Jackie Watson
@jackiewatson05.bsky.social
Early modern literature: letters, Inns of Court, drama. Somervillian. European.
‘Epistolary Courtiership and Dramatic Letters’ out with EUP June 2024.
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-epistolary-courtiership-and-dramatic-letters.html
‘Epistolary Courtiership and Dramatic Letters’ out with EUP June 2024.
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-epistolary-courtiership-and-dramatic-letters.html
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Jackie Watson
@jackiewatson05.bsky.social
· Oct 22
Not quite sure why I’ve had a surge of followers on here today, but thank you. ☺️ May be time to remind people that Epistolary Courtiership is now available (edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-epistol...)
Use the code NEW30 for 30% discount. @EdinburghUP
Use the code NEW30 for 30% discount. @EdinburghUP
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I’m really excited about this @the-rsc.bsky.social from late January: www.rsc.org.uk/all-is-but-f...: and delighted to be chatting with the brilliant Whitney White after the performance on 19 Feb. Do come!
December 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I’m really excited about this @the-rsc.bsky.social from late January: www.rsc.org.uk/all-is-but-f...: and delighted to be chatting with the brilliant Whitney White after the performance on 19 Feb. Do come!
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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!
January 7, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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!
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Excellent and empoweringe educacioun will nevir be "efficient" yn the waye that a businesse doth stryve to be "efficient." It ys the heighte of knavery to use one standarde to measure everye human activitye. Businesses are ther to make profits. Educacioun ys ther to make the future.
January 6, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Excellent and empoweringe educacioun will nevir be "efficient" yn the waye that a businesse doth stryve to be "efficient." It ys the heighte of knavery to use one standarde to measure everye human activitye. Businesses are ther to make profits. Educacioun ys ther to make the future.
This *is* why Bluesky exists, isn’t it? So clear now you say it, but I’d just never thought. (Have a happy New Year, Tracey… x)
December 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This *is* why Bluesky exists, isn’t it? So clear now you say it, but I’d just never thought. (Have a happy New Year, Tracey… x)
Interesting screen in Steyning church - seems to be a riff on pomegranates…. ☺️
December 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Interesting screen in Steyning church - seems to be a riff on pomegranates…. ☺️
Just one more carol service before Christmas? Don’t mind if I do… Thank you @salisburycathedral.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Just one more carol service before Christmas? Don’t mind if I do… Thank you @salisburycathedral.bsky.social
Hmmm… ‘To a sophisticated Italian who travelled to England in the late sixteenth century, the island might not have appeared, as it had to the ancient Roman poet Virgil, “wholly separated from all the world”’. Perhaps the Italian had heard of Scotland? 🙄 #openingline
December 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Hmmm… ‘To a sophisticated Italian who travelled to England in the late sixteenth century, the island might not have appeared, as it had to the ancient Roman poet Virgil, “wholly separated from all the world”’. Perhaps the Italian had heard of Scotland? 🙄 #openingline
Does anyone on here know about research being done on Winifred Holtby? I’d really appreciate names, if so…
December 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Does anyone on here know about research being done on Winifred Holtby? I’d really appreciate names, if so…
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Our wonderful #Shakespeare webinars are continuing in 2026!
Join us on 5 Jan to explore 'Measure for Measure'. Emma Smith will be joined by Emma Whipday to discuss the play & how we might approach it differently in the twenty-first century.
shakespeare-webinar-measure-for-measure.eventbrite.co.uk
Join us on 5 Jan to explore 'Measure for Measure'. Emma Smith will be joined by Emma Whipday to discuss the play & how we might approach it differently in the twenty-first century.
shakespeare-webinar-measure-for-measure.eventbrite.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Our wonderful #Shakespeare webinars are continuing in 2026!
Join us on 5 Jan to explore 'Measure for Measure'. Emma Smith will be joined by Emma Whipday to discuss the play & how we might approach it differently in the twenty-first century.
shakespeare-webinar-measure-for-measure.eventbrite.co.uk
Join us on 5 Jan to explore 'Measure for Measure'. Emma Smith will be joined by Emma Whipday to discuss the play & how we might approach it differently in the twenty-first century.
shakespeare-webinar-measure-for-measure.eventbrite.co.uk
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The English Faculty mourns the death of John Carey, Merton Professor from 1975 to 2002, undoubtedly the man with whom the title of Merton Professor of English Literature will remain indelibly associated in the public mind.
Read a tribute to Professor Carey on our website:
Read a tribute to Professor Carey on our website:
A Tribute to John Carey (1934-2025), Merton Professor of English Literature, 1975-2002
english.web.ox.ac.uk
December 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The English Faculty mourns the death of John Carey, Merton Professor from 1975 to 2002, undoubtedly the man with whom the title of Merton Professor of English Literature will remain indelibly associated in the public mind.
Read a tribute to Professor Carey on our website:
Read a tribute to Professor Carey on our website:
Just adding some rural calm into the political soup that is my timeline… A lovely afternoon walk in this little corner of Oxfordshire today. (Not sure what breed of sheep they are but they were very friendly!)
December 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Just adding some rural calm into the political soup that is my timeline… A lovely afternoon walk in this little corner of Oxfordshire today. (Not sure what breed of sheep they are but they were very friendly!)
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I have a brief review in this week's @thetls.bsky.social of a novel by Nicol Hochholczerová, This Room Is Difficult to Eat. For reasons into the which I will not go, it was difficult for me to read -- but I'm glad I did.
December 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I have a brief review in this week's @thetls.bsky.social of a novel by Nicol Hochholczerová, This Room Is Difficult to Eat. For reasons into the which I will not go, it was difficult for me to read -- but I'm glad I did.
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The next Stevenson Lecture (25 Feb 2026) will be delivered by @oldfortunatus.bsky.social (University of Oxford). ‘Richard Oswald’s Library: Slavery, Collecting, and the Invention of Rare Books’ will be free to attend but booking essential. Link below 👇
Stevenson Lecture 2026 | Richard Oswald’s Library: Slavery, Collecting, and the Invention of Rare Books
ies.sas.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The next Stevenson Lecture (25 Feb 2026) will be delivered by @oldfortunatus.bsky.social (University of Oxford). ‘Richard Oswald’s Library: Slavery, Collecting, and the Invention of Rare Books’ will be free to attend but booking essential. Link below 👇
This is why, despite any quibbles I may sometimes have with it and the shameful treatment of Carole Cadwalladr, I still read The Guardian…
November 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This is why, despite any quibbles I may sometimes have with it and the shameful treatment of Carole Cadwalladr, I still read The Guardian…
A lovely bright Oxford afternoon…
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A lovely bright Oxford afternoon…
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Now only **FIVE DAYS** until the deadline for @fairbanc.bsky.social and @emjlynajsh.bsky.social's conference on EM practical texts that will take place in Sheffield next April!
sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
November 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Now only **FIVE DAYS** until the deadline for @fairbanc.bsky.social and @emjlynajsh.bsky.social's conference on EM practical texts that will take place in Sheffield next April!
sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
I was once told that the berries taste delicious (without the seeds, of course!).
November 15, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I was once told that the berries taste delicious (without the seeds, of course!).
They’re fabulous!
October 17, 2025 at 7:56 AM
They’re fabulous!
Sad news after the cautious optimism alongside Sarah Mullally’s appointment.
October 17, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Sad news after the cautious optimism alongside Sarah Mullally’s appointment.
The most amazing building! And next door to where I work. My first peek today - can’t wait for the theatre and concert hall to open in the New Year. I’ll miss the old English Faculty - but this is a whole new direction for the Humanities to collaborate. Academically and creatively. #SchwarzmanCentre
October 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The most amazing building! And next door to where I work. My first peek today - can’t wait for the theatre and concert hall to open in the New Year. I’ll miss the old English Faculty - but this is a whole new direction for the Humanities to collaborate. Academically and creatively. #SchwarzmanCentre
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🚨Call for Papers: The 18th St Andrews/USTC Book History Conference on 'Print and Education' will take place 18–20 June 2026.
👉 Further details here: www.ustc.ac.uk/conference
📅 Application deadline: 12 December 2025
📖 We look forward to receiving your proposals!
#CfP #bookhistory #skystorians
👉 Further details here: www.ustc.ac.uk/conference
📅 Application deadline: 12 December 2025
📖 We look forward to receiving your proposals!
#CfP #bookhistory #skystorians
July 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
🚨Call for Papers: The 18th St Andrews/USTC Book History Conference on 'Print and Education' will take place 18–20 June 2026.
👉 Further details here: www.ustc.ac.uk/conference
📅 Application deadline: 12 December 2025
📖 We look forward to receiving your proposals!
#CfP #bookhistory #skystorians
👉 Further details here: www.ustc.ac.uk/conference
📅 Application deadline: 12 December 2025
📖 We look forward to receiving your proposals!
#CfP #bookhistory #skystorians
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And here's the link to the OA version (not that I'd want to dissuade anyone from purchasing a physical copy): www.uwp.co.uk/app/uploads/...
www.uwp.co.uk
April 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
And here's the link to the OA version (not that I'd want to dissuade anyone from purchasing a physical copy): www.uwp.co.uk/app/uploads/...
Thanks, Ian. Much obliged.
September 19, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Thanks, Ian. Much obliged.
I’d be really interested too in seeing comparable stats for other Russell Group unis… It’s a bigger problem in society (and I agree it *is* a problem) than just Ox and Cam.
September 19, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I’d be really interested too in seeing comparable stats for other Russell Group unis… It’s a bigger problem in society (and I agree it *is* a problem) than just Ox and Cam.