@pdurdel
climate fictions 1500-1800, postdoc at oxford. first book project on "writing performance: early modern drama and the work of interpretation." other things on intention, non-performance, plot, mistakes, pig bladders. https://patrickdurdel.org
One month to go till registration closes for #ReadingthePractical @sheffieldcems.bsky.social @themhra.bsky.social @emjlynajsh.bsky.social!
Online attendance is free, in person is free for self-funded/unwaged PGRs and ECRs, and you can register HERE: bit.ly/4rb7CiX
I have a big new essay out that argues that Erich Auerbach is the crucial figure for historicist reading in lit studies today + argues that the epistemology of such reading depends on the profoundly humanist criterion "sufficient passion" muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Early Modern European Neurodivergence: Call for Papers is now live! August 3rd and 4th 2026 at Swansea University. See the link in our bio for the submission form or scan the QR code in this post🤩🎉
i went to see it one more time yesterday shortly before closing & it was very busy still. People really seem to be enjoying it!
been reading a lot older things about textual editing and sure sounds like alchemy sometimes
Some academic publishing contract advice: make sure your contract specifies 1. a qualified human copyeditor will copyedit on the MS; 2. a qualified human proofreader will proofread the MS; 3. that production must have a proper system for version control (!).
i'm red-green blind, so not the best person to ask about shades of green, but the pattern looks so organic and fungal next to the more paint splatter style shirt
for some reason, i find this mouldy looking dress extremely unsettling
thank you, Greg!
The first page of a chapter in a book
out in the wild! (library got it before i received my author copy)
The first page of a chapter in a book
out in the wild! (library got it before i received my author copy)
once again, I think I'm grateful to have long ago memorized W. H. Auden's "The Fall of Rome"
We have been remiss, absent, and not here, but, for your belated consideration: Our last issue of 2025 was a special issue guest edited by @laurakolb.bsky.social and Jessica Rosenberg entitled "Comic Epistemologies." Go read! (And see TOC in next posts). www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/elr/curr...
Delighted the new year brings (at last!) vol. 53 of Shakespeare Studies to the world, in all its purple-edged glory: Marlowe stars in the Forum, & the NGP, Articles & Reviews all full of wit & wisdom. Congratulations to Jim Siemon for 11 years of leadership, w/ huge gratitude for our collaboration!
Important things happening!!
what a set!!
Image of bold black and teal type reading “hashtag shax 2027.” Below this is smaller, regular black type sharing information about the Program Committee’s call for submissions of seminars, workshops, and panels for the 2027 Atlanta conference. Members are welcome to contact the committee with questions before the February 15 submission deadline. At the bottom of the image is a black and teal quill pen. End ID.
We’re excited for #Shax2026 in Denver, but have you considered submitting a proposal for #Shax2027 in Atlanta? The deadline to submit proposals to the #Shax2027 program committee is February 15!
Have questions? Check out our website: linktr.ee/saaupdates
this one's too real, Greg!
After a little blip in the release of my book, I'm happy to say that accurate digital and physical versions are now available from @universitypress.cambridge.org! #earlymodern #renaissance #elizabethan #tudor #drama #jonson #marlowe #middleton #shakespeare #thewill
'Look not so fierce on me'
Please consider donating to help make Meghan Andrews's forthcoming work open-access. Meghan passed away from cancer in 2023 and was honored at the MSA conference in Deptford with the Meghan C. Andrews Memorial Lecture. You can find the link to the GoFundMe here: tinyurl.com/yc8pdpbu
this is an absolutely brilliant book, go check it out & order it for your libraries!
📢 Excited to announce this Call for Papers for ‘Clio Reframed’, a conference at Oxford on 18-19 June 2026 exploring early modern women as writers of history. @engfac.bsky.social @oxfordcems.bsky.social
Abstracts due by 28 Feb! clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...
Resource announcement: 'Theatronomics: the business of theatre, 1732-1809'
The beta web resource from the Theatronomics project is now live, with a database of eighteenth-century financial records of the Covent Garden and Drury Lane theatres.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6235
Pls consider ordering this for your library & I'd be very happy to hear what you think!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/closet-dr...
today is publication day for Closet Drama in Early Modern England! i wrote most of my chapter while moving apartment, burning the midnight oil in the library because we didn't have internet in the new place yet. i think it's a slightly mad piece of writing, but i let you be the judge of that!
It was so lovely to see so many people at our November meeting yesterday! Thanks for coming, everyone 🌟
If you’re a PGR or ECR working on anything Early Modern and you’d like to be a part of our community, drop us an email at revelsoffice@gmail.com 🤍
A close-up image of a printed playtext on a page in _Comedies & Tragedies_ (1647) where the inked impression of a piece of fallen type is visible. You can see the rectangular body of the typesort and make out that the letter on top of it is probably a lower-case 'r'.
seeking pointers to texts (academic or otherwise; primary or secondary; early modern or not) that discuss/theorize 'failure'?
bonus points if it specifically addresses _textual_ 'failure'.
here's an impression of fallen type for your troubles👇
I saw the matinee performance yesterday and can't stop thinking about it!
also works v nicely for a debate-style interlude like john heywood's play of love!
Call for papers for the next Medieval English Theatre Society Meeting (28th March 2026). The theme of the meeting will be ‘Records and Performance’.