Old Irish: plenty of variation, but of what kind? (O'Donnell Lecture 2026)

The 2026 O'Donnell Lecture in #Celtic Studies will be given by Dr Aaron Griffith (Utrecht University) on 8 May at 5.30pm at the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. Dr Griffith will talk on 'Old Irish: plenty of variation, but of what kind?'. All welcome!

Tickets are free but booking is required:

Women, Gender and Sexuality in Premodern Literature and Culture Welcome to Cambridge Core

Delighted to be series editor for Cambridge Elements in Women, Gender and Sexuality in Premodern Literature and Culture. If you have something cool and interesting you’d like to work with us on please get in touch (micrograph 20-30k)

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England's 'island nationhood?' with Professor Lorna Hutson | National Library of Australia (NLA) Professor Lorna Hutson examines early modern legal and poetic texts to explore the concept of England's 'island nationhood'.

Excited about this (free!) public lecture at the NLA by one of the foremost scholars of Shakespeare and early modernity, Lorna Hutson. 19 Feb, 6pm. To register or get an online link, visit:
www.library.gov.au/whats-on/eve...
Don't miss this exploration of the idea of English 'island nationhood'!

Call for Chapters: Evident Tongues, Evident Bodies Language, Sense, and Proof in the Early Modern World. Deadline for submissions: 12th April 2026.

Call for Chapters: Evident Tongues, Evident Bodies
Deadline to submit: 12th April 2026
We invite chapter proposals for an edited volume examining how encounters through language and the senses shaped the production of evidence in the early modern period (c.1492–1700).
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

The Will in English Renaissance Drama Cambridge Core - Renaissance and Early Modern Literature - The Will in English Renaissance Drama

After a little blip in the release of my book, I'm happy to say that accurate digital and physical versions are now available from @universitypress.cambridge.org! #earlymodern #renaissance #elizabethan #tudor #drama #jonson #marlowe #middleton #shakespeare #thewill

'Look not so fierce on me'

Professor Emma Smith awarded Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship

Congratulations to Professor Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social who has been awarded a three-year Major Research Fellowship by the Leverhulme Trust for her project: ‘Imperial bibliography: books, race and value’.

Find out more about the project on our website:

Delighted to say that my book comes out in paperback shortly. Available to pre-order here: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-epistol...
30% off discount code is PAPER30. 🙂

The Guardian view on universities: Labour needs a clearer plan | Editorial Editorial: Ministers promised a ‘change of approach’, but their new tax could tip weaker institutions over the edge

'Despite all their difficulties, universities remain an enormous and irreplaceable national asset. As well as educating millions of people, they generate about £24bn in export earnings, which is about 1% of GDP – more than aircraft manufacturing and legal services combined'. 1/2

Delighted the new year brings (at last!) vol. 53 of Shakespeare Studies to the world, in all its purple-edged glory: Marlowe stars in the Forum, & the NGP, Articles & Reviews all full of wit & wisdom. Congratulations to Jim Siemon for 11 years of leadership, w/ huge gratitude for our collaboration!

Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court This collection of essays presents recent research on the Inns of Court and their place in the literary and cultural spaces of the early modern world.

Our collection, Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court: Writing Communities, is being launched! Come and join us (in person at Middle Temple Library or online) at 6.15pm on Tuesday 9 Sept. Email MappingInns@gmail.com for more details. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court This collection of essays presents recent research on the Inns of Court and their place in the literary and cultural spaces of the early modern world.

Our collection, Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court: Writing Communities, is being launched! Come and join us (in person at Middle Temple Library or online) at 6.15pm on Tuesday 9 Sept. Email MappingInns@gmail.com for more details. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Sundays at Somerville: Anna Beer and The Death of an Englishman - Somerville College Oxford We are very pleased to welcome Dr Anna Beer to Somerville. A Fellow, and formerly Director of the Creative Writing MSt at Kellogg College in Oxford, Anna has recently brought out her first book of det...

If you’re in Oxford on 8 June, join us in person as we welcome @annabeerauthor.bsky.social - and otherwise join us online. This will be fun! www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Join us on Thursday 29 May as Lucy Clarke (University of Sheffield) talks on “To give some colour as if they meant the peace”: a practice-based approach to ‘legality’ in early modern England. Email MappingInns@gmail.com for the Zoom link. mappinginns.wordpress.com

Thanks @alanstewart50.bsky.social for his paper this evening on “The Maxims” of Francis Bacon. As Bacon’s editor, Alan’s survey of the manuscript and printed versions of this work, and the potential dedications to monarchs, made for a fascinating discussion.

LGBT+ History Month: research and resources

This #LGBTHistoryMonth you can explore related research and resources at the English Faculty on our website.

www.english.ox.ac.uk/lgbt-history...

Today!

This is tomorrow (Wednesday). All welcome!

Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court Visit the post for more.

We are delighted to welcome @alanstewart50.bsky.social to our next seminar, with a paper entitled 'Francis Bacon’s Maxims of the Law: A Reappraisal'. All welcome to join us at 17.30 (GMT) on Wednesday 19 February! Please email MappingInns@gmail.com for the Zoom link. mappinginns.wordpress.com

A really good question... I'm sure someone out there will know if so - I haven't seen any reports of ursine activity at the Inns either!

Great news! ☺️

Editing Archipelagic Shakespeare is now officially launched!

Huge thanks to @roaringgirle.bsky.social, Lorna Hutson, and John Kerrigan for the lively discussion about archipelagic and editorial futures. @cambridgeup.bsky.social

For more details, see: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Old Measures of the Inns of Court (1570s – 1670s)

Thanks to @fabiociambella.bsky.social for a fabulous talk this evening about the Old Measures at the Inns of Court, and links between dance and early modern drama. Many people working in dance history might find his work on OMIC useful (clare.dlls.univr.it/omic/).

English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: Macbeth In this free webinar, Shakespeare expert Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of Macbeth from Oxford World's Classics.

We have a few tickets remaining for our next English Faculty / OWC #Shakespeare webinar on 3 Feb.

This month, Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social welcomes special guest Sir Gregory Doran to discuss #Macbeth.

#teamenglish #CPD #EduSky

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Fantastic conference with a superb keynote!

Our first seminar of 2025 is coming up at 17.30 (GMT) this Thursday (23 Jan). We're happy to welcome Fabio Ciambella, Sapienza University of Rome, on ‘Dancing with the lawyers: Old Measures and annual revels at the Inns of Court’. Email MappingInns@gmail.com for the link. All welcome!

Oxford University Press will be awarding as many as 10 ECRs the opportunity to publish their first book in fully open access as well as in hardback. Today the website was revised to make clear that independent/unaffiliated scholars are eligible. Deadline March 3. academic.oup.com/pages/early-...

Our first seminar of 2025 is coming up at 17.30 (GMT) this Thursday (23 Jan). We're happy to welcome Fabio Ciambella, Sapienza University of Rome, on ‘Dancing with the lawyers: Old Measures and annual revels at the Inns of Court’. Email MappingInns@gmail.com for the link. All welcome!

Professor Lorna Hutson awarded the Saltire Society’s Research Book of the Year award

Congratulations to Professor Lorna Hutson whose book 'England’s Insular Imagining' has won Research Book of the Year at the Saltire Society National Book Awards 2024.

The judges pronounced it, "a landmark text across multiple disciplines." #SaltireBookAwards

Our first seminar of 2025 is coming up at 17.30 (GMT) on 23 January. We're happy to welcome Fabio Ciambella of Sapienza University of Rome, on ‘Dancing with the lawyers: Old Measures and annual revels at the Inns of Court’. Email MappingInns@gmail.com for the link. All welcome!