The 2026 O'Donnell Lecture in #Celtic Studies will be given by Dr Aaron Griffith (Utrecht University) on 8 May at 5.30pm at the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. Dr Griffith will talk on 'Old Irish: plenty of variation, but of what kind?'. All welcome! Tickets are free but booking is required:

Old Irish: plenty of variation, but of what kind? (O'Donnell Lecture 2026)

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Delighted to be series editor for Cambridge Elements in Women, Gender and Sexuality in Premodern Literature and Culture. If you have something cool and interesting you’d like to work with us on please get in touch (micrograph 20-30k) www.cambridge.org/core/publica...

Women, Gender and Sexuality in Premodern Literature and Culture

Welcome to Cambridge Core

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Excited about this (free!) public lecture at the NLA by one of the foremost scholars of Shakespeare and early modernity, Lorna Hutson. 19 Feb, 6pm. To register or get an online link, visit: www.library.gov.au/whats-on/eve... Don't miss this exploration of the idea of English 'island nationhood'!

England's 'island nationhood?' with Professor Lorna Hutson | National Library of Australia (NLA)

Professor Lorna Hutson examines early modern legal and poetic texts to explore the concept of England's 'island nationhood'.

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Call for Chapters: Evident Tongues, Evident Bodies Deadline to submit: 12th April 2026 We invite chapter proposals for an edited volume examining how encounters through language and the senses shaped the production of evidence in the early modern period (c.1492–1700). www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Call for Chapters: Evident Tongues, Evident Bodies

Language, Sense, and Proof in the Early Modern World. Deadline for submissions: 12th April 2026.

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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

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Congratulations to Professor Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social who has been awarded a three-year Major Research Fellowship by the Leverhulme Trust for her project: ‘Imperial bibliography: books, race and value’. Find out more about the project on our website:

Professor Emma Smith awarded Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship

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Delighted to say that my book comes out in paperback shortly. Available to pre-order here: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-epistol... 30% off discount code is PAPER30. 🙂

'Despite all their difficulties, universities remain an enormous and irreplaceable national asset. As well as educating millions of people, they generate about £24bn in export earnings, which is about 1% of GDP – more than aircraft manufacturing and legal services combined'. 1/2

The Guardian view on universities: Labour needs a clearer plan | Editorial

Editorial: Ministers promised a ‘change of approach’, but their new tax could tip weaker institutions over the edge

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Delighted the new year brings (at last!) vol. 53 of Shakespeare Studies to the world, in all its purple-edged glory: Marlowe stars in the Forum, & the NGP, Articles & Reviews all full of wit & wisdom. Congratulations to Jim Siemon for 11 years of leadership, w/ huge gratitude for our collaboration!

Our collection, Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court: Writing Communities, is being launched! Come and join us (in person at Middle Temple Library or online) at 6.15pm on Tuesday 9 Sept. Email MappingInns@gmail.com for more details. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court

This collection of essays presents recent research on the Inns of Court and their place in the literary and cultural spaces of the early modern world.

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Our collection, Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court: Writing Communities, is being launched! Come and join us (in person at Middle Temple Library or online) at 6.15pm on Tuesday 9 Sept. Email MappingInns@gmail.com for more details. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Our collection, Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court: Writing Communities, is being launched! Come and join us (in person at Middle Temple Library or online) at 6.15pm on Tuesday 9 Sept. Email MappingInns@gmail.com for more details. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court

This collection of essays presents recent research on the Inns of Court and their place in the literary and cultural spaces of the early modern world.

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If you’re in Oxford on 8 June, join us in person as we welcome @annabeerauthor.bsky.social - and otherwise join us online. This will be fun! www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...

Sundays at Somerville: Anna Beer and The Death of an Englishman - Somerville College Oxford

We are very pleased to welcome Dr Anna Beer to Somerville. A Fellow, and formerly Director of the Creative Writing MSt at Kellogg College in Oxford, Anna has recently brought out her first book of det...

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Join us on Thursday 29 May as Lucy Clarke (University of Sheffield) talks on “To give some colour as if they meant the peace”: a practice-based approach to ‘legality’ in early modern England. Email MappingInns@gmail.com for the Zoom link. mappinginns.wordpress.com

Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court

Visit the post for more.

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Thanks @alanstewart50.bsky.social for his paper this evening on “The Maxims” of Francis Bacon. As Bacon’s editor, Alan’s survey of the manuscript and printed versions of this work, and the potential dedications to monarchs, made for a fascinating discussion.

This #LGBTHistoryMonth you can explore related research and resources at the English Faculty on our website. www.english.ox.ac.uk/lgbt-history...

LGBT+ History Month: research and resources

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Today!

Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court@mappinginns.bsky.social · 2y ago

We are delighted to welcome @alanstewart50.bsky.social to our next seminar, with a paper entitled 'Francis Bacon’s Maxims of the Law: A Reappraisal'. All welcome to join us at 17.30 (GMT) on Wednesday 19 February! Please email MappingInns@gmail.com for the Zoom link. mappinginns.wordpress.com

This is tomorrow (Wednesday). All welcome!

Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court@mappinginns.bsky.social · 2y ago

We are delighted to welcome @alanstewart50.bsky.social to our next seminar, with a paper entitled 'Francis Bacon’s Maxims of the Law: A Reappraisal'. All welcome to join us at 17.30 (GMT) on Wednesday 19 February! Please email MappingInns@gmail.com for the Zoom link. mappinginns.wordpress.com

We are delighted to welcome @alanstewart50.bsky.social to our next seminar, with a paper entitled 'Francis Bacon’s Maxims of the Law: A Reappraisal'. All welcome to join us at 17.30 (GMT) on Wednesday 19 February! Please email MappingInns@gmail.com for the Zoom link. mappinginns.wordpress.com

Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court

Visit the post for more.

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Editing Archipelagic Shakespeare is now officially launched! Huge thanks to @roaringgirle.bsky.social, Lorna Hutson, and John Kerrigan for the lively discussion about archipelagic and editorial futures. @cambridgeup.bsky.social For more details, see: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Thanks to @fabiociambella.bsky.social for a fabulous talk this evening about the Old Measures at the Inns of Court, and links between dance and early modern drama. Many people working in dance history might find his work on OMIC useful (clare.dlls.univr.it/omic/).

Old Measures of the Inns of Court (1570s – 1670s)

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We have a few tickets remaining for our next English Faculty / OWC #Shakespeare webinar on 3 Feb. This month, Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social welcomes special guest Sir Gregory Doran to discuss #Macbeth. #teamenglish #CPD #EduSky shakespeare-webinar-macbeth.eventbrite.co.uk

English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: Macbeth

In this free webinar, Shakespeare expert Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of Macbeth from Oxford World's Classics.

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Fantastic conference with a superb keynote!

Joey Crozier@joeycrozier.bsky.social · 2y ago

Delighted to announce @mrfw17thc.bsky.social as our keynote for keynote for Communication and Exchange this year. I’m excited to hear more about his exciting research on mobility. The #cfp is still open! We’re looking forward to seeing y’all in Aberystwyth in June! #earlymodern #History.

Our first seminar of 2025 is coming up at 17.30 (GMT) this Thursday (23 Jan). We're happy to welcome Fabio Ciambella, Sapienza University of Rome, on ‘Dancing with the lawyers: Old Measures and annual revels at the Inns of Court’. Email MappingInns@gmail.com for the link. All welcome!

Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court@mappinginns.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hello to Bluesky! If you work on early modern law and literature, or any aspect of early modern studies that involves the Inns of Court, follow us, look at our website and come to our online seminars. See mappinginns.wordpress.com

Oxford University Press will be awarding as many as 10 ECRs the opportunity to publish their first book in fully open access as well as in hardback. Today the website was revised to make clear that independent/unaffiliated scholars are eligible. Deadline March 3. academic.oup.com/pages/early-...

Our first seminar of 2025 is coming up at 17.30 (GMT) this Thursday (23 Jan). We're happy to welcome Fabio Ciambella, Sapienza University of Rome, on ‘Dancing with the lawyers: Old Measures and annual revels at the Inns of Court’. Email MappingInns@gmail.com for the link. All welcome!

Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court@mappinginns.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hello to Bluesky! If you work on early modern law and literature, or any aspect of early modern studies that involves the Inns of Court, follow us, look at our website and come to our online seminars. See mappinginns.wordpress.com

Congratulations to Professor Lorna Hutson whose book 'England’s Insular Imagining' has won Research Book of the Year at the Saltire Society National Book Awards 2024. The judges pronounced it, "a landmark text across multiple disciplines." #SaltireBookAwards

Professor Lorna Hutson awarded the Saltire Society’s Research Book of the Year award

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Our first seminar of 2025 is coming up at 17.30 (GMT) on 23 January. We're happy to welcome Fabio Ciambella of Sapienza University of Rome, on ‘Dancing with the lawyers: Old Measures and annual revels at the Inns of Court’. Email MappingInns@gmail.com for the link. All welcome!

I was honoured to contribute to Henry Woudhuysen’s festschrift, brilliantly edited by Daniel Smith and Hazel Wilkinson. My chapter, on the elusive Love’s Labour’s Won, is free to access until 13 February - check it out and the rest of the book too 👇 fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/...

A fascinating programme on Mary Somerville, our polymath scientist namesake, is on Radio 4 this Wednesday, but available online already. It even features our alumna Dr Brigitte Stenhouse, Lecturer in the History of Mathematics at The Open University! Let us know if you give it a listen.

BBC Radio 4 - Human Intelligence, Teachers: Mary Somerville

A remarkable 19th-century polymath inspired by the natural world and the universe beyond.

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