One thing I like to do in public talks: mention relevant work @ the host institution. Even just a quick shout out
— I see you! — is not only rhetorically advantageous in building pathos; it also highlights projects that are often invisible internally + lets local leaders know abt external validation
Last and least, FWIW, my current AI policy for students. Subject to revision. Recommendations welcome.
Today’s featured production from my #Introduction for #OWC #midsummernightsdream is close to my ❤️. It was an NYU London & RADA production dir. Vivian Munn. Enjoyed the queer love triangle of Snout/Wall, Bottom/ Pyramus, Flute/Thisbe
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Writing an essay for this fabulous collection & working with @aidannorrie.bsky.social and @matthewsteggle.bsky.social was so much fun. I recommend you ALL work with them*
*within reason, that is—don’t suffocate them with a swathe of your scintillating scholarship 😬
Two-year early modern English job, at Oriel College and the Oxford English Faculty, starting October. Happy to field any questions!
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Today’s featured production from my new #Introduction for #OWC #MidsummerNightsDream is the @the-rsc.bsky.social dir Erica Whyman. Billed 'A Play for the Nation', a professional
cast toured around the UK & collaborated with different amateur theatre companies.
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In 1908 the Lancet called for an 18+ age limit on reading in bed for U.K. children.
Utilisez le pouvoir qui est le vôtre - mon appel aux dirigeants du G7 dans @lemonde.fr aujourd’hui:
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The Globe Much Ado is a perfect summer night out, dir. Chelsea Walker, with a terrific ensemble led from the front by lovely Ken Nwosu (Benedick) & fantastic Pippa Nixon as Beatrice, mercurial, touching, funny (& a Dirty Dancing lift in the 'jig'❤️) Richard Katz a born Dogberry, in the best way! GO!
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A supposed 17th-c. model ship turns out to be later. So far, so ordinary.
BUT, gloriously, its 20th-c. restoration was modelled on (drumroll please) Captain Haddock’s ancestor’s ship in Tintin.
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