Architectural Historian. Assistant Professor in British Architecture, Department of History of Art. Fellow of Emmanuel College. University of Cambridge.
Cambridge, England
Joined September 2014
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‼️ The CSCA invites applications for Funded PhD studentships. More information on how to apply can be found here: csca.aha.cam.ac.uk/opportuni…
PhD studentship! Come and work with me at Cambridge (where I'll be based from September) and the @StudiesofHome @MuseumoftheHome
We're looking for someone interested in early modern art/architecture/social history to work on painting in lower-class homes:
jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51170/
Stepping in at short notice to give tomorrow's CSCA seminar. Please come/attend online if you're interested in: the legacy of Roman Britain, the history of building conservation, and the public shaming of people who demolish historical architecture for profit!
Schedule change!
Please join us tomorrow 14 Feb with Dr Matthew Walker @WalkerArchHist speaking on STONEKILLER. Antiquarian Activism in Mid-Eighteenth Century Britain & Beyond.
We are in the Howard Assembly Room at Downing at 12p.m. and online on Zoom: zoom.us/j/95748301627
Important message from Chris here. The long straw supply in East Anglia is under threat. Those of us that own thatch need to start making some noise.
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Our Seminar Series VIII is now up! All are welcome to attend @downingcollege noon on Fridays during term. In person and Zoom.
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I haven't seen a single person defend this policy. Because it's indefensible. Class war at the expense of children.
So Latin is cancelled for 5000
State school pupils
These pupils will not even be able to complete their academic year studies as from Feb 2025, Latin is removed from State School curriculum altogether.
No doubt many parents will comment “ it’s a dead language, what’s the point ? “
@holland_tom would really appreciate if you could pls share your thoughts on this policy announced by @educationgovuk , Do you think this will have detrimental affect on state school pupils ?
@EducationNotTax
Labour’s axing of Latin lessons is an act of cultural vandalism, link below 👇
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It’s lucky we have a famously competent state, a well-funded health service, & courts with plenty of time on their hands, or I’d be worrying that this is a terrible decision
MPs in the House of Commons have voted 330 to 275 in favour of a bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales
Follow live reaction bbc.in/49ecD2F
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I'm sorry we lost. We will fight every remaining stage of the bill. I don't want to hear MPs a decade down the line saying they regret their votes. You knew.
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I appreciate that I'm prolific today re assisted suicide. (By the weekend, I'll be asleep and / or watching Christmas movies. Or horror films...)
But here's something I wrote for @guardian that might help some disabled people's fears for changing the law
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Many MPs are still undecided about tomorrow's vote. Here I will highlight some MPs who have voiced their opposition in the last 24 hours or so, with their reasons as to why:
Plymouth's wonderful 1950s stripped classicism has been given a much-needed clean!
Good news bulletin: Plymouth city centre's fabulous post-war civic architecture has been given a £2.1 million deep-clean, thanks to grant funding from @HistoricEngland and other match funders.
Pictured is Pearl Assurance House (Alec French, 1952). What a difference a good scrub makes! 🧼
ALT Image credit: Mutney - Wikimedia Commons
ALT Image credit: Historic England
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Good news bulletin: Plymouth city centre's fabulous post-war civic architecture has been given a £2.1 million deep-clean, thanks to grant funding from @HistoricEngland and other match funders.
Pictured is Pearl Assurance House (Alec French, 1952). What a difference a good scrub makes! 🧼
ALT Image credit: Mutney - Wikimedia Commons
ALT Image credit: Historic England
A dramatic pose, for a dramatic building. Hugely enjoyed showing the @CSCA_Cambridge summer school round Oxford today. Keble the highlight. Brilliant students, open to the gothic and, indeed, modernism, as well as the classical.
Fantastic opportunity right here, two postdoctoral fellows in architectural history.
🚨 We are accepting applications for TWO post-doctoral Research Associates starting in October 2024. We are interested in diverse + interdisciplinary approaches to thinking about classical architecture (broadly defined). 🚨
📅 Deadline: 22 July
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How do we rebuild after catastrophe? Whether earthquakes, urban fires, or the damage of war, architectural history has important lessons to teach us about how cities and settlements were rebuilt and reconstituted after their destruction.
ALT A black and white photograph of huge cloud of smoke looming over domed tower, from the fires of the Great Kanto earthquake in Japan
ALT a drawing of the great fire of chicago, the city in ruins and ablaze, and a great throng of people on the safe side of the river carrying their worldly possessions
ALT post-war planners and architects, two men and one woman, looking over a modernist architectural model of London, with the caption 'One of the projects' pasted over the top
ALT The cathedral of Manila, rebuilt after an earthquake, a huge cathedral building in basilica style with prominent romanesque doorways on the west façade, a small dome above the crossing and a freestanding bell tower with baroque pilasters
This looks *fabulous*.
🎙️Programme announcement! See our list of distinguished scholars from around the world speaking about the *Presence of Past Disasters* @downingcollege on 20-21 May 2024.
Please join us and @INTBAU discuss post-disaster reconstruction! csca.aha.cam.ac.uk/conferenc…
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We have just started our Symposium in Honour of Richard Hewlings with tributes from CSCA director Frank Salmon and @WalkerArchHist, reflecting on his unparalleled career as an architectural historian, scholar, detective, editor and writer #NotesandQueries
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On Oct 7, over 300 women in Israel were tragically killed and subjected to sexual abuse.
Dozens of French mothers gathered in Paris to mark International Women's Day, stand in solidarity with Israeli women and demand the release of the 19 women still held hostage by Hamas 🇫🇷🇮🇱
A fabulous architect, and a wonderful person. Antoine was bemused by my lack of interest in the British motorcycle industry, but he was a key presence during my time in ABQ and it was a privilege to watch such a prestigious architect talk to and encourage students on equal terms
Antoine Predock died this past weekend in New Mexico. The architect and professor is remembered for the buildings he designed across the state, including at the University of New Mexico where he was a faculty member.
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Join our #CSCASeminar this Friday to hear Dr Michael J Waters, Assistant Professor at @Columbia, speak on #materiality + #architecturaldrawings in his seminar: ‘Copying, Conformity, and Classicism: Architecture after Vignola’.
12pm @downingcollege
Zoom: csca.aha.cam.ac.uk/seminar-s…
