Thank you @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social can't wait to read! 🔥

CEMS events for semester 1! We have three events in the calendar for this term. Firstly, on October 3rd, we'll be hosting a welcome event for early modernists across King's. Join us at 10:30 for a networking brunch. kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/welco...

Look who has a gorgeous cover now!! Arden of Faversham introduced by moi will be published as part of the Oxford World’s Classics series in April 2026. Look at that cover! ❤️❤️🔥 Publication date is 9 April 2026. You can pre-order your copy here: global.oup.com/ukhe/product...

Any Conference Questions? #edchat #HigherEd #academia

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...

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

My Author Copies have arrived. My book is out on September 30th🔥 thank you, @routledgelit.bsky.social and thank you to my readers and friends ❤️

It's not too late to join #Globe4Globe 2025 live and hear from the world's leading minds on Shakespeare and environmental justice. All details here: events.humanitix.com/globe4globe

When you're asked: what do early modern drama and Shakespeare have to do with racism? Writing ✍️👇

CFP: Reading the Practical in #EarlyModern Literature University of Sheffield, 16-17 April 2026 Deadline for submissions: 24 November 2025 All info: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/readin... #SkyStorians #EarlyModernEvents @sheffieldcems.bsky.social

Writing ✍️

What a brilliant chat! I'm buzzing with ideas...congrats @irburrows.bsky.social! You can see Amber was super intrigued! She had a question about cats in The Comedy of Errors but didn't get a chance to ask! @oldfortunatus.bsky.social 👀🔥🐈‍⬛

'note sandwich' 🤣

TEXTILE SHAKESPEARE has a COVER👀 (this is a late C16 embroidered coif - never in fact assembled - in the V&A. All the crazy scale with added big cats, like an acid trip As You Like It. I love that it is a bit stained and messy.) global.oup.com/academic/pro...

IT’S HERE!!!!!! My new book, *Sweet Taste of Empire* spotted in the wild!

Studious girl ❤️

Time we thought about Gobbo's whiteness and how he weaponises it to negotiate his humble class position in relation to the nameless Moor. Anonymous reader reviews are back and the piece is on track to publication in the excellent forthcoming Bloomsbury Shakespeare and Early Modern Misogyny 🔥

Shakespeare in the ‘Post’Colonies… in the ‘post’colonies! So grateful to Amrita Dhar & Amrita Sen for the chance to write about Australian Indigenous Shakespeare with my wonderful new colleague Margaret Harvey 🙂

Champion charioteers. Behind the scenes at the Circus Maximus @thetls.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3hzwrh34

2/2 Early social media user Love this kid!

A very black cat on a branch, by Hishida Shunso in 1910. Because it's #BlackCatAppreciationDay

"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 👇

It was a pleasure to chat with @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social on Not Just The Tudors about HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY, a history of the idea of "human" from antiquity to the present. 🧵 💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH podfollow.com/not-just-the...

In my Not Just The Tudors convo with Suzannah Lipscomb, we focused on the #earlymodern period (1500-1800) and the ancient roots of European monster theory. More about the book, incl. excerpts and buying links, are below. Podcast link at top of thread! 6/6 www.surekhadavies.org

The third type of boundaries that people invent monsters to define is the set of boundaries that define the parameters of normal for a human individual: words like giant, genius, and prodigy are stories about what normal supposedly is. 5/

Anglo-Saxons with West African roots: DNA analysis of 7th century burials reported in @antiquity.ac.uk today reveals long-distance connections reached across continents and cultures. Read about it @science.org:

The SAA Graduate Committee is looking for new members! These collaborative roles are open to any current Ph.D.-level SAA graduate students. Find more information and apply online by September 2: linktr.ee/saaupdates

Whose wonderful book do I spy in Foyles? @memorients.bsky.social 🔥

Always a good day when you get article proofs! Coming soon to a journal near you (otherwise known as Shakespeare Survey 78)

We are thrilled to announce that the Summer 2025 issue of Renaissance Quarterly (vol. 78.2) has been published online. Take a look: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #RenTwitter #earlymodern #Renaissance @universitypress.cambridge.org

📣🎉 We are pleased to announce 3 new IHR Seminar Series starting in September 2025. • African History • Migration & Mobility History • Planetary History Find out about the new series on the IHR website: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

📣Call for Papers 📣 I am delighted to announce that 'Speech/less in the Early Modern World' will be held 23 April 2026 at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge. Please share far and wide and do consider submitting a proposal! 🙊 Link to PDF version: bit.ly/4lZz80R

Excited to be speaking at Shakespeare's Globe on the 16th as part of an excellent Study Day on Twelfth Night 😊 and Mark Rylance as Olivia is 🔥

The reason historians don’t now use the term ‘witch hunts’ as a generalised term for the prosecution of people for witchcraft is that it implies witchcraft was always prosecuted in a different way compared to other crimes - it wasn’t

So looking forward to speaking at @memorients.bsky.social first conference taking place in Cape Town this December. And what an excellent programme! 🔥 sites.google.com/view/memorie...

Handsome boy ❤️

Dysfunctional families of the Golden Age, female artist version. Seriously alienated teen-ager, and how often do you see that in Dutch painting? By Judith Leyster.

Following the lives of nine heiresses, @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social peers beneath the demure, empire-waisted image of the Georgian heiress to reveal a murky world of inheritance, fortune-hunting and human exploitation. Available to pre-order now⬇️ Amazon: bit.ly/4lcPIty Waterstones: bit.ly/4efwNfm

Just used #TeachingBlackTudors hashtag for the first time on here so wanted to signpost my work on this here: www.mirandakaufmann.com/blog/teachin...

#EarlyModern history PhD students around London: the 'Society, Culture and Belief, 1500-1800' seminar @ihrscb.bsky.social at @ihr.bsky.social is looking for a postgrad convenor for 2025/26. Stipend of £300/yr and a chance to get involved in a great seminar!

Amber ❤️

Kathryn Vomero Santos, Shakespeare in Tongues - Routledge, June 2025 www.routledge.com/Shakespeare-...

A new flower in the garden! Anyone know what this is? 👀🤔

Really pleased and proud to announce a new @ihr.bsky.social seminar - Migration and Mobility History. We want to cover migration across time and space and speak with colleagues across disciplines. If you're interested in attending/presenting, get in touch: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Some good references to drama at the Elizabethan court here, from the privy council register, 1583. Lord Leicester's players, the Lord Chamberlain's men, a troop of tumblers, and some children putting on a play for St Stephen's Day.

Free workshop on “Talking to the audience in Hamlet” with me and the cast of @thepantaloons.bsky.social Hamlet! Information and booking here: ovo.org.uk/shows/talkin...

WHAT A WEEK! An utter delight to see so many #EarlyModern 'ists chatting, thinking, discussing together in beautiful Bristol. So many conversations started and ideas sparked. If you're looking for people you met, we tried to update the starter pack of #RenSoc25 delegates:

We are thrilled to announce that the Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World Conference, with a keynote address by Professor Mark Stoyle, will be held on 30-31 October at the University of Exeter. Please help us spread the world, and consider submitting a proposal!🗡️

Ready for the Merry Wives 💃