Dr Kate Cook
@katexe.bsky.social
Academic working on Gender & Language in Greek tragedy, and gender in historical video games. Also a lot of women's cricket chat. Views all mine.
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#WCCWiki holds a monthly Wikipedia editing session to improve the rep of classicists (v. broadly conceived) of those who identify as women & non-binary. Our next #WCCWiki meet-up is happening online on Friday 25 Nov, 11am-1pm GMT. Everyone is welcome!
Join online here: us06web.zoom.us/j/85192010168
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November 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
#WCCWiki holds a monthly Wikipedia editing session to improve the rep of classicists (v. broadly conceived) of those who identify as women & non-binary. Our next #WCCWiki meet-up is happening online on Friday 25 Nov, 11am-1pm GMT. Everyone is welcome!
Join online here: us06web.zoom.us/j/85192010168
Join online here: us06web.zoom.us/j/85192010168
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I'm delighted to announce that my new book, Artgames after Gamergate, is out now with Palgrave: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Artgames after GamerGate
This book explores how artgame designers respond to Gamergate, challenging perceptions of gaming and its place in culture and politics
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November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I'm delighted to announce that my new book, Artgames after Gamergate, is out now with Palgrave: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Der @akgwds.bsky.social feiert seine 10 Jahre! Huzzah! Und wir feiern mit. Gemeinsam mit dem Tobias als zwei Ex-ZK-Mitglieder und @hekabeohnename.bsky.social, @lhaasis.bsky.social und Alina versuchen wir uns an die Ursprünge, Herausforderungen und Erfolge erinnern. gespielt.hypotheses.org/8606
Die Geschichte des Arbeitskreises Geisteswissenschaften und Digitale Spiele zwischen Game Studies, Geschichtswissenschaft und Geisteswissenschaften
Dieser Text ist ein Beitrag zum Sammelband „Geisteswissenschaften und Digitale Spiele: Debatten, Data & Desiderata“, der anlässlich des zehnjährigen Jubiläums des Arbeitskreises herausgegeben wird. Ei...
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November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Der @akgwds.bsky.social feiert seine 10 Jahre! Huzzah! Und wir feiern mit. Gemeinsam mit dem Tobias als zwei Ex-ZK-Mitglieder und @hekabeohnename.bsky.social, @lhaasis.bsky.social und Alina versuchen wir uns an die Ursprünge, Herausforderungen und Erfolge erinnern. gespielt.hypotheses.org/8606
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Der @akgwds.bsky.social feiert seine 10 Jahre! Huzzah! Und wir feiern mit. Gemeinsam mit dem Tobias als zwei Ex-ZK-Mitglieder und @hekabeohnename.bsky.social, @lhaasis.bsky.social und versuchen wir uns an die Ursprünge, Herausforderungen und Erfolge erinnern. gespielt.hypotheses.org/8606
Die Geschichte des Arbeitskreises Geisteswissenschaften und Digitale Spiele zwischen Game Studies, Geschichtswissenschaft und Geisteswissenschaften
Dieser Text ist ein Beitrag zum Sammelband „Geisteswissenschaften und Digitale Spiele: Debatten, Data & Desiderata“, der anlässlich des zehnjährigen Jubiläums des Arbeitskreises herausgegeben wird. Ei...
gespielt.hypotheses.org
November 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Der @akgwds.bsky.social feiert seine 10 Jahre! Huzzah! Und wir feiern mit. Gemeinsam mit dem Tobias als zwei Ex-ZK-Mitglieder und @hekabeohnename.bsky.social, @lhaasis.bsky.social und versuchen wir uns an die Ursprünge, Herausforderungen und Erfolge erinnern. gespielt.hypotheses.org/8606
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
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Amazingly, the books I ordered far too late for Adventure X have been printed in time - so if you want a copy of the Heaven's Vault novels, we'll be selling them at our desk!
Not all of these copies though, as I can't carry this many.
Not all of these copies though, as I can't carry this many.
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Amazingly, the books I ordered far too late for Adventure X have been printed in time - so if you want a copy of the Heaven's Vault novels, we'll be selling them at our desk!
Not all of these copies though, as I can't carry this many.
Not all of these copies though, as I can't carry this many.
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The Adventure X sale has started - and there are a tonne of inkle games in it (and many other games besides!)
We’ll be there all weekend too so come say hi if you’re around!
We’ll be there all weekend too so come say hi if you’re around!
AdventureX 2025 Event
AdventureX - The Narrative Games Convention
store.steampowered.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The Adventure X sale has started - and there are a tonne of inkle games in it (and many other games besides!)
We’ll be there all weekend too so come say hi if you’re around!
We’ll be there all weekend too so come say hi if you’re around!
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It’s that time of year friends! Thanks to @erinbartram.bsky.social and our friends at @contingent-mag.bsky.social, Laura and I are putting together a list of 2025 articles & books by contingent & indie lit critters. DM, reply, email me @ suny press. And spread the word!!
We are at it again! Myself & the wonderful @rcolesworthy.bsky.social😍
Seeking pubs -- articles, book chapters, monographs -- by contingent lit scholars for the 2025 list 👇👇 please spread the word!!!
contingentmagazine.org/2024/12/08/2...
Seeking pubs -- articles, book chapters, monographs -- by contingent lit scholars for the 2025 list 👇👇 please spread the word!!!
contingentmagazine.org/2024/12/08/2...
2024 Literary Studies Book and Journal Article List
A companion list for lit studies scholars.
contingentmagazine.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It’s that time of year friends! Thanks to @erinbartram.bsky.social and our friends at @contingent-mag.bsky.social, Laura and I are putting together a list of 2025 articles & books by contingent & indie lit critters. DM, reply, email me @ suny press. And spread the word!!
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The giveaway has begun! Go enter for your chance to win Mythwrecked for Steam! @kanaratron.bsky.social
gleam.io/rc6C5/mythwr...
#GiveawayAlert #Giveaway #indiegames #cozygame #steam #pcgame
gleam.io/rc6C5/mythwr...
#GiveawayAlert #Giveaway #indiegames #cozygame #steam #pcgame
Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island Steam Giveaway
Love Greek Mythology? Adventure? Mystery? As backpacker Alex, you must befriend the forgotten gods of Greek mythology and restore their memories. Can you solve the mystery and save the gods?
gleam.io
November 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The giveaway has begun! Go enter for your chance to win Mythwrecked for Steam! @kanaratron.bsky.social
gleam.io/rc6C5/mythwr...
#GiveawayAlert #Giveaway #indiegames #cozygame #steam #pcgame
gleam.io/rc6C5/mythwr...
#GiveawayAlert #Giveaway #indiegames #cozygame #steam #pcgame
Very pleased to hear that I've secured funding for some pilot audience studies in the spring - I'm going to be getting some people to play games and then talk to me about gender!
November 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Very pleased to hear that I've secured funding for some pilot audience studies in the spring - I'm going to be getting some people to play games and then talk to me about gender!
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Myths & Legends: A Classics Competition 2026 has officially opened! Entries close on 2 March 2026. This is a FREE outreach competition aimed at Key Stage 3 students, which has run for over 70 years at Leeds! Find more information on the competition website:
artsoutreach.leeds.ac.uk/our-subjects...
artsoutreach.leeds.ac.uk/our-subjects...
Myths and Legends: A Classics Competition | Arts and Humanities Outreach Team
artsoutreach.leeds.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Myths & Legends: A Classics Competition 2026 has officially opened! Entries close on 2 March 2026. This is a FREE outreach competition aimed at Key Stage 3 students, which has run for over 70 years at Leeds! Find more information on the competition website:
artsoutreach.leeds.ac.uk/our-subjects...
artsoutreach.leeds.ac.uk/our-subjects...
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Just a reminder that this call is open if the overlap of history, fiction and games is your thing!
We're happy to announce the call for contributions for our new HGN theme: Fictions! Following a successful event last month, this theme explores the relationship between history and fiction in games, and how they shape each other.
www.historicalgames.net/call-for-con...
#gamestudies #gamingthepast
www.historicalgames.net/call-for-con...
#gamestudies #gamingthepast
Call for Contributions - Fictions | Historical Games Network
Our theme of Fictions started with a HGN | IWM panel at the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s Curious Festival. You can read more about the event on the Historical Games Network blog and you can watch the ...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Just a reminder that this call is open if the overlap of history, fiction and games is your thing!
Great afternoon thinking about society and games (and the gamification of history) at the social justice and gaming workshop at KCL! Also most importantly finally got to play Molly House, explained by the wonderful @miasmacorp.bsky.social , which I've been hoping to play since seeing it at TIPC4!
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Great afternoon thinking about society and games (and the gamification of history) at the social justice and gaming workshop at KCL! Also most importantly finally got to play Molly House, explained by the wonderful @miasmacorp.bsky.social , which I've been hoping to play since seeing it at TIPC4!
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if you've ever found yourself annoyed that someone is asking you to have a panel with more than just white men on it, and you reach for that little joke to complain about it, remember: you're not joking, you're enforcing
November 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
if you've ever found yourself annoyed that someone is asking you to have a panel with more than just white men on it, and you reach for that little joke to complain about it, remember: you're not joking, you're enforcing
Bit worried I've been totally corrupted by the medievalists. But I'm nonetheless excited to read Kathy Lavezzo' Bad Medievalisms this month for Past Presents reading group!
November 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Bit worried I've been totally corrupted by the medievalists. But I'm nonetheless excited to read Kathy Lavezzo' Bad Medievalisms this month for Past Presents reading group!
It is increasingly difficult to decide in the precariat whether to say 'yes' to things. Exciting opportunities come up - but if I'm on my way out of academia, and so may not be in a position to finish them, is it really ideal to be signing up at all?
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It is increasingly difficult to decide in the precariat whether to say 'yes' to things. Exciting opportunities come up - but if I'm on my way out of academia, and so may not be in a position to finish them, is it really ideal to be signing up at all?
It's Eumenides week in Drama & Democracy, which means we could just talk about Ephialtes. But no, it's my course, so we're doing Barthes and mythologies! Sometimes feel like my module outlines should have a disclaimer: very likely to contain French theory. Just for those wanting to avoid it.
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
It's Eumenides week in Drama & Democracy, which means we could just talk about Ephialtes. But no, it's my course, so we're doing Barthes and mythologies! Sometimes feel like my module outlines should have a disclaimer: very likely to contain French theory. Just for those wanting to avoid it.
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We’ve edited a thing! Writing Game Histories is an accessible entry point to historical game studies, coming from Bloomsbury in 2026. Our contributors are a brilliant bunch of people who have worked with us through the HGN over the last few years. Check it out ⬇️⬇️
A project that started with a DiGRA23 workshop is finally, nearly out in the world! Coming May 2026 from Bloomsbury’s Writing History series, Writing Games Histories is a collection of essays on historical game studies methods&approaches. Find the ToC here:
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...
Writing Game Histories
This book offers an accessible introduction to the dynamic intersection between history and games, and the flourishing discipline of Historical Game Studies. Fr…
www.bloomsbury.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We’ve edited a thing! Writing Game Histories is an accessible entry point to historical game studies, coming from Bloomsbury in 2026. Our contributors are a brilliant bunch of people who have worked with us through the HGN over the last few years. Check it out ⬇️⬇️
This is going to be such a great volume, can't wait to read it!
A project that started with a DiGRA23 workshop is finally, nearly out in the world! Coming May 2026 from Bloomsbury’s Writing History series, Writing Games Histories is a collection of essays on historical game studies methods&approaches. Find the ToC here:
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...
Writing Game Histories
This book offers an accessible introduction to the dynamic intersection between history and games, and the flourishing discipline of Historical Game Studies. Fr…
www.bloomsbury.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This is going to be such a great volume, can't wait to read it!
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At some point I’ll do a thread that overviews the chapters in more detail, so watch this space. But for now, it is going to be an affordable(?!) academic textbook, and please ask your library to buy one!!
November 8, 2025 at 9:39 AM
At some point I’ll do a thread that overviews the chapters in more detail, so watch this space. But for now, it is going to be an affordable(?!) academic textbook, and please ask your library to buy one!!
Reposted by Dr Kate Cook
A project that started with a DiGRA23 workshop is finally, nearly out in the world! Coming May 2026 from Bloomsbury’s Writing History series, Writing Games Histories is a collection of essays on historical game studies methods&approaches. Find the ToC here:
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...
Writing Game Histories
This book offers an accessible introduction to the dynamic intersection between history and games, and the flourishing discipline of Historical Game Studies. Fr…
www.bloomsbury.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:39 AM
A project that started with a DiGRA23 workshop is finally, nearly out in the world! Coming May 2026 from Bloomsbury’s Writing History series, Writing Games Histories is a collection of essays on historical game studies methods&approaches. Find the ToC here:
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/writing-g...
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You don't do the research, and you've nothing to offer elsewhere/on your CV anyway. It is really, repeatedly terrible for people in my position, and I don't know why UCU aren't engaging more with this.
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
You don't do the research, and you've nothing to offer elsewhere/on your CV anyway. It is really, repeatedly terrible for people in my position, and I don't know why UCU aren't engaging more with this.
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The current REF system really encourages temporary staff to burn down their own careers - either you complete research because you need it for your CV, but an institution can claim any resulting outputs before making you redundant so you've nothing to take elsewhere, or...
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The current REF system really encourages temporary staff to burn down their own careers - either you complete research because you need it for your CV, but an institution can claim any resulting outputs before making you redundant so you've nothing to take elsewhere, or...
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If you are planning to attend CAA in Vienna and you have an #archaeogaming paper to present consider submitting in our #archaeogaming session! Deadline has been extended to November 9 so there are a few more days left!
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
If you are planning to attend CAA in Vienna and you have an #archaeogaming paper to present consider submitting in our #archaeogaming session! Deadline has been extended to November 9 so there are a few more days left!