🎭 Et si le théâtre ne cherchait pas seulement à émouvoir, mais à sidérer ?
Un ouvrage dirigé par Séverine Reyrolle & Christine Sukič explore la violence scénique des XVIe-XVIIe siècles dans le sillage de Christian Biet.
Plus d'infos : urlr.me/w9CdaS
Two-panel image. Left: an 18th-century oil portrait of Margaret Cavendish in an extravagant red-and-white gown with gold embroidery, lace sleeves, and fur trim, standing gracefully beside a table with a red cloth. Right: the reprint 1668 title page of her book The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World, printed in ornate period type, proclaiming it “Written By the Thrice Noble, Illustrious, and Excellent Princesse, the Duchess of Newcastle.” Together they represent the bold, eccentric 17th-century aristocrat who published the world’s first science-fiction novel under her own name.
The first-ever #sciencefiction story written by a woman?
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 by Margaret Cavendish, 1666, a satirical utopian fiction set in a parallel world with fantastical tech, hybrid animal-people, and different natural laws. Cavendish died #OTD in 1673.
#scifi #booksky #literature #litsky
Ink damage (possibly intentional?) to a page from the pamphlet 'The grounds and ends of the baptisme of the children of the faithful' by John Cotton, 1647
And that's why you can't have ink in the reading room! Historic damage to a 1647 pamphlet on infant baptism by John Cotton #readers
Vient de sortir! Disponible en ligne dès maintenant !
Isaac Oliver, c. 1565-1617.
Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia (1596-1662) when Princess Elizabeth in 1613
(Royal Collection, HM CIII)
Close up on the right side of a woman's face. There is a frilled collar and delicate lace headpiece.
Detail of the right arm with a lace sleeve and a gold bracelet. She is holding a handkerchief in her hand.
These details? Stunning!
#otd St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre
Born on this day in 1552, Lavinia Fontana of Bologna. Here, self-portrait in her studiolo in 1579, an intellectual young artist.
Private chamber of abbess Giovanna Piacenza at the convent of San Paolo, Parma: a glorious fictive arbor painted for a v. lucky nun by Antonio da Correggio, whose day is today.
Also, as a tangent, I'd love to see more of this kind of thing on #academicsky. More sharing of tools, ideas, and resources for teaching, not just endless doom amd gloom.
We should share our hard-won knowledge about pedagogy as eagerly and as often as we share our research!
Some brilliant ideas about reading here!
Ça me rappelle Palerme: un jeune homme en Vespa, un bébé dans les bras, cigarette au bec, conduite d’une main, sans casque!
CFP for next year's congress! #SFS2026
5 June 1610: The chamberlain of the City of #London orders #otd Richard Burbage be reimbursed & allowed keep ‘taffety silke & other necessaries’ from the water pageant in honour of Prince Henry’s creation as Prince of #Wales on 31 May (Dulwich Art Gallery) #WillPerformForCloth
Nous aussi nous sommes impatients : si seulement le train était à l’heure!
L’atelier @shakespearefrance.bsky.social SFS de la SAES commence demain!
📍 Demain, c’est le grand jour ! Le Congrès SAES 2025 démarre à Toulouse 🎓✨
📅 Du 5 au 7 juin, conférences, ateliers et rencontres vous attendent !
🎉 Toute l’équipe est impatiente de vous retrouver pour faire vivre ensemble cette nouvelle édition du SAES.
#SAES2025 #Toulouse #VilleRose #CongrèsSAES
A huge thanks to all our amazing guests and speakers, we've had fabulous fiftieth! If you've missed anything you can catch up on our Youtube channel!➡️www.youtube.com/watch
It's here, it's out, you want it! The official programme!
We'll be looking to see you there for the 50th anniversary of the @shakespearefrance.bsky.social #sfs2025
Demandez le programme! Here’s the full lineup for the upcoming SFS Conference 🎉
Delighted to say that my article, "The Shakspaires of Trinity Lane: A Possible Shakespeare Life-Record" is now fully published and open-access! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
2/2 Scarlet ibis. Extraordinarily designed nature study by Maria Sibylla Merian.
🧠 Discover more about the life of Andreas Vesalius
In this Renaissance Lives talk, Sachiko Kusukawa revisits Vesalius’s legacy, revealing how his work emerged from the cultural and technological revolution of the Renaissance.
Watch now: warburg.sas.ac.uk/podcasts/ren... #Renaissance
Happy 50th birthday!
NEW: @engfac.bsky.social's Dr Leah Veronese has unearthed a rare manuscript copy of Shakespeare’s famous Sonnet 116 tucked away in a 17th-century poetry collection.
This is only the second known manuscript copy of the sonnet ever discovered.
More info ⬇️
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