Just announced - 2022 Pforzheimer Lecture! Join us 10/6 in person or online as Liza Blake highlights the work of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle in her talk "How a 17th-century Woman Writer Can Revitalize the History of the Book." RSVP ➡️ eventbrite.com/e/pforzheimer-…

Just had the very same experience with my spouse

Every year my institution's library really leans into Talk Like a Pirate Day

Walking through the Reykyavik airport I passed someone coming the other way wearing a red fedora and incredible red, blue, and white plaid pants. I was admiring the outfit and suddenly realized it was Alan Cummings.

Lately: - “Not While I’m Around” from Sweeney Todd - “Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto Old standbys: - Intermezzo op. 118, no. 2 by Brahms - Five Hebrew Love Songs by Eric Whitacre, esp. 4 and 5 - “Ach, ich fühls” from Mozart’s The Magic Flute

A thread of some really hilarious book dedications. 😂

The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern Women’s Writing in English, 1540-1700, edited by Lizzie Scott-Baumann Sarah C E Ross and me is published in the UK today! global.oup.com/academic/produ… 1/2

In vol. 31 of Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, Sharon Harris reviews "Producing Ancient Scripture: Joseph Smith's Translation Projects in the Development of Mormon Christianity" (The University of Utah Press 2020). This review focuses on the book's first two sections. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jbms/artic…

Early modernists, a student is wondering if there’s a list of English/European images (woodcuts, engravings, paintings, etc.) of Black and brown people. We’ve pieced together some from books by Kim Hall, Ian Smith, and @NdiayeNoemie. Other resources I can point him to?

Really appreciate these suggestions for finding early modern images of Black and brown people. Maybe others will find them useful too.

Someone actually did this for me a couple of weeks ago. Not sure it helped

The schedule for #RaceB4Race Poetics is now up on our website. Check out this incredible lineup of speakers, including our keynote conversation with Fred Moten and @jerichobrown! Livestreamed and in person: eventbrite.com/e/poetics-a-ra… #medievaltwitter #classicstwitter #ASUHumanities

Good thread. Here’s mine: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, who coined “well-behaved women seldom make history,” won a Pulitzer, and was 300th Anniversary prof at Harvard, got her PhD at age 51 after raising six kids.

We don't need to get back to people immediately. The idea that we should be in constant communication can be toxic in relationships. Here's how to break free:

Two times more since last posting This is still the play that I most en- joy and wish that everyone else could see Tell me what you think of Prudencia’s ceilidh

Checking the SWE has become a daily activity for me the past few months. I’m gobsmacked by this winter

Yes, lots