Mark Beatrice Kaethler (they/iel)
@mbkaethler.bsky.social
Assistant Director, Mayoral Shows, for the Map of Early Modern London; Book Review Editor for Early Theatre; Vice President of Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies/Société canadienne d’études de la Renaissance.
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Fellowships at the Harry Ransom Center, 2026–2027
THE HARRY RANSOM CENTER, an internationally renowned humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, invites applications for its 2026–2027 research fellowships.
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/9428-2/
THE HARRY RANSOM CENTER, an internationally renowned humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, invites applications for its 2026–2027 research fellowships.
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/9428-2/
September 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Fellowships at the Harry Ransom Center, 2026–2027
THE HARRY RANSOM CENTER, an internationally renowned humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, invites applications for its 2026–2027 research fellowships.
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/9428-2/
THE HARRY RANSOM CENTER, an internationally renowned humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, invites applications for its 2026–2027 research fellowships.
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/9428-2/
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🎭 Hello, Bluesky! (1/4)
We're excited to share that Early Theatre 28.1 is now live!
buff.ly/tFadeCz
This issue is fully open access and free to read via Project Muse’s Subscribe to Open Access.
Curious what’s inside? Follow this post and the threads that follow for highlights, links, and more!!
We're excited to share that Early Theatre 28.1 is now live!
buff.ly/tFadeCz
This issue is fully open access and free to read via Project Muse’s Subscribe to Open Access.
Curious what’s inside? Follow this post and the threads that follow for highlights, links, and more!!
August 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🎭 Hello, Bluesky! (1/4)
We're excited to share that Early Theatre 28.1 is now live!
buff.ly/tFadeCz
This issue is fully open access and free to read via Project Muse’s Subscribe to Open Access.
Curious what’s inside? Follow this post and the threads that follow for highlights, links, and more!!
We're excited to share that Early Theatre 28.1 is now live!
buff.ly/tFadeCz
This issue is fully open access and free to read via Project Muse’s Subscribe to Open Access.
Curious what’s inside? Follow this post and the threads that follow for highlights, links, and more!!
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2026 CSRS Conference, June 6-8, l'Université de Montréal. 2026 SCÉR colloque, juin 6-8, l'Université de Montréal. Announcement with Call for Article Abstracts / Annonce avec Appel à communications: csrs-scer.com/congress-202...
Congress 2026 | Congrès 2026
Announcement: 2026 CSRS/SCÉR 50th Golden Anniversary Conference Call for Article Abstracts In celebration of its golden anniversary, the Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies / Société canadienn…
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August 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
2026 CSRS Conference, June 6-8, l'Université de Montréal. 2026 SCÉR colloque, juin 6-8, l'Université de Montréal. Announcement with Call for Article Abstracts / Annonce avec Appel à communications: csrs-scer.com/congress-202...
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Very exciting: the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography published a cluster of new entries on women stationers. See the intro by Valerie Wayne: www.oxforddnb.com/newsitem/906...
ODNB entries are so helpful in identifying women from traces on printed material. So happy to see this work ❤️
ODNB entries are so helpful in identifying women from traces on printed material. So happy to see this work ❤️
www.oxforddnb.com
August 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Very exciting: the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography published a cluster of new entries on women stationers. See the intro by Valerie Wayne: www.oxforddnb.com/newsitem/906...
ODNB entries are so helpful in identifying women from traces on printed material. So happy to see this work ❤️
ODNB entries are so helpful in identifying women from traces on printed material. So happy to see this work ❤️
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"A fourth? Start, eyes!"
The next generation of Shakespeare's plays, poems & sonnets is coming.
Get your first look at The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series 👇
The next generation of Shakespeare's plays, poems & sonnets is coming.
Get your first look at The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series 👇
August 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM
"A fourth? Start, eyes!"
The next generation of Shakespeare's plays, poems & sonnets is coming.
Get your first look at The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series 👇
The next generation of Shakespeare's plays, poems & sonnets is coming.
Get your first look at The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series 👇
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I really needed this today.
Ayanna Thompson sent me a link to this jaw-dropping thing they built with a Mellon grant at @acmrs.bsky.social
You can get lost in it.
A spectacular reminder that digital resources don't have to be about surveillance, coercion, & disciplining the labor force.
Ayanna Thompson sent me a link to this jaw-dropping thing they built with a Mellon grant at @acmrs.bsky.social
You can get lost in it.
A spectacular reminder that digital resources don't have to be about surveillance, coercion, & disciplining the labor force.
Throughlines — Race in the premodern classroom
Created by field-leading scholars, Throughlines’ pedagogical approaches offer accessible and critical ways to incorporate discussions of race in the premodern studies classroom.
www.throughlines.org
August 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I really needed this today.
Ayanna Thompson sent me a link to this jaw-dropping thing they built with a Mellon grant at @acmrs.bsky.social
You can get lost in it.
A spectacular reminder that digital resources don't have to be about surveillance, coercion, & disciplining the labor force.
Ayanna Thompson sent me a link to this jaw-dropping thing they built with a Mellon grant at @acmrs.bsky.social
You can get lost in it.
A spectacular reminder that digital resources don't have to be about surveillance, coercion, & disciplining the labor force.
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Excited to have a new article out in Renaissance Drama! This one traces how early modern clowns relied on disability imitation. So much familiar clowning activity appropriates disabled performance, behavior, or positionality that the distinction between "artificial" and "natural" fools is tricky.
July 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Excited to have a new article out in Renaissance Drama! This one traces how early modern clowns relied on disability imitation. So much familiar clowning activity appropriates disabled performance, behavior, or positionality that the distinction between "artificial" and "natural" fools is tricky.
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📣 CFP: Shakespeare Quarterly special issue
Shakespeare’s Twenty-First Century / The Twenty-First Century’s Shakespeare
This will be Vanessa I. Corredera, Arthur L. Little, Jr. and my first issue as Editors! Please submit your finest!
More info: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
Shakespeare’s Twenty-First Century / The Twenty-First Century’s Shakespeare
This will be Vanessa I. Corredera, Arthur L. Little, Jr. and my first issue as Editors! Please submit your finest!
More info: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
June 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
📣 CFP: Shakespeare Quarterly special issue
Shakespeare’s Twenty-First Century / The Twenty-First Century’s Shakespeare
This will be Vanessa I. Corredera, Arthur L. Little, Jr. and my first issue as Editors! Please submit your finest!
More info: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
Shakespeare’s Twenty-First Century / The Twenty-First Century’s Shakespeare
This will be Vanessa I. Corredera, Arthur L. Little, Jr. and my first issue as Editors! Please submit your finest!
More info: networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
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Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encountering difficulties crossing the border, CAUT strongly recommends that academic staff travel to the U.S. only if essential and necessary.
Read more: www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...
Read more: www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...
CAUT advises academics against non-essential travel to the U.S.
Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encou
www.caut.ca
April 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encountering difficulties crossing the border, CAUT strongly recommends that academic staff travel to the U.S. only if essential and necessary.
Read more: www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...
Read more: www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...
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B&L is starting a search for new general editors! Please share widely and reach out with any questions. The editorial team will be at #shax2025 and happy to talk about your vision for this amazing journal.
March 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
B&L is starting a search for new general editors! Please share widely and reach out with any questions. The editorial team will be at #shax2025 and happy to talk about your vision for this amazing journal.
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More thoughts on Eleanor Rykener in the BL's #MedievalWomen exhibition.
Her inclusion is majorly important, not just because of *her* importance as a beacon of trans visibility in the historical record, but also the current anti-trans environment in the UK & elsewhere
Her inclusion is majorly important, not just because of *her* importance as a beacon of trans visibility in the historical record, but also the current anti-trans environment in the UK & elsewhere
February 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
More thoughts on Eleanor Rykener in the BL's #MedievalWomen exhibition.
Her inclusion is majorly important, not just because of *her* importance as a beacon of trans visibility in the historical record, but also the current anti-trans environment in the UK & elsewhere
Her inclusion is majorly important, not just because of *her* importance as a beacon of trans visibility in the historical record, but also the current anti-trans environment in the UK & elsewhere
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*Out now*
'The Winter's Tale: A Critical Reader' edited by @drpetekirwan.bsky.social & Todd Borlik contains cutting-edge essays covering critical and performance history as well as new scholarship on themes of ecology, hospitality, childhood, and racialisation in the play.
bit.ly/4b3D2kN
'The Winter's Tale: A Critical Reader' edited by @drpetekirwan.bsky.social & Todd Borlik contains cutting-edge essays covering critical and performance history as well as new scholarship on themes of ecology, hospitality, childhood, and racialisation in the play.
bit.ly/4b3D2kN
February 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
*Out now*
'The Winter's Tale: A Critical Reader' edited by @drpetekirwan.bsky.social & Todd Borlik contains cutting-edge essays covering critical and performance history as well as new scholarship on themes of ecology, hospitality, childhood, and racialisation in the play.
bit.ly/4b3D2kN
'The Winter's Tale: A Critical Reader' edited by @drpetekirwan.bsky.social & Todd Borlik contains cutting-edge essays covering critical and performance history as well as new scholarship on themes of ecology, hospitality, childhood, and racialisation in the play.
bit.ly/4b3D2kN
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Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’
A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, now voted one of the most influential minds in the world…
english.elpais.com/culture/2024...
A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, now voted one of the most influential minds in the world…
english.elpais.com/culture/2024...
Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’
A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world
english.elpais.com
December 15, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’
A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, now voted one of the most influential minds in the world…
english.elpais.com/culture/2024...
A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, now voted one of the most influential minds in the world…
english.elpais.com/culture/2024...
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✨ It was such a delight to stumble upon Anthony Trollope's notes on Christopher Marlowe's plays last October at the Folger! Even better was collaborating with the brilliant @lauraestill.bsky.social on our Collation post, "Anthony Trollope Reads Christopher Marlowe"!
www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...
www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...
Anthony Trollope reads Christopher Marlowe | 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 explor...
www.folger.edu
December 13, 2024 at 4:48 PM
✨ It was such a delight to stumble upon Anthony Trollope's notes on Christopher Marlowe's plays last October at the Folger! Even better was collaborating with the brilliant @lauraestill.bsky.social on our Collation post, "Anthony Trollope Reads Christopher Marlowe"!
www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...
www.folger.edu/blogs/collat...
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Hi, Bluesky! Allow me to (re)introduce myself by sharing the cover of my forthcoming book, Shakespeare in Tongues, which will be published by Routledge in the Spotlight on Shakespeare series next year. Many thanks to artist Fausto Fernandez for permission to use his gorgeous collage!
November 15, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Hi, Bluesky! Allow me to (re)introduce myself by sharing the cover of my forthcoming book, Shakespeare in Tongues, which will be published by Routledge in the Spotlight on Shakespeare series next year. Many thanks to artist Fausto Fernandez for permission to use his gorgeous collage!
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I see that it's finally Business Time on Bluesky. So: I speak for the Program Committee for the 2026 @saaupdates.bsky.social conference, in Denver. We're accepting proposals for seminars, panels, and workshops: Questions? Ask me, or my committee-mates in next post. And please spread the word!
Program Proposals – Shakespeare Association of America
shakespeareassociation.org
November 15, 2024 at 3:06 PM
I see that it's finally Business Time on Bluesky. So: I speak for the Program Committee for the 2026 @saaupdates.bsky.social conference, in Denver. We're accepting proposals for seminars, panels, and workshops: Questions? Ask me, or my committee-mates in next post. And please spread the word!
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tl;dr: They can't.
LLMs aren't peers and will make mistakes that alter good work done by actual humans.
Please stop trying to make already difficult things even worse, tech bros.
LLMs aren't peers and will make mistakes that alter good work done by actual humans.
Please stop trying to make already difficult things even worse, tech bros.
"LLMs might, however, make mistakes even when performing low-risk information-retrieval and summarization tasks. Therefore, LLM outputs should be viewed as a starting point, not as the final answer. Users should still cross-check the LLM’s work."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
ChatGPT is transforming peer review — how can we use it responsibly?
At major computer-science publication venues, up to 17% of the peer reviews are now written by artificial intelligence. We need guidelines before things get out of hand.
www.nature.com
November 12, 2024 at 4:24 PM
tl;dr: They can't.
LLMs aren't peers and will make mistakes that alter good work done by actual humans.
Please stop trying to make already difficult things even worse, tech bros.
LLMs aren't peers and will make mistakes that alter good work done by actual humans.
Please stop trying to make already difficult things even worse, tech bros.
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I've made a starter pack for academics who work in Premodern Trans Studies: go.bsky.app/RihBQMi
There used to be more of us on the old site, but if I'm missing anyone, at any career stage, please let me know and I'll add them. Thanks!
We have always been here.
There used to be more of us on the old site, but if I'm missing anyone, at any career stage, please let me know and I'll add them. Thanks!
We have always been here.
October 25, 2024 at 4:00 PM
I've made a starter pack for academics who work in Premodern Trans Studies: go.bsky.app/RihBQMi
There used to be more of us on the old site, but if I'm missing anyone, at any career stage, please let me know and I'll add them. Thanks!
We have always been here.
There used to be more of us on the old site, but if I'm missing anyone, at any career stage, please let me know and I'll add them. Thanks!
We have always been here.
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I added half a dozen new entries to the Bibliography of Medieval Trans Studies, with a shoutout to @tswingard.bsky.social who added a few things recently as well. (Thank you!!)
There are a ton of great resources on here, many of which are freely accessible.
There are a ton of great resources on here, many of which are freely accessible.
Bibliography of Medieval Trans Studies
A Bibliography of Medieval Trans Studies This list builds on the works of several other great queer lists, namely: Lucy Allen's "A 'Queer Medieval' Reading List," Jeanne de Montbaston: Reading Mediev...
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October 7, 2024 at 6:03 PM
I added half a dozen new entries to the Bibliography of Medieval Trans Studies, with a shoutout to @tswingard.bsky.social who added a few things recently as well. (Thank you!!)
There are a ton of great resources on here, many of which are freely accessible.
There are a ton of great resources on here, many of which are freely accessible.
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Publication day is here! I am excited to announce that my chapter “Astonished and Amazed” has been published in None A Stranger There. The chapter thinks about Middleton’s Triumph of Truth, Black Christianity, and respectability politics. #shakerace #raceb4race books.google.ca/books?hl=en&...
None a Stranger There
None a Stranger There offers a collection of wide-ranging essays that explore the creation and understanding of English identity through the lens of early modern drama. Drawing together a rich array o...
books.google.ca
October 1, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Publication day is here! I am excited to announce that my chapter “Astonished and Amazed” has been published in None A Stranger There. The chapter thinks about Middleton’s Triumph of Truth, Black Christianity, and respectability politics. #shakerace #raceb4race books.google.ca/books?hl=en&...
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Hello, haven’t been here in a while but we’re gonna try again.
Here’s my gorgeous book cover. I am obsessed. She’s due in December !
Here’s my gorgeous book cover. I am obsessed. She’s due in December !
September 28, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Hello, haven’t been here in a while but we’re gonna try again.
Here’s my gorgeous book cover. I am obsessed. She’s due in December !
Here’s my gorgeous book cover. I am obsessed. She’s due in December !
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Hi friends, I have received an actual, real-life copy of my first book, Glorious Bodies, and it is the thing I am most proud of in this world. If you're interested in trans history and theology, I hope you'll take a look!
August 14, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Hi friends, I have received an actual, real-life copy of my first book, Glorious Bodies, and it is the thing I am most proud of in this world. If you're interested in trans history and theology, I hope you'll take a look!
Historicizing the Embodied Imagination in Early Modern English Literature (Palgrave, 2024) will be released in the coming weeks. Many thanks to my wonderful co-editor, Grant Williams, and our terrific contributors who have produced amazing chapters. More info here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
August 1, 2024 at 2:20 AM
Historicizing the Embodied Imagination in Early Modern English Literature (Palgrave, 2024) will be released in the coming weeks. Many thanks to my wonderful co-editor, Grant Williams, and our terrific contributors who have produced amazing chapters. More info here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Really delighted to share my and Maria Shmygol's special issue of Shakespeare on 'Shakespeare in Action' with outstanding contributions from our authors. Hope that you enjoy!
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rshk20/2...
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rshk20/2...
Shakespeare
Special issue on 'Shakespeare in Action', guest-edited by Eleanor Rycroft and Maria Shmygol. Volume 20, Issue 2 of Shakespeare
www.tandfonline.com
June 3, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Really delighted to share my and Maria Shmygol's special issue of Shakespeare on 'Shakespeare in Action' with outstanding contributions from our authors. Hope that you enjoy!
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rshk20/2...
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rshk20/2...