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@edelsemple.bsky.social

Senior Lecturer in Shakespeare Studies @ UCC, Ireland • Shakespeare on screen • Women in early modern drama • Shakespearean biofiction • Cat-owner, cake-lover, books, plants • she/her

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Elizabeth (Liz) Lehfeldt (she/her/hers)@lizlehfeldt.bsky.social · 7d ago

Giving this cfp a boost: please consider submitting something. Our Forum feature is a great home for shorter pieces. #earlymodern

Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal@emwjournal.bsky.social · last mo.

We hope that lots of you will consider submitting a piece for our upcoming forum on early modern women and generations #EarlyModern

The editors of Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal invite submissions for the Fall 2027/Volume 22.1 Forum on the topic of Early Modern Women and Generations.
In keeping with the Journal’s tradition since its third issue (2008), this Forum will comprise short contributions on a single topic by scholars from a variety of disciplines. For Volume 22.1, we invite contributions on **women and generations in the early modern world**. Papers might include examinations of intergenerational relationships among and between women, how gender shapes the expression of generational knowledge and status, how women preserve and protect the generations ahead of and behind them, how representations of generations are gendered, etc. We particularly encourage submissions that appeal to readers across disciplinary and national boundaries. Articles may cover literature, history, art history, history of science, geography, music, politics, religion, theater, cultural studies, and any region of the early modern world.
At least part of our selection process will be focused on assuring geographical, chronological, and disciplinary diversity across the essays ultimately published in this Forum.
Submissions are due October 1, 2026 and should be 3,500 words including footnotes; essays should follow the EMW Style Guide (www.journals.uchicago.edu/pb-assets/docs/journals/EMW-style-guide-CMOS18-1735857164913.pdf). Contributions will be peer-reviewed.
If you have any questions about whether your proposed forum essay fits the scope of the journal, please contact us at emw@press.uchicago.edu.
Please submit contributions at https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/emw/about.
See Submissions and Instructions for Authors. For article type, select Forum

Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · last wk.

GRUMPYE TEENAGE SHAKESPEARE "Thys ys just a stage." "ALL THE WORLDE YS A STAGE, DAD! UGH!"

@edelsemple.bsky.social · 2w ago

Shakespeare monuments and #romeoandjuliet sites I’ve seen while at the World #Shakespeare Congress in #Verona @wsc2026verona.bsky.social #wsc2026

@edelsemple.bsky.social · 2w ago

At the World #Shakespeare Congress 2026, #Verona #wsc2026 #romeoandjuliet

@edelsemple.bsky.social · 3w ago

#Shakespeare Birthplace @shakespearebtrust.bsky.social looking good as the sun sets over #Stratford today.

The Shakespeare Birthplace in the golden evening sun.

@edelsemple.bsky.social · 4w ago

For #caturday here’s Anita hiding from the heatwave #cats #photography #SpeirGorm

A one-eyed tabby cat stretches out in the shade, lying against timber and green grass.

World Shakespeare Congress 2026 Verona @wsc2026verona.bsky.social · 4w ago

🎭 Calling all #WSC2026 attendees! Tickets for the Verona Shakespeare Fringe performances are now available: skene-veronashakespearefringefestival.dlls.univr.it/2022-edition...

Shakespeare Bulletin @shaxbull.bsky.social · last mo.

Edel Semple reviews the Bridge Theatre’s 2025 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Nicholas Hytner 🎭: www.bridgetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/a-m... 📰: muse.jhu.edu/article/992521 📷: Manuel Harlan

World Shakespeare Congress 2026 Verona @wsc2026verona.bsky.social · last mo.

⏰ Registration deadline extended to July 10! Don't miss out, secure your spot today

STEMMA: Systems of Transmitting Early Modern Manuscript Verse @stemma.bsky.social · last mo.

As promised! The @uniofgalwaycasscs.bsky.social has generously provided support for two days of public-facing ms activities this July. The events will be free of charge, and there is funding for ECR travel (defined as ≤7 years post-PhD, with preference for those not yet in permanent employment). 1/

STEMMA: Systems of Transmitting Early Modern Manuscript Verse@stemma.bsky.social · 2mo ago

STEMMA will be hosting its inaugural Manuscripts Week this year starting 20 July. Watch our socials for details, including opportunities to get involved.

Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social · last mo.

If 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/

Registration - World Shakespeare Congress Verona

Click 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"

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E.M. Anderson | THE LORD OF THE WOOD is out now!@elizmanderson.com · last mo.

everyone with an English degree rn: WELL, WELL, WELL,

Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · last mo.

"Hiring of college grads is down across the board. But certain majors are able to access opportunities in a wider array of industries, new LinkedIn data shows." ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH 69% VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS 68% www.forbes.com/sites/courtn...

The Most Versatile Majors Chart, TOPPED BY ENGLISH and VISUAL&PERFORMING ARTS

@edelsemple.bsky.social · last mo.

Behold the beauty of the belly! The stripes! The fur! The tiny white paws! Anita hiding from the heatwave in #Ireland this week #cats #caturday#photography

A cat, tabby striped with white belly and paws, lies stretched out napping under bushes.

@edelsemple.bsky.social · last mo.

Love the sunlight and shadow on this @ucc.ie tree 🌳 #thicktrunktuesday #trees #treeclub

A tree trunk that is brown and green, and is surrounded by ferns and ivy at its base, in dappled sunlight, with the University College Cork (Ireland) quad building in the background.

Katie Murphy @manymanyplies.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Two-year early modern English job, at Oriel College and the Oxford English Faculty, starting October. Happy to field any questions! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Job Details

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Dr. Benjamin Broadribb @benbroadribb.bsky.social · 2mo ago

SB 44.1 is out now and fully Open Access! 🎉 The Performance Reviews section features reviews from @edelsemple.bsky.social, Hannah L Wilson, Dympna Callaghan, Henry MacCarthy, Ceola Daly, Erika D'Souza, Shehrazade Zafar-Arif, Sheila T Cavanagh, @teamaufidius.bsky.social, Suzy Lawrence 1/2

Shakespeare Bulletin@shaxbull.bsky.social · 2mo ago

NEW ISSUE KLAXON: Shakespeare Bulletin 44.1 is now published via Project Muse! Find the first issue of a planned two-part issue featuring scholar-practitioners reflecting on their rehearsal room work in educational and professional contexts. Check it out here 📰: muse.jhu.edu/issue/57024

Alice Bennett @aliceponderland.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Enough with James Bond. Let me introduce Jane Bond, also a 007 spy but she’s an exhausted middle aged woman who is done with your shit (a thread)🧵

András Forgács W@andraswf.bsky.social · 2mo ago

the bbc website is indistinguishable in content from the mail online no i do not care what this is about

Idris Elba: 'Don't try to make James Bond woke'

@edelsemple.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#Caturday #cats No one will be getting Anita’s nose while she naps!

A tabby cat is curled up in a ball, tail and a leg covering her nose.

@edelsemple.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Foxgloves in the garden this week, and I saw bees and a hummingbird hawk moth nearby. Help the pollinators, and help ourselves! #SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm

A foxglove with fuchsia-pink flowers against a background of green leaves

A pale pink foxglove flower against a blurred background of green leaves

Irish Committee of Historical Sciences - ICHS @irishhistorians.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Colleagues might consider signing this petition against the downgrading of AHSS research by Research Ireland openletter.earth/concern-abou...

Concern about Research Ireland’s Strategy and Programme Plan

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Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

GET EXCITED! Our biennial conference is happening in THAT LONDON in 2027! It's our 💎 Diamond 💎 Jubilee, so get ready for a party. The #Renaissance Beyond Borders Warburg, 30 June-3 July 2027 Deadline for proposals: 25 September 2026 all info: rensoc.org.uk/cfp/12th-bie... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

screenshot of The Renaissance Beyond Borders: SRS conference 2027
30 Jun 2027-3 July 2027
deadline 25 September 2026
Location: the warburg institute and school of advanced study, university of london

@edelsemple.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I don’t like when people talk to me - why would I want my email to do it?!

Alice Bell@abeewords.bsky.social · 3mo ago

That’s it, we’re going back to quill pens and that weird thick old timey paper

@edelsemple.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Marking a few hundred exam scripts at the moment, and I regret to announce the demise of the possessive apostrophe.

Sad Squidward Mourns at Tombstone

ALT: Sad Squidward Mourns at Tombstone

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David Bowie News @davidbowienews.bsky.social · 3mo ago

David Bowie as Jareth the Goblin King in Labyrinth.

Carlow Weather @carlowweather.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This rare cloud-free image of Ireland, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites on 29 April 2026, provides an exceptional view of the island, revealing its surface in full spring detail. eu-space.europa.eu/components/e...

Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#CfP: ESRA 2027: "Shakespeare & Form", 27–30 July '27, in the undulating landscape of North Wales! Proposals by 5 June '26 The Triumvirate of Terrific Keynotes are @drsheeha.bsky.social, William E. Engel & Florence March rensoc.org.uk/announcement... #Skystorians #EarlyModernEvents #Shakespeare

Confirmed Guest Speakers

William E. Engel (Sewanee – University of the South, USA)

Florence March (Université de Montpellier Paul-Valéry, FR)

Iman Sheeha (Brunel University, GB)

ESRA 2027 will explore the question of ‘form’ from a variety of angles, bringing together scholar, practitioner, school and collegiate communities as well as the general public. Interest in the wide-reaching question of form with regard to Shakespeare has a long and very varied history which looks back to Henry Ruggles’ The Plays of Shakespeare founded on literary forms (1895) and beyond. In the twentieth century, we may think of key interventions, such as C. L. Barber’s Shakespeare’s Festive Comedy. A Study in Dramatic Form and its Relations to Social Custom (1959), William Toole’s Shakespeare’s Problem Plays: Studies in Form and Meaning (1966), Emrys Jones’ Scenic Form in Shakespeare (1971), Robert Weimann’s Shakespeare and the Popular Tradition in the Theatre: Studies in the social dimension of dramatic form and function (1978) and Leo Salingar’s Dramatic Form in Shakespeare and the Jacobeans (1986), to name but a few. More recently, twenty-first-century examples abound, such as Douglas Bruster’s Quoting Shakespeare. Form and Culture in Early Modern Drama (2000), Lene B. Petersen’s Shakespeare’s Errant texts: Textual Form and Linguistic Style (2010), Ruth Nevo’s Tragic Form in Shakespeare (2015), Ralph Berry’s Shakespeare’s Comedies. Explorations in Form (2016) and Jonathan’s Sell’s Shakespeare’s Sublime Ethos: Matter, Stage, Form (2022). In all kinds of ways, the corpus of Shakespeare’s works urges us to think about form in a host of different contexts in research, practice, performance and pedagogy.

Austin Tichenor @austintichenor.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Pericles: Shakespeare's Greatest Play...and I wish I could see the space-age production that's closing today @cincyshakes.bsky.social (and wish even harder I could see it tomorrow on May the Fourth). substack.com/@theshakespe...

Pericles: Shakespeare's Greatest Play

By one measure, anyway

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@edelsemple.bsky.social · 3mo ago

High levels of cuteness from Anita this #Caturday #CatsofBluesky #cats

A tabby cat, with many shades of brown, gold, and black in her fur, is curled up asleep with her tail hiding her face, in a velvety brown cave bed.

@edelsemple.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A second day of showcasing research ongoing in @ucc.ie School of English & Digital Humanities - yesterday was the Research Day and today is Bookends, our annual postgraduate conference #ArtsResearch #literature #Bookends #UCCEnglish @uccresearch.bsky.social

Eoghan Daltun 🌍@irishrainforest.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I woke up this morning to one of the most beautifully plaintive, haunting calls from the rainforest just outside my window. An cuach – cuckoo – heralding summer's arrival.