Anyway my lecture series on As You Like It concluded today!!! Got to talk lots about my favorite guy and best friend, Jacques.

Duke Senior calls the deer native burghers of the desert city. So the deer work for the bourgeoisie. (Is this anything)

I bring a sort of “??” “Hmm” “CITATIONS” vibe to my grading comments that students don’t really like

Changed flights to avoid literal cyclone, airport entirely overrun, 5 flights somehow scheduled to depart from the same gate at the same time, no sign of plane due to depart in 20 minutes. I love travel.

Another joke!!! (Shax mafia pls call off the hit)

Just kidding!!!!! Of course!!!!! The 12 also includes some duds.

Coocoo bananas that by the end of this year I will have taught on 12 plays by Shakespeare (and a couple by some Other Guys). That’s like pretty much all the good ones.

The Winter's Tale

Yeah it feels like a thin line to walk! Esp bc I find the messaging from the administration is v different to the student engagement side of things. I like this idea of getting them to get to the realization point themselves. Very cool

This is great! Keen to do something similar for my course next semester… although I do also get the vibe that students are sick of these conversations too? But aren’t we all

Yay!!!

Finished my first round of lectures for semester 1 (all on A Midsummer Night’s Dream)! Tried to psychically project into students’ hearts my deep well of affection for the mechanicals. Love u guys

Gen AI ys coole yf you reallye fuckinge hate water

LOOOOVE being an AI hater. Greatly enjoy being a ~dissenting voice in institutional debates. Adore being the only person from the school of humanities in any room where AI is being discussed and watching everyone’s eyes dart towards me like I’m a dog on a chain

Me walking across the stage with my thesis title projected in the background.

Pictured straight after the ceremony with Dr Kate Flaherty, both in our regalia!

Some updates: This week I graduated with my PhD and go to wear a very very silly hat!! (See pictured with my inimitable supervisor Kate Flaherty) Then I flew straight back to NZ where a couple of weeks ago I started my Lectureship at the University of Auckland. Lots going on!! All a bit mad!!

Exhibits at the state library of Victoria are absolutely incredible. Very very exciting to see a copy of topsell’s four footed beasts IN THE FLESH!! Love these freaky guys.

Again: I am very pad at posting but I am out here doing things I swear.

This week i am at the @anzamems.bsky.social conference in Melbourne! On Tuesday, i attended the wonderful PG/ECR palaeography workshop (decided I love Bâtard). Yesterday I presented my paper on prophecy in Shakespearean romance (it went well thanks!) and the brilliant keynote by Leah DeVun.

I am unfortunately a hater at heart but!!! Critical engagement is important and attention is a kind of love!!! Keep making bad theatre everyone

I do love going to see independent theatre but what I REALLY love is debriefing with friends afterwards about everything we hated

Picture of a screen with pixelated fireworks that reads “congratulations on submitting your thesis!”

Title page of a PhD thesis titled “materiality and re-enchantment in Shakespearean romance”

Amongst all the horrors I am happy to announce that I submitted my PhD thesis yesterday evening at approximately 5:30pm. She weighed in at about 200 pages and 80,000 words xxxxxxx

There is currently a trend of folks designing themselves a “personal curriculum” of books to read and think about, usually culminating in a reflective/analytical piece. This tells me that the kids yearn for the humanities seminar.

It’s officially spring!!! 🌺 🌸🌷 so I have to submit my thesis before I’m incapacitated by my yearly debilitating hay fever

I have just submitted my short video presentation for this awesome symposium! Join me to chat predators, and check out the awesome program of presenters. 🐻🐺

Not to complain about things that don’t matter but I’m already on the brim and I just paid $7.60 for a large black coffee that is the size of a medium anywhere else

That being said I would love 40 pages of people giving me praise before any piece of work I have printed thank you

There are a full 40 pages of poems and musings and complimentary epistles in honour of Beaumont and Fletcher in their first Folio of 1647 before we even get to the catalogue page and I think blurb culture has really gone too far

Have you registered yet for this year's #Globe4Globe? Join us for 24 hours of Shakespeare and environmental justice, with a brilliant line-up of speakers! Free and online. events.humanitix.com/globe4globe

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Chapter is actually good I was just having a feeling after 10pm which is never wise!!!