Jackie Watson
@jackiewatson05.bsky.social
Early modern literature: letters, Inns of Court, drama. Somervillian. European.
‘Epistolary Courtiership and Dramatic Letters’ out with EUP June 2024.
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-epistolary-courtiership-and-dramatic-letters.html
‘Epistolary Courtiership and Dramatic Letters’ out with EUP June 2024.
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-epistolary-courtiership-and-dramatic-letters.html
Pinned
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. 🙂
30% off discount code is PAPER30. 🙂
So very sad to hear this. Deborah Cameron’s work was such an inspiration for me and my students when I taught English Language A level for many years, and I’ll really miss her sharp, perceptive blog posts - debuk.wordpress.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 AM
So very sad to hear this. Deborah Cameron’s work was such an inspiration for me and my students when I taught English Language A level for many years, and I’ll really miss her sharp, perceptive blog posts - debuk.wordpress.com
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Grants!
We are offering small grants (maximum £500 each) to support projects in book history & bibliography. We particularly encourage early-career applicants and projects that use Oxford collections.
Application is brief; deadline is 27th February 2026.
Details at oxbibsoc.org.uk/grants/
We are offering small grants (maximum £500 each) to support projects in book history & bibliography. We particularly encourage early-career applicants and projects that use Oxford collections.
Application is brief; deadline is 27th February 2026.
Details at oxbibsoc.org.uk/grants/
Grants
Previous grant recipients If you would like to help us support early career scholars in bibliography, please email our Treasurer ([email protected]) to discuss how you can help. Any donatio…
oxbibsoc.org.uk
January 8, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Grants!
We are offering small grants (maximum £500 each) to support projects in book history & bibliography. We particularly encourage early-career applicants and projects that use Oxford collections.
Application is brief; deadline is 27th February 2026.
Details at oxbibsoc.org.uk/grants/
We are offering small grants (maximum £500 each) to support projects in book history & bibliography. We particularly encourage early-career applicants and projects that use Oxford collections.
Application is brief; deadline is 27th February 2026.
Details at oxbibsoc.org.uk/grants/
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Lovely winter afternoon in this little corner…
January 17, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Lovely winter afternoon in this little corner…
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'Beyond the book: recycling print in early modern England' is out in splendid & lovely English Literary Renaissance.
50 free downloads, warm & ready to go, at www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/Q2MMD...
(pcis: Bodleian coffret lined w. Horace & Virgil; damasked pages in Worcester College deed box)
50 free downloads, warm & ready to go, at www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/Q2MMD...
(pcis: Bodleian coffret lined w. Horace & Virgil; damasked pages in Worcester College deed box)
January 17, 2026 at 9:49 AM
'Beyond the book: recycling print in early modern England' is out in splendid & lovely English Literary Renaissance.
50 free downloads, warm & ready to go, at www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/Q2MMD...
(pcis: Bodleian coffret lined w. Horace & Virgil; damasked pages in Worcester College deed box)
50 free downloads, warm & ready to go, at www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/Q2MMD...
(pcis: Bodleian coffret lined w. Horace & Virgil; damasked pages in Worcester College deed box)
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CFP: Tyranny, Resistance, and the Performance of Early Modern Drama #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/cfp-tyr...
January 17, 2026 at 10:28 AM
CFP: Tyranny, Resistance, and the Performance of Early Modern Drama #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/cfp-tyr...
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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:
Find out more about the project on our website:
Professor Emma Smith awarded Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship
english.web.ox.ac.uk
January 14, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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:
Find out more about the project on our website:
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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'
'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
www.cambridge.org
December 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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'
'Look not so fierce on me'
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Happy New Year from the IHR Tudor & Stuart seminar! We will be back at the IHR a week today:
Monday 19 January, 5:30pm, in-person at the IHR, and on zoom:
Holly Brewer (Maryland) @earlymodjustice.bsky.social & Elizabeth Hines (Johns Hopkins): ‘How to Steal the Spanish Silver Fleet’.
All welcome!
Monday 19 January, 5:30pm, in-person at the IHR, and on zoom:
Holly Brewer (Maryland) @earlymodjustice.bsky.social & Elizabeth Hines (Johns Hopkins): ‘How to Steal the Spanish Silver Fleet’.
All welcome!
January 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Happy New Year from the IHR Tudor & Stuart seminar! We will be back at the IHR a week today:
Monday 19 January, 5:30pm, in-person at the IHR, and on zoom:
Holly Brewer (Maryland) @earlymodjustice.bsky.social & Elizabeth Hines (Johns Hopkins): ‘How to Steal the Spanish Silver Fleet’.
All welcome!
Monday 19 January, 5:30pm, in-person at the IHR, and on zoom:
Holly Brewer (Maryland) @earlymodjustice.bsky.social & Elizabeth Hines (Johns Hopkins): ‘How to Steal the Spanish Silver Fleet’.
All welcome!
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What an amazing production of Turandot at @royaloperahouse.bsky.social. Great cast and orchestra in the still wonderful Andrei Serban production. Shocked to recall I first saw it 25 or so years ago…
January 13, 2026 at 2:03 PM
What an amazing production of Turandot at @royaloperahouse.bsky.social. Great cast and orchestra in the still wonderful Andrei Serban production. Shocked to recall I first saw it 25 or so years ago…
What an amazing production of Turandot at @royaloperahouse.bsky.social. Great cast and orchestra in the still wonderful Andrei Serban production. Shocked to recall I first saw it 25 or so years ago…
January 13, 2026 at 2:03 PM
What an amazing production of Turandot at @royaloperahouse.bsky.social. Great cast and orchestra in the still wonderful Andrei Serban production. Shocked to recall I first saw it 25 or so years ago…
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. 🙂
30% off discount code is PAPER30. 🙂
January 9, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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. 🙂
30% off discount code is PAPER30. 🙂
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I’m really excited about this @the-rsc.bsky.social from late January: www.rsc.org.uk/all-is-but-f...: and delighted to be chatting with the brilliant Whitney White after the performance on 19 Feb. Do come!
December 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I’m really excited about this @the-rsc.bsky.social from late January: www.rsc.org.uk/all-is-but-f...: and delighted to be chatting with the brilliant Whitney White after the performance on 19 Feb. Do come!
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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!
January 7, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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!
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Excellent and empoweringe educacioun will nevir be "efficient" yn the waye that a businesse doth stryve to be "efficient." It ys the heighte of knavery to use one standarde to measure everye human activitye. Businesses are ther to make profits. Educacioun ys ther to make the future.
January 6, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Excellent and empoweringe educacioun will nevir be "efficient" yn the waye that a businesse doth stryve to be "efficient." It ys the heighte of knavery to use one standarde to measure everye human activitye. Businesses are ther to make profits. Educacioun ys ther to make the future.
Just one more carol service before Christmas? Don’t mind if I do… Thank you @salisburycathedral.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Just one more carol service before Christmas? Don’t mind if I do… Thank you @salisburycathedral.bsky.social
Hmmm… ‘To a sophisticated Italian who travelled to England in the late sixteenth century, the island might not have appeared, as it had to the ancient Roman poet Virgil, “wholly separated from all the world”’. Perhaps the Italian had heard of Scotland? 🙄 #openingline
December 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Hmmm… ‘To a sophisticated Italian who travelled to England in the late sixteenth century, the island might not have appeared, as it had to the ancient Roman poet Virgil, “wholly separated from all the world”’. Perhaps the Italian had heard of Scotland? 🙄 #openingline
Does anyone on here know about research being done on Winifred Holtby? I’d really appreciate names, if so…
December 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Does anyone on here know about research being done on Winifred Holtby? I’d really appreciate names, if so…
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Our wonderful #Shakespeare webinars are continuing in 2026!
Join us on 5 Jan to explore 'Measure for Measure'. Emma Smith will be joined by Emma Whipday to discuss the play & how we might approach it differently in the twenty-first century.
shakespeare-webinar-measure-for-measure.eventbrite.co.uk
Join us on 5 Jan to explore 'Measure for Measure'. Emma Smith will be joined by Emma Whipday to discuss the play & how we might approach it differently in the twenty-first century.
shakespeare-webinar-measure-for-measure.eventbrite.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Our wonderful #Shakespeare webinars are continuing in 2026!
Join us on 5 Jan to explore 'Measure for Measure'. Emma Smith will be joined by Emma Whipday to discuss the play & how we might approach it differently in the twenty-first century.
shakespeare-webinar-measure-for-measure.eventbrite.co.uk
Join us on 5 Jan to explore 'Measure for Measure'. Emma Smith will be joined by Emma Whipday to discuss the play & how we might approach it differently in the twenty-first century.
shakespeare-webinar-measure-for-measure.eventbrite.co.uk
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The English Faculty mourns the death of John Carey, Merton Professor from 1975 to 2002, undoubtedly the man with whom the title of Merton Professor of English Literature will remain indelibly associated in the public mind.
Read a tribute to Professor Carey on our website:
Read a tribute to Professor Carey on our website:
A Tribute to John Carey (1934-2025), Merton Professor of English Literature, 1975-2002
english.web.ox.ac.uk
December 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The English Faculty mourns the death of John Carey, Merton Professor from 1975 to 2002, undoubtedly the man with whom the title of Merton Professor of English Literature will remain indelibly associated in the public mind.
Read a tribute to Professor Carey on our website:
Read a tribute to Professor Carey on our website:
Just adding some rural calm into the political soup that is my timeline… A lovely afternoon walk in this little corner of Oxfordshire today. (Not sure what breed of sheep they are but they were very friendly!)
December 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Just adding some rural calm into the political soup that is my timeline… A lovely afternoon walk in this little corner of Oxfordshire today. (Not sure what breed of sheep they are but they were very friendly!)
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I have a brief review in this week's @thetls.bsky.social of a novel by Nicol Hochholczerová, This Room Is Difficult to Eat. For reasons into the which I will not go, it was difficult for me to read -- but I'm glad I did.
December 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I have a brief review in this week's @thetls.bsky.social of a novel by Nicol Hochholczerová, This Room Is Difficult to Eat. For reasons into the which I will not go, it was difficult for me to read -- but I'm glad I did.
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The next Stevenson Lecture (25 Feb 2026) will be delivered by @oldfortunatus.bsky.social (University of Oxford). ‘Richard Oswald’s Library: Slavery, Collecting, and the Invention of Rare Books’ will be free to attend but booking essential. Link below 👇
Stevenson Lecture 2026 | Richard Oswald’s Library: Slavery, Collecting, and the Invention of Rare Books
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November 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The next Stevenson Lecture (25 Feb 2026) will be delivered by @oldfortunatus.bsky.social (University of Oxford). ‘Richard Oswald’s Library: Slavery, Collecting, and the Invention of Rare Books’ will be free to attend but booking essential. Link below 👇
This is why, despite any quibbles I may sometimes have with it and the shameful treatment of Carole Cadwalladr, I still read The Guardian…
November 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This is why, despite any quibbles I may sometimes have with it and the shameful treatment of Carole Cadwalladr, I still read The Guardian…
A lovely bright Oxford afternoon…
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A lovely bright Oxford afternoon…