rich white broligarch.
Particularly women, LGBTQ, and Black— everyone who is not a rich white broligarch.
Thinking of a time between c.1490-1525 when painted facades likely dominated the center of Rome. There are just a few scattered examples of this sgraffito left. This on is on via del Moro in Trastevere.
November 19, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Thinking of a time between c.1490-1525 when painted facades likely dominated the center of Rome. There are just a few scattered examples of this sgraffito left. This on is on via del Moro in Trastevere.
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A couple years ago I put together a little list of yearly fellowships and applications, mostly for early modernists. It includes deadlines, salaries, and requirements. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Fellowships and Grants
docs.google.com
November 16, 2024 at 9:39 AM
A couple years ago I put together a little list of yearly fellowships and applications, mostly for early modernists. It includes deadlines, salaries, and requirements. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Attending a session of the Early Modern Rome 5 conference at the Archivio Storico Capitolino and, lo and behold, Borromini’s Oratory is open!
November 15, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Attending a session of the Early Modern Rome 5 conference at the Archivio Storico Capitolino and, lo and behold, Borromini’s Oratory is open!
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CFP: John Cabot’s interdisciplinary conference on Trastevere. Happy to answer any questions.
November 11, 2024 at 7:44 AM
CFP: John Cabot’s interdisciplinary conference on Trastevere. Happy to answer any questions.
After a hard week with lots of internal turmoil about what will happen to the world in the next months, it’s so nice to see new communities forming on this app. In thanks for new followers, here are a few peaceful images of Montefiascone, on Lake Bolsena, taken last weekend
November 11, 2024 at 3:44 PM
After a hard week with lots of internal turmoil about what will happen to the world in the next months, it’s so nice to see new communities forming on this app. In thanks for new followers, here are a few peaceful images of Montefiascone, on Lake Bolsena, taken last weekend
CFP: John Cabot’s interdisciplinary conference on Trastevere. Happy to answer any questions.
November 11, 2024 at 7:44 AM
CFP: John Cabot’s interdisciplinary conference on Trastevere. Happy to answer any questions.
Greetings from the new sofa, aka my new grading station. (Yes, we have a book and cd storage situation on our hands.)
October 23, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Greetings from the new sofa, aka my new grading station. (Yes, we have a book and cd storage situation on our hands.)
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A starter pack for early modernists...
Very incomplete
go.bsky.app/CNhYz12
#earlymodern #earlymodernists #earlymodernsky
Very incomplete
go.bsky.app/CNhYz12
#earlymodern #earlymodernists #earlymodernsky
October 22, 2024 at 11:41 AM
A starter pack for early modernists...
Very incomplete
go.bsky.app/CNhYz12
#earlymodern #earlymodernists #earlymodernsky
Very incomplete
go.bsky.app/CNhYz12
#earlymodern #earlymodernists #earlymodernsky
While on the Gianicolo last weekend, took the opportunity to visit the Tempietto, which I haven’t had the chance to visit since before the pandemic.
October 18, 2024 at 12:01 PM
While on the Gianicolo last weekend, took the opportunity to visit the Tempietto, which I haven’t had the chance to visit since before the pandemic.
Am I finally migrating here from Twitter? I think so. So here are a few photos from the Accademia degli Arcadi Bosco Parrasio that I took last weekend.
October 18, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Am I finally migrating here from Twitter? I think so. So here are a few photos from the Accademia degli Arcadi Bosco Parrasio that I took last weekend.
Today’s sopralluogo: Palazzo Altemps.
October 15, 2023 at 4:44 PM
Today’s sopralluogo: Palazzo Altemps.
Getting into the Halloween spirit thanks to the Confraternita dell’Orazione e della Morte
October 12, 2023 at 3:20 PM
Getting into the Halloween spirit thanks to the Confraternita dell’Orazione e della Morte
Just finally getting set up here. Lots to say. So little time. So here are some photos I took last week at the convent of SS. Trinità dei Monti: ruin room by 18th-century artist Charles Louis Clérisseau.
October 11, 2023 at 5:19 PM
Just finally getting set up here. Lots to say. So little time. So here are some photos I took last week at the convent of SS. Trinità dei Monti: ruin room by 18th-century artist Charles Louis Clérisseau.