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Laura Estill
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Shakespeare + Early Modern English Lit. Manuscripts. Book History. Bibliography. DH. Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities & English Professor at StFX University
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lauraestill.bsky.social
Come be my Dean at @stfx-university.bsky.social in Antigonish, Nova Scotia

Job posting: Dean of Arts, StFX

www.kbrs.ca/Career/17600...
Dean of Arts
Dean of Arts, St. Francis Xavier University Antigonish, Nova Scotia
www.kbrs.ca
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
lauraestill.bsky.social
Out now!

The Routledge Companion to Digital Humanities, ed. Constance Crompton, @raysiemens.bsky.social , Richard J. Lane, and myself

And better yet? It's #openaccess!
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...

Order hard copies here: www.routledge.com/The-Companio...

Thanks to all contributors! 🎉
a handsome book cover: The Routledge Companion to Digital Humanities in Practice ; blue at top and bottom and with ethereal black and white and rainbow edged dots evoking information transfer (shaped like a long fish's tail, perhaps). Edited by Constance Crompton, Laura Estill, Richard J. Lane, and Ray Siemens
November 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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stfxenglish.bsky.social
Hey Antigonish! There's a blood donor clinic at St Ninian's! It's on this afternoon, tomorrow, and Thursday and there are still lots of open spots.

Pssst, students: free snacks

Make an appointment here www.blood.ca/en/blood/don...
Donating blood or plasma for the first time
Donating blood or plasma is a real action that has a big, positive effect for people across Canada who need your help, and for you.
www.blood.ca
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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katinalynn.bsky.social
A good mail day! I loved collaborating with @alyssaarbuckle.bsky.social on this chapter. We even snuck a few photos in there. So many great contributors—thank you to editors Constance Crompton, @lauraestill.bsky.social, Richard J. Lane, & @raysiemens.bsky.social for making it possible!
The cover of The Routledge Companion to Digital Humanities in Practice. An abstract photo of ribbons of light on a black background is in the center. It is a Serious Looking Book The title page of our chapter, chapter 22. "Public Works: Ecological Inspiration for Equitable Knowledge Production" by Alyssa Arbuckle and Katina Rogers A black and white photo of an amanita muscaria growing among small subarctic plants.
November 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
lauraestill.bsky.social
Predatory journal laugh: I wrote about a 17th-century manuscript play fragment I called "The Dismal Tempest" and was invited to submit to "The Journal of Atmospheric Science Research"

For more on the play fragment: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Email from predatory journal Text: Dear Dr. Estill, Laura, Wishing you all the best! After reviewing your work online, the Editorial Office found your paper titled "Thomas Higgons's The Dismal Tempest: an unpublished seventeenth-century play fragment" to be exceptional. Given your profound insights in this field, we would like to extend a sincere invitation for you to publish an article (Research, Review, or Short Communication) free of charge, with a submission deadline of December 15th for the upcoming issue. Journal of Atmospheric Science Research is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes advanced research in atmospheric sciences, covering areas such as atmospheric dynamics, climate change, extreme weather, atmospheric chemistry, remote sensing, and ocean–atmosphere interactions.
November 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
lauraestill.bsky.social
Me, scanning something that the printer will email to me

Me, thirty seconds later: I wonder who emailed me?
November 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
lauraestill.bsky.social
Out now: "Digital Text Analysis and Early Shakespeare Bibliography: Using Voyant Tools with Bad OCR"
www.digitalstudies.org/article/id/1...
Digital Text Analysis and Early Shakespeare Bibliography: Using Voyant Tools with Bad OCR
Enumerative bibliographies are lists of scholarship that capture the state of a field. This article first evaluates digital texts of one such bibliography, Franz Thimm’s Shakspeariana from 1564–1864 (...
www.digitalstudies.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
lauraestill.bsky.social
Check out the @proverbialculture.bsky.social website!
earlymodernproverbs.co.uk

Coming up next week (10 Nov): Materials workshop, Univeristy of Leeds
Shakespeare & Early Modern Proverbial Culture
The site offers information about the Shakespeare and Early Modern Proverbial Culture research project, building an international network to reassess the forms, functions, and dissemination of earl…
earlymodernproverbs.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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mellymeldubs.bsky.social
As DH grows, it’s increasingly important to publish conference papers, but there hasn’t been a clear venue for that.

So I’m thrilled to share this new home for DH proceedings, which will include CHR papers & more.

Thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social for leading this effort!

bit.ly/ach-anthology
Screenshot that reads: Introducing the Anthology for Computers and the Humanities Taylor Arnold, Maria Antoniak, Miguel Escobar Varela, Marie Puren, Mila Oiva , Amanda Regan, Lauren Tilton, and Melanie Walsh 1 Data Science and Statistics, University of Richmond, U.S.A. 2 Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder, U.S.A. 3 Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore 4 Laboratoire de Recherche de l'EPITA, Paris, France 5 History and Archaeology, University of Turku, Finland 6 History and Geography, Clemson University, U.S.A. 7 Rhetoric and Communication Studies, University of Richmond, U.S.A. 8 Information School, University of Washington, U.S.A. Permanent Link: https://doi.org/10.63744/HHsQG7hNWyxG Published: 25 September 2025
October 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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stfxenglish.bsky.social
Join us for an after-show talk about Zomblet!

With
Dan Bray, playwright
Prof. @wrightkailin.bsky.social , Canadian Theatre specialist
Prof. @crushton.bsky.social , zombie specialist
and Prof. @lauraestill.bsky.social , Shakespeare scholar

Weds 29 Oct
Show starts at 7:30 and runs ~90 mins
stfxenglish.bsky.social StFX English Dept @stfxenglish.bsky.social · Oct 17
Theatre Antigonish knows how to celebrate Hallowe'en!
Zomblet (a Zombie Hamlet!) by Dan Bray
28 October - 1 November, 2025

Tickets: www.festivalantigonish.ca
Oct 28-Nov 1 2025 Zomblet Written and Directed by Dan Bray (written in yellow and possibly bloodied, jagged text, with a skull as the O, on an ominous green and maroon background with subtle black zombie hands clawing at the bottom right)
October 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
lauraestill.bsky.social
Storm on an antique chair my Grandma refinished
A gray and sandy orange cat curled up into a ball on an antique chair that is black with stencils and a tan seat.
October 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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biologizing.bsky.social
The Newfoundland and Labrador public libraries continue to make the absolute best free pins that you can just have if you go to borrow a book
A pin on a desk, it has a codfish silhouette holding a library card, with the words "having fun isn't hard when you've got a library cod"
October 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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rarebookschool.bsky.social
RBS is happy to announce that we are now accepting applications for:

𝗥𝗕𝗦-𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 (apply by 𝟮 𝗡𝗼𝘃.)

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠. 𝗖. 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 (apply by 𝟳 𝗗𝗲𝗰.)

Details: rarebookschool.org/2025-scholarships-fellowships/
A vertically oriented graphic shows a white box will a yellow border. Inside the box, black and blue text reads, “Apply Now! RBS-Awarded Scholarships Application Deadline: Sunday, 2 November 2025. The M. C. Lang Fellowship in Book History, Bibliography & Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources Application Deadline: Sunday, 7 December 2025.” On a black bar at the bottom of the graphic, white and yellow text says, “Learn more & apply at: rarebookschool.org/2025-scholarships-fellowships.” The background of the graphic is a photo of two smiling women standing beside a table covered in books. They are holding notebooks and taking notes with pencils.
September 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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hystericalblkns.bsky.social
If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.
The new TOC from academia dot edu. By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.
September 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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erinannmcc.bsky.social
Join the @stemma.bsky.social team! We've just advertised a two-year postdoc on WP2, "Networking Early Modern Poems." Apply by 30 September; details at link below. #earlymodern #dh #postdoc #jobfairy

www.universityofgalway.ie/human-resour...
011345 - University of Galway
www.universityofgalway.ie
September 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
lauraestill.bsky.social
Not even close, Novanet...or maybe super close?
A search of the novanet library discovery layer for "the reception of German mysticism in early modern england" with a single result for a book called "the history of mathematics"
September 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
lauraestill.bsky.social
Some gorgeous illustrations of Ukrainian Shakespeare by Sergia Yakutovych

(volume here: chtyvo.org.ua/authors/Will..., warning: dubious site)

L: 1 Henry VI; R 3 Henry VI
An image of two knights in full armour, one with two swords having just vanquished the other. stark black and white line drawing. a striking black and white image of a man kneeling with hands praying, crown falling off. A hand clutching a dagger comes in from the frame on the left.
September 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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stfx-dh.bsky.social
Would you like to be on the Digital Humanities Course Registry? Map here: dhcr.clarin-dariah.eu

Canadian programs/institutions: contact @lauraestill.bsky.social

International: contact your national moderator: dhcr.clarin-dariah.eu/national-mod...
Blue background with Digital Humanities Course Registry logo and text: put yourself on the map! A map peeks through the text
September 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
lauraestill.bsky.social
I'm fairly certain that the thermostat controls in my office are part of some psychological experiment. (And how did it pass research ethics?)
August 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
lauraestill.bsky.social
Registration is open for SAA 2026!
@saaupdates.bsky.social

"From Commonplaces to Databases: The Social Memory of Proverbs" is a virtual session w/ asynchronous components leading up to a virtual meeting sometime during the conference (1-4 April)

shakespeareassociation.org/annual-meeti...
From the Shakespeare Association of America @saaupdates.bsky.social website: From Commonplaces to Databases: The Social Memory of Proverbs (Virtual Session 🌐) Laura Estill, St. Francis Xavier University Richard J. Meek, University of Hull Proverbs offer fertile ways of thinking about questions of shared history and cross-cultural understanding; the relationship between classical and popular culture; rhetoric and pedagogy; authorship, style, and creativity; and adaptation, appropriation, and afterlives. We welcome papers that consider proverbs, sayings, and/or commonplaces in works by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, their nature and transmission, and how to undertake effective research on early modern proverbs today. * Preference will be given to international members facing travel restrictions.
August 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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spacewhalerider.com
New moon (of Uranus) just dropped, and I have a very important question: given that the naming scheme for Uranian moons is (mostly) Shakespeare characters, what's the funniest possible Shakespeare character name for this new moon? science.nasa.gov/blogs/webb/2...
New Moon Discovered Orbiting Uranus Using NASA’s Webb Telescope - NASA Science
Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a team led by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has identified a previously unknown moon orbiting Uranus,
science.nasa.gov
August 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
lauraestill.bsky.social
looking for some fun literary datasets for the upcoming semester? check these out!
post45data.bsky.social Post45 Data Collective @post45data.bsky.social · Jun 5
Hi Bluesky! The Post45 Data Collective is officially here.

We publish open datasets on literary prizes, fellowships, books in translation, feminist magazines, NYT bestsellers, and more. data.post45.org

Follow us for updates—we’ve got a busy summer ahead!
August 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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christinekooi.bsky.social
My niece has finished her Duolingo Dutch lessons, but she'd like to keep praciticing. Does anyone know of a similar series on another app or podcast on practicing Dutch for Anglophones?
August 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
lauraestill.bsky.social
My kid's the one at baseball yelling "a hit! a palpable hit!"
August 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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proverbialculture.bsky.social
Introducing: Shakespeare & Early Modern Proverbial Culture. We explore how proverbs of EM England shaped social values, media, & playwriting—including Shakespeare’s works. Our team is building new frameworks, tools, & resources to better understand how proverbs functioned then & endure still today
Shakespeare & Early Modern Proverbial Culture
The site offers information about the Shakespeare and Early Modern Proverbial Culture research project, building an international network to reassess the forms, functions, and dissemination of earl…
earlymodernproverbs.co.uk
July 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM