Alexa Alice Joubin
@profjoubin.bsky.social
Global Shakespeare, ethical AI, digital humanities, adaptations, Asian studies, film, theatre
Writer, educator, advocacy speaker
Writer, educator, advocacy speaker
Reclining Liberty wearing an autumn wreath.
November 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Reclining Liberty wearing an autumn wreath.
Among the carved pumpkins in the contest in Atlanta, this one went above and beyond! #halloween #pumpkincarving #contest
November 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Among the carved pumpkins in the contest in Atlanta, this one went above and beyond! #halloween #pumpkincarving #contest
Fall foliage from the top of North Fork Mountain, West Virginia. This summit is called Chimney Rock.
#westvirginia #fallfoliage #hiking
#westvirginia #fallfoliage #hiking
October 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Fall foliage from the top of North Fork Mountain, West Virginia. This summit is called Chimney Rock.
#westvirginia #fallfoliage #hiking
#westvirginia #fallfoliage #hiking
Splendid local foliage right next to a beach volleyball court.
#beachvolleyball #urbanfoliage #fallcolors
#beachvolleyball #urbanfoliage #fallcolors
October 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Splendid local foliage right next to a beach volleyball court.
#beachvolleyball #urbanfoliage #fallcolors
#beachvolleyball #urbanfoliage #fallcolors
Researching in the @folger.edu oasis is always a blessing. This is the reading room's Seven Ages of Man stained glasses.
#sevenagesofman #Shakespeare #stainedglasses #library
#sevenagesofman #Shakespeare #stainedglasses #library
October 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Researching in the @folger.edu oasis is always a blessing. This is the reading room's Seven Ages of Man stained glasses.
#sevenagesofman #Shakespeare #stainedglasses #library
#sevenagesofman #Shakespeare #stainedglasses #library
During the @folger.edu Symposium on Performance Methodologies, @profjoubin.bsky.social and her colleagues played the "is it playable" game. Audiences submitted their ideas about performance and the panel of actors and director were the judge.
#dramaturgy #Shakespeare #game
#dramaturgy #Shakespeare #game
October 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
During the @folger.edu Symposium on Performance Methodologies, @profjoubin.bsky.social and her colleagues played the "is it playable" game. Audiences submitted their ideas about performance and the panel of actors and director were the judge.
#dramaturgy #Shakespeare #game
#dramaturgy #Shakespeare #game
Henry V potato leek soup, anyone? Available at @folger.edu 's Quill & Crumb café on Capitol Hill
#soup #café #Shakespeare #capitolhill
#soup #café #Shakespeare #capitolhill
October 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Henry V potato leek soup, anyone? Available at @folger.edu 's Quill & Crumb café on Capitol Hill
#soup #café #Shakespeare #capitolhill
#soup #café #Shakespeare #capitolhill
While participating in a conference @folger.edu @profjoubin.bsky.social noticed a Shakespeare's bust in the ladies room. A bit creepy? #shakespearebust #ladiesroom #library #capitolhill
October 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
While participating in a conference @folger.edu @profjoubin.bsky.social noticed a Shakespeare's bust in the ladies room. A bit creepy? #shakespearebust #ladiesroom #library #capitolhill
A gem @folger.edu from 1602. Unfold the flaps to reveal
4 painted figures, each with two fold-over flaps portraying alternate heads: 1) The judgment of Paris; 2) Dido, Pyramus and Thisbe; 3) David, Judith and Joshua; 4) Woman Clothed with the Sun (Bible), St. Michael the Archangel, Queen Elizabeth.
4 painted figures, each with two fold-over flaps portraying alternate heads: 1) The judgment of Paris; 2) Dido, Pyramus and Thisbe; 3) David, Judith and Joshua; 4) Woman Clothed with the Sun (Bible), St. Michael the Archangel, Queen Elizabeth.
October 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
A gem @folger.edu from 1602. Unfold the flaps to reveal
4 painted figures, each with two fold-over flaps portraying alternate heads: 1) The judgment of Paris; 2) Dido, Pyramus and Thisbe; 3) David, Judith and Joshua; 4) Woman Clothed with the Sun (Bible), St. Michael the Archangel, Queen Elizabeth.
4 painted figures, each with two fold-over flaps portraying alternate heads: 1) The judgment of Paris; 2) Dido, Pyramus and Thisbe; 3) David, Judith and Joshua; 4) Woman Clothed with the Sun (Bible), St. Michael the Archangel, Queen Elizabeth.
@profjoubin.bsky.social and her colleagues enjoyed a speaker-curated artifacts display in the Founder's Room @folger.edu during the Symposium on Performance Methodologies. Among the artifacts were a forged signature of Shakespeare and an Elizabethan conceit that is a bit of a theatre in your palm
October 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
@profjoubin.bsky.social and her colleagues enjoyed a speaker-curated artifacts display in the Founder's Room @folger.edu during the Symposium on Performance Methodologies. Among the artifacts were a forged signature of Shakespeare and an Elizabethan conceit that is a bit of a theatre in your palm
Join @profjoubin.bsky.social this Friday for her presentation on anti-Asian racism in embodied AI on screen at the After AI Symposium in London. Register for Zoom link.
afteraisymposium.com
afteraisymposium.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Join @profjoubin.bsky.social this Friday for her presentation on anti-Asian racism in embodied AI on screen at the After AI Symposium in London. Register for Zoom link.
afteraisymposium.com
afteraisymposium.com
When we visited Singapore, we sampled their national dish: Hainanese chicken. Today, I recreated that experience at home.
#hainanchicken #singapore #food
#hainanchicken #singapore #food
October 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
When we visited Singapore, we sampled their national dish: Hainanese chicken. Today, I recreated that experience at home.
#hainanchicken #singapore #food
#hainanchicken #singapore #food
While teaching "Being Human," the computer asked @profjoubin.bsky.social to prove my humanity in front of the class. The irony was not lost.
October 2, 2025 at 1:58 AM
While teaching "Being Human," the computer asked @profjoubin.bsky.social to prove my humanity in front of the class. The irony was not lost.
Join @profjoubin.bsky.social to consider what Shakespeare and generative AI may have to say to each other at @urochester.bsky.social Humanities Center on October 2 at 5 pm
events.rochester.edu/event/humani...
events.rochester.edu/event/humani...
September 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Join @profjoubin.bsky.social to consider what Shakespeare and generative AI may have to say to each other at @urochester.bsky.social Humanities Center on October 2 at 5 pm
events.rochester.edu/event/humani...
events.rochester.edu/event/humani...
Shakespearean genders constitute "minor" uses of canonical genres. Adaptation as a genre also engages in productive disruption established conventions. Join @profjoubin.bsky.social at @syracuseu.bsky.social for her talk on Transitional Aesthetics on October 3.
events.syracuse.edu/event/gradua...
events.syracuse.edu/event/gradua...
September 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Shakespearean genders constitute "minor" uses of canonical genres. Adaptation as a genre also engages in productive disruption established conventions. Join @profjoubin.bsky.social at @syracuseu.bsky.social for her talk on Transitional Aesthetics on October 3.
events.syracuse.edu/event/gradua...
events.syracuse.edu/event/gradua...
@profjoubin.bsky.social sums up Shakespeare in three words!
September 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
@profjoubin.bsky.social sums up Shakespeare in three words!
Trigger warning should be a communal practice rather than a top-down imposition. Here is a 1-minute highlight of Wendy Lennon's interview with @profjoubin.bsky.social on Shakespeare curriculum.
youtu.be/d_fXn6JVulQ
youtu.be/d_fXn6JVulQ
September 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Trigger warning should be a communal practice rather than a top-down imposition. Here is a 1-minute highlight of Wendy Lennon's interview with @profjoubin.bsky.social on Shakespeare curriculum.
youtu.be/d_fXn6JVulQ
youtu.be/d_fXn6JVulQ
@profjoubin.bsky.social described Shakespeare in three words in this 1-minute highlight: capacious, open, and global.
youtu.be/H6RRxz-4YKc
youtu.be/H6RRxz-4YKc
September 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
@profjoubin.bsky.social described Shakespeare in three words in this 1-minute highlight: capacious, open, and global.
youtu.be/H6RRxz-4YKc
youtu.be/H6RRxz-4YKc
What is the purpose of education? In this 1-minute highlight of the Q&A, @profjoubin.bsky.social addresses this question.
youtu.be/us_vlzqhQXU
youtu.be/us_vlzqhQXU
September 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
What is the purpose of education? In this 1-minute highlight of the Q&A, @profjoubin.bsky.social addresses this question.
youtu.be/us_vlzqhQXU
youtu.be/us_vlzqhQXU
I concocted pho soup out of freshly squeezed lime juice, pork stock, beef stock, and pho stock, ginger, and cilantro. It's drizzled with scallions, hoisin and Srirarcha sauces. I did a quick stir fry of sliced Bavette steak with garlic. To the noodle soup I added some bok choy and Napa cabbage.
September 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I concocted pho soup out of freshly squeezed lime juice, pork stock, beef stock, and pho stock, ginger, and cilantro. It's drizzled with scallions, hoisin and Srirarcha sauces. I did a quick stir fry of sliced Bavette steak with garlic. To the noodle soup I added some bok choy and Napa cabbage.
Puppy promised that if I kiss him, he'll transform into a prince. I have kissed him thousands of times, but he's still very doggy.
September 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Puppy promised that if I kiss him, he'll transform into a prince. I have kissed him thousands of times, but he's still very doggy.
Here is a 1-minute highlight of my talk on Twelfth Night at the @folger.edu
Thee power of unspoken words.
Thee power of unspoken words.
September 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Here is a 1-minute highlight of my talk on Twelfth Night at the @folger.edu
Thee power of unspoken words.
Thee power of unspoken words.
Abundance is a key challenge induced by generative AI. @profjoubin.bsky.social drew on Erasmus' Copia: Foundations of the Abundant Style (1512) to craft new pedagogies in the era of AI. Full video: youtu.be/-L_8G5Xircg
September 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Abundance is a key challenge induced by generative AI. @profjoubin.bsky.social drew on Erasmus' Copia: Foundations of the Abundant Style (1512) to craft new pedagogies in the era of AI. Full video: youtu.be/-L_8G5Xircg
Abundance is a key challenge induced by generative AI, but @profjoubin turns it into an opportunity for critical inquiry.
This is a highlight of Professor Joubin’s talk on AI, Shakespeare and abundance at the Bergen-Hamar conference.
This is a highlight of Professor Joubin’s talk on AI, Shakespeare and abundance at the Bergen-Hamar conference.
September 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Abundance is a key challenge induced by generative AI, but @profjoubin turns it into an opportunity for critical inquiry.
This is a highlight of Professor Joubin’s talk on AI, Shakespeare and abundance at the Bergen-Hamar conference.
This is a highlight of Professor Joubin’s talk on AI, Shakespeare and abundance at the Bergen-Hamar conference.
@profjoubin.bsky.social gave her students a tour of the Folger, the First Folios, and the printing press, contrasting mechanically and algorithmically reproduced words in early modern print culture and in our era of AI. #shakespeare #artificialintelligence #printingpress #earlymodernity
September 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
@profjoubin.bsky.social gave her students a tour of the Folger, the First Folios, and the printing press, contrasting mechanically and algorithmically reproduced words in early modern print culture and in our era of AI. #shakespeare #artificialintelligence #printingpress #earlymodernity