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Sarah C E Ross @sarahceross.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We are delighted to be hosting three brilliant keynotes at Unsettling Shakespeare - the biennial ANZSA conference: Vanessa Corredera, Nandini Das, and Te Haumihiata Mason. Come join us! Paper proposals due 15 October! - conference.anzsa.org/keynote-spea...

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Keynote Speakers – Unsettling Shakespeare

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RILCH at LJMU @rilch-ljmu.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

#CfP: “Stuart Drama” conference, 6-9 July 2027, @ljmuofficial.bsky.social. Abstracts by 2 October 2026 #Skystorians #EarlyModernEvents stuartdrama.com

Text: “Stuart Drama”, surrounded by a host of seventeenth-century playwrights.

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Janelle Jenstad @janellejenstad.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

On behalf of the QME and LEMDO teams, I’m delighted to announce the publication of Toby Malone’s edition of the True Tragedy of Richard III in QME 2.1 release: lemdo.uvic.ca/qme/emdTTR3_.... (@uvichcmc.bsky.social, @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca, @uvic.ca)

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The Queen’s Men Editions: True Tragedy of Richard III

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E.L.Snook @pamphilia2.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

@lynbennetthfx.bsky.social and my book has arrived on my desk! Pre-orders available now for shipping on 22.09.2026! www.mqup.ca/Books/E/Earl...

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NOH8 Campaign @noh8campaign.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

An estimated 150,000 people marched through central London on Saturday for London Trans+ Pride, with organizers calling it the world's largest Trans+ Pride event #NOH8

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Early Theatre @earlytheatre.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Hello, world! 🎙️ We're thrilled to share that our newest issue is live on Project Muse: buff.ly/4qCfd3e — free for public access! 🎊 🎭️ Follow our posts over the next few days for highlights and sneak peeks. #EarlyTheatre #NewIssue

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Sarah C E Ross @sarahceross.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Unsettling Shakespeare - our call for papers is open. Come join us! conference.anzsa.org

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Unsettling Shakespeare – 2027 ANZSA Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, 10-12 February 2027

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Sarah C E Ross @sarahceross.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

conference.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 soon

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ANZSA 2027 Conference – Wellington, NZ, 10-12 February 2027

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Brett Greatley-Hirsch @notwithoutmustard.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

#earlymodern peeps! The good folks at UVic HCMC have created a static version of the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson Online, so this major work of scholarship remains ACCESSIBLE AND FREE. We're also working to remediate the editions themselves into the @lemdo-uvic.bsky.social ecosystem.

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Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

This is a stunning resource, beautifully presented - congratulations to Ros Smith Kathy Acheson and their team emwmlibrary.com

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The Library of Early Modern Women's Marginalia

The Library of Early Modern Women's Marginalia.

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Matteo Pangallo @pangallo.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Louise Geddes and I are excited to share this call for essay proposals for a proposed new volume, "Tyranny, Resistance, and the Performance of Early Modern Drama". Deadline to submit a proposal is August 31, 2026! See the attached call for more information. #earlymodern #drama #theater

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The Medieval Academy of America @medievalacademy.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Fellowships at the Harry Ransom Center, 2026–2027 THE HARRY RANSOM CENTER, an internationally renowned humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, invites applications for its 2026–2027 research fellowships. www.themedievalacademyblog.org/9428-2/

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Early Theatre @earlytheatre.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

🎭 Hello, Bluesky! (1/4) We're excited to share that Early Theatre 28.1 is now live! buff.ly/tFadeCz This issue is fully open access and free to read via Project Muse’s Subscribe to Open Access. Curious what’s inside? Follow this post and the threads that follow for highlights, links, and more!!

Cover of Early Theatre journal, Volume 28.1 (2025), featuring a red background with white illustrations of early modern figures in costume and an ornate theatrical arch above the title. The journal rests against a deep burgundy background patterned with faded line drawings of similar historical characters. Large text below reads "Early Theatre."

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Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies @csrs-scer.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

2026 CSRS Conference, June 6-8, l'Université de Montréal. 2026 SCÉR colloque, juin 6-8, l'Université de Montréal. Announcement with Call for Article Abstracts / Annonce avec Appel à communications: csrs-scer.com/congress-202...

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Congress 2026 | Congrès 2026

Announcement: 2026 CSRS/SCÉR 50th Golden Anniversary Conference Call for Article Abstracts In celebration of its golden anniversary, the Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies / Société canadienn…

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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

"A fourth? Start, eyes!" The next generation of Shakespeare's plays, poems & sonnets is coming. Get your first look at The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series 👇

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

I really needed this today. Ayanna Thompson sent me a link to this jaw-dropping thing they built with a Mellon grant at @acmrs.bsky.social You can get lost in it. A spectacular reminder that digital resources don't have to be about surveillance, coercion, & disciplining the labor force.

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Throughlines — Race in the premodern classroom

Created by field-leading scholars, Throughlines’ pedagogical approaches offer accessible and critical ways to incorporate discussions of race in the premodern studies classroom.

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Nicole Sheriko @nicolesheriko.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Excited to have a new article out in Renaissance Drama! This one traces how early modern clowns relied on disability imitation. So much familiar clowning activity appropriates disabled performance, behavior, or positionality that the distinction between "artificial" and "natural" fools is tricky.

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David McInnis @dnmcinnis.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

📣 CFP: Shakespeare Quarterly special issue Shakespeare’s Twenty-First Century / The Twenty-First Century’s Shakespeare This will be Vanessa I. Corredera, Arthur L. Little, Jr. and my first issue as Editors! Please submit your finest! More info: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

Photo (by David McInnis) of Australian artist Jimmy C’s famous mural of Shakespeare in Clink Street near the Globe. It depicts Shakespeare as known via the Chandos portrait, holding a skull like Hamlet does, and a quill, in front of a psychedelic swirl of colour.

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CAUT/ACPPU @caut.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encountering difficulties crossing the border, CAUT strongly recommends that academic staff travel to the U.S. only if essential and necessary. Read more: www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...

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CAUT advises academics against non-essential travel to the U.S.

Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encou

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Linked Early Modern Drama Online @lemdo-uvic.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Come visit our table in the RSA/SAA Exhibit Hall in Boston. We'll be sharing the table with Digital Renaissance Editions. #SHAX2025

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Louise Geddes @louisegeddes.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

B&L is starting a search for new general editors! Please share widely and reach out with any questions. The editorial team will be at #shax2025 and happy to talk about your vision for this amazing journal.

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Alicia Spencer-Hall @aspencerhall.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

More thoughts on Eleanor Rykener in the BL's #MedievalWomen exhibition. Her inclusion is majorly important, not just because of *her* importance as a beacon of trans visibility in the historical record, but also the current anti-trans environment in the UK & elsewhere

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The Arden Shakespeare @ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

*Out now* 'The Winter's Tale: A Critical Reader' edited by @drpetekirwan.bsky.social & Todd Borlik contains cutting-edge essays covering critical and performance history as well as new scholarship on themes of ecology, hospitality, childhood, and racialisation in the play. bit.ly/4b3D2kN

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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’ A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, now voted one of the most influential minds in the world… english.elpais.com/culture/2024...

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Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’

A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world

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Kristen A Bennett @earlymodconv.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

✨ It was such a delight to stumble upon Anthony Trollope's notes on Christopher Marlowe's plays last October at the Folger! Even better was collaborating with the brilliant @lauraestill.bsky.social on our Collation post, "Anthony Trollope Reads Christopher Marlowe"! www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...

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Anthony Trollope reads Christopher Marlowe | Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explor...

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Kathryn Vomero Santos @kathrynvsantos.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Hi, Bluesky! Allow me to (re)introduce myself by sharing the cover of my forthcoming book, Shakespeare in Tongues, which will be published by Routledge in the Spotlight on Shakespeare series next year. Many thanks to artist Fausto Fernandez for permission to use his gorgeous collage!

Cover image for the book Shakespeare in Tongues by Kathryn Vomero Santos

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Adam Zucker Again @adamzucker.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I see that it's finally Business Time on Bluesky. So: I speak for the Program Committee for the 2026 @saaupdates.bsky.social conference, in Denver. We're accepting proposals for seminars, panels, and workshops: Questions? Ask me, or my committee-mates in next post. And please spread the word!

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Program Proposals – Shakespeare Association of America

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 12/11/2024

tl;dr: They can't. LLMs aren't peers and will make mistakes that alter good work done by actual humans. Please stop trying to make already difficult things even worse, tech bros.

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 25/10/2024

I've made a starter pack for academics who work in Premodern Trans Studies: go.bsky.app/RihBQMi There used to be more of us on the old site, but if I'm missing anyone, at any career stage, please let me know and I'll add them. Thanks! We have always been here.

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 07/10/2024

I added half a dozen new entries to the Bibliography of Medieval Trans Studies, with a shoutout to @tswingard.bsky.social who added a few things recently as well. (Thank you!!) There are a ton of great resources on here, many of which are freely accessible.

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Bibliography of Medieval Trans Studies

A Bibliography of Medieval Trans Studies This list builds on the works of several other great queer lists, namely: Lucy Allen's "A 'Queer Medieval' Reading List," Jeanne de Montbaston: Reading Mediev...

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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 01/10/2024

Publication day is here! I am excited to announce that my chapter “Astonished and Amazed” has been published in None A Stranger There. The chapter thinks about Middleton’s Triumph of Truth, Black Christianity, and respectability politics. #shakerace #raceb4race books.google.ca/books?hl=en&...

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None a Stranger There

None a Stranger There offers a collection of wide-ranging essays that explore the creation and understanding of English identity through the lens of early modern drama. Drawing together a rich array o...

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Nora J. Williams @norajw.bsky.social · 28/09/2024

Hello, haven’t been here in a while but we’re gonna try again. Here’s my gorgeous book cover. I am obsessed. She’s due in December !

Isabella from the Cheek by Jowl production of Measure for Measure in a white nun’s habit, leaning away from and looking up toward someone out of shot. The background is bright red. Sans serif text says “Canonical Misogyny, Shakespeare and Dramaturgies of Sexual Violence, Nora J. Williams”

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Colby Gordon @badinfinity2.bsky.social · 14/08/2024

Hi friends, I have received an actual, real-life copy of my first book, Glorious Bodies, and it is the thing I am most proud of in this world. If you're interested in trans history and theology, I hope you'll take a look!

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Mark Beatrice Kaethler (they/iel) @mbkaethler.bsky.social · 01/08/2024

Historicizing the Embodied Imagination in Early Modern English Literature (Palgrave, 2024) will be released in the coming weeks. Many thanks to my wonderful co-editor, Grant Williams, and our terrific contributors who have produced amazing chapters. More info here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

An open box on a table containing copies of the book Historicizing the Embodied Imagination in Early Modern English Literature

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EarlyModernista @ellierycroft.bsky.social · 03/06/2024

Really delighted to share my and Maria Shmygol's special issue of Shakespeare on 'Shakespeare in Action' with outstanding contributions from our authors. Hope that you enjoy! www.tandfonline.com/toc/rshk20/2...

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Special issue on 'Shakespeare in Action', guest-edited by Eleanor Rycroft and Maria Shmygol. Volume 20, Issue 2 of Shakespeare

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UVic Humanities Computing and Media Centre @uvichcmc.bsky.social · 21/02/2024

Most current formats for digital humanities projects only have an expected lifespan of 10 years. Our answer? The Endings Project! The Endings Project has developed a set of principles for sustainable digital humanities projects from start to end. Learn more about this project at endings.uvic.ca

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Jamey Jesperson @jameyj.bsky.social · 14/02/2024

Trans misogyny has a long history, but so does trans world-making in its face. And almost always at its centre, the sex worker 💅 Join me for my (first!) visiting lecture on Tuesday, March 5th at the University of Toronto or online 💘 Register for free here: tinyurl.com/sexworkersco...

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Brandi K. Adams @bkadams.bsky.social · 31/01/2024

The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Race is here! There are so many brilliant chapters for you to read including one I wrote entitled Editing Shakespeare and Race. academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

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Dr Anna Hegland @alhegland.bsky.social · 31/12/2023

As you share your 2023 reading wrap-ups and begin to compile your 2024 reading lists, here’s my plug for ‘The Theatrical Legacy of Thomas Middleton, 1624-2024’, coming in April 2024! #EarlyModern

Image of the cover and title for The Theatrical Legacy of Thomas Middleton, 1624-2024 edited by William David Green, Anna L. Hegland, and Sam Jermy.

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claire m. l. bourne @roaringgirle.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

follow along over the next couple of weeks as editors for the arden shakespeare, 4th series, discuss editorial challenges arising from the first folio texts of shakespeare's plays: youtube.com/playlist?lis... here's my short bit on naming joan (of arc) in 1 HENRY 6: youtu.be/Mq24Rj2G4Wg?...

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Folio Matters with The Arden Shakespeare

Whose hand is joined to whose in As You Like It? Does Desdemona give Othello a world of 'kisses' or of 'sighs'? Our Folio Matters series of videos delve into...

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Janelle Jenstad @janellejenstad.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

On behalf of LEMDO, I am delighted to announce the release of the new Queen’s Men Editions anthology at lemdo.uvic.ca/qme, including Kirk Melnikoff’s new edition of Selimus and three remediated and republished editions. All OA texts encoded in TEI-XML.

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The Queen’s Men Editions: Queenʼs Men Editions

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Jamey Jesperson @jameyj.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

OUT NOW 🎉 “Trans Histories by Trans Historians,” a GHR special issue featuring the work of nine emerging trans historians and the joyful cover art of Two-Spirit artist Milo Ira. Co-edited by @chrisapihlak.bsky.social and yours truly 🏳️‍⚧️ Please share & read open-access here: tinyurl.com/ghrvol12

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