Alexa Alice Joubin
@profjoubin.bsky.social
Global Shakespeare, ethical AI, digital humanities, adaptations, Asian studies, film, theatre
Writer, educator, advocacy speaker
Writer, educator, advocacy speaker
Join @profjoubin.bsky.social and Peter Loge for an engaging Tonic Talk, exploring the parallels between Shakespeare's tales of power, ambition, and betrayal and the “actors” on the political stage. Are we living a comedy, a tragedy, or a history play?
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connect.gwu.edu/site/Calenda...
November 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Join @profjoubin.bsky.social and Peter Loge for an engaging Tonic Talk, exploring the parallels between Shakespeare's tales of power, ambition, and betrayal and the “actors” on the political stage. Are we living a comedy, a tragedy, or a history play?
connect.gwu.edu/site/Calenda...
connect.gwu.edu/site/Calenda...
Don't let agentic browsers such as OpenAI's Atlas ruin course management systems like Blackboard or Canvas. They can complete assignments without any student involvement.
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www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...
Statement on Educational Technologies and AI Agents
The following statement of endorsement was drafted by the MLA Task Force on AI in Research and Teaching. The Executive Council approved it as an MLA statement in October 2025.Software, specifically le...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Don't let agentic browsers such as OpenAI's Atlas ruin course management systems like Blackboard or Canvas. They can complete assignments without any student involvement.
www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...
www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...
On the summit of Chimney Top in West Virginia. Splendid foliage.
November 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
On the summit of Chimney Top in West Virginia. Splendid foliage.
Congratulations, @nayoungbishoff.bsky.social, on her successful PhD dissertation prospectus defense! Her dissertation is entitled Multisensory Heterotopia: Women’s Spaces in East Asian Cinematic Adaptations of Shakespeare. A big thank you to Jonathan and Holly who serve as committee members!
November 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Congratulations, @nayoungbishoff.bsky.social, on her successful PhD dissertation prospectus defense! Her dissertation is entitled Multisensory Heterotopia: Women’s Spaces in East Asian Cinematic Adaptations of Shakespeare. A big thank you to Jonathan and Holly who serve as committee members!
Congratulations, Nayoung, on her successful PhD dissertation prospectus defense! Her dissertation is entitled Multisensory Heterotopia: Women’s Spaces in East Asian Cinematic Adaptations of Shakespeare
November 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Congratulations, Nayoung, on her successful PhD dissertation prospectus defense! Her dissertation is entitled Multisensory Heterotopia: Women’s Spaces in East Asian Cinematic Adaptations of Shakespeare
Congratulations, Isabelle my MA student, on her first book! The Shakespearean touches throughout her book bear witness to her focus on Shakespeare while at GW.
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gwenglish.org/meet-our-alu...
Meet Our Alumna: Isabelle Engel - Department of English
Congratulations to our alumna Isabelle Engel whose first book is being released January 13, 2026! With a degree from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Isabelle did her Master’s degree in Eng...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Congratulations, Isabelle my MA student, on her first book! The Shakespearean touches throughout her book bear witness to her focus on Shakespeare while at GW.
gwenglish.org/meet-our-alu...
gwenglish.org/meet-our-alu...
Reclining Liberty wearing an autumn wreath.
November 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Reclining Liberty wearing an autumn wreath.
Today at 12 pm noon Eastern Time, @profjoubin.bsky.social 's talk in Hungary will be live streamed at www.youtube.com/live/usHWU2m...
"What would Shakespeare and AI have to say to each other?"
"What would Shakespeare and AI have to say to each other?"
6. Alexa Alice Joubin: What would Shakespeare and AI have to say to each other?
Full title of the lecture: What would Shakespeare and AI have to say to each other? Virtuality, Artifice, and Techné in Literary and Critical AI Studies
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November 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Today at 12 pm noon Eastern Time, @profjoubin.bsky.social 's talk in Hungary will be live streamed at www.youtube.com/live/usHWU2m...
"What would Shakespeare and AI have to say to each other?"
"What would Shakespeare and AI have to say to each other?"
Among the carved pumpkins in the contest in Atlanta, this one went above and beyond! #halloween #pumpkincarving #contest
November 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Among the carved pumpkins in the contest in Atlanta, this one went above and beyond! #halloween #pumpkincarving #contest
Fall foliage from the top of North Fork Mountain, West Virginia. This summit is called Chimney Rock.
#westvirginia #fallfoliage #hiking
#westvirginia #fallfoliage #hiking
October 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Fall foliage from the top of North Fork Mountain, West Virginia. This summit is called Chimney Rock.
#westvirginia #fallfoliage #hiking
#westvirginia #fallfoliage #hiking
Splendid local foliage right next to a beach volleyball court.
#beachvolleyball #urbanfoliage #fallcolors
#beachvolleyball #urbanfoliage #fallcolors
October 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Splendid local foliage right next to a beach volleyball court.
#beachvolleyball #urbanfoliage #fallcolors
#beachvolleyball #urbanfoliage #fallcolors
Researching in the @folger.edu oasis is always a blessing. This is the reading room's Seven Ages of Man stained glasses.
#sevenagesofman #Shakespeare #stainedglasses #library
#sevenagesofman #Shakespeare #stainedglasses #library
October 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Researching in the @folger.edu oasis is always a blessing. This is the reading room's Seven Ages of Man stained glasses.
#sevenagesofman #Shakespeare #stainedglasses #library
#sevenagesofman #Shakespeare #stainedglasses #library
During the @folger.edu Symposium on Performance Methodologies, @profjoubin.bsky.social and her colleagues played the "is it playable" game. Audiences submitted their ideas about performance and the panel of actors and director were the judge.
#dramaturgy #Shakespeare #game
#dramaturgy #Shakespeare #game
October 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
During the @folger.edu Symposium on Performance Methodologies, @profjoubin.bsky.social and her colleagues played the "is it playable" game. Audiences submitted their ideas about performance and the panel of actors and director were the judge.
#dramaturgy #Shakespeare #game
#dramaturgy #Shakespeare #game
Henry V potato leek soup, anyone? Available at @folger.edu 's Quill & Crumb café on Capitol Hill
#soup #café #Shakespeare #capitolhill
#soup #café #Shakespeare #capitolhill
October 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Henry V potato leek soup, anyone? Available at @folger.edu 's Quill & Crumb café on Capitol Hill
#soup #café #Shakespeare #capitolhill
#soup #café #Shakespeare #capitolhill
While participating in a conference @folger.edu @profjoubin.bsky.social noticed a Shakespeare's bust in the ladies room. A bit creepy? #shakespearebust #ladiesroom #library #capitolhill
October 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
While participating in a conference @folger.edu @profjoubin.bsky.social noticed a Shakespeare's bust in the ladies room. A bit creepy? #shakespearebust #ladiesroom #library #capitolhill
A gem @folger.edu from 1602. Unfold the flaps to reveal
4 painted figures, each with two fold-over flaps portraying alternate heads: 1) The judgment of Paris; 2) Dido, Pyramus and Thisbe; 3) David, Judith and Joshua; 4) Woman Clothed with the Sun (Bible), St. Michael the Archangel, Queen Elizabeth.
4 painted figures, each with two fold-over flaps portraying alternate heads: 1) The judgment of Paris; 2) Dido, Pyramus and Thisbe; 3) David, Judith and Joshua; 4) Woman Clothed with the Sun (Bible), St. Michael the Archangel, Queen Elizabeth.
October 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
A gem @folger.edu from 1602. Unfold the flaps to reveal
4 painted figures, each with two fold-over flaps portraying alternate heads: 1) The judgment of Paris; 2) Dido, Pyramus and Thisbe; 3) David, Judith and Joshua; 4) Woman Clothed with the Sun (Bible), St. Michael the Archangel, Queen Elizabeth.
4 painted figures, each with two fold-over flaps portraying alternate heads: 1) The judgment of Paris; 2) Dido, Pyramus and Thisbe; 3) David, Judith and Joshua; 4) Woman Clothed with the Sun (Bible), St. Michael the Archangel, Queen Elizabeth.
@profjoubin.bsky.social and her colleagues enjoyed a speaker-curated artifacts display in the Founder's Room @folger.edu during the Symposium on Performance Methodologies. Among the artifacts were a forged signature of Shakespeare and an Elizabethan conceit that is a bit of a theatre in your palm
October 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
@profjoubin.bsky.social and her colleagues enjoyed a speaker-curated artifacts display in the Founder's Room @folger.edu during the Symposium on Performance Methodologies. Among the artifacts were a forged signature of Shakespeare and an Elizabethan conceit that is a bit of a theatre in your palm
Join @profjoubin.bsky.social this Friday for her presentation on anti-Asian racism in embodied AI on screen at the After AI Symposium in London. Register for Zoom link.
afteraisymposium.com
afteraisymposium.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Join @profjoubin.bsky.social this Friday for her presentation on anti-Asian racism in embodied AI on screen at the After AI Symposium in London. Register for Zoom link.
afteraisymposium.com
afteraisymposium.com
When we visited Singapore, we sampled their national dish: Hainanese chicken. Today, I recreated that experience at home.
#hainanchicken #singapore #food
#hainanchicken #singapore #food
October 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
When we visited Singapore, we sampled their national dish: Hainanese chicken. Today, I recreated that experience at home.
#hainanchicken #singapore #food
#hainanchicken #singapore #food
While teaching "Being Human," the computer asked @profjoubin.bsky.social to prove my humanity in front of the class. The irony was not lost.
October 2, 2025 at 1:58 AM
While teaching "Being Human," the computer asked @profjoubin.bsky.social to prove my humanity in front of the class. The irony was not lost.
Join @profjoubin.bsky.social to consider what Shakespeare and generative AI may have to say to each other at @urochester.bsky.social Humanities Center on October 2 at 5 pm
events.rochester.edu/event/humani...
events.rochester.edu/event/humani...
September 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Join @profjoubin.bsky.social to consider what Shakespeare and generative AI may have to say to each other at @urochester.bsky.social Humanities Center on October 2 at 5 pm
events.rochester.edu/event/humani...
events.rochester.edu/event/humani...
Shakespearean genders constitute "minor" uses of canonical genres. Adaptation as a genre also engages in productive disruption established conventions. Join @profjoubin.bsky.social at @syracuseu.bsky.social for her talk on Transitional Aesthetics on October 3.
events.syracuse.edu/event/gradua...
events.syracuse.edu/event/gradua...
September 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Shakespearean genders constitute "minor" uses of canonical genres. Adaptation as a genre also engages in productive disruption established conventions. Join @profjoubin.bsky.social at @syracuseu.bsky.social for her talk on Transitional Aesthetics on October 3.
events.syracuse.edu/event/gradua...
events.syracuse.edu/event/gradua...
If you are in upstate New York, join @profjoubin.bsky.social on open pedagogy in the era of AI at @urochester.bsky.social at 12 pm on Thursday October 2
events.rochester.edu/event/humani...
events.rochester.edu/event/humani...
Open Pedagogy in the Era of AI; Workshop: Alexa Alice Joubin
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September 30, 2025 at 1:14 AM
If you are in upstate New York, join @profjoubin.bsky.social on open pedagogy in the era of AI at @urochester.bsky.social at 12 pm on Thursday October 2
events.rochester.edu/event/humani...
events.rochester.edu/event/humani...
In this 1-minute highlight, @profjoubin.bsky.social talks about Virginia Woolf and the Japanese anime film Your Name with Wendy Lennon on her podcast. #anime #Woolf #speculativefiction
youtu.be/0AcmdGO7t-Y
youtu.be/0AcmdGO7t-Y
Q&A 4: Favorite writer, Joubin Interviewed by Lennon
YouTube video by Alexa Alice Joubin
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September 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
In this 1-minute highlight, @profjoubin.bsky.social talks about Virginia Woolf and the Japanese anime film Your Name with Wendy Lennon on her podcast. #anime #Woolf #speculativefiction
youtu.be/0AcmdGO7t-Y
youtu.be/0AcmdGO7t-Y
@profjoubin.bsky.social sums up Shakespeare in three words!
September 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
@profjoubin.bsky.social sums up Shakespeare in three words!