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Revels Office @revelsoffice.bsky.social · 7d

Hey Bluesky!👋 We're the Revels Office, an academic network for PGRs and ECRS researching all things early modern📚

Our community is a friendly space to share ideas and resources, ask questions, support each other, and meet fellow early modernists.

Check out our website for more! revelsoffice.com

Revels Office

⋅ a virtual network for early modern PhD students and ECRs ⋅

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Dr. Benjamin Broadribb @benbroadribb.bsky.social · 22d

I'm so glad it's not just me Greg! The final third of Weapons in particular felt like a really unpleasant slap in the face from Cregger, with some uncomfortably problematic elements woven in too.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22d

Robert Redford, Oscar-winning actor and director, dies aged 89

Redford achieved huge critical and commercial success in the 60s and 70s with a string of hits including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Way We Were and The Sting, before becoming an Oscar-winning director Robert Redford, star of Hollywood classics including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting and All the President’s Men, has died aged 89. In a statement to the New York Times, his publicist said the actor died in his sleep at his home in Utah. Continue reading...

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Dr. Benjamin Broadribb @benbroadribb.bsky.social · 22d

Take a look at the latest post on my Substack, Man with a Movie Compulsion, to see what I made of all the films I watched for the first time in August. I think it's fair to say at this point that I am not a Zach Cregger fan. manwithamoviecompulsion.substack.com/p/compulsive... #cinema

Compulsive Viewing: August 2025

Welcome to the August edition of Compulsive Viewing. Each month, I’ll list all the films I’ve watched for the first time that month, offering some brief thoughts on them as I go. Each film has a link ...

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ladies and gentlemen, the weekend 😌 @craigweekends.bsky.social · 26d

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Dr. Benjamin Broadribb @benbroadribb.bsky.social · Sep 8

One week left to join the seminars @gemmaallred.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social and I are organising for SAA and WSC next year ⏳ Seminar registration for both conferences closes on Monday 15 September! @saaupdates.bsky.social #Shax2026 #WSC2026

Dr. Benjamin Broadribb @benbroadribb.bsky.social · Sep 2

In 2026, Gemma Allred @gemmaallred.bsky.social Edel Semple @edelsemple.bsky.social and I are co-organising two seminars: one at SAA @saaupdates.bsky.social in Denver, CO, convened both in-person and virtually; and another at the World Shakespeare Congress in Verona, Italy. #Shax2026 #WSC2026

Shakespeare Association of America Conference, Denver CO 1-4 April 2026

Baz Luhrmann's William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet at Thirty

Organisers: Gemma Kate Allred, Benjamin Broadribb, Edel Semple

This seminar explores the legacy of Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet (1996) across Shakespearean culture and global popular culture.

We invite papers considering Romeo + Juliet’s legacy across cultures and media, exploring how Luhrmann’s film has influenced the performance and adaptation of Shakespeare; where, how, and why echoes and aftershocks of Romeo + Juliet can be found in cultural objects from the past three decades; and the evolution of the film’s reception and status over time.

This seminar will be convened in two parts: an in-person session held in Denver, and a virtual session held online. seminar will be convened in two parts:

This seminar will be convened in two parts: an in-person session held in Denver, and a virtual session held online.

A collage of images from or inspired by Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet.Romeo + Juliet.

World Shakespeare Congress, Verona 20-26 July 2026

Shakespeare’s Tragedies and their Twenty-First-Century Reverberations

This seminar explores reverberations of Shakespeare’s tragedies across a range of twenty-first-century media.

Venturing beyond the safely-charted territory of traditional stage and screen performances, the seminar considers how Shakespeare’s tragic protagonists, narratives, themes, and tropes haunt, echo in, or inspire contemporary cultural objects. Papers may address tragic echoes and textual hauntings in drama, film, TV, prose, advertising, and other media.

Key questions include: why do twenty-first-century artists look to Shakespeare’s tragedies; how can these echoes and hauntings illuminate Shakespeare’s tragedies; and how might reverberations galvanise shifts away from imbalanced power structures, and towards greater empathy and equality for historically marginalised communities?

A collage of images taken from or depicting different media with reverberations of Shakespearean tragedy.

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Dr. Benjamin Broadribb @benbroadribb.bsky.social · Sep 2

Full details of seminars at both conferences are available at the links below.

SAA: shakespeareassociation.org/wp-content/u...

WSC: www.wsc2026.org/seminars/

#Shakespeare #Shax2026 #WSC2026

Dr. Benjamin Broadribb @benbroadribb.bsky.social · Sep 2

Registration for seminars at both conferences closes on Monday 15 September, giving you just under two weeks to sign up. #Shax2026 #WSC2026

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Dr. Benjamin Broadribb @benbroadribb.bsky.social · Sep 2

We would love to have you join us for one or indeed both of our seminars! You can find details of the call for abstracts alongside some visual inspiration in the post above this. If you have any questions, please just reach out here or anywhere else you can find us online 🙂 #Shax2026 #WSC2026

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Dr. Benjamin Broadribb @benbroadribb.bsky.social · Sep 2

In 2026, Gemma Allred @gemmaallred.bsky.social Edel Semple @edelsemple.bsky.social and I are co-organising two seminars: one at SAA @saaupdates.bsky.social in Denver, CO, convened both in-person and virtually; and another at the World Shakespeare Congress in Verona, Italy. #Shax2026 #WSC2026

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Dr. Benjamin Broadribb @benbroadribb.bsky.social · Aug 29

I've returned to blogging once again to catalogue my thoughts on the films I'm watching. Head over to Man with a Movie Compulsion, my shiny new Substack, if you'd like to see what I made of July's decidedly mixed bag. Link in bio, and also here: manwithamoviecompulsion.substack.com/p/compulsive...

Compulsive Viewing: July 2025

Welcome to the first edition of Compulsive Viewing. Each month, I’ll share a round-up of all the films I’ve watched for the first time that month, offering some brief thoughts on them as I go. Each fi...

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · Aug 27

The 2026 World #Shakespeare Congress takes place in Verona, & @gemmaallred.bsky.social @benbroadribb.bsky.social & I are organising a seminar on Shakespeare's Tragedies and their 21st-Century Reverberations - come join us! #WSC2026 Register at www.wsc2026.org

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Dr. Benjamin Broadribb @benbroadribb.bsky.social · Aug 20

If you have any questions about our seminar, please just reach out here or anywhere else you can find @gemmaallred.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social and me online! 🙂 #WSC2026

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Dr. Benjamin Broadribb @benbroadribb.bsky.social · Aug 20

You've got just under a month left to claim your place in our seminar, as pre-registration closes on Monday 15 September. The WSC seminar registration website is here: www.wsc2026.org/seminars-wor...

Seminars & Workshops pre-registration - World Shakespeare Congress Verona

From 25 May to 15 September 2025 PERSONAL DATA(they must match those of your passport/ID which you will use when registering): For any issues, please write to [email protected]

www.wsc2026.org

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Dr. Benjamin Broadribb @benbroadribb.bsky.social · Aug 20

If you're looking for inspiration, take a look at just a small handful of the books, plays, musicals, films, TV series and more you could write about.

Montage of images: cover of Hannah Capin's novel Foul Is Fair; cover of Chloe Gong's novel Immortal Longings; poster for Tim Blake Nelson's 2001 film O; poster for Claire McCarthy's 2018 film Ophelia; promo image for David West Read's 2019 musical & Juliet; cover art for the original Broadway cast recording of musical Something Rotten!; promo image for James Ijames's 2021 play Fat Ham; screenshot from Marvel's What If... The Avengers Assembled in 1602; poster for Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's 2018 play Emilia; poster for HBO Max series Station Eleven (2021-22); an internet meme featuring a quote from Macbeth and the Droeshout portrait of Shakespeare, and a quote from the AMC series Breaking Bad (2008-14) and a picture of Anna Gunn as Skyler White; a screenshot of a Red Bull TV advert featuring Shakespeare writing a play while drinking Red Bull; a screenshot of Romeo & Juliet: The Musical as featured in the Netflix series Sex Education (2019-23).

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Dr. Benjamin Broadribb @benbroadribb.bsky.social · Aug 20

The World Shakespeare Congress is heading to Verona in July 2026, and @gemmaallred.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social and I are organising a seminar on Shakespeare's Tragedies and their Twenty-First-Century Reverberations - and we'd love to have you join us! #WSC2026

World Shakespeare Congress, Verona
20-26 July 2026

Shakespeare’s Tragedies and their Twenty-First-Century Reverberations

Organisers: Gemma Kate Allred, Benjamin Broadribb, Edel Semple

This seminar explores reverberations of Shakespeare’s tragedies across a range of twenty-first-century media.

Venturing beyond the safely-charted territory of traditional stage and screen performances, the seminar considers how Shakespeare’s tragic protagonists, narratives, themes, and tropes haunt, echo in, or inspire contemporary cultural objects.

Papers may address tragic echoes and textual hauntings in drama, film, TV, prose, advertising, and other media. Key questions include: why do twenty-first-century artists look to Shakespeare’s tragedies; how can these echoes and hauntings illuminate Shakespeare’s tragedies; and how might reverberations galvanise shifts away from imbalanced power structures, and towards greater empathy and equality for historically marginalised communities?

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Illuminations @illuminations.bsky.social · Aug 18

Calling historians and researchers. The BBC Written Archives Centre has changed its access rules without consultation. This means an end to proper independent research into the BBC's rich history. 178 have already signed the open letter. Please join the campaign:

tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign

Open letter BBC Written Archives - August 2025

Join the campaign to protect the future of independent research at the BBC Written Archives Centre The following text is an open letter expressing the concern of historians and researchers about chan...

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Dr. Benjamin Broadribb @benbroadribb.bsky.social · Aug 12

Plenty of Shakespearean performance and adaptation at @camdenfringe.bsky.social this year - if you'd be interested in writing an academic review of any shows for @shaxbull.bsky.social, feel free to contact me here or email me at [email protected] 😊 camdenfringe.com #Shakespeare #Theatre

The Camden Fringe. Performing Arts Festival, Jul-Aug

New writing, musicals, stand-up, sketch comedy, dance, cabaret, poetry, improvisation and more. We aim to give anyone the chance to perform at The Camden Fringe

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Olivia Formby @oliviaformby.bsky.social · Aug 4

📣Call for Papers 📣

I am delighted to announce that 'Speech/less in the Early Modern World' will be held 23 April 2026 at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge.

Please share far and wide and do consider submitting a proposal! 🙊

Link to PDF version: bit.ly/4lZz80R

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Modernist Studies Association (MSA) @moderniststudies.bsky.social · Aug 7

In 2026, the MSA Conference will look a bit different-- weird, even! That's because we're having a joint conference with BAMS @modernistudies.bsky.social in Loughborough, UK from July 1- 4, 2026. The CFP will be out soon! But in the meantime, please save the date.