After 4 years in the making, I explore the mythology and politics of milk in Shakespeare and the early modern period—linking race, gender, and species, while centring non-human maternal bodies 🐐🍼 @wauampoznan.bsky.social #Shakespeare #EarlyModern #AnimalStudies

My department is ogranising this timely event. Come and join us!

Had lots of fun talking about Diana and queer time at the Comparative Sexualities seminar yesterday at #shax2026. And having a natter about perimenopausal queens with @prof-burzynska.bsky.social ! ❤️

CFP Announcement! I am honoured and delighted to co-edit a special volume of Anglistica AION. An Interdisciplinary Journal together with my wonderful colleagues and friends, Luca Barratta and Michela Compagnoni.

Yes, come and meet Agnes Shakespeare and learn more about the turbulent history of Anne Hathaway's reception in popular and academic discourse. #hamnet #shakespeare #earlymodern #earlymodernstudies

📚 Culture Vultures Reading Group invites you to a presentation & discussion of Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. 🗓 14.01.2026, 11:30–13:00 📍 Collegium Heliodori, room 214 I will talk about Anne Hathaway/Agnes Shakespeare. All welcome!

Went to the theatre to see the newest "Coriolanus"; the posters, the gadgets and all capture the gimmicky nature of the performance #theatre #shakespeare

I'm deeply honoured and extremely happy to announce the release of the following publication “Care and Contagion in Shakespeare's Changing World” edited by Darryl Chalk and Rebecca Totaro. I have eternal gratitude to the best editors. #publication #shakespeare #earlymodern

Found this charm and I'm insisting on it being a sign from the Universe 😀 #mindfulness

Back to vegan food photos because vegan food is so photogenic 😀 it's the colours and the variety #vegan #plantbased #breakfast

#Reading #Butler and like always I'm blown away by the depth of research and nuance of arguments. Yet, given what is happening around, this becomes an increasingly hard read. But you've got to love the cover 😘

Today, my dear colleagues and I had the pleasure of representing our department at the Reading Groups Fair at the AMU Faculty of English. We really enjoyed networking with other teachers and students — as the photos clearly show! #teaching #teacherslife #shakespeare #academic

Poland 2025 All Saints' Day in one photo. No comment.

Majestic and yet absolutely friendly creatures. We were equally curious of each other. They don't deserve the fate humans thrust upon them. #vegan #loveallanimals #animalover

Reading wonderful papers for an eco-Shakespeare symposium and feeling wistful about the future. This is the paradox of activist-oriented research; you need to find space for the sadness associated with irrevocable loss and joy for the people who work with you on nourishing hope #ecology #research

Now that the festival is over I look forward to spending some evenings at home with a mug of tea and stacks of books. But it was wonderful! Poznań the capital city of Polish queerness rules! #queer #theatre #festival

#Queerfest Day 2! A very powerful performance on Susan Sontag's life and works. I learnt a great deal and it was such a treat. #theatre #queer

Queerfest day 1. This really happend 😀 #theatre #queer

Today #Queerfest begins, a queer theatre festival in the heart of Poznań. #queer #theatre #excited

Post-covid run. I did go for a jog and I'm feeling stronger and stronger every day. There's fast recovery for you. I believe it's my diet that did that for me. #covid #fitness #vegan

Also reading #Hamnet in preparation for the film's premiere. What a spellbinding novel! Though having seen the trailer I can't unsee Paul Mescal as Shakespeare and Jesse Buckley as Agnes #Shakespeare not complaining!

Is literature an instrument of ideology or a space of its contestation? Both. It depends what literature, where, when, how? And what is literature anyway? Mmm... It shapes to be a wonderful course. I'm having so much fun preparing lectures. #teaching #literature #shakesperean #academy

Getting better and reading materials for an introduction to theory of literature course. Gosh! So excited about it! It's been so long since I asked myself - What is literature? What is theory? #teaching #literature #covid

I got out of bed today and managed to do some stuff around the flat, which I consider a great success given that yesterday I could barely walk #covid #sick #fall

I added some of these books to my reading lists. #ReadBannedBooks

COVID is no joke, I've been knocked down and unable to really do anything except sleep. #covid #sick

Today I had the great honour of delivering an inaugural lecture at The Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University. Standing in that space, I was reminded of the responsibility that comes with having a voice—and the promise I once made to always use mine to speak to what truly matters. (1/5)

Working hard to tap into my resources of queer joy for Thursday lecture on queer joy in Shakespeare with my favourite books. I'm trying to create space for the difficult and painful and still generate joy 💚🌈 Keep your fingers crossed🤞

Last Friday I had the privilege of taking part in The Night of Scientists [Noc Naukowców]. It was heart-warming to see buses of young people arriving from schools across the region, eager to spend their evening engaging with research and ideas. 1/3 #teaching #shakespeare #earlymodern #queer

Before I log off for a week in an attempt to immerse myself in the last glimpse of summer and some #mindfulness practice, let me just say that someone is excited about their "queer literature across the ages" course #teaching #earlymodern #adaptation #Shakespeare #academic

This is not even my cat! Even if I wanted, I don't have anything I could share with her (vegan household). It turns out she can help herself to some baked veggies. I'm confused... #vegan #cats #lsummer

Academic writing is spending 5 hours researching material for one brief footnote out of 60 in a paper. #research #earlymodern #shakespeare #writing #academy Even the kitty gave up! 😀

I got a rejection a couple of days ago. It never stops bringing me down for a moment. The older I get the shorter these moments of "not good enough" are but a bit of hurt is there. On the bright side, I found a very promising CFP. It's a new day ☺️🌱🍀 #academy #rejection #earlymodernist #Shakespeare

#Polishsummer Looking for the Sun in wellingtons 😀 I know summer is coming to an end but we've had few sunny days and lots of rain. It's all beautiful but I'm a creature of the Sun so I long for hot weather. Let's hope for tomorrow!

Everyday diamonds ☺️💚 The grace of rain 🙏 #mindfulness #summer #summerinpoland

Sent off the manuscript to the editors and wrote a proposal for another paper. Let me just say, rest is the origin of all creativity. I gave myself time off and I came back stronger. There's really no point in rushing. #mindfulness #writing #Shakespeare #earlymodern

I was buried under lots of archival work (thank you reviewer no. 1, no irony!) but I'm glad to say I finished my revision today. It needs some editing but it's done! #writing #earlymodern #Shakespeare The path to the lake helped, I think. #mindfulenss

The brilliance of a cup of herbal tea from your own garden #inlove #mindfulness #earthlove

No complaints 😉 #holidays #resting Resting is healing.

I have so much respect for this amazing woman and I miss her...

In search of peace of mind #mindfulness #peace #holildays

Last night in Porto! We went to a fado concert. Worth it! #porto #portugal #holidays

You don't have to ask me twice for a photo with a tiled rainbow 🌈 #Lisbon #queer #pride This rainbow may not have been planned as a pride symbol but it becomes one for me 👍

Street art in Lisbon 👏

Lisbon! 🌱💚 Not a city for someone with a fear of heights 😄

Lisbon here we are! #holidays #veganinportugal #portugal

Porto, Portugal offered a wealth of vegan products in grocery stores but alas at the conference or restaurants I had many mishaps. Most people (serving food!!) did not understand the word "vegan". Ordering something vegan I usually got cheese or eggs. #vegan #plantbased

More pics of Porto before I go down south 🌈💐🍀 The ocean welcomed us with exactly right temperature for swimming ☺️ I could stay here forever.

I feel so energised and invigorated after our seminar discussion yesterday (Seminar 19: Shakespeare and Ecological Crisis at ESRA 2025 in Porto). Rebecca Solnit's essay "Preaching to the Choir" is with me.