Join us in person or live on YouTube on April 27 Folger Shakespeare Library for the annual #Shakespeare's Birthday Lecture! #FolgerInstitute Director Patricia Akhimie (Patricia Akhimie) will present "The Goodness of the Night: Editing 'Othello.'" Learn more bit.ly/3Jpcopt

By the late 17th c. enslaved people outnumbered English at most tropical sites in the E & W Indies. For this #FellowsFriday Justin Roberts (@KUHitsoryDept) uses a new geographical framework- the tropical empire- to explore the role of slavery in expanding the early British empire

Tune in on Zoom or Library of Congress on May 2 for a talk by current #FolgerFellow Lauren Beck-- "Extractive Place Naming Practices in Early Modern North America." Registration and more info: bit.ly/3wcxZ1k

Looking forward to talking (online) about my new book Female Servants in Early Modern England with NACBS in conversation with Prof Julie Hardwick Julie Hardwick/[email protected] and Prof Steve Hindle. Join us! Sign up below👇 📆 Thurs 30 May ⏰9am PT/noon EDT/5pm BST nacbs.org/event-details/…

Congratulations to one of our 2023-24 #FolgerInstitute Fellows!

#FolgerFellow Emma Marshall (Dr Emma Marshall), a historian University of York History Department, examines recipe books to learn about health/wellbeing, family, emotions, and class. Her recent PhD explored experiences of illness and care in English gentry families, c.1630-1750. #FellowsFriday