Emily Rowe
@emilyrowe1.bsky.social
Early modernist and Lecturer in English at Queen Mary University of London. “Yes I am the metals person”. Can also be found gaming, TTRPG-ing, slowly jogging, and pasta-making ~ she/her
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Finishing the year on a high - I've signed a contract with Cambridge University Press for my book: Metal and Literary Production in Early Modern England: Labour, Value, Violence.
Transforming my PhD into a book whilst on a series of lectureships wasn't easy, so I WILL be celebrating every milestone
Transforming my PhD into a book whilst on a series of lectureships wasn't easy, so I WILL be celebrating every milestone
Barnabe Rich explaining that "bookes are like cheese"
January 6, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Barnabe Rich explaining that "bookes are like cheese"
Morning! Anyone with T&F access able to send me a PDF of this? -- www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
thank you! x
thank you! x
‘Thus of War, a Paradox I Write’ | 6 | Thomas Dekker and a Londoner’s
This chapter explores Thomas Dekker’s contribution to the contemporary literature on war. Dekker drew on the playwright’s craft of heightened emotional tone,
www.taylorfrancis.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Morning! Anyone with T&F access able to send me a PDF of this? -- www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
thank you! x
thank you! x
Misleading headline, and I’m no Lammy fan — but some of these replies are embarrassing. Faith ≠ hearing voices or acting without reason. Christianity has centuries of reflection on ethics, law, and social governance.
These monsters will strip you of every last right & claim it's ok cos god told them to
January 5, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Misleading headline, and I’m no Lammy fan — but some of these replies are embarrassing. Faith ≠ hearing voices or acting without reason. Christianity has centuries of reflection on ethics, law, and social governance.
A poem for those enjoying spying Jupiter tonight
January 3, 2026 at 9:57 PM
A poem for those enjoying spying Jupiter tonight
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Out now! Open access in current issue of Renaissance Quarterly thanks to @ucdlibrary.bsky.social my thanks to everyone who helped me with this - but a special mention of the late Bríd McGrath for her wisdom, generosity and dedication to all the things that matter.
January 2, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Out now! Open access in current issue of Renaissance Quarterly thanks to @ucdlibrary.bsky.social my thanks to everyone who helped me with this - but a special mention of the late Bríd McGrath for her wisdom, generosity and dedication to all the things that matter.
It’s the Boxing Day family wine tasting and AI has made an unexpected appearance! Pleased to report this was the very worst of the evening
December 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It’s the Boxing Day family wine tasting and AI has made an unexpected appearance! Pleased to report this was the very worst of the evening
some poetry for Christmas Eve
December 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
some poetry for Christmas Eve
Book editing today and enjoying what little I have in common with Thomas Nashe: our shared obsession with herring and alchemy 🐟
December 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Book editing today and enjoying what little I have in common with Thomas Nashe: our shared obsession with herring and alchemy 🐟
Loving this blazon for the Ghost of Lucrece by Thomas Middleton. "death that shrimpe of spirits" 🦐 , "Her haire which in Arachnes finest loome, / Was kist with siluer shickles [shuttles?]" 🕷️"Her eies the curious fabricke of her world" 🌍
December 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Loving this blazon for the Ghost of Lucrece by Thomas Middleton. "death that shrimpe of spirits" 🦐 , "Her haire which in Arachnes finest loome, / Was kist with siluer shickles [shuttles?]" 🕷️"Her eies the curious fabricke of her world" 🌍
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cannot wait to read this!!!!!!
Finishing the year on a high - I've signed a contract with Cambridge University Press for my book: Metal and Literary Production in Early Modern England: Labour, Value, Violence.
Transforming my PhD into a book whilst on a series of lectureships wasn't easy, so I WILL be celebrating every milestone
Transforming my PhD into a book whilst on a series of lectureships wasn't easy, so I WILL be celebrating every milestone
December 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
cannot wait to read this!!!!!!
Finishing the year on a high - I've signed a contract with Cambridge University Press for my book: Metal and Literary Production in Early Modern England: Labour, Value, Violence.
Transforming my PhD into a book whilst on a series of lectureships wasn't easy, so I WILL be celebrating every milestone
Transforming my PhD into a book whilst on a series of lectureships wasn't easy, so I WILL be celebrating every milestone
December 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Finishing the year on a high - I've signed a contract with Cambridge University Press for my book: Metal and Literary Production in Early Modern England: Labour, Value, Violence.
Transforming my PhD into a book whilst on a series of lectureships wasn't easy, so I WILL be celebrating every milestone
Transforming my PhD into a book whilst on a series of lectureships wasn't easy, so I WILL be celebrating every milestone
First time getting end-of-semester flowers from a class and it made me a lil bit emotional 😭🥹🥹
December 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
First time getting end-of-semester flowers from a class and it made me a lil bit emotional 😭🥹🥹
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📢 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...
Abstracts due by 28 Feb! clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...
Call for Papers
clioreframed.hcommons.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
📢 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...
Abstracts due by 28 Feb! clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...
Every year I get to edit my deliberately BAD essay sample for a new batch of students. Any other pet peeves or typical bad writing ticks I might have missed? #writing #shakespeare [and apologies to any cited scholars caught in the cross hairs here]
December 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Every year I get to edit my deliberately BAD essay sample for a new batch of students. Any other pet peeves or typical bad writing ticks I might have missed? #writing #shakespeare [and apologies to any cited scholars caught in the cross hairs here]
First “print run” on my at-home Adana #letterpress! they're a little rustic (turns out Adanas are a tad more complex than flatbeds) but I’m excited to print more stuff next year!
December 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
First “print run” on my at-home Adana #letterpress! they're a little rustic (turns out Adanas are a tad more complex than flatbeds) but I’m excited to print more stuff next year!
Bsky friends! Does anyone have a PDF of the intro to David Scott Kastan's Shakespeare and the Book?
December 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Bsky friends! Does anyone have a PDF of the intro to David Scott Kastan's Shakespeare and the Book?
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Another Open Access issue, 43.2 features brilliant reviews from @pascaleexeter.bsky.social, Lucy J S Clarke, Adib Faiz, Laurie Maguire, @cheflory.bsky.social, @rachel-l-spence.bsky.social, @frarke.bsky.social Zola P Feasel and @joestephenson.bsky.social, @terribourus.bsky.social, Bernard Krumm, 1/2
NEW ISSUE KLAXON: Shakespeare Bulletin 43.2 is now published via Project Muse! In this open-access issue, scholars and practitioners engage in conversations across time, media, and geographic distance.
📰: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55948
📰: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55948
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Another Open Access issue, 43.2 features brilliant reviews from @pascaleexeter.bsky.social, Lucy J S Clarke, Adib Faiz, Laurie Maguire, @cheflory.bsky.social, @rachel-l-spence.bsky.social, @frarke.bsky.social Zola P Feasel and @joestephenson.bsky.social, @terribourus.bsky.social, Bernard Krumm, 1/2
My review of Grand Theft Hamlet has been published by Shakespeare Bulletin - and it’s open access. Read it here and please share!
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
#shakespeare
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
#shakespeare
Project MUSE - Grand Theft Hamlet by Project 1961, Grasp the Nettle Films (review)
muse.jhu.edu
November 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
My review of Grand Theft Hamlet has been published by Shakespeare Bulletin - and it’s open access. Read it here and please share!
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
#shakespeare
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
#shakespeare
It’s 6pm and I’m sucked into a grammar debate in the comments of an Instagram mini series about polyamory but people thinking’s it’s always “and I” is a pet peeve of mine and I’ve HAD IT
November 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
It’s 6pm and I’m sucked into a grammar debate in the comments of an Instagram mini series about polyamory but people thinking’s it’s always “and I” is a pet peeve of mine and I’ve HAD IT
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✍ Introducing ✍
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for beginner #EarlyModern #palaeography
gjhilton.github.io/Sharpie/
AKA What I Did Over Reading Week.
#skystorians I’d be so grateful if you had time to share or take a look and tell me what sucks and needs fixing.
Love g 🗃️
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for beginner #EarlyModern #palaeography
gjhilton.github.io/Sharpie/
AKA What I Did Over Reading Week.
#skystorians I’d be so grateful if you had time to share or take a look and tell me what sucks and needs fixing.
Love g 🗃️
Sharpie
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for apprentice Early Modern palaeographers
gjhilton.github.io
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
✍ Introducing ✍
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for beginner #EarlyModern #palaeography
gjhilton.github.io/Sharpie/
AKA What I Did Over Reading Week.
#skystorians I’d be so grateful if you had time to share or take a look and tell me what sucks and needs fixing.
Love g 🗃️
Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for beginner #EarlyModern #palaeography
gjhilton.github.io/Sharpie/
AKA What I Did Over Reading Week.
#skystorians I’d be so grateful if you had time to share or take a look and tell me what sucks and needs fixing.
Love g 🗃️
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CALL FOR PAPERS!
Thrilled to announce the third Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern 1500-1850 conference: ‘A Continent in Conversation.’ (Aberystwyth University, 11-12 June 2026).
Please do check out and share our #CfP! #Earlymodern #History
Thrilled to announce the third Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern 1500-1850 conference: ‘A Continent in Conversation.’ (Aberystwyth University, 11-12 June 2026).
Please do check out and share our #CfP! #Earlymodern #History
November 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
CALL FOR PAPERS!
Thrilled to announce the third Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern 1500-1850 conference: ‘A Continent in Conversation.’ (Aberystwyth University, 11-12 June 2026).
Please do check out and share our #CfP! #Earlymodern #History
Thrilled to announce the third Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern 1500-1850 conference: ‘A Continent in Conversation.’ (Aberystwyth University, 11-12 June 2026).
Please do check out and share our #CfP! #Earlymodern #History
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Today is the OFFICIAL publication day for TEXTILE SHAKESPEARE! Please indulge me: I want to say a little (perhaps rather a lot) about it and share my acknowledgements - and a discount code! Appropriately,🧵1/10
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Today is the OFFICIAL publication day for TEXTILE SHAKESPEARE! Please indulge me: I want to say a little (perhaps rather a lot) about it and share my acknowledgements - and a discount code! Appropriately,🧵1/10
Late Tuesday evening and I’ve just finished The Grapes of Wrath. What an ending. I feel emotionally SHATTERED
November 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Late Tuesday evening and I’ve just finished The Grapes of Wrath. What an ending. I feel emotionally SHATTERED
No I did not mean…
October 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM
No I did not mean…
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New publication out! You can read my open access article on the interwoven histories of early modern alchemical and linguistic satire (with plenty of Nashe, Jonson, even a bit of Tomkis, Bacon, and Sprat!) here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#historyofscience #history #literature #earlymodern
#historyofscience #history #literature #earlymodern
‘Alcumists of eloquence’: The alchemist and the inkhorner in early modern England | BJHS Themes | Cambridge Core
‘Alcumists of eloquence’: The alchemist and the inkhorner in early modern England
www.cambridge.org
September 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
New publication out! You can read my open access article on the interwoven histories of early modern alchemical and linguistic satire (with plenty of Nashe, Jonson, even a bit of Tomkis, Bacon, and Sprat!) here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#historyofscience #history #literature #earlymodern
#historyofscience #history #literature #earlymodern