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Shakespeare Resource Center @shakespearerc.bsky.social · 18d

Sep 20, 1592: Greene's Groats-Worth of Wit and its derogatory reference to #Shakespeare is recorded in the Stationer's Register. #OTD
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Greenes, groats-worth of witte: First printed allusion to Shakespeare as a playwright

Shakespeare Documented features all primary sources that document the life and career of William Shakespeare. It has images, descriptions, and transcriptions of 500 manuscripts and printed works.

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Kristen A Bennett @earlymodconv.bsky.social · 18d

Thrilled to see this out in the world and reaching a wider audience! Congratulations, Jamie!

Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 20d

I’m overjoyed to announce that my article “Becoming a Wolf: Indigenous Pedagogies and Settler Supervision in Sayet's Where We Belong” has been published open access in Literature Compass: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #shakerace #adaptation #pedagogy

Becoming a Wolf: Indigenous Pedagogies and Settler Supervision in Sayet's Where We Belong

This article discusses Indigenous pedagogies and deep relationally Mohican playwright and educator Madeline Sayet's Where We Belong. The play challenges the idea that Shakespeare is settler property,....

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · 22d

Did you miss our recent #Shakespeare webinar on The Comedy of Errors? Watch the recording to catch up.

And don't forget to register for the next webinar on 6 Oct where Emma Smith will be exploring The Merry Wives of Windsor with Callan Davies. All welcome! youtu.be/l5OTG2OL2Hc

English Faculty Shakespeare Webinar with Emma Smith: The Comedy of Errors

YouTube video by Faculty of English, University of Oxford

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Kristen A Bennett @earlymodconv.bsky.social · Sep 4

Exciting!

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Kristen A Bennett @earlymodconv.bsky.social · Jul 1

Congratulations, Doug! I look forward to checking this out!

Douglas Clark @disfordiscourse.bsky.social · Jul 1

Happy to share the flyer for my book 'The Will in English Renaissance Drama', which is out this August with @universitypress.cambridge.org.

Maybe your library would like a copy?! The 20% discount may be of interest to those heading to @srsrensoc.bsky.social! #earlymodern #drama #renaissance

A flyer that describes the content of my book, The Will in English Renaissance Drama.

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Kristen A Bennett @earlymodconv.bsky.social · Jun 29

Here's Florimell and her new friend Waffles taking a break from getting covered in grass stains. 🐶💕

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Kristen A Bennett @earlymodconv.bsky.social · Jun 28

I asked Copilot to generate an image based on my thoughts about this morning's writing efforts. I specifically mentioned fruit salad - perhaps because I dropped the plot, or I am hungry for breakfast. But the composition freakishly captures a hermeneutic crux I'm thinking about. I dig it. #amwriting

Kristen A Bennett @earlymodconv.bsky.social · Jun 2

Tom Kyd holding down my Hinman edition as I shift back into working on my edition of Love's Labour's Lost. #helpingnothelping

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Kristen A Bennett @earlymodconv.bsky.social · Jun 1

Rabbit, Rabbit! It's the 1st of June and Shakespeare Association of America bulletin day! I hope you'll consider joining Emily Rowe's and my seminar as we go deep on the topic of "Unearthing" next April in Denver!
#Shax2006 #SAAUpdates

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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · May 12

The beta version of the English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) datb.cerl.org/estc/ is online. More changes to come over time

English Short Title Catalogue

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Emily Rowe @emilyrowe1.bsky.social · May 9

Happy Friday! you can now register for our @cemskcl.bsky.social colloquium on Early Modern War Narratives! June 6th in person and online! Keynote by Andrew Hopper and Ismini Pells, funded by KCL, CEMS, & @srsrensoc.bsky.social. Register here (and pls repost!) — www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...

Select tickets – CEMS KCL Colloquium: Early Modern War Narratives – King's College London

This year, KCL's Centre for Early Modern Studies' Annual Colloquium will be on Early Modern War Narratives. Join us for a day o...

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Kristen A Bennett @earlymodconv.bsky.social · May 2

Thank you! Cheers!

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Kristen A Bennett @earlymodconv.bsky.social · May 1

After hyperventilating through what may have been my busiest (and administratively stressful) semester (10 days to go!), I am pleased to inform you that I have opened my mail.

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New Variorum Shakespeare @nvshakespeare.bsky.social · Apr 26

You can now see the recording of @aarontpratt.bsky.social’s recent NVS Seminar, titled ‘Selling Your Play in Jacobean England’, on our website:

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Kristen A Bennett @earlymodconv.bsky.social · Apr 24

What joy to celebrate Emma's and Sofia's brilliant honors theses at last night's ceremonial dinner! From Penelope & Clytemnestra (Emma) to Avians & the Anthropocene (Sofia), working with these two has fed both my brain and my heart. 💜 #proudteacher #framinghamstate

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Kristen A Bennett @earlymodconv.bsky.social · Apr 15

Trying to put finishing touches on MS submission. As usual, this guy is monkeying up the works. #ihaveaNasheProblem #shouldhavelearnedbynow

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Kristen A Bennett @earlymodconv.bsky.social · Apr 3

My feline research assistants have abandoned me today, but Intern Florimell is hard at work as I copy edit my Element.

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Brett Greatley-Hirsch @notwithoutmustard.bsky.social · Mar 27

Latest issue of Shakespeare now online, with articles by @callanjd.bsky.social @drsheeha.bsky.social and many more #earlymodern folks! www.tandfonline.com/toc/rshk20/c...

Shakespeare

Volume 21, Issue 1 of Shakespeare

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Kristen A Bennett @earlymodconv.bsky.social · Mar 23

Great to see you, however briefly! Safe travels home!

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Kristen A Bennett @earlymodconv.bsky.social · Mar 21

Hiding from the rain waiting for a train to head back to the SAA/RSA mash-up! #Shax2025

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Linked Early Modern Drama Online @lemdo-uvic.bsky.social · Mar 20

Remember to stop by the DRE-LEMDO table at #RSA2025 and #SAA2025. DRE postcards and pins make great prizes for your students. $1 each (cash only).

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Kristen A Bennett @earlymodconv.bsky.social · Mar 20

On the train heading to SAA/RSA to start the day with @nvshakespeare.bsky.social! Let the games begin!

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Linked Early Modern Drama Online @lemdo-uvic.bsky.social · Mar 19

Come visit our table in the RSA/SAA Exhibit Hall in Boston. We'll be sharing the table with Digital Renaissance Editions. #SHAX2025

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Kristen A Bennett @earlymodconv.bsky.social · Feb 25

I am honored to be part of this discussion celebrating my colleague Vandana Singh's brilliant new book 'Teaching Climate Change: Science, Stories, Justice.' In addition to Vandana, our fellow interlocutors include Ben Alberti, Shade' Solomon, and Ishara Mills-Henry. Please join! Link in image.

Kristen A Bennett @earlymodconv.bsky.social · Feb 14

#youstealityouwearit