Adrian Streete
@profastreete.bsky.social
Professor of Early Modern English Literature and Religion, University of Glasgow. Old books, MSs, and ideas; classical music; oh, and our cat. My views.
https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/staff/adrianstreete/
https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/staff/adrianstreete/
Some monsters and prodigies to end the week (from Paré’s ‘Opera’, 1582).
November 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Some monsters and prodigies to end the week (from Paré’s ‘Opera’, 1582).
When opinion supersedes understanding.
With Rachel Reeves reportedly set to apply a new tax on tuition fees paid by overseas students, most Britons support such a move at the previously mooted level of 6%
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
When opinion supersedes understanding.
The best kind of Fridays.
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The best kind of Fridays.
Spending today and tomorrow at the Mitchell Library - love this place.
November 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Spending today and tomorrow at the Mitchell Library - love this place.
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Here’s another fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on guilds and associations supporting early modern language professionals bit.ly/49rsLA3
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
PhD position, project LangPro: 'Societies and Guilds in the Language Industry'
PhD position, project LangPro: 'Societies and Guilds in the Language Industry'
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Here’s another fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on guilds and associations supporting early modern language professionals bit.ly/49rsLA3
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
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📢Here's a fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on professional opportunities for women in the early modern language sector bit.ly/47Y3hYI
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
PhD position, project: LangPro Women in the Early Modern Language Sector
PhD position, project: LangPro Women in the Early Modern Language Sector
careers.universiteitleiden.nl
November 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
📢Here's a fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on professional opportunities for women in the early modern language sector bit.ly/47Y3hYI
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
Please consider applying - ASC at the University of Glasgow is a treasure house, especially in medieval and early modern manuscripts and books.
📣Our UofG Library Visiting Research Fellowships are now open for applications!
We’re delighted to invite scholars from across the globe to apply to work with our internationally significant collections.
Apply at: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
📆Closing date: 5 January 2026
#UofGLibraryFellows
We’re delighted to invite scholars from across the globe to apply to work with our internationally significant collections.
Apply at: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
📆Closing date: 5 January 2026
#UofGLibraryFellows
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Please consider applying - ASC at the University of Glasgow is a treasure house, especially in medieval and early modern manuscripts and books.
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ON STRIKE AGAIN BECAUSE THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH REFUSES TO RULE OUT COMPULSORY REDUNDANCIES!
November 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
ON STRIKE AGAIN BECAUSE THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH REFUSES TO RULE OUT COMPULSORY REDUNDANCIES!
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We're HIRING: “The Dept of English at UMass Amherst invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor, beginning fall 2026, specializing in 20th- and 21st-century British literature, with an emphasis on literatures of the diaspora." See below for description, and please share the news.
Details - Assistant Professor of English: 20th-21st Century British Literature | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
careers.umass.edu
November 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
We're HIRING: “The Dept of English at UMass Amherst invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor, beginning fall 2026, specializing in 20th- and 21st-century British literature, with an emphasis on literatures of the diaspora." See below for description, and please share the news.
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VISITING FELLOWSHIPS: Applications are now open for 2026-27!
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
VISITING FELLOWSHIPS: Applications are now open for 2026-27!
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
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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
Three things from this week’s edition of *adventures with old books* that are both true and salutary: keep looking back at what you’ve already found; keep looking; librarians are ace.
November 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Three things from this week’s edition of *adventures with old books* that are both true and salutary: keep looking back at what you’ve already found; keep looking; librarians are ace.
Remember, remember
November 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Remember, remember
I’m enjoying the autumn colours in and around the University.
November 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I’m enjoying the autumn colours in and around the University.
My boys went out guising tonight as, respectively, a ghost, and the ghost of Gustav Mahler. Don’t ask.
October 31, 2025 at 10:15 PM
My boys went out guising tonight as, respectively, a ghost, and the ghost of Gustav Mahler. Don’t ask.
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Somewhat astonishingly, here it is, a book, a thing in the world... More, including acknowledgements, soon❤️
October 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Somewhat astonishingly, here it is, a book, a thing in the world... More, including acknowledgements, soon❤️
A fantastic and moving performance of ‘La Boheme’ tonight by Scottish Opera.
October 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
A fantastic and moving performance of ‘La Boheme’ tonight by Scottish Opera.
Pleased to have a chapter in this great chunk of a book. Congratulations to @loughnrv.bsky.social and Will Sharpe on a job well done.
October 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Pleased to have a chapter in this great chunk of a book. Congratulations to @loughnrv.bsky.social and Will Sharpe on a job well done.
First public outing for ‘Zachary Boyd’s Books’ last night. Thanks to the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies for hosting, and to everyone who came along in person and online.
October 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
First public outing for ‘Zachary Boyd’s Books’ last night. Thanks to the Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies for hosting, and to everyone who came along in person and online.
Not sure what auld Zachary would make of it all, but he was in The Times yesterday and The Scotsman today.
October 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Not sure what auld Zachary would make of it all, but he was in The Times yesterday and The Scotsman today.
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Academics reassembles personal library of Glasgow scholar and cleric Zachary Boyd, who famously criticised the Lord Protector at a service
Papers of Cromwell’s scourge cast light on 17th-century Scotland
Academics reassembles personal library of Glasgow scholar and cleric Zachary Boyd, who famously criticised the Lord Protector at a service
www.thetimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Academics reassembles personal library of Glasgow scholar and cleric Zachary Boyd, who famously criticised the Lord Protector at a service
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Fabulous to see the multiple discoveries made about one of our UofG predecessors by @profastreete.bsky.social - magnificent and proper scholarly hard work.
October 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Fabulous to see the multiple discoveries made about one of our UofG predecessors by @profastreete.bsky.social - magnificent and proper scholarly hard work.
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Zachary Boyd (1585–1653) was a minister, poet & #UniversityofGlasgow academic who lived through one of Scotland’s most turbulent centuries. His rediscovered library offers a rare glimpse into the mind of a man who met kings and wrote plays at a time of revolution.
Read more: gla.ac/4o1qCQc
Read more: gla.ac/4o1qCQc
October 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Zachary Boyd (1585–1653) was a minister, poet & #UniversityofGlasgow academic who lived through one of Scotland’s most turbulent centuries. His rediscovered library offers a rare glimpse into the mind of a man who met kings and wrote plays at a time of revolution.
Read more: gla.ac/4o1qCQc
Read more: gla.ac/4o1qCQc