In 2021, I presented a paper called “Immersion through authenticity: Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s classicism and theatre” at the University of Bristol’s conference on Antiquity and Immersivity, organised by Emma Cole (now at the University of Queensland). This has grown into a book chapter as part of Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception, which is currently in preparation.

Raden Saleh Sjarif Bustaman (c. 1811-1880), an aristocrat from Java, was trained as an artist in the Netherlands. Influenced by Romanticism during his time in Europe, he returned to Java, creating unique landscapes and colonial subjects. His work exemplifies the blend of colonized perspectives with colonizer techniques, explored in a conference paper in 2024.

In 2024, I published an article with the Italian journal Musica & Figura called “Ut pictura musica: Musical metaphors and aesthetic contemplation in the arts, 1840-1900”. This focused on ideas of aesthetics in Germany, France, and England in this time frame, especially looking at ideas of musical metaphor and musical terminology in their application to…