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International Spenser Society @spensersociety.bsky.social · 17d

Today!

International Spenser Society @spensersociety.bsky.social · 18d

Our next Spenser@Random is TOMORROW! 12pm EDT/5pm BST.

We'll be Colin Clout-chasing as we read a random stanza from The Shepheardes Calender. Everyone is welcome, including livestock.

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International Spenser Society @spensersociety.bsky.social · 18d

Our next Spenser@Random is TOMORROW! 12pm EDT/5pm BST.

We'll be Colin Clout-chasing as we read a random stanza from The Shepheardes Calender. Everyone is welcome, including livestock.

Join here: cam.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?...

Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting

Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise cloud communications.

cam.us20.list-manage.com

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International Spenser Society @spensersociety.bsky.social · Jul 23

CFP: ISS-Sponsored Panels at RSA 2026

We're accepting abstracts for:

🤣 Funny Spenser (roundtable)
🚚 Spenserian Translation (panel)
🎭 Spenserian Genres (panel)

Deadline has been *extended* to July 31. Links to CFPs below!

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International Spenser Society @spensersociety.bsky.social · Jul 23

SPENSERIAN GENRES: How did Spenser understand genre? How do his works conform to but also complicate or even obviate traditional generic distinctions? www.rsa.org/forms/FormRe...

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International Spenser Society @spensersociety.bsky.social · Jul 23

SPENSERIAN TRANSLATION: How do words, ideas, characters, objects, and styles get translated, transferred, or transposed in Spenser? www.rsa.org/forms/FormRe...

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365 Fifth AvenueRoom 5405New York, NY 10016 • USA

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International Spenser Society @spensersociety.bsky.social · Jul 23

FUNNY SPENSER: What can an appreciation of Spenser’s comic sensibility help us see in the more sage and serious aspects of his work? www.rsa.org/forms/FormRe...

Renaissance Society of America

365 Fifth AvenueRoom 5405New York, NY 10016 • USA

www.rsa.org

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International Spenser Society @spensersociety.bsky.social · Jul 23

CFP: ISS-Sponsored Panels at RSA 2026

We're accepting abstracts for:

🤣 Funny Spenser (roundtable)
🚚 Spenserian Translation (panel)
🎭 Spenserian Genres (panel)

Deadline has been *extended* to July 31. Links to CFPs below!

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International Spenser Society @spensersociety.bsky.social · Jun 26

We sadly need to cancel today’s Spenser@Random. Apologies to all who have registered, and we hope to reconvene randomly soon!

International Spenser Society @spensersociety.bsky.social · Jun 25

Spenser@Random returns tomorrow! Thursday, June 26, at 12pm EDT/5pm BST. Join us as we spin the digital wheel of destiny and are led by the cyberfates to a randomly selected section from The Shepheardes Calendar!

Register here: cam.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Spenser at Random June 2025. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

cam.us20.list-manage.com

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International Spenser Society @spensersociety.bsky.social · Jun 25

Spenser@Random returns tomorrow! Thursday, June 26, at 12pm EDT/5pm BST. Join us as we spin the digital wheel of destiny and are led by the cyberfates to a randomly selected section from The Shepheardes Calendar!

Register here: cam.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Spenser at Random June 2025. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

cam.us20.list-manage.com

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International Spenser Society @spensersociety.bsky.social · Apr 29

Registration link for THE OCCASION OF THE MACLEAN now live!

stanford.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

International Spenser Society @spensersociety.bsky.social · Apr 24

🚨🚨🚨 ATTENTION: starting soon! 🚨🚨🚨

International Spenser Society @spensersociety.bsky.social · Apr 10

Join us on April 24 for a lively discussion of how teaching Spenser can solve the crisis of attention in the classroom! Or at least distract us from other crises. Register here: binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

International Spenser Society @spensersociety.bsky.social · Apr 23

SPENSER IN AN AGE OF DISTRACTION, our Inclusive Pedagogy Initiative event, is tomorrow! Register here: binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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International Spenser Society @spensersociety.bsky.social · Apr 23

Happy St. George’s Day!

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International Spenser Society @spensersociety.bsky.social · Apr 10

Seize the occasion and catch up on episodes of OCCASION OF THE SEASON here: occasionoftheseason.substack.com/podcast

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International Spenser Society @spensersociety.bsky.social · Apr 10

SAVE THE DATE!
ISS AGM / Maclean Event
Wednesday 21 May, 9am PST/12pm EST/5pm BST

Join us to celebrate a year of The Shepheardes Calender Podcast, hosted by Kat Addis.

Featuring producers & poets from behind the scenes, as well as a few friends of the pod.

Registration link coming soon!

International Spenser Society @spensersociety.bsky.social · Apr 10

Join us on April 24 for a lively discussion of how teaching Spenser can solve the crisis of attention in the classroom! Or at least distract us from other crises. Register here: binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Spenser Dispenser @spenserdispenser.bsky.social · Apr 8

Gentle Knight was pricking on the plaine,

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International Spenser Society @spensersociety.bsky.social · Apr 10

Thanks to all who attended our most recent Spenser@Random, where we read this stanza from Book 4, Canto 8, which offers the cure for male loneliness: find a friend who looks just like you and is easily confused with you, physically and also grammatically.

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Spenser Dispenser @spenserdispenser.bsky.social · Apr 6

THE FIRST BOOKE OF THE FAERIE QVEENE. Contayning THE LEGENDE OF THE KNIGHT OF THE RED CROSSE, OR OF HOLINESSE.

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International Spenser Society @spensersociety.bsky.social · Apr 1

No fooling: Spenser@Random is TODAY! Register here: binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Spenser@Random. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

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International Spenser Society @spensersociety.bsky.social · Feb 25

Thanks to all who came to Spenser@Random yesterday, where the wheel of fortune fell on this stanza from Book 6. We had wonderful discussions about crying babies, space and time, sight and sound, epic and tragedy, and at last, at length, we realized there is always more to say about Spenser.

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International Spenser Society @spensersociety.bsky.social · Feb 24

Not too late to register for Spenser@Random TODAY @ 12pm EST/5pm GMT! Join us as we read a randomly selected stanza from The Faerie Queene.
lsu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: February Spenser @ Random. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

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English and Creative Writing Goldsmiths University @goldsmithsenglish.bsky.social · Feb 3

The @spensersociety.bsky.social has a new website!: www.spensersociety.org
Take a look for all things Spenser, including the Spenser Review.

International Spenser SocietyJaneway-Logo-Final

www.spensersociety.org

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Matthew Steggle @matthewsteggle.bsky.social · Jan 27

Guess the seminar from the whiteboard challenge.

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International Spenser Society @spensersociety.bsky.social · Jan 31

International Spenser Society invites abstracts for a session on Spenser and catastrophe at MLA 2026 in Toronto. Come catastrophize with us! mla.confex.com/mla/2026/web...

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