Douglas Clark
@disfordiscourse.bsky.social
Early Modern Literature. Tutor in English at Oxford.
Join us in #Atlanta for 'Oceanic Risk in the Early Modern World' at the next @saaupdates.bsky.social conference. Our seminar examines how seafaring informs early modern conceptions of risk, while also exploring how models of mind were shaped by the hazards associated with oceanic travel. #shax2027
It was a real pleasure to contribute to this new Access project @wadhamcollege.bsky.social.
We celebrate the success of our first 'Wadham Reads' programme
Year 12 students from across the UK marked the end of their book club programme on the futuristic theme, “Possible Worlds”, with a literary day at Wadham.
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Just a 'lytell propre Jeste' found in the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk today. They look like they're having fun!
I saw so many families have fun at this event last year. If you're in DC, you should definitely visit! #folger #dc
Folger Shakespeare Library@folger.edu · 5mo agoApril is Shakespeare's birthday month and we're celebrating with a ton of free activities on Saturday, April 18! 🥳 Join us for stage combat, dancing, trivia, salons with Folger Fellows and, of course, cupcakes! 🧁 Details at folger.edu/birthday
Really disappointed that I won't make the @saaupdates.bsky.social conference this year in Denver. I hope everyone has a great time! If anyone sees my book at the @universitypress.cambridge.org stall, I'd love to see evidence that it exists out there. Book selfies encouraged! #shax2026
The Will in English Renaissance Drama
Cambridge Core - Renaissance and Early Modern Literature - The Will in English Renaissance Drama
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Tomorrow, a download button will appear on our webpage and that’s also when most In Our Time listeners outside the UK will get to hear Misha’s first programme via usual providers including bbc.com. (UK BBC Sounds listeners are always 28 days ahead.) We enjoy making these & hope you enjoy listening
A (not too grim) blog post about my book for @universitypress.cambridge.org, featuring biscuits and Frodo Baggins! #cambridgeuniversitypress #hobbits #shakespeare
A World of Wills in Shakespeare and Beyond
It’s another dull, grey Tuesday morning. A colleague asks you how you are. Reflecting on the seemingly endless flow of tedious meetings in the day ahead, you reply that you’re “losing the will the live”. Your co-worker chuckles and walks back to wherever they need to be.
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We’re excited for #Shax2026 in Denver, but have you considered submitting a proposal for #Shax2027 in Atlanta? The deadline to submit proposals to the #Shax2027 program committee is February 15! Have questions? Check out our website: linktr.ee/saaupdates
After a little blip in the release of my book, I'm happy to say that accurate digital and physical versions are now available from @universitypress.cambridge.org! #earlymodern #renaissance #elizabethan #tudor #drama #jonson #marlowe #middleton #shakespeare #thewill 'Look not so fierce on me'
The Will in English Renaissance Drama
Cambridge Core - Renaissance and Early Modern Literature - The Will in English Renaissance Drama
cambridge.org
📢 Excited to announce this Call for Papers for ‘Clio Reframed’, a conference at Oxford on 18-19 June 2026 exploring early modern women as writers of history. @engfac.bsky.social @oxfordcems.bsky.social Abstracts due by 28 Feb! clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...
Call for Papers
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Job announcement: part time, fixed term contract for a research assistant for a global Renaissance exhibition @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social Suitable for advanced doctoral candidates/early career applicants #earlymodern #16thcentury history.web.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/ra...
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What happens when Shakespeare’s line shifts from 'hope' to 'dread' and from 'brain' to 'will'? Jacke Wilson talks with Douglas Clark about the meaning of will-making in English Renaissance drama. 🎧 Listen now on The History of Literature podcast: https://cup.org/4oUVgeo
Applications are open through December 15th for Folger Institute Long-Term Fellowships -- $70,000 for the 2026-2027 academic year
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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 explore. Jo...
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Trying to keep my professional chill but I’m SO excited Carnegie Mellon is launching a cluster hire in computational humanities—MULTIPLE JOBS! 1. Asst Teaching Track Prof in Computational Humanities - apply.interfolio.com/173622 2. Asst Tenure Track Prof in CH - apply.interfolio.com/173626
All historians know the sinking feeling of tracking an "authoritative" reference back through several generations of writers to an unsourced assertion by someone nobody's ever heard of. Now AI can make up new ones in no time at all.
Ned Richardson-Little@historyned.bsky.social · last yr.From my own academic research, even pre LLMs there was a huge danger of zombie factoids that begin in a respectable publication by mistake and then get reprinted for decades because no one is backtracing to the original source. Once bad info gets into the system it can take years to clear it out.
Decades of mechanistic talk about university degrees as if they were bundles of 'skills' and 'prep' are about to be proved completely wrong (obviously). Want to get a real boost? Do History or English.
Happy to share the flyer for my book 'The Will in English Renaissance Drama', which is out this August with @universitypress.cambridge.org. Maybe your library would like a copy?! The 20% discount may be of interest to those heading to @srsrensoc.bsky.social! #earlymodern #drama #renaissance
When Universities are mismanaged or run into financial issues, it's always the staff and NEVER the management who lose their jobs. On the contrary, they get above-inflation pay rises that are the equivalent to one or two of the full time jobs they cut. How and why do we let this happen?
Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · last yr.'The university has informed staff of plans to cut 400 full-time equivalent (FTE) positions by July 2026, with academics the first to go.' Professor Andy Schofield, VC at Lancaster University since 2020, will take up position of Principal & VC at Glasgow University on 1 October 2025.
Want to hear about some of the hidden manuscript gems that the @folger.edu holds? Do you need more seventeenth-century English pastoral plays in your life?! If so, you may be interested in the talk I gave at the #Folger this May. Here's the first part of the event. #earlymodern #renaissance #drama
"A Springtime Revival" with Douglas Clark
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'onely a sigh broke prison'. I'm trying to chase off the midweek blues at @folgerlibrary.bsky.social #earlymodern #folgerfinds #manuscripts
Virginia service worker Jennifer Piggott voted for Trump knowing others would suffer she just never thought… 🐆💀
Patrick Durdel's @pdurdel.bsky.social paper on prop use and the practicalities of (bloody) performance was wonderful. The #nextgenplen @saaupdates.bsky.social never fails to disappoint #shax2025
Looking forward to speaking at @folgerlibrary.bsky.social in May about one of their unique manuscript plays. It would be great to see some #shax2025 attendees there! @saaupdates.bsky.social
Cocktails and Conversation: "A Springtime Revival" with Douglas Clark | 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 explore. Jo...
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Job alert: the National Library of Scotland is looking to recruit a permanent, F/T curator of early modern books and other printed material. Please share widely! nls.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...
Curator (Early Modern Era) - Edinburgh
This is a permanent curatorial role in the Department of Published Collections. The role of the Curator (Early Modern Era) is to curate the Library’s published collections from 1455 -1690, a period th...
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What a great lineup of speakers! #marlowe #msa #mla
The Marlowe Society of America@marlowemightyln.bsky.social · 2y agoMSA is at MLA 2025 with a sponsored panel on “Marlowe and Writing.” Join us this Saturday from 5:15-6:30 at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside (Marlborough B, 2nd Floor) if you’re attending MLA! More info & abstracts are available on our site: www.marlowesocietyofamerica.org/home/2025/1/...
Very happy to share the latest issue of The Seventeenth Century on 'The Uses and Abuses of Civility'. Our contributors discuss the lives and writing of figures like: Catherine of Braganza, Richard Brathwaite, Margaret Fell, John Fletcher, William Gouge, Philip Massinger ... 1/2 #earlymodern
The Seventeenth Century
Volume 39, Issue 6 of The Seventeenth Century
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