Simon Newman
@simonatmadison.bsky.social
Historian, gardener, cook (not necessarily in that order)
Congratulations Karin! Really looking forward to your online book talk on Thursday at www.congregationallibrary.org/events/lineage
September 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Congratulations Karin! Really looking forward to your online book talk on Thursday at www.congregationallibrary.org/events/lineage
Tonight I am thinking of Reg Horsman. He taught me when I started grad school 43 years ago, and I was often his teaching assistant. Remembering many late nights, and many, many games of darts. RIP Reg. www.feerickfuneralhome.com/obituary/reg...
Obituary for Reginald Horsman at Feerick Funeral Home
Reginald Horsman, a distinguished scholar and beloved husband, father and professor, passed away peacefully in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on August 20th, 2025, at the age of 93. He was surrounded by his lo...
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August 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Tonight I am thinking of Reg Horsman. He taught me when I started grad school 43 years ago, and I was often his teaching assistant. Remembering many late nights, and many, many games of darts. RIP Reg. www.feerickfuneralhome.com/obituary/reg...
My story is just like your’s (and at the same universities🙂): a grant funding my undergraduate education, and then fellowships funding my graduate education in the USA. Nothing that I have achieved since then would have been possible without this support.
So I came to the US on a fellowship that enabled me to work as a TA and pay my tuition out of the 11K I earned per year. I have absolutely no idea how I stretched 11K to pay 5K of tuition *and* live on. But I did.
August 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
My story is just like your’s (and at the same universities🙂): a grant funding my undergraduate education, and then fellowships funding my graduate education in the USA. Nothing that I have achieved since then would have been possible without this support.
Basil plants went crazy this summer. No problem
August 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Basil plants went crazy this summer. No problem
You both look wonderful! Congratulations!
Congratulations!
August 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
You both look wonderful! Congratulations!
Variation on a Provençal Tomato Squash Gratin, with heritage and plum tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, basil and thyme from the garden.
August 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Variation on a Provençal Tomato Squash Gratin, with heritage and plum tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, basil and thyme from the garden.
Somehow I had missed that Dame Cleo Laine had left us, at the grand age of 97. I met her at Winfield House in London, at an event honoring Dave Brubeck, and she was lovely. I was able to tell her that I had grown up listening to her music.
August 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Somehow I had missed that Dame Cleo Laine had left us, at the grand age of 97. I met her at Winfield House in London, at an event honoring Dave Brubeck, and she was lovely. I was able to tell her that I had grown up listening to her music.
Cana Island, Door County, Wisconsin. Calm.
August 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Cana Island, Door County, Wisconsin. Calm.
Always happy to be back in Door County. The Wisconsin land of 🍒
July 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Always happy to be back in Door County. The Wisconsin land of 🍒
On a day when the world seems even crazier than usual, I hope people find a little peace and joy in the scenery I have been taking in. The Atlantic coast of County Kerry. 🇮🇪
June 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
On a day when the world seems even crazier than usual, I hope people find a little peace and joy in the scenery I have been taking in. The Atlantic coast of County Kerry. 🇮🇪
I will miss many things and many people in Providence. This is near the top of the list…
May 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I will miss many things and many people in Providence. This is near the top of the list…
Lovely afternoon tea to say goodbye to friends in Providence, in the beautiful Nightingale Brown house, where we have had offices.
May 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Lovely afternoon tea to say goodbye to friends in Providence, in the beautiful Nightingale Brown house, where we have had offices.
Dessert at Al Forno in Providence this evening. Blissful.
May 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Dessert at Al Forno in Providence this evening. Blissful.
When in Rhode Island…
May 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
When in Rhode Island…
An unexpected visitor to Brown President Paxson’s house this morning. File under unexpected sightings in Providence…
May 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
An unexpected visitor to Brown President Paxson’s house this morning. File under unexpected sightings in Providence…
Always great to catch up with Peter Onuf, the Great Conceptualizer, and a lovely human being.
May 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Always great to catch up with Peter Onuf, the Great Conceptualizer, and a lovely human being.
Absolutely wonderful closertovaneyck.kikirpa.be/ghentaltarpi...
Closer to Van Eyck
The Ghent Altarpiece
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May 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Great lecture on the antebellum origins of American business ethics by @sethrockman.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Great lecture on the antebellum origins of American business ethics by @sethrockman.bsky.social
I really miss Bluebell Woods in Glasgow’s Pollok Park. What a lovely painting.
Britain is home to almost half of the world’s bluebells, found in ancient or semi-natural woodlands, flowering in April and May. 'Bluebell woods' by contemporary UK painter Susan Entwistle #WomensArt
April 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I really miss Bluebell Woods in Glasgow’s Pollok Park. What a lovely painting.
Just what I needed this morning. Thank you Annette!
March 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Just what I needed this morning. Thank you Annette!
Back in Burlington, VT, for the first time in decades. As beautiful as I remember.
February 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Back in Burlington, VT, for the first time in decades. As beautiful as I remember.
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Join us on Sat., 22 Feb. at the Charles River Museum (154 Moody St., Waltham) where @profbrucedorsey.bsky.social will accept the Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize for *Murder in a Mill Town.* @manionjen.bsky.social will join him in conversation.
Register: www.masshist.org/events/peter...
Register: www.masshist.org/events/peter...
January 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Join us on Sat., 22 Feb. at the Charles River Museum (154 Moody St., Waltham) where @profbrucedorsey.bsky.social will accept the Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize for *Murder in a Mill Town.* @manionjen.bsky.social will join him in conversation.
Register: www.masshist.org/events/peter...
Register: www.masshist.org/events/peter...
Wonderful event at Brown University bookstore. @sethrockman.bsky.social interviewing @theotherrbg.bsky.social about her book Dear Miss Perkins.
February 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Wonderful event at Brown University bookstore. @sethrockman.bsky.social interviewing @theotherrbg.bsky.social about her book Dear Miss Perkins.
I highly recommend this excellent fellowship scheme: Brown 2026 at the John Nicholas Brown Center. apply.interfolio.com/159128
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February 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I highly recommend this excellent fellowship scheme: Brown 2026 at the John Nicholas Brown Center. apply.interfolio.com/159128
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Our Spotlight on Research series continues with Tim Peacock. A Lecturer in History, Tim’s interests span nuclear history, space security, games and more. His work explores new ways to tackle societal challenges.
Full video: youtu.be/crdAh-psR-o
Full video: youtu.be/crdAh-psR-o
February 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Our Spotlight on Research series continues with Tim Peacock. A Lecturer in History, Tim’s interests span nuclear history, space security, games and more. His work explores new ways to tackle societal challenges.
Full video: youtu.be/crdAh-psR-o
Full video: youtu.be/crdAh-psR-o