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Yuqi Jiang @yuqijiang.bsky.social · 13h

Not specifically about fairies in Shakespeare but worth a reading as in these articles are so comprehensive on the topic of fairies in em culture: 1. Ronald Hutton, The Making of Early Modern British Fairy Tradition 2. Darren Oldridge, Fairies and the Devil in early modern England.

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Yuqi Jiang @yuqijiang.bsky.social · 13h

On Shakespeare: 1. Diane Purkiss, At the Bottom of the Garden 2. Regina Buccola, Fairies, Fractious Women, and the Old Faith.

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 4d

I am looking for recommendations for recent scholarship about the English Civil War from a literary historical perspective, what have you got? Realizing that both my knowledge and confidence in that knowledge crater c. 1640.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 4d

“I’m anti-Trump, but…”

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Archives banned making copies.

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 4d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

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Patrick Durdel @pdurdel.bsky.social · 6d

I realized today that my article on source study and the plot of romeo and juliet was published online a few days ago! i'm very proud of this one & if you're working on R+J or teaching the play, please check it out

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Emily Rowe @emilyrowe1.bsky.social · 10d

Anyone aware of any non-Shakespeare early modern plays being performed Jan-Mar 2026 in London? Setting texts for a Renaissance Drama module and would love to track down something the students can go and see!

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 10d

For the feast of William Tyndale, executed 1536, here's a reminder that 500y earlier it wasn't such a big honking deal to translate scripture into English. Here's the opening of John in Cambridge, CCCC 140, an 11c copy of the West Saxon Gospels. 🕯️

On frymðe wæs word ond þæt word wæs mid gode.

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Dr Rachel White @renaissancerach.bsky.social · 22d

I was very excited to come home to find the author copies of my book had arrived!

Though one young reviewer is disappointed that there are no tractors in it, if you are interested in early modern poetry and the occult, you can order below 👇

www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...

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David Hartwell @davidhartwell.bsky.social · 21d

Hannah Arendt should be compulsory reading for everyone right now.

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Sexy Andrew Hickey Costume @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 20d

When the last Labour government got in, if you married a UK citizen you could get British citizenship after one year for less than £100, and claim benefits straight away.
By 2010, it was a minimum five-year process that cost seven grand, you had to do a test, and couldn't claim benefits in that time

María Ramírez @mariaramirez.bsky.social · 20d

“The belief that uncontrolled legal migration was nothing but good news for an economy should never have been accepted on the Left,” writes Starmer “fighting” populism. What does even mean “uncontrolled” in the case of legal migration? www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/f9444c6...

The Left ignored immigration fears for too long. It’s time to give communities back control

Only a plan for patriotic national renewal led by Labour will counter the rise of the populist Right

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 23d

AN #EARLYMODERN POST!! They still exist! And a lovely one at that, for five years and with the brilliant people at KCL who have turned that place in quite the hub of exciting early modern research.

Run, don’t walk.

Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World at King's College London

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Dr McInnes’s Monster @drbeard79.bsky.social · 24d

Incoming 18 year old undergraduates have never known Pluto as a planet (ousted in 2006!) and that makes me sad all over again for Pluto - and the students with an impoverished solar system - and me as I’m so old.

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Dr Surekha Davies (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 25d

Smol voice: perhaps my first book, RENAISSANCE ETHNOGRAPHY AND THE INVENTION OF THE HUMAN: New Worlds, Maps and Monsters, would work as what an example-of-a-dissertation-might-become? www.surekhadavies.org/renaissance-...

Renaissance Ethnography and the Invention of the Human — Surekha Davies

www.surekhadavies.org

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 28d

OH MY GOD

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Julia Laite @julialaite.bsky.social · Sep 14

This is, I believe, the first official word from the Government on what happened yesterday in London. Not only inaction in the face of violence and hate, but a celebration of it. I passed through London twice yesterday with my two kids & what Labour seem to be missing is that people aren't just...

'Scale of unite the kingdom march shows free speech alive and well in UK, says minister

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Jackie Watson @jackiewatson05.bsky.social · Sep 1

Our collection, Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court: Writing Communities, is being launched! Come and join us (in person at Middle Temple Library or online) at 6.15pm on Tuesday 9 Sept. Email [email protected] for more details. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court

This collection of essays presents recent research on the Inns of Court and their place in the literary and cultural spaces of the early modern world.

link.springer.com

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Victoria Moul @victoriamoul.bsky.social · Sep 5

I was delighted to have a chance to be on what turned out to be Melvyn Bragg’s last series of In Our Time and also thrilled that an article in The Times today lists our episode (on George Herbert) as one of the best 15 ever! You can listen to it here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, George Herbert

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss arguably the greatest devotional poem writer in English.

www.bbc.co.uk

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claire m. l. bourne @roaringgirle.bsky.social · Sep 5

paperback coming early 2026! ✨

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · Sep 3

Melvyn Bragg has decided to stand down as host of In Our Time, the BBC says.

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The Northern Ireland Place-Name Project @placenamesni.bsky.social · Sep 2

Dia dhaoibh, a chairde!

The Northern Ireland Place-Name Project has just landed on Bluesky. We will be sharing stories, history and a few surprises behind our local place-names.

Do you have ideas on what type of content you would like to see? Maps, archives or just fun facts? Let us know below 😀

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St Andrews School of History @standrewshist.bsky.social · Sep 1

📣 #CfP: "Death and Bereavement in Early Modern Britain, 1520–1689"

Join us for a one-day conference at the University of St Andrews on 26 June 2026. The keynote speaker is Professor Alec Ryrie.

The deadline for proposals is 11 December 2025. #EarlyModernHistory #skystorians

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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · Sep 1

I've updated #EarlyModern Resources earlymodernweb.org/resources/ Quite a few new links but also a big overhaul of the site to be more usable + a visual refresh.

(If you can't see a change, you may need to clear your browser cache and refresh hard. 😬)

Welcome to Early Modern Resources – EMR

earlymodernweb.org

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Prof Tracey Hill @tracelarkhall.bsky.social · Sep 1

Acting a play! Acting a bloody play! In the City! In 1635!!

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The Guild of Queer Early Modernists @emqueerguild.bsky.social · Aug 31

🥳 Announcing our reading group!

Thurs, Sept. 11, 4-5:30 EST, Sex Lives, Joseph Gamble
Thurs, Oct. 9, 4-5:30 EST, Glorious Bodies, Colby Gordon. @badinfinity2.bsky.social will join us!
Thurs, Nov. 13, 4-5:30 EST, Kinky Renaissance, Gillian Knoll, Joseph Gamble

Register here! tinyurl.com/mr3mjauz

GQEM Reading Group Registration

The second Thursday of each month, from 4-5:30pm EST. September 11th, Sex Lives, by Joseph Gamble October 9th, Glorious Bodies, by Colby Gordon November 13th, The Kinky Renaissance, edited by Gillian ...

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David McInnis @dnmcinnis.bsky.social · Sep 1

What conversations are we having or should we be having, in Shakespeare studies? Authors are invited to submit articles for publication in the first issue of the SQ under the new editorial leadership, with a focus on the Twenty-First century and Shakespeare.
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academic.oup.com/sq/pages/cal...

CFP for special issue of Shakespeare Quarterly on Shakespeare's Twenty-First Century.
What conversations are we having or should we be having, in Shakespeare studies? Authors are invited to submit articles for publication in the first issue of the SQ under the new editorial leadership, with a focus on the Twenty-First century and Shakespeare.
3 Oct 25
https://academic.oup.com/sq/pages/call-for-papers-shakespeares-twenty-first-century

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