@edelsemple.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Shakespeare Studies @ UCC, Ireland • Shakespeare on screen • Women in early modern drama • Shakespearean biofiction • Cat-owner, cake-lover, books, plants • she/her
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2/2 @edelsemple.bsky.social, and @emilyrowe1.bsky.social. A wide array of performance styles and media from the US, UK and beyond. If you'd like to contribute a performance review for @shaxbull.bsky.social, email me at [email protected] or reply/DM here - I'd love to hear from you 🙂
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
2/2 @edelsemple.bsky.social, and @emilyrowe1.bsky.social. A wide array of performance styles and media from the US, UK and beyond. If you'd like to contribute a performance review for @shaxbull.bsky.social, email me at [email protected] or reply/DM here - I'd love to hear from you 🙂
Today the University of Galway is hosting the Irish Renaissance Seminar. The theme of this meeting is #earlymodern books 📚 #IrishRenSeminar #renaissance
November 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Today the University of Galway is hosting the Irish Renaissance Seminar. The theme of this meeting is #earlymodern books 📚 #IrishRenSeminar #renaissance
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🚨 Job alert 🚨 NorseMap is recruiting for a new team member: a 3-year postdoctoral researcher with a background in Politics OR Old Norse Viking Studies to lead the 'Politics & Identity' strand of the project. Come and work with us at UCC!
my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...
my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...
November 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
🚨 Job alert 🚨 NorseMap is recruiting for a new team member: a 3-year postdoctoral researcher with a background in Politics OR Old Norse Viking Studies to lead the 'Politics & Identity' strand of the project. Come and work with us at UCC!
my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...
my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...
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A reminder that there are still a few days left to apply for this funded PhD, working on literary and cultural reception of the Vikings. University fees and a budget for conference attendance included in addition to the stipend: it's a great opportunity for someone! www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...
Research Vacancies | University College Cork
Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
A reminder that there are still a few days left to apply for this funded PhD, working on literary and cultural reception of the Vikings. University fees and a budget for conference attendance included in addition to the stipend: it's a great opportunity for someone! www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...
The Dragon of Shandon #Halloween parade in Cork city, #Ireland was great fun! Well done to all the makers and performers!
#Cork #CorkCity #Halloween2025
#Cork #CorkCity #Halloween2025
November 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The Dragon of Shandon #Halloween parade in Cork city, #Ireland was great fun! Well done to all the makers and performers!
#Cork #CorkCity #Halloween2025
#Cork #CorkCity #Halloween2025
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Just so good
"Listen, in some ways, I get it. When I came on the scene in 2001, I probably seemed pretty unsavory compared to the competitors. But that was when academic research happened in libraries and George W. Bush was considered the stupidest president."
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...
buff.ly
October 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Just so good
Saw a Dalek in Bradford and after years of watching #DoctorWho meant that it was cool but also properly creepy!
October 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Saw a Dalek in Bradford and after years of watching #DoctorWho meant that it was cool but also properly creepy!
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If you, or anyone you know, would be willing to provide a 1,000-1,500 word review for Shakespeare Bulletin of Born With Teeth at Wyndham's Theatre, and you're available to attend the matinee performance on Wed 16 October (tomorrow), then please reply/DM here! 🙂
October 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
If you, or anyone you know, would be willing to provide a 1,000-1,500 word review for Shakespeare Bulletin of Born With Teeth at Wyndham's Theatre, and you're available to attend the matinee performance on Wed 16 October (tomorrow), then please reply/DM here! 🙂
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if anyone is looking to commission writing on chloé zhao’s hamnet over the next few months:
💀 @edelsemple.bsky.social is the undisputed queen of shakespeare biofiction studies
💀 i myself specialise in irish shakespeares (especially actors), and celebrity casting.
let us write/give talks for u!
💀 @edelsemple.bsky.social is the undisputed queen of shakespeare biofiction studies
💀 i myself specialise in irish shakespeares (especially actors), and celebrity casting.
let us write/give talks for u!
October 13, 2025 at 10:11 AM
if anyone is looking to commission writing on chloé zhao’s hamnet over the next few months:
💀 @edelsemple.bsky.social is the undisputed queen of shakespeare biofiction studies
💀 i myself specialise in irish shakespeares (especially actors), and celebrity casting.
let us write/give talks for u!
💀 @edelsemple.bsky.social is the undisputed queen of shakespeare biofiction studies
💀 i myself specialise in irish shakespeares (especially actors), and celebrity casting.
let us write/give talks for u!
October 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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'This glamorous Life writing began early. Weeks before Marlowe’s untimely and violent death, a shady intelligencer called Richard Baines had drafted the outline of the playwright’s afterlife'
Emma Smith: Our ideas of Christopher Marlowe
Emma Smith: Our ideas of Christopher Marlowe
Early modern autofiction?
www.the-tls.com
September 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
'This glamorous Life writing began early. Weeks before Marlowe’s untimely and violent death, a shady intelligencer called Richard Baines had drafted the outline of the playwright’s afterlife'
Emma Smith: Our ideas of Christopher Marlowe
Emma Smith: Our ideas of Christopher Marlowe
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We're hiring! It's a job that asks *a lot* of you, I won't lie. But it's a department with solid, brilliant , resilient colleagues who try to fight the good fights. And we're unionized (APSCUF). West Chester University, Tenure-Track Asst Prof Brit Lit, Early Modern thru 18th Century
26-43 Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of British Literature - Early Modern through 18th Century
Join a vibrant equity-minded campus whose excellence is reflected in its community, cultural engagement, and student success. The Department of English invites applicants for a Full-time, Tenure-Track...
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September 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
We're hiring! It's a job that asks *a lot* of you, I won't lie. But it's a department with solid, brilliant , resilient colleagues who try to fight the good fights. And we're unionized (APSCUF). West Chester University, Tenure-Track Asst Prof Brit Lit, Early Modern thru 18th Century
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Women have been speaking out about abuse for centuries! I wrote about Anne Wentworth, a 17th-century survivor of domestic abuse, for @theconversation.com #earlymodern
The 17th-century woman who wrote about surviving domestic abuse
In the 17th century, Anne Wentworth spoke out against her abusive husband and the religious institution that protected him.
theconversation.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Women have been speaking out about abuse for centuries! I wrote about Anne Wentworth, a 17th-century survivor of domestic abuse, for @theconversation.com #earlymodern
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If you're interested in learning more about Richard Burbage's impact on Shakespeare, you might enjoy the piece I've just written for The Conversation @uk.theconversation.com - theconversation.com/richard-burb...
Richard Burbage: the Elizabethan De Niro to Shakespeare’s Scorsese
Inhabiting some of Shakespeare’s most famous characters, this Elizabethan actor deserves some proper recognition for inspiring the Bard.
theconversation.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
If you're interested in learning more about Richard Burbage's impact on Shakespeare, you might enjoy the piece I've just written for The Conversation @uk.theconversation.com - theconversation.com/richard-burb...
Today’s movie viewing was “Shakes versus Shav”, an Irish-made short film where #Shakespeare & #GBShaw, in puppet-form, square up to one another to debate the quality of their art and their legacies! #biofiction
September 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Today’s movie viewing was “Shakes versus Shav”, an Irish-made short film where #Shakespeare & #GBShaw, in puppet-form, square up to one another to debate the quality of their art and their legacies! #biofiction
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Feel extremely lucky to work with the class act, poetic genius, and all round legend that is @lizquirke.bsky.social. Read her new essay in @stingingfly.bsky.social, it's amazing!!
stingingfly.org/2025/09/09/t...
stingingfly.org/2025/09/09/t...
The fear of stepping into focus – The Stinging Fly
stingingfly.org
September 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Feel extremely lucky to work with the class act, poetic genius, and all round legend that is @lizquirke.bsky.social. Read her new essay in @stingingfly.bsky.social, it's amazing!!
stingingfly.org/2025/09/09/t...
stingingfly.org/2025/09/09/t...
Enjoying my #biofiction research by seeing @the-rsc.bsky.social Born With Teeth with @ncutigatwa.bsky.social as #Marlowe and Edward Bluemel as #Shakespeare in London. @lizduffyadams.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Enjoying my #biofiction research by seeing @the-rsc.bsky.social Born With Teeth with @ncutigatwa.bsky.social as #Marlowe and Edward Bluemel as #Shakespeare in London. @lizduffyadams.bsky.social
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GRUMPYE TEENAGE SHAKESPEARE:
"Thys ys just a stage, son."
"ALL THE WORLDE YS A STAGE, DAD!!!! UGH!'
"Thys ys just a stage, son."
"ALL THE WORLDE YS A STAGE, DAD!!!! UGH!'
September 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
GRUMPYE TEENAGE SHAKESPEARE:
"Thys ys just a stage, son."
"ALL THE WORLDE YS A STAGE, DAD!!!! UGH!'
"Thys ys just a stage, son."
"ALL THE WORLDE YS A STAGE, DAD!!!! UGH!'
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In 2026, Gemma Allred @gemmaallred.bsky.social Edel Semple @edelsemple.bsky.social and I are co-organising two seminars: one at SAA @saaupdates.bsky.social in Denver, CO, convened both in-person and virtually; and another at the World Shakespeare Congress in Verona, Italy. #Shax2026 #WSC2026
September 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
In 2026, Gemma Allred @gemmaallred.bsky.social Edel Semple @edelsemple.bsky.social and I are co-organising two seminars: one at SAA @saaupdates.bsky.social in Denver, CO, convened both in-person and virtually; and another at the World Shakespeare Congress in Verona, Italy. #Shax2026 #WSC2026
Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo+Juliet turns thirty in 2026 - celebrate by joining our seminar on the influence, legacy, and reception of this iconic film @saaupdates.bsky.social conference! Register for the seminar on the #shax2026 website by 15 September. #romeoandjuliet #shakespeare
August 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo+Juliet turns thirty in 2026 - celebrate by joining our seminar on the influence, legacy, and reception of this iconic film @saaupdates.bsky.social conference! Register for the seminar on the #shax2026 website by 15 September. #romeoandjuliet #shakespeare
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An old hawthorn, absolutely dripping with epiphytic lungwort and other lichens, polypody, mosses.
This is rainforest.
This is rainforest.
August 31, 2025 at 5:43 AM
An old hawthorn, absolutely dripping with epiphytic lungwort and other lichens, polypody, mosses.
This is rainforest.
This is rainforest.
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The Freddy Mercury hoovering display team were also a particular highlight...
August 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The Freddy Mercury hoovering display team were also a particular highlight...
The 2026 World #Shakespeare Congress takes place in Verona, & @gemmaallred.bsky.social @benbroadribb.bsky.social & I are organising a seminar on Shakespeare's Tragedies and their 21st-Century Reverberations - come join us! #WSC2026 Register at www.wsc2026.org
August 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The 2026 World #Shakespeare Congress takes place in Verona, & @gemmaallred.bsky.social @benbroadribb.bsky.social & I are organising a seminar on Shakespeare's Tragedies and their 21st-Century Reverberations - come join us! #WSC2026 Register at www.wsc2026.org
Research this week includes the film that launched a thousand #biofiction imitators - #Shakespeare In Love (1998). So impressed by the beautiful (Oscar-winning) costumes.
August 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Research this week includes the film that launched a thousand #biofiction imitators - #Shakespeare In Love (1998). So impressed by the beautiful (Oscar-winning) costumes.