Charles-Marie Bouton (1781-1853), Person Reading in a Gothic Ruin, first half 19th-century, oil on canvas, Rouen, Musée des Beaux-Arts
Hello! Welcome to my little slice of the internet.
Allow me to introduce myself: my name is Mélina and I am a...
PhD student in my third and, come Hell or high water, final year
Lecturer at two different universities
Museum docent
Conference speaker
3-Minute Thesis competitor
Basically, I am doing too damn much.
So why start a blog on top of it all? Great question! I'm just as surprised as you are because at the start of the new year, I made the conscious decision to cut down completely on my social media use. It's been amazing (I cannot recommend it enough and I absolutely will be talking about it in a forthcoming post), but while I love having broken free from doom-scrolling, I miss the option to share with others.
Because, you see, all of these things that I'm juggling at the same time? I'm doing them as an art historian, which means I am seeing a ton of incredible art and monuments and spaces, and I think it's a bit of a shame that everything is just sitting in my photo reel.
Feel free to follow along on this adventure. I think you'll find that I'm managing, just barely.










