Greg Walker

@gregmw4.bsky.social

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Literature Prof at the University of Edinburgh, fan of Prog rock and Nottingham Forest.

Greg Walker is Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. He is a graduate of the University of Southampton. His specialist field is the history of literature and drama in the late-medieval period and the sixteenth century. Before taking up the Regius Chair he was the Masson Professor of English at Edinburgh. Before that he was Professor of Early-Modern Literature and Culture and Director of the Medieval Research Centre at the University of Leicester. Between 1986 and 1989 he was a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Southampton and has also taught at the Universities of Queensland and Buckingham. He was the Head of Edinburgh's School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures between 2008 and 2011. .. more

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Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 4h

‘ardest game in the world, wizarding, innit. You’ve got to have a second career lined up, just in case it all goes arse upwards with the sorcery…’

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 3d

'In a House of Lords debate on 8 January, Smith said she recognised “concern…about the reduction in the number of students going into higher education to study modern foreign languages and the threats to some of those modern foreign language courses”.' 1/2

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 3d

Jacqui Smith: Tuition fee increase could stem language course cuts.

Skills minister rules out change to strategic priorities funding to help ailing discipline.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Jacqui Smith: Tuition fee increase could stem language course cuts - Research Professional News

Skills minister rules out change to strategic priorities funding to help ailing discipline

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Tamara Atkin @tamarajatkin.bsky.social · 4d

Job klaxon: for a medievalist working across English and history cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...

Lecturer in Medieval Studies (2313) - Birkbeck, University of London

Birkbeck

cis7.bbk.ac.uk

Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 6d

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Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you Kirsty! 🥂

Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 7d

Likewise Doc, it’s been a real pleasure and privilege - and a lot of fun! Let the Predramatic party begin! 🥳

Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 7d

🥂🥳

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EarlyModernista @ellierycroft.bsky.social · 7d

Happy New Year and a pretty stupendous start to 2026 from my perspective as Predramatic Theatre -my co-authored book with @gregmw4.bsky.social - was published by Palgrave on Friday!

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Very kindly, our reader said of the book :-

Predramatic Theatre

This co-authored book offers a new and contemporary approach to pre-modern drama texts and performance practice.

link.springer.com

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EarlyModernista @ellierycroft.bsky.social · 10d

Pretty big news to kick off the year... Predramatic Theatre now available as an e-publication! Happy 2026 everyone!

Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 10d

Did you not notice that Pele wasn’t in it…?

Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 11d

You too Darryl!

Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 11d

‘Yep, I think the bastard’s finally gone...’
(Faith, Hope, and Charity say farewell to 2025 and prepare to come out of hiding and try again in 2026.)
Happy New Year everyone!

Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 11d

Enjoy! Happy New Year Prof! 🥳

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 12d

2025 has been a rotten year for most early career postdoctoral researchers, especially in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

For a better 2026, check out (or repost) this short thread on a free resource for UK-based SHAPE PhDs within 10 years (excluding career breaks) of the doctorate. 1/3

Early Career Researcher Network

An inclusive, researcher-led network for UK-based early career researchers working in the humanities and social sciences

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 12d

A happy New Year to all in the child-boiling community who celebrate 🥂🥳

Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 13d

A young book-shop assistant turned occult paranormal explorer over here..,

Reposted by Greg Walker, Elaine Treharne

Agenda des médiévistes @rmblf.bsky.social · 13d

Offre d’emploi – 3-year postdoc position in medieval studies: Unlocking the Medieval Book: Texts, Crafts, & Networks of Northern Europe

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Offre d’emploi – 3-year postdoc position in medieval studies: Unlocking the Medieval Book: Texts, Crafts, & Networks of Northern Europe

3-year postdoc position in medieval studies The Department of Culture and Language invites applications for a 3-year postdoc position in Dominican studies within the CODICUM project. The position i…

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Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 14d

Just a couple more days to enjoy ‘2025: The Immersive Experience’, tickets selling fast…

Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 15d

On ‘World’s Worst Jobs’ tonight we talk to Gino Capelletti, the man charged each year with taking down the Christmas decorations at the Vatican.

Reposted by Greg Walker, Elaine Treharne, Keith Lilley , and 2 more Greg Walker, Elaine Treharne, Keith Lilley, Margot C. Finn, Aidan O’Sullivan

Medieval and Early Modern Orients (MEMOs) @memorients.bsky.social · 17d

University of Southern Denmark, 3-year postdoc in Medieval Studies

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University of Southern Denmark, 3-year postdoc in Medieval Studies | MEMOs

University of Southern Denmark - 3-year postdoc position in medieval studies

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Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 18d

Ring out those bells, Darryl…

Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 19d

‘Brace, Death Star ahead!’
‘I’m pretty sure it’s just a réification of our engagement with material historical conditions, Han…’
(Lost footage of Georg Lukács’s failed Star Wars pilot found in Budapest attic.)

Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 20d

Visitors left ´confused’ by new Marxist Santa’s grotto.´They told our Sandra that whether she’d been good or bad just disguises the false consciousness behind an essentially feudal system of gift allocation’, said one angry mum who reached out on X to complain of long delays & arguments with elves.

Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 22d

Progtastic!

Reposted by Charles West, Greg Walker, Jennie Batchelor

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 22d

"In an era where the authentic written word is under threat....English isn't just about reading the past--it's about understanding the power of words and narratives in the present and future and giving our students the skills to successfully navigate the world".

True of all UK English programmes.

Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 22d

Today the Sunday Times discusses the decline in students studying A-level and beyond. I believe this is reversible. I believe it is necessary. And I’m glad to have some of my words on the importance of the discipline and the vibrancy of our degrees in English at York in the article.

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 22d

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Chris Havergal @chrishavergal.bsky.social · 24d

A cross-party review of the financial sustainability of Scotland’s universities will go ahead after months of initial talks between university leaders and politicians, reports @helenpacker.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/scottis...

Scottish HE funding review to start in January despite election

Scottish National Party minister says financial challenges go ‘beyond party political boundaries’ as official talks set to begin

www.timeshighereducation.com

Reposted by Greg Walker, Margot C. Finn

Andy Williams @llantwit.bsky.social · 24d

Some really (and qualifiedly) good news from Cardiff UCU @cardiffucu.bsky.social :
No redundancies next year, no downgrading of professional services staff.
And all without the need for disruptive industrial action, which nobody at all wants.

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Cardiff University agrees to no compulsory redundancies in 2026

Martin Shipton Union members at Cardiff University have welcomed “major concessions” from management including no compulsory redundancies in 2026 in an ongoing dispute about job cuts and working condi...

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 25d

;Eliminating funding for 3* research in the next Research Excellence Framework (REF) would benefit Russell Group institutions by about £50 million a year, suggests modelling into how potential changes to funding formulas may play out.' 1/3