Books are a source of knowledge and a symbol of education. They can become a means of authority as well as a source of delight. If you follow them, they can help you understand past and distant worlds or make you question your own reality.
This website brings together my writing and research, reflecting both my academic interests and my personal experiences as a first-generation academic. It is my place to explore ideas, share perspectives, and question things we often take for granted.
Recent Writing
The Pythia’s Elusive Name
Sometimes in academia you come across phenomena that make you disbelieve your own judgement. This essay is about one of these instances, upon which I…
Setting the Stage for Ramona
Social mobility is hard. Very hard – as the person this text is all about knows only too well. If you want to move up…
On Air-Pumps and Truth
It is one of the hardest tasks for historians of any period or field to “think away” what appears to be self-evident. Yet it is…
The Ghost of Ukiyo-e
They are quite easily overlooked, aren’t they? Japanese woodblock prints I mean. They are not particularly big, they are not particularly bright and colourful –…
Research Profiles
