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

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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

History 48%
Art 24%
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 15h
'New data from the Ministry of Justice show that studying with The Open University (OU) delivers “significant reductions” in reoffending amongst prison learners.'

'It also found that those studying committed 37 per cent fewer offences within a year of release.' 1/2
Ex-offenders offered scholarships as new data shows impact of HE
Calls for more support for people with experience of prison to access higher education as experts warn programmes being hampered by staff shortages
www.timeshighereducation.com

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Rory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social · 1d
Very exciting job announcement! Permanent early medieval (Britain and/or Europe) teaching post at KCL. I know first-hand that this is a great opportunity to work with amazing colleagues and students. www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136727-...
Lecturer in Early Medieval History | King's College London
www.kcl.ac.uk

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Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · 3d
I’m very proud of my two PhD students - Liz Leemann and Vivienne Belton - for passing their vivas recently. Two fantastic theses on the body and soul in early modern literary depictions of motherhood, and on Roman Catholicism and the senses in early modern drama. Look out for their work.

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Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 3d
Thanks Julie!

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Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 3d
A great book. What channel/service is it on Julie?

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Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 7d
🥳 Congratulations Patrick!

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 7d
PhD funding for early career historians completing a doctorate.

Applications are invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships for the academic year 2026-27 bit.ly/49MzqmT.

Two awards of £8500 per student, held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
Call for Royal Historical Society PhD funding with text: The Royal Historical Society offers two annual PhD Fellowships for postgraduate historians in their third year of research at a university in the UK or overseas in order to complete a doctorate. The Fellowships comprise: Two RHS Centenary Fellowships: each Centenary Fellowship runs for 6-months and is worth £8,500 for final-year PhD students to complete their dissertations and to develop their research career. All Fellowships are open to candidates without regard to nationality or academic affiliation. They are jointly held with the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), University of London, where Fellows are based.

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Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 9d
This was when the Daily Torygraph and Times were the size of a bedsheet and could take up a carriage on their own…

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Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 9d
I still remember the grumbling and unwilling shuffling up when I went into a compartment already occupied by… People… Harrumph!

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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 9d
PhD scholarship in History or Geography at Dublin City University - applicants with an interest in medieval Ireland are particularly encouraged to apply.

#MedievalSky

www.dcu.ie/historygeogr...
PhD Scholarship Opportunity | School of History and Geography
www.dcu.ie

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EarlyModernista @ellierycroft.bsky.social · 10d
Unboxing!!

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Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 10d
🤓🥳🫣

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Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 10d
Very pleased to see hard(back) evidence that this tricksy creature is indeed loose in the world. It was a joy to work with the brilliant @ellierycroft.bsky.social to bring it into existence.

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Dr Mark Purcell @camlibresearch.bsky.social · 15d
Munby Fellowship in Bibliography based @theul.bsky.social in Cambridge - closes on 1 February, so still time to apply.
Munby Fellowship in Bibliography 2026 - 2027 at University of Cambridge
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Munby Fellowship in Bibliography 2026 - 2027 opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
www.jobs.ac.uk

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Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 17d
‘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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Dr. Erika Graham-Goering @jeanneologist.bsky.social · 17d
An interesting PhD opportunity (i.e. job!) at Oslo on the project POLYCHROME: "Candidates should propose a research project that examines, in one form or another, historical sources that shed light on changing attitudes to medieval objects after the Reformations in the Scandinavian countries."
Doctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1017) at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History (293057) | University of Oslo
Job title: Doctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1017) at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History (293057), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, March 22, 2026
www.jobbnorge.no

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 20d
'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

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Tamara Atkin @tamarajatkin.bsky.social · 21d
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

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Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 23d
👍🏻

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Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 24d
Thank you Kirsty! 🥂

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Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 24d
Likewise Doc, it’s been a real pleasure and privilege - and a lot of fun! Let the Predramatic party begin! 🥳

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Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 24d
🥂🥳

Reposted by Lucy Munro, Greg Walker, Adrian Streete

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EarlyModernista @ellierycroft.bsky.social · 24d
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 · 27d
Pretty big news to kick off the year... Predramatic Theatre now available as an e-publication! Happy 2026 everyone!

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Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 27d
Did you not notice that Pele wasn’t in it…?

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Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 28d
You too Darryl!

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Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 28d
‘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!

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Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 29d
Enjoy! Happy New Year Prof! 🥳

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 29d
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

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Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social · 29d
A happy New Year to all in the child-boiling community who celebrate 🥂🥳