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Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 1d

The Newfoundland and Labrador public libraries continue to make the absolute best free pins that you can just have if you go to borrow a book

A pin on a desk, it has a codfish silhouette holding a library card, with the words "having fun isn't hard when you've got a library cod"

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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 27d

RBS is happy to announce that we are now accepting applications for:

𝗥𝗕𝗦-𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 (apply by 𝟮 𝗡𝗼𝘃.)

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠. 𝗖. 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 (apply by 𝟳 𝗗𝗲𝗰.)

Details: rarebookschool.org/2025-scholarships-fellowships/

A vertically oriented graphic shows a white box will a yellow border. Inside the box, black and blue text reads, “Apply Now! RBS-Awarded Scholarships Application Deadline: Sunday, 2 November 2025. The M. C. Lang Fellowship in Book History, Bibliography & Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources Application Deadline: Sunday, 7 December 2025.” On a black bar at the bottom of the graphic, white and yellow text says, “Learn more & apply at: rarebookschool.org/2025-scholarships-fellowships.” The background of the graphic is a photo of two smiling women standing beside a table covered in books. They are holding notebooks and taking notes with pencils.

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 20d

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

The new TOC from academia dot edu.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Erin A. McCarthy @erinannmcc.bsky.social · 22d

Join the @stemma.bsky.social team! We've just advertised a two-year postdoc on WP2, "Networking Early Modern Poems." Apply by 30 September; details at link below. #earlymodern #dh #postdoc #jobfairy

www.universityofgalway.ie/human-resour...

011345 - University of Galway

www.universityofgalway.ie

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Laura Estill @lauraestill.bsky.social · 28d

Not even close, Novanet...or maybe super close?

A search of the novanet library discovery layer for "the reception of German mysticism in early modern england" with a single result for a book called "the history of mathematics"

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Laura Estill @lauraestill.bsky.social · 29d

Some gorgeous illustrations of Ukrainian Shakespeare by Sergia Yakutovych

(volume here: chtyvo.org.ua/authors/Will..., warning: dubious site)

L: 1 Henry VI; R 3 Henry VI

An image of two knights in full armour, one with two swords having just vanquished the other. stark black and white line drawing.

a striking black and white image of a man kneeling with hands praying, crown falling off. A hand clutching a dagger comes in from the frame on the left.

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StFX Digital Humanities Centre @stfx-dh.bsky.social · Sep 2

Would you like to be on the Digital Humanities Course Registry? Map here: dhcr.clarin-dariah.eu

Canadian programs/institutions: contact @lauraestill.bsky.social

International: contact your national moderator: dhcr.clarin-dariah.eu/national-mod...

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Laura Estill @lauraestill.bsky.social · Aug 25

I'm fairly certain that the thermostat controls in my office are part of some psychological experiment. (And how did it pass research ethics?)

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Laura Estill @lauraestill.bsky.social · Aug 25

Registration is open for SAA 2026!
@saaupdates.bsky.social

"From Commonplaces to Databases: The Social Memory of Proverbs" is a virtual session w/ asynchronous components leading up to a virtual meeting sometime during the conference (1-4 April)

shakespeareassociation.org/annual-meeti...

From the Shakespeare Association of America @saaupdates.bsky.social website: From Commonplaces to Databases: The Social Memory of Proverbs (Virtual Session 🌐)
Laura Estill, St. Francis Xavier University
Richard J. Meek, University of Hull

Proverbs offer fertile ways of thinking about questions of shared history and cross-cultural understanding; the relationship between classical and popular culture; rhetoric and pedagogy; authorship, style, and creativity; and adaptation, appropriation, and afterlives. We welcome papers that consider proverbs, sayings, and/or commonplaces in works by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, their nature and transmission, and how to undertake effective research on early modern proverbs today.

* Preference will be given to international members facing travel restrictions.

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Dr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · Aug 19

New moon (of Uranus) just dropped, and I have a very important question: given that the naming scheme for Uranian moons is (mostly) Shakespeare characters, what's the funniest possible Shakespeare character name for this new moon? science.nasa.gov/blogs/webb/2...

New Moon Discovered Orbiting Uranus Using NASA’s Webb Telescope - NASA Science

Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a team led by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has identified a previously unknown moon orbiting Uranus,

science.nasa.gov

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Laura Estill @lauraestill.bsky.social · Aug 19

looking for some fun literary datasets for the upcoming semester? check these out!

Post45 Data Collective @post45data.bsky.social · Jun 5

Hi Bluesky! The Post45 Data Collective is officially here.

We publish open datasets on literary prizes, fellowships, books in translation, feminist magazines, NYT bestsellers, and more. data.post45.org

Follow us for updates—we’ve got a busy summer ahead!

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · Aug 6

My niece has finished her Duolingo Dutch lessons, but she'd like to keep praciticing. Does anyone know of a similar series on another app or podcast on practicing Dutch for Anglophones?

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Laura Estill @lauraestill.bsky.social · Aug 6

My kid's the one at baseball yelling "a hit! a palpable hit!"

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Shakespeare and Early Modern Proverbial Culture @proverbialculture.bsky.social · Jul 28

Introducing: Shakespeare & Early Modern Proverbial Culture. We explore how proverbs of EM England shaped social values, media, & playwriting—including Shakespeare’s works. Our team is building new frameworks, tools, & resources to better understand how proverbs functioned then & endure still today

Shakespeare & Early Modern Proverbial Culture

The site offers information about the Shakespeare and Early Modern Proverbial Culture research project, building an international network to reassess the forms, functions, and dissemination of earl…

earlymodernproverbs.co.uk

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Laura Estill @lauraestill.bsky.social · Jul 25

We wrote some suggestions (starting at paragraph 64 for key points) - incl. code of conduct, transparency, and accessibility
dhq.digitalhumanities.org/vol/16/4/000...

DHQ: Digital Humanities Quarterly: The circus we deserve? A front row look at the organization of the annual academic conference for the Digital Humanities

dhq.digitalhumanities.org

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Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social · Jul 25

'Extra-Illustrations and Annotated Illustrations in Early Modern Books', a new digital exhibition, curated by Hannah Yip and @thejohnrylands.bsky.social #EarlyModernVirtualEvents #Skystorians www.rensoc.org.uk/event/extra-...

Extra-Illustrations and Annotated Illustrations in Early Modern Books

Why did readers write on, or alter, printed images? What does this tell us about the enduring appeal of early modern texts?

A new digital exhibition curated by Hannah Yip (University of Manchester), ’Extra-Illustrations and Annotated Illustrations in Early Modern Books’, explores how readers engaged visually with their books.

The exhibition includes a range of works from the literary canon to ephemeral pamphlets held today at the John Rylands Library, each uniquely transformed by the people who owned them. These objects ask us to reconsider how books and images were read, repurposed, and reimagined across time.

Extra-Illustrations and Annotated Illustrations in Early Modern Books

Location: The John Rylands Research Institute and Library (online)

Ticket Price: Free

Website: https://www.digitalexhibitions.manchester.ac.uk/s/extra-illustrated-books/page/introduction

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Laura Estill @lauraestill.bsky.social · Jun 26

There are still lots of spots to donate blood in Antigonish today! At St Ninian's (on StFX campus)

Book your appointment here: myaccount.blood.ca/en/donate/se...

A grid of available appointment times to donate blood, from 2:25 to 7:50pm

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Prof Tracey Hill @tracelarkhall.bsky.social · Jun 25

Anyone know what 'Dutch paper books' are?

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Shakespeare Association of America @saaupdates.bsky.social · Jun 23

Fall is ages away, right? Right?? Anyway, here are some fall deadline reminders.

Image of a dated list of tasks titled “hashtag shax 2026 deadlines.” The list includes items like “September 15, enrollment in seminars and workshops closes. October 1, dissertation prize submissions due, first book award nominations due, next gen plen submissions due, and seminar and workshop placements available.” End ID.

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Laura Estill @lauraestill.bsky.social · Jun 18

This is a fascinating dataset by @simonvbellen.bsky.social @erudit.org about Canadian Scholarly journals, including those that are defunct, with details on open access

borealisdata.ca/dataset.xhtm...

borealisdata.ca

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Laura Estill @lauraestill.bsky.social · Jun 17

Predatory journal invitation in Comic Sans. Are they even trying anymore?

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You don't often get emails from noreply@luketechnocraft.com Learn why this is important

email body, in comic sans:
Dear sir
Please go through IOSR Journals Impact Factor announcements:
Submit Article

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · Jun 10

Google and Meta search both report that Cape Breton Island has its own time zone 12 minutes ahead of mainland Nova Scotia time because they are both drawing that information from a Beaverton article I wrote in 2024

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New Variorum Shakespeare @nvshakespeare.bsky.social · Jun 9

One of our Associate Digital Editors Dr. Kris May has won the David Greetham Prize (alongside former @tamu.bsky.social professors Heidi Craig and @lauraestill.bsky.social) for an article about trans-inclusive bibliography. Congratulations! newvariorumshakespeare.org/news/

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Laura Estill @lauraestill.bsky.social · Jun 4

Congratulations, Yann!

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Laura Estill @lauraestill.bsky.social · Jun 2

Had a great info session on the Canadian Certificate for Digital Humanities/Certificat canadien en Humanités Numériques at DHSI today! If you missed it or want to learn, check out our website and/or email for more info. ccdhhn.ca

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