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Dr Stephen O'Neill

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Stephen O'Neill, university teacher & Shakespearean | “Stones have been known to move, and trees to speak” | 🇮🇪🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 More info here: https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/people/stephen-oneill

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hugh Bonneville started his live ITV London News interview on Downton Abbey by talking about Gaza.

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Dr Stephen O'Neill @mediashakes.bsky.social · Sep 3

A warm reflection Conrad— the nostalgia for the Aula is strong in this one because the “new” format is so impersonal and, with those screens, dizzying !

Dr Stephen O'Neill @mediashakes.bsky.social · Aug 27

I hate AI but Microsoft copilot can do references in seconds.

Dr Stephen O'Neill @mediashakes.bsky.social · Aug 22

Our eco-Shakespeare seminar at the WSC in Verona 2026 is now open to registration!!

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Dr Stephen O'Neill @mediashakes.bsky.social · Aug 20

PhD scholarships available from @researchireland.ie so if you’re interested in Shakespeare and / or environmental humanities do get in touch

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Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme - Research Ireland

The Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme is an established national initiative, funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, and mana...

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Dr Stephen O'Neill @mediashakes.bsky.social · Aug 7

This was always the goal — genocide & settler colonialism go hand in glove

Israel wants to take control of Gaza, says Netanyahu www.rte.ie/news/middle-...

Israel wants to take control of Gaza, says Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel intends to take military control of all of Gaza, despite intensifying criticism at home and abroad over the devastating, almost two-year-old w...

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Dr Stephen O'Neill @mediashakes.bsky.social · Jul 7

Pleasure and delight as a Shakespeare conference theme seems out of touch with the world right now, a turning back or away?

Dr Stephen O'Neill @mediashakes.bsky.social · Apr 30

Or another incentive would be where such roles are a pathway to promotion — except their not.

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Dr Stephen O'Neill @mediashakes.bsky.social · Apr 30

Happy Publication day for Shakespeare in Ireland, Ed. Andrew Murphy @ardenpublisher.bsky.social
Delighted to have a chapter on interactions with & productions of Richard II in Ireland

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Shakespeare in Ireland

Through a selection of essays from a variety of scholarly voices, this volume maps the various ways in which Shakespeare has been adapted, adopted and appropria…

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Dr Stephen O'Neill @mediashakes.bsky.social · Mar 9

King Lear at the Gate Theatre with Conleth Hill in the title role. A minimalist production in search of a concept, an approach that let the famous lines slide by — and others breathe — but underused the play’s larger themes.

Dr Stephen O'Neill @mediashakes.bsky.social · Mar 9

@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
Kylie Minogue book joins my little collection 💃

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Dr Stephen O'Neill @mediashakes.bsky.social · Feb 16

As #KylieMinogue kicks off her World Tour, check out
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social book all about the Australian pop icon 💃
#KylieMinogue #TensionTour2025

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Dr Stephen O'Neill @mediashakes.bsky.social · Jan 24

Refusing to do it after promotion round. Little development possible when there’s a 9% success rate for one’s Faculty

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Dr Stephen O'Neill @mediashakes.bsky.social · Jan 24

📣 Out on 20/02/25
My own chapter examines Shakespearean dissonant repetitions in HBO's Succession (2018-2023)
#openaccess #Succession
Congratulations to Christina Wald and Elisabeth Bronfen for all their work🎉
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Shakespeare and Seriality

Encompassing a wide variety of genres, media and art forms across a broad historical scope, this open access book identifies central strategies of serialization…

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Dr Stephen O'Neill @mediashakes.bsky.social · Jan 20

Negating Arts faculty research but here’s a photo of library cat to distract you.

Dr Stephen O'Neill @mediashakes.bsky.social · Jan 16

But surely you’d not pass up the opportunity to bring Kildare’s top university into the 600s?!

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Dr Stephen O'Neill @mediashakes.bsky.social · Jan 6

Feedback will follow in 7 months time

Dr Stephen O'Neill @mediashakes.bsky.social · Jan 6

Mine is called “Nope: a career development story”

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Dr Stephen O'Neill @mediashakes.bsky.social · Jan 6

But there’s always a mindfulness seminar or an elephant called Hope to cheer you up.

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Dr Stephen O'Neill @mediashakes.bsky.social · Jan 5

Congratulations Nora👌🎉

Dr Stephen O'Neill @mediashakes.bsky.social · Jan 2

Doing feedback on first year essay plans for my Cli-Fi module and nice to see ideas take shape!

Dr Stephen O'Neill @mediashakes.bsky.social · Jan 2

A University’s reputation is made by its decisions as well as its outputs.

Dr Stephen O'Neill @mediashakes.bsky.social · Dec 27

And it’s a sad situation when some universities (guess which one) are using AI to write strategic plans & research reports. 💯 AI detected.

Dr Stephen O'Neill @mediashakes.bsky.social · Dec 27

Very much so: the fake quotes are a new low. Cue a litany of verification meetings. Actually reading the text risks becoming a thing of the past

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Dr Stephen O'Neill @mediashakes.bsky.social · Dec 21

Or the institutional mediocrity