New blog post about what I learnt about museums and collecting in Stuttgart

On Stuttgart: Collecting and Kirches — Spoons on Trays | Katy Barrett

Could only attend day 1 of the German Society for #C18@spoonsontrays.bsky.social#museum representation in academic societies.

Great to see you Dominik!

›Kunst und Handwerk. Die Techniken des 18. Jahrhunderts‹, internat. Tagung im #DLAMarbach@unistuttgart.bsky.social@sandrarichterdla.bsky.social@drkeichhorn.bsky.social@spoonsontrays.bsky.social@dfgpublic.bsky.socialwww.dla-marbach.de/presse/press...

Looking forward to doing a keynote lecture for this later in the month. Feeling a bit rusty!

New (rare) blog post on why I’m inspired by the work of #TavaresStrachan

Hidden histories, lost stories: Exploring with Tavares Strachan — Spoons on Trays | Katy Barrett

Fascinating from @lemoustier.bsky.social#PioneerBroadcast#holidayreading

Close Encounters in the Fourth Dimension | Broadcast

How rediscovering Neanderthals primed us for the search for extraterrestrial life.

The unexpected poetry of PhD acknowledgements science.anu.edu.au/news-events/... this is rather wonderful

The unexpected poetry of PhD acknowledgements

After reading hundreds and hundreds of PhD theses, we accidentally discovered how to write the perfect PhD acknowledgement: it's a kind of poetry.

Big thanks yo @bbkhistorical.bsky.social for appointing me an Honorary Research Fellow in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences from October. Looking forward to working with the students and making connections

New on the blog. Working through my obsession with Cesar Manrique developed on holiday to Lanzarote - essentially his total artwork from culture to landscape. www.spoonsontrays.com/blog/lanzaro...