Early modernist, perpetual reviser. Career Development Fellow at Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford: https://www.english.ox.ac.uk/people/amy-lidster
Amy Lidster
Fantastic blog from Carlotta Cirilli (University of Teramo) on Margherita de’ Medici, portrait medals, and epistolary history, ahead of the ‘Clio Reframed’ conference at Oxford in June @oxfordcems.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social @srsrensoc.bsky.social
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Ahead of our conference on EM women’s historical writing @oxfordcems.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social next week, check out our speakers’ stimulating blog posts
This week @karl-haohaozhang.bsky.social reflects on the significance of ‘ground’ in the Civil War
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📢 Le nouveau numéro de la Revue de la Société Française Shakespeare "Shakespeare à la loupe : l’art du détail" vient de paraître !
📢 The latest issue of the Revue de la Société Française Shakespeare on "Shakespeare in focus: the art of small things" is out!
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*Coming soon!*
Edward II has captivated generations with its evocative portrayal of passionate friendship, kingly power and brutal retribution.
This modernised, comprehensively annotated edition edited by @jmasten.bsky.social publishes in May!
Find out more: https://bit.ly/4sSjOGh
Really looking forward to talking with @oldfortunatus.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social on 6 April about my introduction for the new Henry VI Part 1 (out 9 April). Register for free here:
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Excited to receive my author copies of Henry VI Part 1 out later this month!
Hear @oldfortunatus.bsky.social and me discussing the play and my introduction today at 6pm BST @engfac.bsky.social
english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/englis...
Excited to see the new issue of the Revue de la Société Française Shakespeare @shakespearefrance.bsky.social, with my piece on Shakespeare’s contested role at Ruhleben internement camp during WWI, which includes this production of Hamlet starring Jamaican actor Sylvester Leon
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Can’t wait to see this with @oldfortunatus.bsky.social and @amylidster.bsky.social!!!
Society for the Study of Early Modern Women & Gender welcomes award nominations for the 2026 Book Awards, Editions Award(s) & Collaborative Project Award
For more info &/or to nominate a work, see
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Deadline: May 25, 2026
The RSA is participating in a social media campaign with @acls1919.bsky.social this week, and we invite you to join in! The message is simple & proactive: we need more humanities and social sciences scholars and research! #earlymodern #RenTwitter #TalkAboutHumanities
The Society seeks nominations for awards for English-language scholarly work on women and gender in the early modern period (ca. 1450-1750) published/completed between June 2023 and May 2026. Items pr...
Our next #Shakespeare webinar will take place on 6 April at 6pm. This time we'll be exploring HENRY VI, PART 1 with Emma Smith and Amy Lidster.
They will discuss the play & how we might approach it in the 21st century, followed by a Q&A.
All welcome! #HenryVI #BookSky
