In some much-needed good news, I'm delighted that Tudor and Stuart Consorts has been released in a (fairly) affordable paperback version!!

Dr Elena 'Ellie' Woodacre Carolyn Harris Dr Joanna Laynesmith Micheline White A/Prof Stephanie Russo Dr. Courtney Herber Dr Nicola Clark Jemma Field
link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

Book historical job alert! My brilliant collegues Rozanne Versendaal and Natalia Petrovskaia are looking for a PhD candidate in the project ‘Multilingual Books as Cultural Brokers in the Sixteenth Century’. uu.nl/en/organisatio…

My Cambridge University Press Element, Writing Mobile Lives, 1500–1700 is out and #OpenAccess let me know if you use it in your teaching! - bit.ly/4chW3QO

Early modern hive mind, if you're still out there: is anyone working on stock characters?

My review of the new(ish) collection of the Letters, Writing, and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell for English Studies (thanks Dr Sonja Kleij for the opportunity!) tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

👇👀👇 Take a look through the fantastic Performance Reviews section of Shakespeare Bulletin 41.3, which was the first edition Hailey Bachrach and I oversaw as co-editors and was a joy to put together 🥳 A smorgasbord of productions covered by our truly brilliant authors!

Call for papers: The Early Modern Stage between Baroque and Enlightenment: Vondel’s Century
University of York, 20-21 September 2024
keynotes include Nigel Smith and Tiffany Stern
Please send your 250 word abstract and cv to [email protected] by 15 March 2024

Being an early modern lit person on dating apps means answering this every 3-9 months

Let op, een mooie promotieplaats in Leiden. PhD Retoriek in de Republiek. Welsprekendheid in de vroegmoderne Nederlandse politiek universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/2024…

I am delighted that my new book series, ‘Monarchy, History, and Culture’, published by Amsterdam Univ Press with Erika Gaffney | erikagaffney.bsky.social, is now live!
The series welcomes books on *any* aspect of premodern monarchy.
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OMG. I assumed people were wildly misinterpreting this when they said the archives would be destroying the physical copies after a digital copy was made. But nope: 'The consultation is seeking views on keeping hard copies for about 25 years'.

Scholarly opinion: This is bananas.

Graduation is always such a joyous occasion! So proud of all the BA graduates!

In light on Wilders' shocking, but sadly unsurprising, election victory, it's time to reread this classic. About how the Netherlands, a deeply racist and Islamophobic country that continues to uphold colonial structures, maskerades as a forward-thinking, inclusive nation.

So disappointed in the Dutch election results…

So sorry to hear this - Natalie Zemon Davis's work was incredibly influential, demonstrating that you could do rigorous and readable 'history from below'. She really was inimitable and it is hard to imagine that she is no longer with us now.

Boekhistorici en Neerlandici! Nog tweeënhalve week om te solliciteren naar onze promotieplek over humor en materialiteit. Begeleiders: ⁦Lotte Jensen⁩ Ivo Nieuwenhuis en ikzelf! ru.nl/werken-bij/vac…

A student gave me this card at the start of class today. Week made!! (Obviously put it in the book for safe keeping)

Belangrijk punt van mijn collega’s: Sociale veiligheid is een systemische kwestie. “Mensen voelen zich niet per se onveilig door die ene collega die een keer een ongepaste opmerking maakte, maar door een organisatiecultuur (…)” voxweb.nl/nieuws/tiental…