Josephine Quinn
@josephinequinn.bsky.social
Historian at Cambridge. In Search of the Phoenicians (2018) and How the World Made the West (2024). Photos by Sukant Deepak (in Jaipur, 2024) and Carlotta Cardana (at St John's College, Cambridge, 2025).
I seem to have found myself with @chrisbrooke.bsky.social at the Train Bleu again, en route for Italy.
September 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I seem to have found myself with @chrisbrooke.bsky.social at the Train Bleu again, en route for Italy.
Gondoliers don’t work in the rain
September 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Gondoliers don’t work in the rain
I mostly like Belgrade, but it has its monents. (Not shown: a couple of rapturous hours with the ancient collection of the National Museum)
July 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I mostly like Belgrade, but it has its monents. (Not shown: a couple of rapturous hours with the ancient collection of the National Museum)
On the train to Oxford for Eurovision & family fun, with the brilliant new crime novel from @annabeerauthor.bsky.social DEATH OF AN ENGLISHMAN featuring bikes, trains, the best kind of dead dons, and a LITERARY DETECTIVE. It is wonderful and hilarious and I am loving it
May 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
On the train to Oxford for Eurovision & family fun, with the brilliant new crime novel from @annabeerauthor.bsky.social DEATH OF AN ENGLISHMAN featuring bikes, trains, the best kind of dead dons, and a LITERARY DETECTIVE. It is wonderful and hilarious and I am loving it
Nice day for a stroll through central London 🇮🇪 🇵🇸 solidarity
May 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Nice day for a stroll through central London 🇮🇪 🇵🇸 solidarity
Days of acqua alta in Venice - lots of rain and a full moon - but much better than it used to be before Mose and the new valves in Piazza S.Marco, and the high walkways multitask when the sun comes out.
April 16, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Days of acqua alta in Venice - lots of rain and a full moon - but much better than it used to be before Mose and the new valves in Piazza S.Marco, and the high walkways multitask when the sun comes out.
Gondoliers. Sponsored by Big Wool.
April 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Gondoliers. Sponsored by Big Wool.
Book launch in Madrid last night: huge fun and huge thanks to @isamellen.bsky.social, Ruben Montoyo, and the lovely people at the Casa de Fieras and @editorialcritica.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Book launch in Madrid last night: huge fun and huge thanks to @isamellen.bsky.social, Ruben Montoyo, and the lovely people at the Casa de Fieras and @editorialcritica.bsky.social
Last American Baked Good for the duration of the administration and I think it has to be a muffin the size of my head
April 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Last American Baked Good for the duration of the administration and I think it has to be a muffin the size of my head
Sensible advice for JFK
April 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Sensible advice for JFK
Worcester College Reunion at NYU: with Kathryn Howley and Dan-el Padilla Peralta
April 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Worcester College Reunion at NYU: with Kathryn Howley and Dan-el Padilla Peralta
The latest translation of How the World Made the West, and it is lovely. Very nice paper.
March 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The latest translation of How the World Made the West, and it is lovely. Very nice paper.
Thinking today about Sailakshmi Rampogal's brilliant article on Roman mobility, and its observations on the indirect displacement of oppressed populations by imperial power (JRS 2022)
February 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Thinking today about Sailakshmi Rampogal's brilliant article on Roman mobility, and its observations on the indirect displacement of oppressed populations by imperial power (JRS 2022)
Paperback Publication Day UK!!
January 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Paperback Publication Day UK!!
Colombo national museum: Sri Lankan palm-leaf writing with styluses and lovely covers for my dear colleagues @viewsproject.bsky.social
January 18, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Colombo national museum: Sri Lankan palm-leaf writing with styluses and lovely covers for my dear colleagues @viewsproject.bsky.social
Working from Sri Lanka (with thanks to Urvi Bhuwania for the photo)
January 18, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Working from Sri Lanka (with thanks to Urvi Bhuwania for the photo)
It’s good to have a project
December 19, 2024 at 10:38 AM
It’s good to have a project
Economist Best Books of 2024, between a horse and some monsters!
November 27, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Economist Best Books of 2024, between a horse and some monsters!
More Xmas recommendations for #howtheworldmadethewest, these ones in BBC History from Onyeka Nubia - not yet I think on Bluesky - and the ever-amazing @wmarybeard.bsky.social - THANKYOU
November 26, 2024 at 12:30 PM
More Xmas recommendations for #howtheworldmadethewest, these ones in BBC History from Onyeka Nubia - not yet I think on Bluesky - and the ever-amazing @wmarybeard.bsky.social - THANKYOU
Good morning to a bracing day in Amsterdam
November 26, 2024 at 8:53 AM
Good morning to a bracing day in Amsterdam
Heading North
November 25, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Heading North
And another one in in the same collection from Roderick Beaton!
November 22, 2024 at 4:02 PM
And another one in in the same collection from Roderick Beaton!
Lovely shout-out for #howtheworldmadethewest from Eugene Rogan in the end of year round-up from History Today - very happily paired with #thegoldenroad from my good comrade @willdalrymple.bsky.social
November 22, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Lovely shout-out for #howtheworldmadethewest from Eugene Rogan in the end of year round-up from History Today - very happily paired with #thegoldenroad from my good comrade @willdalrymple.bsky.social
Must be interesting at breakfast time
October 12, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Must be interesting at breakfast time
It’s not exactly a pet but it cheered me up
October 8, 2024 at 5:16 PM
It’s not exactly a pet but it cheered me up