New Variorum Shakespeare
@nvshakespeare.bsky.social
One of the oldest editorial projects in Shakespearean studies, now in a digital format. Based at Texas A&M University. newvariorumshakespeare.org
TODAY!
Prof. Eric Rasmussen (Nevada)
‘The Fifth Folio: Shakespeare Without Rules’
1pm @tamu.bsky.social LAAH 453 and streamed online
More details including Zoom: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
Prof. Eric Rasmussen (Nevada)
‘The Fifth Folio: Shakespeare Without Rules’
1pm @tamu.bsky.social LAAH 453 and streamed online
More details including Zoom: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
TODAY!
Prof. Eric Rasmussen (Nevada)
‘The Fifth Folio: Shakespeare Without Rules’
1pm @tamu.bsky.social LAAH 453 and streamed online
More details including Zoom: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
Prof. Eric Rasmussen (Nevada)
‘The Fifth Folio: Shakespeare Without Rules’
1pm @tamu.bsky.social LAAH 453 and streamed online
More details including Zoom: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
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Must be the season -- another beautiful object arrived today, this one with my chapter on authorship and cognitive studies. Huge thanks to @loughnrv.bsky.social and @drwillsharpe.bsky.social for nudging this mammoth volume into reality!
November 18, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Must be the season -- another beautiful object arrived today, this one with my chapter on authorship and cognitive studies. Huge thanks to @loughnrv.bsky.social and @drwillsharpe.bsky.social for nudging this mammoth volume into reality!
TOMORROW!
Prof. Eric Rasmussen (Nevada)
‘The Fifth Folio: Shakespeare Without Rules’
1pm (CT) @tamu.bsky.social LAAH 453 and streamed online
More details including Zoom link: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
Prof. Eric Rasmussen (Nevada)
‘The Fifth Folio: Shakespeare Without Rules’
1pm (CT) @tamu.bsky.social LAAH 453 and streamed online
More details including Zoom link: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
November 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
TOMORROW!
Prof. Eric Rasmussen (Nevada)
‘The Fifth Folio: Shakespeare Without Rules’
1pm (CT) @tamu.bsky.social LAAH 453 and streamed online
More details including Zoom link: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
Prof. Eric Rasmussen (Nevada)
‘The Fifth Folio: Shakespeare Without Rules’
1pm (CT) @tamu.bsky.social LAAH 453 and streamed online
More details including Zoom link: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news
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The #Shakespeare #Academy 2026 is inviting applications for their upcoming #Bochum academy on #Shakespeare and #Truth. Find all details below 👇🏼
November 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The #Shakespeare #Academy 2026 is inviting applications for their upcoming #Bochum academy on #Shakespeare and #Truth. Find all details below 👇🏼
One week to go until our next NVS Seminar!
Prof. Eric Rasmussen (Nevada), ‘The Fifth Folio: Shakespeare Without Rules’
Tue 18 Nov, 1pm (CT) at @tamu.bsky.social LAAH 453 and streamed online
Zoom link and further details here: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news/
Prof. Eric Rasmussen (Nevada), ‘The Fifth Folio: Shakespeare Without Rules’
Tue 18 Nov, 1pm (CT) at @tamu.bsky.social LAAH 453 and streamed online
Zoom link and further details here: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news/
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
One week to go until our next NVS Seminar!
Prof. Eric Rasmussen (Nevada), ‘The Fifth Folio: Shakespeare Without Rules’
Tue 18 Nov, 1pm (CT) at @tamu.bsky.social LAAH 453 and streamed online
Zoom link and further details here: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news/
Prof. Eric Rasmussen (Nevada), ‘The Fifth Folio: Shakespeare Without Rules’
Tue 18 Nov, 1pm (CT) at @tamu.bsky.social LAAH 453 and streamed online
Zoom link and further details here: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news/
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Mon 24 Nov @ 6.30pm online
JOAN ALLEYN – NO MOUSE
Join Calista Lucy, former Keeper of the Archive at Dulwich College, as she pieces together the biography of Joan Alleyn, step-daughter of The Rose's owner, Philip Henslowe, & wife of Edward Alleyn, its star actor.
www.roseplayhouse.org.uk/whats-on
JOAN ALLEYN – NO MOUSE
Join Calista Lucy, former Keeper of the Archive at Dulwich College, as she pieces together the biography of Joan Alleyn, step-daughter of The Rose's owner, Philip Henslowe, & wife of Edward Alleyn, its star actor.
www.roseplayhouse.org.uk/whats-on
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Mon 24 Nov @ 6.30pm online
JOAN ALLEYN – NO MOUSE
Join Calista Lucy, former Keeper of the Archive at Dulwich College, as she pieces together the biography of Joan Alleyn, step-daughter of The Rose's owner, Philip Henslowe, & wife of Edward Alleyn, its star actor.
www.roseplayhouse.org.uk/whats-on
JOAN ALLEYN – NO MOUSE
Join Calista Lucy, former Keeper of the Archive at Dulwich College, as she pieces together the biography of Joan Alleyn, step-daughter of The Rose's owner, Philip Henslowe, & wife of Edward Alleyn, its star actor.
www.roseplayhouse.org.uk/whats-on
Glad to see our colleague Dr. Whitney Sperrazza’s new book ‘Anatomical Forms’ featured in this month’s issue of the @tamu.bsky.social English Dpt student newspaper. We were proud to help launch the book at the start of the semester.
November 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Glad to see our colleague Dr. Whitney Sperrazza’s new book ‘Anatomical Forms’ featured in this month’s issue of the @tamu.bsky.social English Dpt student newspaper. We were proud to help launch the book at the start of the semester.
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Nov 8, 1623: William Shakespeare's First Folio is entered into the Stationer's Register in London. #OTD #Shakespeare
bit.ly/38Ai8JY
bit.ly/38Ai8JY
Stationers' Register entry for the First Folio (16 of Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies)
Shakespeare Documented features all primary sources that document the life and career of William Shakespeare. It has images, descriptions, and transcriptions of 500 manuscripts and printed works.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Nov 8, 1623: William Shakespeare's First Folio is entered into the Stationer's Register in London. #OTD #Shakespeare
bit.ly/38Ai8JY
bit.ly/38Ai8JY
We are offering three *paid* intern positions for English majors @tamu.bsky.social to work on the New Variorum Shakespeare next semester. Apply below:
November 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
We are offering three *paid* intern positions for English majors @tamu.bsky.social to work on the New Variorum Shakespeare next semester. Apply below:
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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Conference on "Early Modern Asexualities," in person at Victoria College at the University of Toronto (and streamed online), January 5-7, 2026.
Get previews of chapters in the collection edited by myself, @catherineclifford.bsky.social, and @omaraphd.bsky.social. 💜🤍🌪️🖤
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Get previews of chapters in the collection edited by myself, @catherineclifford.bsky.social, and @omaraphd.bsky.social. 💜🤍🌪️🖤
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November 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Conference on "Early Modern Asexualities," in person at Victoria College at the University of Toronto (and streamed online), January 5-7, 2026.
Get previews of chapters in the collection edited by myself, @catherineclifford.bsky.social, and @omaraphd.bsky.social. 💜🤍🌪️🖤
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Get previews of chapters in the collection edited by myself, @catherineclifford.bsky.social, and @omaraphd.bsky.social. 💜🤍🌪️🖤
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Applications are open for Folger Library short-term fellowships! Deadline January 15, 2026.
www.folger.edu/research/the...
www.folger.edu/research/the...
Short-term Fellowships | Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore.…
www.folger.edu
November 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Applications are open for Folger Library short-term fellowships! Deadline January 15, 2026.
www.folger.edu/research/the...
www.folger.edu/research/the...
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SAA invests in our members through grants, prizes, & member-driven initiatives — but we need your help. Consider donating to the Annual Fund to continue building robust support for all members. Any gift, no matter how small, makes a difference.
Linktr.ee/saaupdates
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November 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
SAA invests in our members through grants, prizes, & member-driven initiatives — but we need your help. Consider donating to the Annual Fund to continue building robust support for all members. Any gift, no matter how small, makes a difference.
Linktr.ee/saaupdates
Linktr.ee/saaupdates
Two weeks to go until our next NVS Seminar!
Prof. Eric Rasmussen (University of Nevada at Reno) will be talking about ‘The Fifth Folio: Shakespeare Without Rules’, Tue 18 Nov, 1pm CT, in person + online.
More details, including Zoom link: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news/
Prof. Eric Rasmussen (University of Nevada at Reno) will be talking about ‘The Fifth Folio: Shakespeare Without Rules’, Tue 18 Nov, 1pm CT, in person + online.
More details, including Zoom link: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news/
November 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Two weeks to go until our next NVS Seminar!
Prof. Eric Rasmussen (University of Nevada at Reno) will be talking about ‘The Fifth Folio: Shakespeare Without Rules’, Tue 18 Nov, 1pm CT, in person + online.
More details, including Zoom link: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news/
Prof. Eric Rasmussen (University of Nevada at Reno) will be talking about ‘The Fifth Folio: Shakespeare Without Rules’, Tue 18 Nov, 1pm CT, in person + online.
More details, including Zoom link: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news/
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Stars and Statues Made Human, Olympian Knights, Princes of Virginia!
This Wednesday in REP we read three masques for the Lady Elizabeth’s Wedding in 1613.
- written by Chapman & Beaumont, designs by Inigo Jones, music by Johnson, Coprario & Confesse
No Farthingales May Be Worn
This Wednesday in REP we read three masques for the Lady Elizabeth’s Wedding in 1613.
- written by Chapman & Beaumont, designs by Inigo Jones, music by Johnson, Coprario & Confesse
No Farthingales May Be Worn
November 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Stars and Statues Made Human, Olympian Knights, Princes of Virginia!
This Wednesday in REP we read three masques for the Lady Elizabeth’s Wedding in 1613.
- written by Chapman & Beaumont, designs by Inigo Jones, music by Johnson, Coprario & Confesse
No Farthingales May Be Worn
This Wednesday in REP we read three masques for the Lady Elizabeth’s Wedding in 1613.
- written by Chapman & Beaumont, designs by Inigo Jones, music by Johnson, Coprario & Confesse
No Farthingales May Be Worn
One of the treasures from our early modern and Shakespearean collections @tamu.bsky.social Cushing Library: a copy of Shakespeare’s Second Folio (1632) once owned by the great 19thC American actor Edwin Forrest. He has added his name to ‘The Names of the Principall Actors’.
November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
One of the treasures from our early modern and Shakespearean collections @tamu.bsky.social Cushing Library: a copy of Shakespeare’s Second Folio (1632) once owned by the great 19thC American actor Edwin Forrest. He has added his name to ‘The Names of the Principall Actors’.
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ANNOUNCING #BSA2026 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE!
AI and Shakespeare: CfP
The BSA will meet virtually in 2026, 26–27 Feb, 1–5pm GMT to reflect and take stock on the explosive impact of AI on Shakespeare research, performance and education communities, considering opportunities and threats, briefs and griefs
AI and Shakespeare: CfP
The BSA will meet virtually in 2026, 26–27 Feb, 1–5pm GMT to reflect and take stock on the explosive impact of AI on Shakespeare research, performance and education communities, considering opportunities and threats, briefs and griefs
November 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
ANNOUNCING #BSA2026 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE!
AI and Shakespeare: CfP
The BSA will meet virtually in 2026, 26–27 Feb, 1–5pm GMT to reflect and take stock on the explosive impact of AI on Shakespeare research, performance and education communities, considering opportunities and threats, briefs and griefs
AI and Shakespeare: CfP
The BSA will meet virtually in 2026, 26–27 Feb, 1–5pm GMT to reflect and take stock on the explosive impact of AI on Shakespeare research, performance and education communities, considering opportunities and threats, briefs and griefs
🎃 Happy Halloween from the New Variorum Shakespeare! 🎃
Our Project Manager Dr. Katayoun Torabi has another hat on tonight: she’ll be leading a ghost walk through Downtown Bryan, TX… 👻
Our Project Manager Dr. Katayoun Torabi has another hat on tonight: she’ll be leading a ghost walk through Downtown Bryan, TX… 👻
October 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🎃 Happy Halloween from the New Variorum Shakespeare! 🎃
Our Project Manager Dr. Katayoun Torabi has another hat on tonight: she’ll be leading a ghost walk through Downtown Bryan, TX… 👻
Our Project Manager Dr. Katayoun Torabi has another hat on tonight: she’ll be leading a ghost walk through Downtown Bryan, TX… 👻
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Evident Tongues, Evident Bodies: Language, Sense & Proof
12 Nov 2:30-4pm
This new @ucl-ias.bsky.social reading group explores how early-modern writers connected linguistic encounters with sensory encounters in the production of evidence.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
12 Nov 2:30-4pm
This new @ucl-ias.bsky.social reading group explores how early-modern writers connected linguistic encounters with sensory encounters in the production of evidence.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
New IAS Reading Group: Evident Tongues, Evident Bodies
Join the IAS Postdoctoral Fellows, Rana Banna & Mary Newman, for the first session of the reading group, exploring how early-modern writers connected linguistic encounters with sensory encounters of s...
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Evident Tongues, Evident Bodies: Language, Sense & Proof
12 Nov 2:30-4pm
This new @ucl-ias.bsky.social reading group explores how early-modern writers connected linguistic encounters with sensory encounters in the production of evidence.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
12 Nov 2:30-4pm
This new @ucl-ias.bsky.social reading group explores how early-modern writers connected linguistic encounters with sensory encounters in the production of evidence.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Thanks to one of our undergraduate interns Jennifer Jacobson for making this poster to advertise Prof. Eric Rasmussen’s NVS Seminar next month.
More details of the talk, including a Zoom link: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news/
More details of the talk, including a Zoom link: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news/
October 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Thanks to one of our undergraduate interns Jennifer Jacobson for making this poster to advertise Prof. Eric Rasmussen’s NVS Seminar next month.
More details of the talk, including a Zoom link: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news/
More details of the talk, including a Zoom link: newvariorumshakespeare.org/news/
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On this day in 1611 — days before the first recorded performance of Shakespeare’s Tempest — the inauguration of a new Lord Mayor of London involved an elaborate pageant featuring English subjects dressed up as Indigenous Americans ‘from the rich and Golden Indian mines’. #goldenworld
October 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
On this day in 1611 — days before the first recorded performance of Shakespeare’s Tempest — the inauguration of a new Lord Mayor of London involved an elaborate pageant featuring English subjects dressed up as Indigenous Americans ‘from the rich and Golden Indian mines’. #goldenworld
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October 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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He does, and it's superb. He reads Eric Griffiths reading only, as the skeet sez, the very first lines of Hamlet, and the whole thing proves extremely instructional w/r/t the power of asking simple questions and following where they take you. Like Isaac Chotiner for literature.
Our Director Dr. Robert Stagg has an essay about close reading drama (which focuses on the opening lines of ‘Hamlet’) in the new volume ‘Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century’, published by Princeton University Press.
October 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
He does, and it's superb. He reads Eric Griffiths reading only, as the skeet sez, the very first lines of Hamlet, and the whole thing proves extremely instructional w/r/t the power of asking simple questions and following where they take you. Like Isaac Chotiner for literature.
Our Director Dr. Robert Stagg has an essay about close reading drama (which focuses on the opening lines of ‘Hamlet’) in the new volume ‘Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century’, published by Princeton University Press.
October 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Our Director Dr. Robert Stagg has an essay about close reading drama (which focuses on the opening lines of ‘Hamlet’) in the new volume ‘Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century’, published by Princeton University Press.
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The Shakespeare Institute Players are currently in China, touring English-translated extracts from The Peony Pavilion, a great classic written by #TangXianzu, #Shakespeare's Chinese contemporary! What an experience.
October 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The Shakespeare Institute Players are currently in China, touring English-translated extracts from The Peony Pavilion, a great classic written by #TangXianzu, #Shakespeare's Chinese contemporary! What an experience.
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In the midst of a long-overdue update to Stanford Text Technologies. If you want to get a sense of what the project does, head over to texttechnologies.stanford.edu
Stanford Text Technologies
texttechnologies.stanford.edu
October 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
In the midst of a long-overdue update to Stanford Text Technologies. If you want to get a sense of what the project does, head over to texttechnologies.stanford.edu