Michael Ullyot

👏Please join us in welcoming Clifton Cunningham as our new Managing Director for Fields Institute Publications! It didn't take him long to accept the role: "I love learning, I love math and I like people a lot. Why wouldn’t one do this?" 👀 Read more: bit.ly/3MBYTlJ

Published my book yesterday, an adventure 17 years in the making. It’s on a few subjects: the unexpected death of a Prince of Wales in 1612; the methods of persuading people to imitate examples; the anecdotes that make a biography. @OUPAcademic

Me, to my 13-year-old: “Like Wayne Gretzky says, you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” 13-year-old: “Wayne who?” #facepalm

Congrats and welcome to @ORCID_Org's new Board members: Amal Amin Ibrahim, @Katy__McNeill, Lori Ann Schultz, @ullyot and @whats_names. I am looking forward to working with you all.

Making headway on my August reading goals. instagram.com/p/CSCqfRQJTDp/…

The Courtesan's Whisper: bourbon, apricot, cacao, mole bitters. @ Rosedale instagram.com/p/CQXiiekhOSD/…

Suddenly it’s summer! @ Peace Bridge (Calgary) instagram.com/p/CQT9UVXBRji/…

Call me Old Fashioned, but this is my favourite #cocktail @ Rosedale instagram.com/p/CQNBylGhIVQ/…

Sorry, Leonard Cohen, but Wendy Cope has found a cure for love -- two, in fact. @ Rosedale instagram.com/p/CP9Dqtkh7yc/…

Zooming at 4:30 a.m. for the @EdCDCS Workshop #AURA_Network Workshop on AI and Archives

Mixing a Manhattan with Luxardo cherries and Old Overholt rye -- the distillery that makes Old Grandad bourbon and other fine bottom-shelf delights. #cocktails @ Rosedale instagram.com/p/CGgmVw8BeGs/…

@shedbookstore in Calgary: the tiniest, best curated used bookshop you'll ever visit. By appointment only, and so worth it. @ Sunalta instagram.com/p/CGOZI5GBPsI/…

What constructive, respectful advice. Thanks, @leftbankbookscollective @ University of Calgary instagram.com/p/CGI12UJBE51/…

Lastest #podcast episode posted — on *Richard III*, the 1st of 3 on Shakespeare’s villains: anchor.fm/ullyot/episode… @anchor #shakespeare #podcast

Just posted “How to Cure Yourself with Reading”: on treating everything from bad taste to wardrobe crises by reading novels. Episode 6 in my “Open Book” podcast is on _The Novel Cure_ by @susanelderkinUK and @ellaberthoud: anchor.fm/ullyot/episode…

Just posted "How to Read John Milton’s Paradise Lost, Books 2-3" to my 'Open Book' #podcast. ⚓ anchor.fm/ullyot/episode… #paradiselost

ABANDON HOPE, YOU WHO ENTER my latest #podcast on “How to Read Dante’s *Inferno*” (Canto 5: Paolo and Francesca) anchor.fm/ullyot/episode…

Launching “Open Book”! My podcast for general audiences — or, at least, for anyone who wants to read writers like Jane Austen, John Milton, and Virginia Woolf like an English professor. 3 episodes available now, plus trailer, with more to come each week. anchor.fm/ullyot

Introducing my very own Little Free Library, Charter 103653: featuring Virginia Woolf, John Milton, Amy Tan, Agatha Christie, and other fine random castoffs in a little modernist treehouse. New stock weekly; get 'yer… instagram.com/p/CEqDcQlh8h1/…

Road trip! In which I reconfirmed that Alberta's Badlands are not, in fact, bad lands. @ Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park instagram.com/p/CChNAT0JQ82/…