Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Yes it was at Lausanne. They look like they are setting this up as a pathway to full Prof within two years, but two monographs should mean full Prof at commencement, not as a carrot for exploitative work expectations for two years. 2230
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Going for a bargain -- my chapter on Dunwich as a major site for touring Elizabethan companies (even while it was disappearing into the sea) is in great company in this gorgeous volume! 082
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Pleased to report that my chapter on Dunwich as a major site for touring Elizabethan companies (even while it was disappearing into the sea) is in great company in this gorgeous volume! 030
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Pleased to report that my chapter on Dunwich as a major site for touring Elizabethan companies (even while it was disappearing into the sea) is in great company in this gorgeous volume!edinburghuniversitypress.comReading the Coastline in Shakespeare’s BritainReading the Coastline in Shakespeare’s Britain 020
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I realise I forgot 1976! That’s Murder by Death for me :) 110
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 14/08/2026That's a cool list! Here's my favourite films from the 1970s by year = '70 = Kelly's Heroes '71 = The Andromeda Strain '72 = Silent Running '73 = The Sting '74 = The Godfather Part II '75 = Jaws '77 = Capricorn One '78 = Invasion of the Body Snatchers '79 = Alien 110
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Everybody just go about your business. There's nothing to see here. 110
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Back at work after 5 weeks of adventuring, and pleased to see this story appeared while I was in absentia. www.thefieldguidetoowoomba.com/blog/bruce-d...thefieldguidetoowoomba.comThe Bruce Dawe National Poetry Prize 2026 — The Field GuideFor 27 years Toowoomba has been home to one of Australia’s biggest poetry prizes, drawing thousands of entries from across the country for 27 years. Entries for 2026 are open now. 000
Reposted by Prof Laurie JohnsonBrepols @brepols.net · 31/07/2026𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮 𝗰.𝟭𝟰𝟬𝟬–𝗰.𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟬 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗱𝗼 𝘆 𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗼 𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗮 𝗰𝗶𝘂𝗱𝗮𝗱 𝗱𝗲 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮 Edited by Eduardo Carrero Santamaría, Tess Knighton and Francesc Orts-Ruiz Available in Open Access More Info: bit.ly/4fw40Fv #UrbanHistory #Music #Renaissance #Baroque #Musicology #Valencia #History 064
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Not Sir Garry! RIP you magnificent cricketing god. 010
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Not sure if calendar featuring cats of Rome … or hot priests. 380
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Classical dude plays a mean air bagpipe at the MANN (Naples Museum)! 020
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Before the “His Master’s Voice” (HMV) dog there was this musical kittah from ancient Pompeii. 050
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 30/06/2026If anybody in my network is still on the fence about attending the World Shakespeare Congress in Verona (kicking off in just 19 days' time), the convenors have announced registration is still open until 10 July -- come and join in the fun! www.wsc2026.org/registration/wsc2026.orgRegistration - World Shakespeare Congress VeronaClick here to register. Early bird registration: from 15 January 2026 to 31 March 2026; Regular: 1 April to 10 July 2026 FEES Faculty 1 … Read more "Registration" 183
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 24/06/2026‘Unsettling Shakespeare’ ANZSA will be in Wellington, 10-12 Feb 2027! CFP: conference.anzsa.orgconference.anzsa.orgUnsettling Shakespeare – 2027 ANZSA Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, 10-12 February 2027 031
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Are you feeling okay, Australian Twitter? 010
Reposted by Prof Laurie JohnsonSarah C E Ross @sarahceross.bsky.social · 23/05/2026conference.anzsa.org ANZ Shakespeare Association conference, Wellington 10-12 February 2027! Save the dates, book your travel, be in touch — and watch our website for more info very soonconference.anzsa.orgANZSA 2027 Conference – Wellington, NZ, 10-12 February 2027 197
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Ah, Autolycus -- Shakespeare's uncanny anticipation of the Bad Wolf story arc. (Sorry, only a few folks will likely get that joke). 020
Reposted by Prof Laurie JohnsonTim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 28/04/2026A call for papers. This looks like it will be a great conference: www.rmg.co.uk/call-papers-...rmg.co.ukCall for Papers | Maritime Histories from the Margins: People, Places, and Practices, 1500–PresentAn interdisciplinary conference co-convened by Royal Museums Greenwich and the Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures, University of Portsmouth 01410
Reposted by Prof Laurie JohnsonMerchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 24/04/2026Let there be light! 💡 6958
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 24/04/2026I was so lucky to be allowed to stage that workshop in Merchant last year -- and then to have the conference dinner in the Hall a few days later (@bsashakespeare.bsky.social) was a great way to see the building in full show mode! 230
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Not sure about going to the open casket funeral. Remains to be seen. 519132
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 22/03/2026This is a dance off. If you see this, repost a dance, or you’re eliminated.media.tenor.combart simpson is sitting in a chair next to a man in a suit and tie who is sitting at a table .ALT: bart simpson is sitting in a chair next to a man in a suit and tie who is sitting at a table . 0140
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Or perhaps, as the historical records show, it was the date proposed by Sextus Julius Africanus in the year 221, which he chose on the basis that it was 9 months after the date of the Annunciation (which he assumed was the date of conception), and which he calculated as 25 March. 010
Reposted by Prof Laurie JohnsonBeyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 12/03/2026🎭Dropping this week in our Exploring Sessions - it's All Fools by George Chapman. Solid structure, some interesting set pieces, but the syntax is not pleasing the room. #GeorgeChapman #EarlyModern #Plays #Drama #Theatre www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...youtube.comAll Fools by George Chapman - YouTube 021
Reposted by Prof Laurie JohnsonDavid McInnis @dnmcinnis.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Can't tell you how thrilled I am to see my PhD student Mary Bellman's first article published! 🥳 'The Demetrius Dilemma: The Implications of Induced Love in A Midsummer Night’s Dream' in the British Shakespeare Association's journal, *Shakespeare*: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comThe Demetrius Dilemma: The Implications of Induced Love in A Midsummer Night’s DreamIn A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the use of the love-in-idleness enchantment is not confined to producing Titania’s comic union with Bottom but is also applied to Lysander and is the source of Demetri... 1319
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Thinks we should simply rename the toilet cubicle to "The Pee-quad" ... and you can all call me Ishmael. 040
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 04/03/2026RIP Dennis Cometti, the voice of AFL, who gave us the immortal line, "Liberatore went into that last pack optimistically and came out misty optically." 060
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Dear Dr Johnson, you are invited to submit a paper for "insert very important sounding Encyclopedia name here." You are very important. Accepted papers will attract a "insert value well over $2,000 here" processing fee after acceptance. Oh, how I laughed. 150
Reposted by Prof Laurie JohnsonWorld Shakespeare Congress 2026 Verona @wsc2026verona.bsky.social · 27/02/2026The World Shakespeare Congress brings together scholars at every stage of their careers — from established researchers to early career academics. Verona 2026 will be a space for dialogue, discovery, and new collaborations. #WSC2026 021
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Remember when Doug McClure was on every second movie shown on midday Saturday television? Yes, I'm that many years old. 020
Reposted by Prof Laurie JohnsonThe Material Culture of Wills Project @materialwills.bsky.social · 24/02/2026📢 NEW Will of the Month Post! 📢 This is for everyone who followed our 'Eyrie of Swans' discussion last week, and with particular thanks to @hnewsome-chandler.bsky.social , @lostplayhouse.bsky.social and @tracelarkhall.bsky.social who helped us identify it! 🦢 1/3🧵 sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult... 1278
Reposted by Prof Laurie JohnsonMiriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 21/02/2026Truly uncanny to see universities all doing the same suicidal things: centralizing decision-making, erecting bafflingly expensive new buildings, stacking the board with money guys, hiding info about the budget, throwing money at consultants. Atriums everywhere! They all got the same memo. 1022461
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 17/02/2026I read that as "an Eyrye of Swannys" (an eyrie of swans) 290
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 17/02/2026I read that as "an Eyrye of Swannys" (an eyrie of swans) 010
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Anil Crumble is both peak humour and the kind of thing you may need to speak to your doctor about. 311
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Always Number 8, the greatest little feline ever consigned to the page. 110
Reposted by Prof Laurie JohnsonWorld Shakespeare Congress 2026 Verona @wsc2026verona.bsky.social · 10/02/2026This is the official Bluesky account of the World Shakespeare Congress, taking place in Verona from 20 to 26 July 2026 #wsc2026 #verona #shakespeare 0125
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 09/02/2026I choose option number 10, this magnificent, cranky bird that reminds me of the Duolingo owl, a very superb owl indeed, from George Withers, A Collection of Emblemes ancient and moderne (1635): 110
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 01/02/2026A baby penguin? Caught on an iceberg? This is serious! 010
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 30/01/2026FWIW, the first Laws of Cricket (1774) only refer to "the striker" and the "player at his wicket," while "bowler," "fielder" etc. are used. As early as 1830, I've got this from a Field Book to the rules of sports by William Hamilton. 010
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 30/01/2026To all the misogynists claiming "batsman" is the traditional term in cricket and that "batter" is a "woke" copout, I give you Exhibit A for "batter" being much older = in The Cricketer's Guide Being a Complete Manual of the Game of Cricket (1896), "Batter" is used throughout. 161
Reposted by Prof Laurie JohnsonHolly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 29/01/2026An open letter to @theguardian.com about their article last week about the Crown’s Silence, requesting that the Black scholar of Caribbean heritage who did the years of archival research behind this claim, and published it in 1979, Roger Norman Buckley, be acknowledged as the source of this reveal: 616481
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Do I have your permission to repost as well, Holly? 120
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 29/01/2026This has made me giggle for an abnormally long time! 010
Reposted by Prof Laurie JohnsonClassics for All @classicsforall.bsky.social · 20/01/2026🎨This year, the @rijksmuseum.bsky.social smuseum in Amsterdam has opened a new exhibition on Ovid's Metamorphoses, featuring an array of paintings inspired by the ancient Roman poet. Comment your favourite artistic reimagining of Ovid's Metamorphoses below! 👇 #classicsforall #rijksmuseum 095
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Although Life was cruelly ended after just two seasons, I loved the ending in which Damian Lewis's character Charlie Crews reveals to the crime boss how he survived for so long in prison. The impact and the satisfaction level of that moment was amazing. 2230
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 28/12/2025Or to square it up, perhaps, by having announcers tell a story about how receivers practice catching from their QB every time there is a successful reception. 000
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Hi. Do you look like I might have loaned you my copy of Rudolph Fiehler's Strange History of John Oldcastle (bought in a second hand bookshop in New Orleans in 2016, just like the one pictured below)? If you fit that description, I could really use it back. Thanks. 020