Derek Dunne

Went viral once

Do you have any references to someone *writing* a petition, c.1500-1770? I've found 40 so far but I'm looking for any more examples you might have! Not just signing or presenting, but physically 'writing', 'drafting', 'penning' or 'making'. #PowerOfPetitioning #twitterstorians

Very pleased to share some initial thoughts on a curious little book I looked at during my recent @FolgerLibrary fellowship. It offers a glimpse into the last days and hours of two 17th-century gentlewomen... folger.edu/blogs/collatio…

The City of #Kilkenny 1708 Henry Pratt

I am SO RIDICULOUSLY proud that my new intro to Measure for Measure for @OWC_Oxford is out today!! I became obsessed with this play as an A Level student – 18 years later, Shakespeare's exploration of power and female silencing is discomfortingly relevant in a post-#MeToo world.

Exciting webpage for Crossings: Migrant Knowledges, Migrant Forms, ed. Natalya Din-Kariuki, Subha Mukherji, & Rowan Williams -- out this autumn, feat. my short essay on women in Elizabethan London talking about their experiences of transnational migration. punctumbooks.com/titles/crossin…

Join us for our AGM & Annual Lecture - Mon 8 April 12pm. Reserve your free ticket: tinyurl.com/RBGLecture Laura Ryan (Asst. Keeper of Visual Collections @NLIreland) will give a talk on “Preserving Children’s Literature as Special Collections in Ireland".

So here it is: I think there’s a bit of writing which belongs to Shakespeare’s sister. academic.oup.com/sq/advance-art…

TOMORROW BookTalk @cardiffuni with Meredith Miller and her new novel Fall River @honno Fall River is out later this week, but Meredith has some copies and will be signing them at the talk 📕👇📕👇📕👇📕👇📕

Russia's 2024 presidential election 🇷🇺 🎙️Historian @cardiffuni Dr James Ryan @YashaRyan85 joined @BBCRadioWales for Sunday Supplement 🔊Listen from 30 mins tinyurl.com/yp4vkwcy #russia #twitterstorians

My and @MariaShmygol's introduction to our Shakespeare journal special issue on 'Shakespeare in Action' is now live, and you can read it for free via this link if you don't have institutional access! 50 eprints available here: tandfonline.com/eprint/DICJJ6E…

Two new five year postdoc positions in @iHumanSheff with the @DisMatters team sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disabil…

We are so very excited to be joined by @UrvashiChakrav on 28th March for an event reflecting on her award-winning book 'Fictions of Consent'. Register your attendance here rb.gy/pxoty2 @kingsartshums @CemsKcl

We're keen to keep @B4Shakes site lively after its recent glow-up, so looking for guest posts for the site: works in progress, research insights, &c. Especially eager to hear from doctoral and early career researchers! Do share the word. beforeshakespeare.com/2024/03/05/blo… @andykesson

Miffed you missed the brilliant discussion between Nandini Das and Amrita Sen? You can watch on playback via the same url:

#twitterstorians the #cfp deadline is soon for Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern! I can reveal @angela_mcshane’s exciting keynote: Song and Revolution: performance, communication and exchange in revolutionary Britain. Please do share! #EarlyModern #History

Really pleased to announce this new ECR article prize at the Historical Journal. You're eligible if you've published an article in a volume of the HJ as an ECR in the previous calendar year -- even more reason to consider submitting your work to us!

Good to see @ElizETavares ' work (along with David Fallow) in the Guardian: theguardian.com/culture/2024/f…

We're looking forward to our third session, 'Dressing in Skins' on 20th Feb with @lfreemanjones (@QMUL) and Ruth Egger (@uni_tue). Join in person in the Bawden Room, Jesus College, or online (subscribe via link): lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/info/soc…

'For a poet so thoughtful about her own development, the process of putting together a Selected Poems must have involved odd encounters with past selves.' Maria Johnston: The poet communicates ‘what we felt at what we saw’ #Echobox=1708601234" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">the-tls.co.uk/articles/the-v…