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The Oxford Marlowe Project @marloweproject.bsky.social The Oxford Marlowe: Collected Works http://research.kent.ac.uk/marlowe-works/ Image credit: Lorna May Wadsworth
Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social News and notes relevant to the study of Greco-Roman world and its reception very broadly considered, especially notices of new journal publications, with a particular interest in pre-modern philosophy in a global context. https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/
Dr Holly C Luton @hollycluton.bsky.social 🇬🇧🇳🇿 British-NZ Theatre Director, Designer, Dramaturg @corvustheatreco. Exploring site-specific & ancient Greek tragedy during our era of crisis 🎭🏺
Dr Lynsey McCulloch @drmisslynsey.bsky.social writer | researcher | early modernist.
World Shakespeare Congress 2026 Verona @wsc2026verona.bsky.social 12th World Shakespeare Congress, 20-26 July 2026, Verona. International Shakespeare Association. Local Committee: Skenè Research Centre @skenejournal.bsky.social‬. Website: https://www.wsc2026.org
Dr J. E. Nicholson @justjenerally.bsky.social she/her | research: multilingual drama in Ren London, incl. Shax; genre; whiteness, affect & ecology in The Winter’s Tale; Modernists reading Ren texts | pedagogy, film, Ghibli, puns, cats | jenniferenicholson.wordpress.com | ORCID: 0000-0002-4375-2961
Jemma Forster @jemlf.bsky.social AHRC English PhD student at Trinity Hall, Uni of Cambridge. Researching queer Dianas (not the princess) in EM England, Spain and Italy 🌈 she/her https://www.oocdtp.ac.uk/people/jemma-louise-forster
Darryl Chalk @drdeelittle.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Theatre @ University of Southern Queensland | Shakespeare and early modern drama | conjuring, caregiving, and contagion (not always at the same time) | bonus points: Liverpool FC, record and video game collecting, tabletop board games
Greg Walker @gregmw4.bsky.social Literature Prof at the University of Edinburgh, fan of Prog rock and Nottingham Forest.
Lesel Dawson @leseldawson.bsky.social Associate Professor of Literature & Culture at the University of Bristol Arts and Culture Lead of the Good Grief Festival I am interested in the relationship between grief & creativity, early modern literature, the history of the emotions & gender.
Will Tosh @willtosh.bsky.social ⭕️Director of Education at Shakespeare’s Globe 📖Author of STRAIGHT ACTING, and rep’d by Eleanor Birne at RCW 👨🏼‍❤️‍👨🏻 Hitched to @pierstorday.bsky.social 🔗 https://linktr.ee/willtosh3 🔗 https://lnk.to/StraightActing-HB
The Journal of Marlowe Studies @marlowestudies.bsky.social Annual, online-only, open-access, peer-reviewed journal devoted to research on Christopher Marlowe. https://journals.shu.ac.uk/index.php/Marlstud/index
Ben Blyth @benblyth.bsky.social Ph.D. Scholar-Practitioner of Medieval & Early Modern Drama @ UCalgary, Treaty 7 🍁 ⚔️ 🎭
Emily Rowe @emilyrowe1.bsky.social Lecturer in early modern literature at University of Cambridge and Shakespeare’s Globe. “Yes I am the metals person” ⚒️ Can also be found letterpress printing, slowly jogging, TTRPG-ing, and pasta-making ✝️
Revels Office @revelsoffice.bsky.social The Revels Office is a friendly and supportive virtual academic network for PGR and ECR scholars of all things early modern! Head to our website for more info on what we do: https://revelsoffice.com
Lou Pinelli (they/them) @loupinelli.bsky.social English & comparative literature scholar, currently based in northern Italy
Patrick Durdel @pdurdel.bsky.social climate fictions 1500-1800 & speculation, postdoc at oxford. first book project on "writing performance: early modern drama and the work of interpretation." other things on intention, non-performance, plot, mistakes, pig bladders. https://patrickdurdel.org
Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social Artist, Scientist, Woodland Ecologist, Statistician, Historian & former Research Scholar at the RIA | Art from Dublin, Ireland 🌈 He/Him | Sé/é Buy my work here: https://robertbohan.etsy.com
James Wallace @jameswallace.bsky.social Sublunary microcosm Sometime actor, director & researcher, now full-time carer You can unfollow me on Twitter @jamesthewallace
John Colley @jwscolley.bsky.social Research Fellow at St John's College, Cambridge. Renaissance literature, translation, classical reception. https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/people/John.Colley
Westmont College @westmontcollege.bsky.social Westmont College offers a classic liberal arts education that integrates faith and learning, cultivating both academic excellence and spiritual growth.
Emily Carding @emilycarding.bsky.social Actor, author, artist, mystic. Mostly made of Shakespeare, magic, immersive theatre and Tarot. Nerd. #keyofdreams #transparenttarot #richardiii #returntosilenthill www.emilycarding.com
Stefania Spina @sspina.bsky.social Linguist. Italian native and learner corpora: https://lt.eurac.edu/cqpweb/ SLA. Discourse analysis. Current research: Learner Dictionary of Italian Collocations, Discourse of newspapers' crime reports. Blog: https://inparolepovere.substack.com/
Associazione Italiana di Anglistica @aianglistica.bsky.social The Italian Association for the Study of English (Associazione Italiana di Anglistica [AIA]) was founded with the primary goal of promoting and fostering English studies in Italy.
Alexa Alice Joubin @profjoubin.bsky.social Global Shakespeare, ethical AI, digital humanities, adaptations, Asian studies, film, theatre Writer, educator, advocacy speaker
Emily Winerock @winerock.bsky.social Dance historian of Renaissance Europe and early modern England ~ Co-director of the Shakespeare and Dance Project ~ Adjunct faculty at Point Park University ~ Blues, Lindy hop, and Argentine tango social dancer ~ https://shakespeareandance.com
Anna Kowalcze-Pawlik @annakowalcze.bsky.social Assistant Professor, @UniLodz; #MulticulturalShakespeare Deputy Editor. Early modern drama, theatre, history of emotions, translation. All views my own. #wiasn
Marissa Nicosia @nicosiamarissa.bsky.social Renaissance literature, temporality, politics, material texts, historical recipes; books - Shakespeare in the Kitchen 2026, Imagining Time in the English Chronicle Play 2023, Making Milton ed. 2021 https://marissanicosia.wordpress.com
EarlyModernista @ellierycroft.bsky.social Associate Professor in Early Modern Performance at University of Bristol: early modern bodies, PaR, gender. Formerly thinking about hair, now thinking about walking: also defining 'the Predramatic'. Teacher, cat-lover, writer, and mum, in varying measures.
@edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Shakespeare Studies @ UCC, Ireland • Shakespeare on screen • Women in early modern drama • Shakespearean biofiction • Cat-owner, cake-lover, books, plants • she/her
Gemma Allred @gemmaallred.bsky.social Shakespeare / Early Modern / Digital Theatre / Musicals / Innovation / Marketing
The Warburg Institute @warburginstitute.bsky.social Image / Word / Orientation / Action The Warburg Institute is dedicated to the study of global cultural history and the role of images in society. https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/
Edith Hall @edithmayhall.bsky.social Durham University Classics Prof keen on Aristotle, visual art, Greek theatre/pots, labour/anti-racist history, prison education, Parthenon reunification. All views my own. Also on Twitter @edithmayhall
Paulina Kewes @paulinakewes.bsky.social Prof. of English Literature, Jesus College, Univ. of Oxford. E-m British & European literature, history, & political thought; succession; parliamentary culture & Indigenous assemblies. Pole in GB; pro-Ukraine; contra anti-Semitism. All views mine alone.
Ruth Padel @ruthpadel.bsky.social Poetry - wildlife - music - India - Greece New 📗 GIRL - ‘Dazzling lyric control’ (Kim Moore) ‘Rhapsodic’(Guardian) 'Girls from Delphi to Delhi haunted by the ‘loose tin can’ of misogyny.…' (Mid-Day Mumbai) Www.ruthpadel.com
APGRD (Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama) @apgrd.bsky.social University of Oxford research centre into performances inspired by ancient Greece and Rome: stage plays, ballets, films, tv, audio dramas, drag shows, dance, animation, musicals... from 1315 to present day! http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk
Lara Dodds @laradodds.bsky.social English Prof and Department Head at a University in the South -- Early Modern Lit -- Cavendishista -- she/her/ hers
Pete Kirwan @drpetekirwan.bsky.social Performance, theatre reviewing, early modern drama, film watching, editing, cat wrangling, immigrating. General Editor at Shakespeare Bulletin; professing at Mary Baldwin Uni. He/him
Callan Davies @callanjd.bsky.social early modern leisure, play/s, culture | books: "What is a Playhouse?"+"Strangeness" + new intro to Shakespeare’s Merry Wives | MCFC⚽️| FSA, FRHistS | he/him | Lecturer at Uni of Southampton https://www.callandavies.com
Dennis Duncan @djbduncan.bsky.social Associate Prof @ucl.ac.uk | FRHistS | INDEX, A HISTORY OF THE | NYT, LRB, Guardian, WaPo, TLS | Book history, Oulipo, translation | Rep: Anna Webber/A.M.Heath
Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social Shakespeare troll, now in Scotland https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/eoin-price Reprints and Revivals of Renaissance Drama out now with CUP https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/reprints-and-revivals-of-renaissance-drama/061B68B70ADC59CD5A6D9C3A0F9C0D40
Rachel Willie @racheljwillie.bsky.social Professional bookworm, amateur hill wanderer, cake, music, and #EarlyModern enthusiast. If lost, likely to be found in the dustier corners of the seventeenth century. Researches early modern English literary history and culture https://shorturl.at/uXujC
Domenico Lovascio @domlovascio.bsky.social Assoc Prof @UniGenova | FRHistS | early modern English drama | classical reception | John Fletcher | textual editing | Anglo-Italian cultural relationships
Rory Loughnane @loughnrv.bsky.social Reader in Early Modern Studies, University of Kent; Gen. Ed., The Oxford Marlowe: Collected Works, The Revels Plays; Series Ed., Cambridge Elements in Shakespeare and Text, Studies in Early Modern Authorship http://CADREdb.net 🇮🇪🇺🇸
Prof Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social Professor of English and Cultural Studies @ University of Southern Queensland. Shakespeare scholar. Finder of lost playhouses. FSA FRHistS. He/him.
Aaron T. Pratt @aarontpratt.bsky.social Pforzheimer Curator of Early Books & Manuscripts at the Harry Ransom Center. Bibliographer, book historian, and VHS guy.
Will Rossiter @satyrane.bsky.social Professor at UEA. Medievalist, Early Modernist, Italianist. Views are very much not those of my employer, by some measure. Inglese italianato.
Dr Maria Shmygol @mariashmygol.bsky.social MSCA Research Fellow (University of Galway) | Joint Chair (British Shakespeare Association)
Dr Aidan Norrie 🦄 @aidannorrie.bsky.social Doctor of Elizabeth I as/and Deborah the Judge • Early modern history & lit | children’s lit | women’s writing | monarchy • Managing Editor, @thelondonjournal.bsky.social • Unemployed Lecturer • The Real Empress Palpatine • they/them • 🏳️‍🌈🇳🇿🇦🇺
Anne-Valérie Dulac @annevaleriedulac.bsky.social Senior Lctr @sorbonne-universite.fr. Shakespeare, limning, chromos. PI Project "IRIS" (Capturing Iridescence 16th-19th c., Bioinspiration & the Humanities 2025-2027). Vice President @shakespearefrance.bsky.social. Blog > https://mucemshakes.hypotheses.org/
Rhodri Lewis @rhodrilewis.bsky.social Literature, ideas, history, the arts | Reading & writing & teaching | Bylines here & there | At work on a life of Frank Kermode | bit.ly/2vbBoIN
Stephen Guy-Bray @stephengb.bsky.social Professor of poetry, curious, gay, love to cook. Currently writing about poems about poems.
Colby Gordon @badinfinity2.bsky.social your trans professor
Drew Daniel @drewdaniel.bsky.social Matmos guy with my husband @lordchiefjustice / English professor at Hopkins / also known as The Soft Pink Truth.
Brett Greatley-Hirsch @notwithoutmustard.bsky.social Prof in Renaissance Lit & Textual Studies @ U Leeds. Antiquarian books, letterpress, linocut, uilleann pipes, and computational humanities. Fur-dad to a corgi puppy and three rescue guinea pigs. notwithoutmustard.net 🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇺 He/Him
David McInnis @dnmcinnis.bsky.social Professor of Shakespeare & Early Modern Drama (Melbourne) | Editor, Shakespeare Quarterly (with Vanessa I. Corredera & Arthur L. Little, Jr) | Lost plays | Editing Behn, Shakespeare, & Marlowe.
Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social Professor of Early Modern English Literature and Religion, University of Glasgow. Old books, MSs, and ideas; classical music; and our cat. My views. https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/staff/adrianstreete/
Adam Zucker Again @adamzucker.bsky.social As Stated - The Professor one at UMass Amherst. Shakespeare, Jonson, et al. Journal co-editor, English Literary Renaissance. Author: "Shakespeare Unlearned" (OUP 2024). Music: Outro; The Young Old; The Father Figures; Bring It To Bear.
Nora J. Williams @norajw.bsky.social Academic & theatre kid| Canonical Misogyny out now from Edinburgh UP! | less funny half of @nashaxpodcast.bsky.social | she/her | 🇱🇧
Tom Rutter @obscuredrama.bsky.social Shakespeare/Marlowe/playing companies/science/early modern drama, University of Sheffield
Emma Whipday @emmawhipday.bsky.social Writer of books and plays. Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University, interested in all things Shakespeare and early modern drama. BBC New Generation Thinker. Working on a book about step-families. She/her.
Matteo Pangallo @pangallo.bsky.social Dad, woodlander, trail-maker (literally), gamer, gardener, piano-player, book-collector, English prof. Books: “None a Stranger There”, “Teaching the History of the Book", "Shakespeare's Audiences", "Playwriting Playgoers in Shakespeare's Theater". He/him.
Dr. Benjamin Broadribb @benbroadribb.bsky.social Performance Reviews Editor for Shakespeare Bulletin | Shakespeare on screen(s) | Shakespop | metamodernism | performance | adaptation | cinema | theatre | he/him/his
Dr Sara Barker @sarakbarker.bsky.social Historian of early modern print, news, translation, pamphlets. Scotland/Yorkshire hybrid. Likes old printed things, France, rugby, embroidery. Always stops to talk to cats and dogs. Series editor MUP Studies in Early Modern European History. She/her.
Janelle Jenstad @janellejenstad.bsky.social Early Modernist at UVic. Editor. Book historian. Text encoder. Director of LEMDO and MoEML. Fan of Garry Oak meadows, motorcycles, and XML.
Jason Scott-Warren @jes1003.bsky.social Academic and climate activist, born 325 ppm, flight free since 2018. #4BD. Fight for a free press: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/760061 -- https://mediasovereignty.org/
Dr Mark Purcell @camlibresearch.bsky.social Director, Research and Collections, Cambridge University Libraries and Archives and CUL Research Institute; Bye-Fellow, Pembroke College, Cambridge; FSA FRHistS; University Deputy Proctor; The Country House Library (Yale, 2017); private views
Matthew Steggle @matthewsteggle.bsky.social Prof of Early Modern Eng Lit at @bristoluni.bsky.social. Working on Shakespeare biography and other C16-17 stuff. The rest is silence, mostly. Views own.
Lyn Tribble @lyntribble.bsky.social Prof @ Uconn, Shakespeare, distributed cognition, basketballg
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (anzamems.org). Posts by Matt Firth, BlueSky novice extraordinaire.
(Dr.) Diana Henderson @dianahenderson.bsky.social Still the theater & words Prof. at MIT who now will be trying to reconnect w/ friends who left the other places….
Jonathan Willis @drjpw.bsky.social Associate Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Birmingham (UK): English Reformation; music; Decalogue; sin & salvation; puritans; parishes; emotion; archives; material culture. Gay husband & cat dad; choral singer; aspiring pianist; nerd.
claire m. l. bourne @roaringgirle.bsky.social ¶ a figure of tollerable [sic] disorder ¶ plays & typography & dirty books ¶ accidental miltonist ¶ editrix ¶ elder-cat mom ¶ she|her|hers ¶ all opinions my own ¶ https://www.ofpilcrows.com
Catherine Richardson @profcatheriner.bsky.social Pro-Vice-Chancellor University East Anglia and Professor of Early Modern Studies. Previously Director, Institute of Cultural and Creative Industries, University of Kent; everyday life, material histories, creative heritage.
Dr. Tara Lyons @tarallyons.bsky.social Professor; Bibliography, women and libraries, early modern books and storage; book trade, histories of information; playbooks; Shakespeare; English literature, drama, cats, horses, bees, and little furry critters
Shakespeare Association of America @saaupdates.bsky.social The Shakespeare Association of America (SAA) is a professional organization for the advanced study of Shakespeare's works, times, and afterlife. Visit linktr.ee/saaupdates for more information on events and member updates.
Yan Brailowsky @yanbrailowsky.bsky.social Shakespeare, theatre, politics… early modern. Prof @ Nanterre - tweets my own
Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social Early Modernist, Prof UEA; Historical Lead, Gloucester Project & Co-Director, Hakluyt Project; Chair of Society for Nautical Research; Director Shipwrecks & Maritime Heritage Research Centre
The Marlowe Society of America @marlowemightyln.bsky.social The Marlowe Society of America promotes scholarship on poet & playwright Christopher Marlowe's life, works, & crucial role in the early modern theater.
Steve Purcell @stevetpurcell.bsky.social Academic, director, writer. Co-Artistic Director of The Pantaloons and Associate Professor at the University of Warwick. All views my own.
Dr Lucy J.S. Clarke 🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️🌈 no human is illegal @lucyjsclarke.bsky.social interdisciplinary historian of early modern England; Leverhulme ECF at Sheffield, working on 'Performing the early modern English state into reality, 1558-1641'. socio-legal history, practice-as-research as historical method. mum of cats and a small human.
Lisa Hopkins @lisahopkins.bsky.social Lover of early modern drama and of Dorothy Dunnett. Interested in Bess of Hardwick, the literary culture of the Cavendish family, and classic detective fiction.
Victoria Moul @victoriamoul.bsky.social Critic, scholar, translator and poet in Paris. Recent reviews in the TLS and The Friday Poem. Most recent books from CUP & Palgrave. Poems in various places. Weekly substack on poetry & translation https://vamoul.substack.com/ https://www.victoriamoul.com
Pascale Aebischer (she/her) @pascaleexeter.bsky.social Dragonboater, paddleboarder, Dartmoor walker, Aare-swimmer. Also editing Titus Andronicus and interested in all things Shakespeare, performance, theatre broadcasting, post-COVID-19 creative industries. Never able to see enough shows or read enough books.
Natália Pikli @puckinspirit.bsky.social Associate Prof. Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. Shakespeare/early modern scholar, theatre and Star Wars nerd, rebellious bookworm. Author of "Shakespeare's Hobby-Horse and Early Modern Popular Culture" (Routledge, 2022).
MEMSLib @memslibukc.bsky.social Digital library for researchers of Medieval and Early Modern studies, run by postgraduate students at the University of Kent https://www.memslib.co.uk/
Dr. Will Green @drwillgreen.bsky.social Academic and heritage professional • Working on travelling players in the Midlands • Early modern drama, politics, religion • PhD • FHEA • Tutoring services (A-Level and up) on Tutorperch: https://l1nq.com/o4g75mp
Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social Acq Editor for Lund Humphries; Brill; CEU Press. Founder, Art Herstory. Etsy shop, http://artherstorynotes.etsy.com
Dr David Rundle @drdavidrundle.bsky.social Historian, palaeographer, Renaissance man. Managing Editor, @mediumaevum.bsky.social . Found in libraries or restaurants.
Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social Historian of early modern religion, working on witches and saints. Loves hikes and risotto.
Dr Miranda Fay Thomas (they/she) @drmirandafay.bsky.social Asst Prof at Trinity College Dublin | Shakespeare and Performance Studies | Trustee of the British Shakespeare Association | Dramaturg | Views own.
Liza Blake 🏹 ♠️ @medrenliza.bsky.social U of Toronto Associate Prof. | early modern lit-sci-phil | women writers, esp. Margaret Cavendish | editing, esp. M. Cavendish | (premodern) asexuality and aromanticism | She/her. Views my own.
Laura Ingallinella @lauraingalli.bsky.social Assistant Prof of Italian & Renaissance at the University of Toronto. Working on forgery and women's literature; transregional encounters; drama, gender, race in #earlymodern Italy. book in progress: #FraudulentMuse
Jessica Goethals @jessgoethals.bsky.social Assoc. Prof of medieval + early modern Italian Studies | author *Margherita Costa, Diva of the Baroque Court* (2023) | women, spectacle, violence, prophecy, weird stuff | currently writing on the 1527 Sack of Rome
Shakespeare Bulletin @shaxbull.bsky.social Peer-reviewed quarterly journal, publishing articles at the cutting edge of early modern performance studies. Posts by Dr. Peter Kirwan and Siena Maxwell.
Alan Stewart @alanstewart50.bsky.social Early modern literature professor, sometime editor, sometime biographer
Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social Educator Passionate about Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Anywhere near Books, Music and Films #SurfaceStudies #Soil_Imaginaries Adores Snails 🐌 My personal views - not my employer's Reposts &c not endorsements
David L. Orvis @davidorvis.bsky.social Professor and Assistant Chair of English, Appalachian State University | Early Modern Studies & Queer Studies | *Shakespeare against Love* (under contract with Routledge)
H Huw Griffiths @huwgriffiths.bsky.social Literature; piano; 🏳️‍🌈; Blue Mountains; Associate Professor of English Literature at University of Sydney