Alexandra E. LaGrand
@aelagrand.bsky.social
PhD Candidate studying Romantic women + breeches roles | views my own | project director @pointslikeaman.bsky.social
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🚨🚨 Texas A&M Board of Regents is meeting next week and set to approve a new policy requiring pre-approval of courses on race and gender. This is a blatant violation of academic freedom.
November 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
🚨🚨 Texas A&M Board of Regents is meeting next week and set to approve a new policy requiring pre-approval of courses on race and gender. This is a blatant violation of academic freedom.
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Tickled that one of you apparently bought me Maria Edgeworth’s copy of Emma. ~$300k? You shouldn’t have! www.sothebys.com/buy/b94a60c5...
By a Lady | 2025 | Sotheby's
In 1811, Sense and Sensibility was published, and rather than Jane Austen’s name appearing as its author, the title-page simply read “By a Lady.” Now, Austen is one of the most widely-read authors in ...
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October 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Tickled that one of you apparently bought me Maria Edgeworth’s copy of Emma. ~$300k? You shouldn’t have! www.sothebys.com/buy/b94a60c5...
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Thank you so much to the SSEMWG, and many congratulations to the winner, The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Early Modern Women's writing, and to our fellow Honorable Mention, The Four Books by Alice Thornton! ✨
Read about the other projects at the link below! ⤵️
www.ssemwg.org/2025
Read about the other projects at the link below! ⤵️
www.ssemwg.org/2025
2025 — Society for the Study of Early Modern Women & Gender
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October 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Thank you so much to the SSEMWG, and many congratulations to the winner, The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Early Modern Women's writing, and to our fellow Honorable Mention, The Four Books by Alice Thornton! ✨
Read about the other projects at the link below! ⤵️
www.ssemwg.org/2025
Read about the other projects at the link below! ⤵️
www.ssemwg.org/2025
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We have some very exciting news to share! ✨ We just learned that our database has been awarded an Honorable Mention for the 2025 Digital Scholarship, New Media, and Art Award from the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender! 🎩
October 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We have some very exciting news to share! ✨ We just learned that our database has been awarded an Honorable Mention for the 2025 Digital Scholarship, New Media, and Art Award from the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender! 🎩
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This batch also helped us grow our number of records for performances in Philadelphia, while also helping us expand into St. Louis. You can see this growth on our interactive map of historic theatres. ✨🎩
October 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
This batch also helped us grow our number of records for performances in Philadelphia, while also helping us expand into St. Louis. You can see this growth on our interactive map of historic theatres. ✨🎩
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In this performance, Ellen and Kate Bateman played Richard and Richmond, respectively, while Julia Jones played Prince Edward and Miss Schoolcraft played the Duke of York. The Bateman sisters were famous for playing these roles as young girls, with prints like these capturing their performances.
October 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
In this performance, Ellen and Kate Bateman played Richard and Richmond, respectively, while Julia Jones played Prince Edward and Miss Schoolcraft played the Duke of York. The Bateman sisters were famous for playing these roles as young girls, with prints like these capturing their performances.
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This batch included our first performances in St. Louis, Missouri, with one production even having four performances of genderfluidity at once! On October 15, 1850, the St. Louis Theatre had a production of Richard III, with Richard, Richmond, and the two princes all being played by girls or women.
October 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
This batch included our first performances in St. Louis, Missouri, with one production even having four performances of genderfluidity at once! On October 15, 1850, the St. Louis Theatre had a production of Richard III, with Richard, Richmond, and the two princes all being played by girls or women.
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Today, 93 records were added for performances of As You Like It, Coriolanus, Henry IV Part I, Julius Caesar, King John, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, and Twelfth Night in Philadelphia and St. Louis from 1822-1878 to bring the record total to 8,265. ✨🎩
October 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, 93 records were added for performances of As You Like It, Coriolanus, Henry IV Part I, Julius Caesar, King John, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, and Twelfth Night in Philadelphia and St. Louis from 1822-1878 to bring the record total to 8,265. ✨🎩
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In this batch of records were our first breeches performances in Othello. In February 1863, an actress by the name of Miss Miller played a page in Othello at the Chestnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. While other tragedies have often seen breeches performances, Othello almost never has.
October 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
In this batch of records were our first breeches performances in Othello. In February 1863, an actress by the name of Miss Miller played a page in Othello at the Chestnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. While other tragedies have often seen breeches performances, Othello almost never has.
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Today, 88 records were added for performances of Coriolanus, Henry IV Part I, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Richard III, and The Taming of the Shrew in Philadelphia from 1863-1865 to bring the record total to 8,172. ✨🎩
October 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Today, 88 records were added for performances of Coriolanus, Henry IV Part I, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Richard III, and The Taming of the Shrew in Philadelphia from 1863-1865 to bring the record total to 8,172. ✨🎩
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Among these performances was our first record for a performance in Love's Labor's Lost! ✨ On January 6, 1862, Mrs. Charles Henri played Moth (also known as Mote) in Love's Labor's Lost at the Arch Street Theatre in Philadelphia. 🎩
October 8, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Among these performances was our first record for a performance in Love's Labor's Lost! ✨ On January 6, 1862, Mrs. Charles Henri played Moth (also known as Mote) in Love's Labor's Lost at the Arch Street Theatre in Philadelphia. 🎩
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Today, 34 records were added for performances of As You Like It, Henry IV Part I, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, and The Taming of the Shrew in Philadelphia from 1854-1864 to bring the record total to 8,084! ✨🎩
October 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Today, 34 records were added for performances of As You Like It, Henry IV Part I, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, and The Taming of the Shrew in Philadelphia from 1854-1864 to bring the record total to 8,084! ✨🎩
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From this trip, she has been able to gather 237 records for performances in Philadelphia, and another 31 records for performances in Boston, Chicago, and Washington, DC! ✨
She is now in the process of cleaning up these records and getting them ready to add to our database site! 🎩
She is now in the process of cleaning up these records and getting them ready to add to our database site! 🎩
October 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
From this trip, she has been able to gather 237 records for performances in Philadelphia, and another 31 records for performances in Boston, Chicago, and Washington, DC! ✨
She is now in the process of cleaning up these records and getting them ready to add to our database site! 🎩
She is now in the process of cleaning up these records and getting them ready to add to our database site! 🎩
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This summer, @aelagrand.bsky.social visited the Library Company of Philadelphia and UPenn's Kislak Center to consult playbills and collect records of women's breeches performances in Philadelphia! ✨🎩
October 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This summer, @aelagrand.bsky.social visited the Library Company of Philadelphia and UPenn's Kislak Center to consult playbills and collect records of women's breeches performances in Philadelphia! ✨🎩
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Check it out! Our project director, @aelagrand.bsky.social won the @honeyandwaxbks.bsky.social Book Collecting Prize for her collection of materials related to Shakespearean breeches actresses! ✨🎩 Points Like A Man even gets a shout-out!
Alexandra E. LaGrand Wins 2025 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize
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Alexandra E. LaGrand Wins 2025 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize
Alexandra E. LaGrand has won the 2025 Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize for her archive documenting Shakespearean breeches actresses over the long 19th century.The annual prize, which rewards American...
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October 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Check it out! Our project director, @aelagrand.bsky.social won the @honeyandwaxbks.bsky.social Book Collecting Prize for her collection of materials related to Shakespearean breeches actresses! ✨🎩 Points Like A Man even gets a shout-out!
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Call for Applications: SHARP News Bibliographers
As @bibliowingate.bsky.social's term comes to an end, we're looking to shake things up & establish a bibliography team of 2+ people.
Applications due October 1 2025.
The full call for applications and how to apply:
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As @bibliowingate.bsky.social's term comes to an end, we're looking to shake things up & establish a bibliography team of 2+ people.
Applications due October 1 2025.
The full call for applications and how to apply:
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
Call for Applicants: SHARP News Bibliographers – SHARP NEWS
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August 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Call for Applications: SHARP News Bibliographers
As @bibliowingate.bsky.social's term comes to an end, we're looking to shake things up & establish a bibliography team of 2+ people.
Applications due October 1 2025.
The full call for applications and how to apply:
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
As @bibliowingate.bsky.social's term comes to an end, we're looking to shake things up & establish a bibliography team of 2+ people.
Applications due October 1 2025.
The full call for applications and how to apply:
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
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The full LGBTQIA+ Book History Bibliography is here 🏳️🌈!!! 650+ items of LGBTQIA+ #BookHistory!!
Check out the intro to see how we made it, the primary bibliography, the article appendix, and the absolutely magnificent zine!!! From monographs to zines, you'll find it here!
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Check out the intro to see how we made it, the primary bibliography, the article appendix, and the absolutely magnificent zine!!! From monographs to zines, you'll find it here!
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
August 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The full LGBTQIA+ Book History Bibliography is here 🏳️🌈!!! 650+ items of LGBTQIA+ #BookHistory!!
Check out the intro to see how we made it, the primary bibliography, the article appendix, and the absolutely magnificent zine!!! From monographs to zines, you'll find it here!
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
Check out the intro to see how we made it, the primary bibliography, the article appendix, and the absolutely magnificent zine!!! From monographs to zines, you'll find it here!
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...
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📢 Restoration: Studies in Literature and Culture, 1660-1700 is looking for an Associate Editor to join our editorial team. 📢
Deadline is Sept. 5 and more info is linked below. Academic friends please share widely. DM @drerinnerung.bsky.social with questions.
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Deadline is Sept. 5 and more info is linked below. Academic friends please share widely. DM @drerinnerung.bsky.social with questions.
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Associate Editor Opening at Restoration: Studies in Literature and Culture, 1660-1700
Associate Editor Opening at Restoration: Studies in Literature and Culture, 1660-1700 Restoration is looking for an Associate Editor to join Editors Dr. Laura Rosenthal and Dr. Erin Keating and Book ...
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August 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
📢 Restoration: Studies in Literature and Culture, 1660-1700 is looking for an Associate Editor to join our editorial team. 📢
Deadline is Sept. 5 and more info is linked below. Academic friends please share widely. DM @drerinnerung.bsky.social with questions.
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Deadline is Sept. 5 and more info is linked below. Academic friends please share widely. DM @drerinnerung.bsky.social with questions.
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Opening at Penn for a Special Collections Accessions Librarian, responsible for acquiring and accessioning all special collections materials for the Kislak Center. The salary range for this position is $66,000 - $89,039. Come work with meeeee!
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Special Collections Accessions Librarian
University Overview The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school co...
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August 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Opening at Penn for a Special Collections Accessions Librarian, responsible for acquiring and accessioning all special collections materials for the Kislak Center. The salary range for this position is $66,000 - $89,039. Come work with meeeee!
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Jumping on the Jane Austen bandwagon and offering a short course from Halloween to her birthday (approx!) - join me! Or help me spread the word! Please and thank you!!
Jane Austen: Reading, Romance, Revolution - Edge Hill University
Celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary with Jane Austen: Reading, Romance, Revolution—a course for book lovers exploring her novels through fresh historical and critical lenses, from the French Rev...
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August 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Jumping on the Jane Austen bandwagon and offering a short course from Halloween to her birthday (approx!) - join me! Or help me spread the word! Please and thank you!!
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We're looking for an Associate Professor/Professor who can
contribute to research and teaching at Cambridge Digital Humanities from January 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.
This is a permanent role with a closing date of 21 September.
Apply now: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/n...
contribute to research and teaching at Cambridge Digital Humanities from January 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.
This is a permanent role with a closing date of 21 September.
Apply now: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/n...
August 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We're looking for an Associate Professor/Professor who can
contribute to research and teaching at Cambridge Digital Humanities from January 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.
This is a permanent role with a closing date of 21 September.
Apply now: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/n...
contribute to research and teaching at Cambridge Digital Humanities from January 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.
This is a permanent role with a closing date of 21 September.
Apply now: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/n...
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Happy 15th anniversary of the peak achievement of literary criticism, to all who celebrate
July 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Happy 15th anniversary of the peak achievement of literary criticism, to all who celebrate
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Taking place TODAY:
BARS Digital Symposium: Expanding Queer Romanticisms, 25th July 2025, 3pm-6.15 BST.
Members should have received an email containing Zoom links to attend!
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6045
BARS Digital Symposium: Expanding Queer Romanticisms, 25th July 2025, 3pm-6.15 BST.
Members should have received an email containing Zoom links to attend!
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6045
Programme: BARS Digital Symposium: Expanding Queer Romanticisms – BARS Blog
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July 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Taking place TODAY:
BARS Digital Symposium: Expanding Queer Romanticisms, 25th July 2025, 3pm-6.15 BST.
Members should have received an email containing Zoom links to attend!
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6045
BARS Digital Symposium: Expanding Queer Romanticisms, 25th July 2025, 3pm-6.15 BST.
Members should have received an email containing Zoom links to attend!
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6045
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Save on plays📚
For 1 week only, until Sun 27th July, enjoy up to 30% off the whole of The Arden Shakespeare Third Series!
Browse the Third Series: bit.ly/4o03Bxf
Browse all sale highlights: bit.ly/40vQoCl
For 1 week only, until Sun 27th July, enjoy up to 30% off the whole of The Arden Shakespeare Third Series!
Browse the Third Series: bit.ly/4o03Bxf
Browse all sale highlights: bit.ly/40vQoCl
July 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Save on plays📚
For 1 week only, until Sun 27th July, enjoy up to 30% off the whole of The Arden Shakespeare Third Series!
Browse the Third Series: bit.ly/4o03Bxf
Browse all sale highlights: bit.ly/40vQoCl
For 1 week only, until Sun 27th July, enjoy up to 30% off the whole of The Arden Shakespeare Third Series!
Browse the Third Series: bit.ly/4o03Bxf
Browse all sale highlights: bit.ly/40vQoCl
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For those interested in theatre, circus & music hall history, Part 2 of my blog on early 19th century comedian 'Joe Cowell in America' is now online 👉
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A Dynasty on Stage:Part Two: Joseph Cowell in America (1821-43) - Anthony Binns
Chapter 1 (Continued): The Life of Joe Cowell (1792-1863) Part Two: Joe Cowell in America (1821-43) The Park Theatre, New York 1821 Joseph Cowell and his young wife sailed the Atlantic for approximate...
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July 17, 2025 at 5:56 AM
For those interested in theatre, circus & music hall history, Part 2 of my blog on early 19th century comedian 'Joe Cowell in America' is now online 👉
bit.ly/4eWBhrF
@musichallsociety.bsky.social @youngalison.bsky.social @billyrough.bsky.social @roadsw9.bsky.social @victorianlondon.bsky.social
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@musichallsociety.bsky.social @youngalison.bsky.social @billyrough.bsky.social @roadsw9.bsky.social @victorianlondon.bsky.social