'There is not one Juliet. There never has been'

Dr Sophie Duncan (Dr Sophie Duncan) author of Searching For Juliet, gives us the history of Juliet.

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Delighted to announce that the CFP is now live for Volume 16 (2026) of the Journal of Early Modern Studies, which I am co-editing with Catherine Jenkinson. Submissions due by 30th June.

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NETHERFIELD PARK IS LET AT LAST!

No, YOU cried over the (happy) ending to Sanditon S3 last night...

Congratulations to Professor Nandini Das who has won the The British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding for her book 'Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire' (Bloomsbury). Wonderful news! thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/courting-…

His job is just Breach

Another very very long shot ⬇️I am looking for intermediate/advanced MSA/Classical Arabic classes in London or online for next year (budget friendly, beginning in october)

Something that touches on EM texts/manuscripts would be a huuuge plus, but I may be asking too much 😅

Britten AND Barber? Waterperry, you're spoiling me! 😍

What a treat to hear Nandini Das Lauren Working Emily Stevenson The Little Globe Co talk about their work yesterday. Run, don’t walk, to this fabulous exhibit at the Weston! 🌍

Similarly impoverished and gutted. Who wants to start an EM coven and go in on this place?

Just preordered Lizzie Perry's debut novel and you can too! I was lucky enough to read an early draft and boy are you in for a treat
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Helpful tips on how to turn down a pilgrimage invitation from the new J.R.R. Tolkien Professor Marion Turner Faculty of English last night.

If you're in Oxford today, come and hear Christine Gerrard, Dr Jemima Hubberstey and me talk about our work on Reuniting the Literary Legacies of Wrest & Wimpole - Mansfield College, 5:30pm. Oxford 18th-Century Literature & Culture