Adrian Streete

@profastreete.bsky.social

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Professor of Early Modern English Literature and Religion, University of Glasgow. Old books, MSs, and ideas; classical music; and our cat. My views.

https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/staff/adrianstreete/

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Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · Oct 15

A wee bit of news.

news.sky.com/story/fascin...

'Fascinating' personal library of 'forgotten scholar' rediscovered

It is hoped that Zachary Boyd's collection at the University of Glasgow will help shed light on 17th century Scotland and a tumultuous time in European history.

news.sky.com

Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · 1d

OUP haul - looking forward to reading these.

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Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · 14d

I’m very proud of my two PhD students - Liz Leemann and Vivienne Belton - for passing their vivas recently. Two fantastic theses on the body and soul in early modern literary depictions of motherhood, and on Roman Catholicism and the senses in early modern drama. Look out for their work.

Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · 15d

It’s time - happy Burns Night.

Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · 18d

How exciting! I remember reading Richard Rolle’s ‘Incendium amoris’ as an undergraduate and being bowled over by his stylistic verve and theological sensitivity. What a boon for medievalists to have a complete text too.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Priceless' medieval Shrewsbury school text found to be unique

The 14th Century manuscript has been found to be the only complete copy of Richard Rolle's text.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 18d

Closing date 31 January: applications are now invited for the Society's new Applied History Fellowships with
@ihr.bsky.social & DC Thomson: bit.ly/4ijiuII

Fellowships support recent post-doc historians and demonstrate the appeal of historical skills for employers. £12,000 for 6 months #Skystorians

Society launches call for new Applied History Fellowships, with the Institute of Historical Research and DC Thomson - RHS

In November 2025, the Society joins with partners the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) and publisher DC Thomson to launch a new Applied History Fellowship programme to support recent post-doctor...

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 18d

PhD funding for early career historians completing a doctorate.

Applications are invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships for the academic year 2026-27 bit.ly/49MzqmT.

Two awards of £8500 per student, held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians

Call for Royal Historical Society PhD funding with text: The Royal Historical Society offers two annual PhD Fellowships for postgraduate historians in their third year of research at a university in the UK or overseas in order to complete a doctorate. The Fellowships comprise:

Two RHS Centenary Fellowships: each Centenary Fellowship runs for 6-months and is worth £8,500 for final-year PhD students to complete their dissertations and to develop their research career.
All Fellowships are open to candidates without regard to nationality or academic affiliation. They are jointly held with the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), University of London, where Fellows are based.

Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · 19d

Spending some time in the seventeenth century this afternoon which - in comparison to the present - seems an oasis of calm and reason.

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Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 29d

This is a stunning resource, beautifully presented - congratulations to Ros Smith Kathy Acheson and their team emwmlibrary.com

The Library of Early Modern Women's Marginalia

The Library of Early Modern Women's Marginalia.

emwmlibrary.com

Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · Jan 6

His nibs is not amused with this back to work nonsense.

Reposted by Lucy Munro, Greg Walker, Adrian Streete

EarlyModernista @ellierycroft.bsky.social · Jan 5

Happy New Year and a pretty stupendous start to 2026 from my perspective as Predramatic Theatre -my co-authored book with @gregmw4.bsky.social - was published by Palgrave on Friday!

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Very kindly, our reader said of the book :-

Predramatic Theatre

This co-authored book offers a new and contemporary approach to pre-modern drama texts and performance practice.

link.springer.com

Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · Jan 4

Midwinter light.

Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · Dec 26

Clearing the head on Boxing Day.

Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · Dec 20

Part of my reason for writing anything is to improve my understanding of the topic. That means learning about new or half-known sub-fields, which means familiarising myself with the secondary literature. That’s axiomatic. It’s the lack of curiosity here, as much as the dishonesty, that I don’t get.

Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · Dec 19

I know disciplinary standards differ, but I've been at this for decades and I've never cited a paper I didn't read. Didn't like, sure; didn't understand, often; kind of drifted off in the middle there, it happens. But didn't read at all? Nah. Come on.

Reposted by Adrian Vickers, Adrian Streete, Annette Yoshiko Reed

Prof MNP @nushpowell.bsky.social · Dec 19

Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · Dec 3

Yum.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · Nov 29

Through his life and extraordinary talent, the immigrant and refugee child Tomáš Sträussler who became known to us all as Tom Stoppard made British theatre and this country a better place to be.

You might even argue that he helped redefine Englishness through his astonishing legacy of work.

Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · Nov 28

Some monsters and prodigies to end the week (from Paré’s ‘Opera’, 1582).

Reposted by Leigh Sparks, Peter Holmes, Jonathan Hopkin , and 2 more Leigh Sparks, Peter Holmes, Jonathan Hopkin, Margot C. Finn, Adrian Streete

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · Nov 24

With Rachel Reeves reportedly set to apply a new tax on tuition fees paid by overseas students, most Britons support such a move at the previously mooted level of 6%

Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%

yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...

Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · Nov 22

Good news, but awful that you and your colleagues are being treated like this.

Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · Nov 21

The best kind of Fridays.

Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · Nov 19

Spending today and tomorrow at the Mitchell Library - love this place.

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Greg Walker, Margot C. Finn , and 2 more Lesley A. Hall, Greg Walker, Margot C. Finn, Adrian Streete, Raf Van Rooy

Nadine Akkerman @misswalsingham.bsky.social · Nov 18

Here’s another fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on guilds and associations supporting early modern language professionals bit.ly/49rsLA3

Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026

PhD position, project LangPro: 'Societies and Guilds in the Language Industry'

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Reposted by Christine Kooi, Judith Pollmann, Adrian Streete , and 1 more Christine Kooi, Judith Pollmann, Adrian Streete, Raf Van Rooy

Nadine Akkerman @misswalsingham.bsky.social · Nov 18

📢Here's a fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on professional opportunities for women in the early modern language sector bit.ly/47Y3hYI

Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026

PhD position, project: LangPro Women in the Early Modern Language Sector

careers.universiteitleiden.nl

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Nov 18

I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...

The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?

The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity

www.cityam.com

Adrian Streete @profastreete.bsky.social · Nov 17

Please consider applying - ASC at the University of Glasgow is a treasure house, especially in medieval and early modern manuscripts and books.

UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · Nov 13

📣Our UofG Library Visiting Research Fellowships are now open for applications!

We’re delighted to invite scholars from across the globe to apply to work with our internationally significant collections.

Apply at: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...

📆Closing date: 5 January 2026

#UofGLibraryFellows

Graphic showing double page opening of emblem book from Stirling Maxwell Collection featuring portrait of a man on the left and a printed emblem of text and image on the right. The image is overlaid with information about the fellowship scheme welcoming researchers and repeating closing date and URL to follow.

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Eoin Price @eoinprice.bsky.social · Nov 17

ON STRIKE AGAIN BECAUSE THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH REFUSES TO RULE OUT COMPULSORY REDUNDANCIES!

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Adam Zucker Again @adamzucker.bsky.social · Nov 13

We're HIRING: “The Dept of English at UMass Amherst invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor, beginning fall 2026, specializing in 20th- and 21st-century British literature, with an emphasis on literatures of the diaspora." See below for description, and please share the news.

Details - Assistant Professor of English: 20th-21st Century British Literature | Human Resources | UMass Amherst

careers.umass.edu

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UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social · Nov 13

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · Nov 12

VISITING FELLOWSHIPS: Applications are now open for 2026-27!

The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.

For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships

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