Roz
@rozsro.bsky.social
History ABD at Duke / visiting student at Cambridge
Writing a diss on consumer spaces & material culture in early modern Madras & Pondicherry 🍷🖼️🕰️🪞
Writing a diss on consumer spaces & material culture in early modern Madras & Pondicherry 🍷🖼️🕰️🪞
Super bummed there's no Past & Present fellowship this year. :/Anyone know why?
December 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Super bummed there's no Past & Present fellowship this year. :/Anyone know why?
I'm thrilled to have received the Natalie Zemon Davis Award from @sfhs.bsky.social for my paper on Tamil consumers, caste, and mechanical timepieces in 18C Pondicherry. NZD is such an inspiration to early modernists and it's a huge honor to receive this award!
November 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I'm thrilled to have received the Natalie Zemon Davis Award from @sfhs.bsky.social for my paper on Tamil consumers, caste, and mechanical timepieces in 18C Pondicherry. NZD is such an inspiration to early modernists and it's a huge honor to receive this award!
Looks like the National Historic Preservation Act may be on the chopping block, too
savingplaces.org/action-cente...
savingplaces.org/action-cente...
October 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Looks like the National Historic Preservation Act may be on the chopping block, too
savingplaces.org/action-cente...
savingplaces.org/action-cente...
Nearly finished tracking all Indian buyers at pre1760 Pondicherry estate sales
Here, in 1726, Patché/பச்சை purchased 50 pairs of glasses& 3 boxes of Chinese silk flowers 👓💐
Bittersweet feelings as I approach the end of the PhD. Not sure what next year will bring but relieved to be done w/inventories!
Here, in 1726, Patché/பச்சை purchased 50 pairs of glasses& 3 boxes of Chinese silk flowers 👓💐
Bittersweet feelings as I approach the end of the PhD. Not sure what next year will bring but relieved to be done w/inventories!
October 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Nearly finished tracking all Indian buyers at pre1760 Pondicherry estate sales
Here, in 1726, Patché/பச்சை purchased 50 pairs of glasses& 3 boxes of Chinese silk flowers 👓💐
Bittersweet feelings as I approach the end of the PhD. Not sure what next year will bring but relieved to be done w/inventories!
Here, in 1726, Patché/பச்சை purchased 50 pairs of glasses& 3 boxes of Chinese silk flowers 👓💐
Bittersweet feelings as I approach the end of the PhD. Not sure what next year will bring but relieved to be done w/inventories!
Signs of a very successful day
October 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Signs of a very successful day
A pleasure to be back for a few more months
September 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A pleasure to be back for a few more months
Another fabulous day working at the Yale Center for British Art
August 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Another fabulous day working at the Yale Center for British Art
Tore me to shreds and I loved every minute of it
August 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Tore me to shreds and I loved every minute of it
Unfortunate having to stay overnight at JFK but at least I got a gourmet meal out of it
July 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Unfortunate having to stay overnight at JFK but at least I got a gourmet meal out of it
Things I did not expect to see in Paris: two of Lady Curzon’s gowns! At the Petit Palais Worth show.
The longer court dress was made in both Paris and India.
Really extraordinary exhibition. Certainly did not learn about Worth’s imperial clientele when I took fashion history in undergrad.
The longer court dress was made in both Paris and India.
Really extraordinary exhibition. Certainly did not learn about Worth’s imperial clientele when I took fashion history in undergrad.
July 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Things I did not expect to see in Paris: two of Lady Curzon’s gowns! At the Petit Palais Worth show.
The longer court dress was made in both Paris and India.
Really extraordinary exhibition. Certainly did not learn about Worth’s imperial clientele when I took fashion history in undergrad.
The longer court dress was made in both Paris and India.
Really extraordinary exhibition. Certainly did not learn about Worth’s imperial clientele when I took fashion history in undergrad.
Dragonfruit, 2 months later!
Think I’m going to need a new support system for this one
Think I’m going to need a new support system for this one
June 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Dragonfruit, 2 months later!
Think I’m going to need a new support system for this one
Think I’m going to need a new support system for this one
Processing early modern French inventories is much easier with a cat (he is fluent in French)
June 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Processing early modern French inventories is much easier with a cat (he is fluent in French)
Sometimes it’s hard being short but other times I’m grateful
May 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Sometimes it’s hard being short but other times I’m grateful
Getting ready to present tomorrow at FCHS. See y’all in Buffalo !
May 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Getting ready to present tomorrow at FCHS. See y’all in Buffalo !
Setting myself up for another day of reading on the porch 📕🪴
After this: a huge stack of books on the history of time
After this: a huge stack of books on the history of time
May 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Setting myself up for another day of reading on the porch 📕🪴
After this: a huge stack of books on the history of time
After this: a huge stack of books on the history of time
Fabulous Kent Monkman show at Denver Art Museum. The humor he brings to his critiques of settler art/history is so refreshing. So worth the trip!
May 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Fabulous Kent Monkman show at Denver Art Museum. The humor he brings to his critiques of settler art/history is so refreshing. So worth the trip!
