Amy Lidster
@amylidster.bsky.social
Early modernist, perpetual reviser. Career Development Fellow at Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford: https://www.english.ox.ac.uk/people/amy-lidster
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Amy Lidster
@amylidster.bsky.social
· Apr 6
Excited to receive my author copies of Henry VI Part 1 out later this month!
Hear @oldfortunatus.bsky.social and me discussing the play and my introduction today at 6pm BST @engfac.bsky.social
english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/englis...
Hear @oldfortunatus.bsky.social and me discussing the play and my introduction today at 6pm BST @engfac.bsky.social
english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/englis...
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In her introduction @amylidster.bsky.social rarely focuses on Shakespeare and makes a compelling case that the collaborative play Henry VI Part 1 should be considered a serious work separate from the other history plays and has convinced one person it is much better than remembered.
August 3, 2026 at 3:54 PM
In her introduction @amylidster.bsky.social rarely focuses on Shakespeare and makes a compelling case that the collaborative play Henry VI Part 1 should be considered a serious work separate from the other history plays and has convinced one person it is much better than remembered.
Sad to see the #WSC2026 @wsc2026verona.bsky.social draw to a close in Verona. It’s been such an invigorating and inspiring conference!
July 27, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Sad to see the #WSC2026 @wsc2026verona.bsky.social draw to a close in Verona. It’s been such an invigorating and inspiring conference!
Fantastic plenary roundtable @wsc2026verona.bsky.social #WSC2026 led by Silvia Bigliazzi on an exciting, mega multi-volume project on Shakespeare’s Sources: Texts, Ideas, Horizons - just officially announced as being published by @ardenpublisher.bsky.social. Thrilled to be contributing to it!
July 26, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Fantastic plenary roundtable @wsc2026verona.bsky.social #WSC2026 led by Silvia Bigliazzi on an exciting, mega multi-volume project on Shakespeare’s Sources: Texts, Ideas, Horizons - just officially announced as being published by @ardenpublisher.bsky.social. Thrilled to be contributing to it!
Ahead of the final day of #WSC2026 @wsc2026verona.bsky.social, a moving production of La Bohème at the spectacular Roman arena in Verona. What a special experience - despite the amusing contrast between the snowy sets and the hot weather! #arenadiverona
July 26, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Ahead of the final day of #WSC2026 @wsc2026verona.bsky.social, a moving production of La Bohème at the spectacular Roman arena in Verona. What a special experience - despite the amusing contrast between the snowy sets and the hot weather! #arenadiverona
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I had so much fun last Friday travelling down to Oxford to listen to all the amazing talks at the conference "Clio Reframed: Women Writing History, 1500-1750" organised by @amylidster.bsky.social. I got to meet some lovely academics and even encountered a cat on my way home! #earlymodern
June 23, 2026 at 1:44 PM
I had so much fun last Friday travelling down to Oxford to listen to all the amazing talks at the conference "Clio Reframed: Women Writing History, 1500-1750" organised by @amylidster.bsky.social. I got to meet some lovely academics and even encountered a cat on my way home! #earlymodern
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Excellent couple of days at #clioreframed talking about women and historical writing. Thanks @amylidster.bsky.social for organising to my fellow presenters for great papers and chat @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social @leahknight.bsky.social @disfordiscourse.bsky.social amongst many others
June 20, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Excellent couple of days at #clioreframed talking about women and historical writing. Thanks @amylidster.bsky.social for organising to my fellow presenters for great papers and chat @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social @leahknight.bsky.social @disfordiscourse.bsky.social amongst many others
Ahead of the start of #ClioReframed tomorrow, check out this thought-provoking blog from one of our speakers @zoescreti.bsky.social on the diaries of Sarah Savage, held at Harris Manchester Oxford.
clioreframed.hcommons.org/2026/06/16/p...
clioreframed.hcommons.org/2026/06/16/p...
clioreframed.hcommons.org
June 17, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Ahead of the start of #ClioReframed tomorrow, check out this thought-provoking blog from one of our speakers @zoescreti.bsky.social on the diaries of Sarah Savage, held at Harris Manchester Oxford.
clioreframed.hcommons.org/2026/06/16/p...
clioreframed.hcommons.org/2026/06/16/p...
Ahead of our conference on EM women’s historical writing @oxfordcems.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social next week, check out our speakers’ stimulating blog posts
This week @karl-haohaozhang.bsky.social reflects on the significance of ‘ground’ in the Civil War
clioreframed.hcommons.org/2026/05/31/w...
This week @karl-haohaozhang.bsky.social reflects on the significance of ‘ground’ in the Civil War
clioreframed.hcommons.org/2026/05/31/w...
Who Owns the Ground? Lucy Hutchinson and Writing the Aftermath of the Civil War
clioreframed.hcommons.org
June 10, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Ahead of our conference on EM women’s historical writing @oxfordcems.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social next week, check out our speakers’ stimulating blog posts
This week @karl-haohaozhang.bsky.social reflects on the significance of ‘ground’ in the Civil War
clioreframed.hcommons.org/2026/05/31/w...
This week @karl-haohaozhang.bsky.social reflects on the significance of ‘ground’ in the Civil War
clioreframed.hcommons.org/2026/05/31/w...
Fantastic blog from Carlotta Cirilli (University of Teramo) on Margherita de’ Medici, portrait medals, and epistolary history, ahead of the ‘Clio Reframed’ conference at Oxford in June @oxfordcems.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social @srsrensoc.bsky.social
clioreframed.hcommons.org/2026/04/30/p...
clioreframed.hcommons.org/2026/04/30/p...
Precio Felix: Public Iconography and Private Words of Margherita de’ Medici in the Mediceo del Principato
clioreframed.hcommons.org
May 1, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Fantastic blog from Carlotta Cirilli (University of Teramo) on Margherita de’ Medici, portrait medals, and epistolary history, ahead of the ‘Clio Reframed’ conference at Oxford in June @oxfordcems.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social @srsrensoc.bsky.social
clioreframed.hcommons.org/2026/04/30/p...
clioreframed.hcommons.org/2026/04/30/p...
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The RSA is participating in a social media campaign with @acls1919.bsky.social this week, and we invite you to join in! The message is simple & proactive: we need more humanities and social sciences scholars and research! #earlymodern #RenTwitter #TalkAboutHumanities
April 14, 2026 at 12:14 PM
The RSA is participating in a social media campaign with @acls1919.bsky.social this week, and we invite you to join in! The message is simple & proactive: we need more humanities and social sciences scholars and research! #earlymodern #RenTwitter #TalkAboutHumanities
Excited to receive my author copies of Henry VI Part 1 out later this month!
Hear @oldfortunatus.bsky.social and me discussing the play and my introduction today at 6pm BST @engfac.bsky.social
english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/englis...
Hear @oldfortunatus.bsky.social and me discussing the play and my introduction today at 6pm BST @engfac.bsky.social
english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/englis...
April 6, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Excited to receive my author copies of Henry VI Part 1 out later this month!
Hear @oldfortunatus.bsky.social and me discussing the play and my introduction today at 6pm BST @engfac.bsky.social
english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/englis...
Hear @oldfortunatus.bsky.social and me discussing the play and my introduction today at 6pm BST @engfac.bsky.social
english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/englis...
Reposted by Amy Lidster
*Coming soon!*
Edward II has captivated generations with its evocative portrayal of passionate friendship, kingly power and brutal retribution.
This modernised, comprehensively annotated edition edited by @jmasten.bsky.social publishes in May!
Find out more: https://bit.ly/4sSjOGh
Edward II has captivated generations with its evocative portrayal of passionate friendship, kingly power and brutal retribution.
This modernised, comprehensively annotated edition edited by @jmasten.bsky.social publishes in May!
Find out more: https://bit.ly/4sSjOGh
March 31, 2026 at 5:13 PM
*Coming soon!*
Edward II has captivated generations with its evocative portrayal of passionate friendship, kingly power and brutal retribution.
This modernised, comprehensively annotated edition edited by @jmasten.bsky.social publishes in May!
Find out more: https://bit.ly/4sSjOGh
Edward II has captivated generations with its evocative portrayal of passionate friendship, kingly power and brutal retribution.
This modernised, comprehensively annotated edition edited by @jmasten.bsky.social publishes in May!
Find out more: https://bit.ly/4sSjOGh
Excited to see the new issue of the Revue de la Société Française Shakespeare @shakespearefrance.bsky.social, with my piece on Shakespeare’s contested role at Ruhleben internement camp during WWI, which includes this production of Hamlet starring Jamaican actor Sylvester Leon
doi.org/10.4000/15nn9
doi.org/10.4000/15nn9
March 25, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Excited to see the new issue of the Revue de la Société Française Shakespeare @shakespearefrance.bsky.social, with my piece on Shakespeare’s contested role at Ruhleben internement camp during WWI, which includes this production of Hamlet starring Jamaican actor Sylvester Leon
doi.org/10.4000/15nn9
doi.org/10.4000/15nn9
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Society for the Study of Early Modern Women & Gender welcomes award nominations for the 2026 Book Awards, Editions Award(s) & Collaborative Project Award
For more info &/or to nominate a work, see
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Deadline: May 25, 2026
For more info &/or to nominate a work, see
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Deadline: May 25, 2026
Society or the Study of Early Modern Women & Gender 2026 Awards Nominations
The Society seeks nominations for awards for English-language scholarly work on women and gender in the early modern period (ca. 1450-1750) published/completed between June 2023 and May 2026. Items pr...
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March 24, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Society for the Study of Early Modern Women & Gender welcomes award nominations for the 2026 Book Awards, Editions Award(s) & Collaborative Project Award
For more info &/or to nominate a work, see
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Deadline: May 25, 2026
For more info &/or to nominate a work, see
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Deadline: May 25, 2026
Really looking forward to talking with @oldfortunatus.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social on 6 April about my introduction for the new Henry VI Part 1 (out 9 April). Register for free here:
english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/englis...
english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/englis...
English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: Henry VI, Part I
english.web.ox.ac.uk
March 23, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Really looking forward to talking with @oldfortunatus.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social on 6 April about my introduction for the new Henry VI Part 1 (out 9 April). Register for free here:
english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/englis...
english.web.ox.ac.uk/event/englis...
Reposted by Amy Lidster
Can’t wait to see this with @oldfortunatus.bsky.social and @amylidster.bsky.social!!!
Our next #Shakespeare webinar will take place on 6 April at 6pm. This time we'll be exploring HENRY VI, PART 1 with Emma Smith and Amy Lidster.
They will discuss the play & how we might approach it in the 21st century, followed by a Q&A.
All welcome! #HenryVI #BookSky
They will discuss the play & how we might approach it in the 21st century, followed by a Q&A.
All welcome! #HenryVI #BookSky
English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: Henry VI Part 1
In this free webinar, Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of Henry VI Part 1 from Oxford World's Classics.
shakespeare-webinar-henryvi-part1.eventbrite.co.uk
March 12, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Can’t wait to see this with @oldfortunatus.bsky.social and @amylidster.bsky.social!!!
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📢 Le nouveau numéro de la Revue de la Société Française Shakespeare "Shakespeare à la loupe : l’art du détail" vient de paraître !
📢 The latest issue of the Revue de la Société Française Shakespeare on "Shakespeare in focus: the art of small things" is out!
👉 journals.openedition.org/revueshakesp...
📢 The latest issue of the Revue de la Société Française Shakespeare on "Shakespeare in focus: the art of small things" is out!
👉 journals.openedition.org/revueshakesp...
Revue de la Société française Shakespeare
Revue de la Société française Shakespeare Revue en études shakespeariennes – Journal on Shakespearian studies
journals.openedition.org
February 13, 2026 at 8:58 AM
📢 Le nouveau numéro de la Revue de la Société Française Shakespeare "Shakespeare à la loupe : l’art du détail" vient de paraître !
📢 The latest issue of the Revue de la Société Française Shakespeare on "Shakespeare in focus: the art of small things" is out!
👉 journals.openedition.org/revueshakesp...
📢 The latest issue of the Revue de la Société Française Shakespeare on "Shakespeare in focus: the art of small things" is out!
👉 journals.openedition.org/revueshakesp...
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I’m really excited to be speaking with Prof Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social about #Cymbeline and its ‘infinit questions of the circumstance of strange chances’ (as one c17th reader put it) on Monday 2 March!
Our English Faculty / Oxford World's Classics #Shakespeare webinars continue!
On Monday, 2 March, Prof Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social will be joined by Dr Kim Gilchrist @kimgilchrist.bsky.social to discuss #CYMBELINE followed by Q&A.
All welcome! Free, but booking required. #booksky
On Monday, 2 March, Prof Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social will be joined by Dr Kim Gilchrist @kimgilchrist.bsky.social to discuss #CYMBELINE followed by Q&A.
All welcome! Free, but booking required. #booksky
English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: Cymbeline
In this free webinar, Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of Cymbeline from Oxford World's Classics.
shakespeare-webinar-cymbeline.eventbrite.co.uk
February 25, 2026 at 9:45 AM
I’m really excited to be speaking with Prof Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social about #Cymbeline and its ‘infinit questions of the circumstance of strange chances’ (as one c17th reader put it) on Monday 2 March!
Are you a PG student or ECR interested in presenting at our conference ‘Clio Reframed: Women Writing History, 1500-1750’ in June?
Bursaries to help with expenses are generously funded by @srsrensoc.bsky.social, so please send us your abstract by 14 March!
clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...
Bursaries to help with expenses are generously funded by @srsrensoc.bsky.social, so please send us your abstract by 14 March!
clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...
Call for Papers
clioreframed.hcommons.org
February 26, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Are you a PG student or ECR interested in presenting at our conference ‘Clio Reframed: Women Writing History, 1500-1750’ in June?
Bursaries to help with expenses are generously funded by @srsrensoc.bsky.social, so please send us your abstract by 14 March!
clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...
Bursaries to help with expenses are generously funded by @srsrensoc.bsky.social, so please send us your abstract by 14 March!
clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...
📣 Still time to get your abstract in for 'Clio Reframed: Women Writing History, 1500-1750', a two-day conference to be held at Oxford on 18/19 June 2026. Generously supported by Corpus Christi, @oxfordcems.bsky.social, and @srsrensoc.bsky.social.
clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...
clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...
February 23, 2026 at 9:47 AM
📣 Still time to get your abstract in for 'Clio Reframed: Women Writing History, 1500-1750', a two-day conference to be held at Oxford on 18/19 June 2026. Generously supported by Corpus Christi, @oxfordcems.bsky.social, and @srsrensoc.bsky.social.
clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...
clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...
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#CfP: Clio Reframed: Women Writing History, 1500-1750. Oxford, June 18-19, 2026 Abstracts by Feb 28 '26. Featuring a quintessential quartet of keynotes: @rhetorician.bsky.social, Claire Gheeraert-Graffeuille, @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social, & Sue Wiseman www.rensoc.org.uk/event/clio-r... #SRS_Sponsored
January 23, 2026 at 11:20 PM
#CfP: Clio Reframed: Women Writing History, 1500-1750. Oxford, June 18-19, 2026 Abstracts by Feb 28 '26. Featuring a quintessential quartet of keynotes: @rhetorician.bsky.social, Claire Gheeraert-Graffeuille, @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social, & Sue Wiseman www.rensoc.org.uk/event/clio-r... #SRS_Sponsored
📢 Excited to announce this Call for Papers for ‘Clio Reframed’, a conference at Oxford on 18-19 June 2026 exploring early modern women as writers of history. @engfac.bsky.social @oxfordcems.bsky.social
Abstracts due by 28 Feb! clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...
Abstracts due by 28 Feb! clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...
Call for Papers
clioreframed.hcommons.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
📢 Excited to announce this Call for Papers for ‘Clio Reframed’, a conference at Oxford on 18-19 June 2026 exploring early modern women as writers of history. @engfac.bsky.social @oxfordcems.bsky.social
Abstracts due by 28 Feb! clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...
Abstracts due by 28 Feb! clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...
Does Shakespeare matter at the frontline of war? My new - and, sadly, still timely - article on Shakespeare’s use in Ukraine during Russia’s ongoing invasion has just been published open access in Humanities.
www.mdpi.com/3454068
www.mdpi.com/3454068
www.mdpi.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Does Shakespeare matter at the frontline of war? My new - and, sadly, still timely - article on Shakespeare’s use in Ukraine during Russia’s ongoing invasion has just been published open access in Humanities.
www.mdpi.com/3454068
www.mdpi.com/3454068
My (long!) article on ‘Shakespeare and War’ for Oxford Bibliographies has just been published!
It covers Shakespeare’s time through centuries of reception history & I hope is useful for research on this multifaceted, diverse & (alas) timely topic
www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...
It covers Shakespeare’s time through centuries of reception history & I hope is useful for research on this multifaceted, diverse & (alas) timely topic
www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...
www.oxfordbibliographies.com
June 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
My (long!) article on ‘Shakespeare and War’ for Oxford Bibliographies has just been published!
It covers Shakespeare’s time through centuries of reception history & I hope is useful for research on this multifaceted, diverse & (alas) timely topic
www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...
It covers Shakespeare’s time through centuries of reception history & I hope is useful for research on this multifaceted, diverse & (alas) timely topic
www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...
Reposted by Amy Lidster
Some great titles on here from writers I know and/or admire. Link to full mailout here: view.updates.cambridge.org?qs=17a78157d...
@jltaylor.bsky.social @amylidster.bsky.social @bachrach.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social #Shakespeare
@jltaylor.bsky.social @amylidster.bsky.social @bachrach.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social #Shakespeare
February 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Some great titles on here from writers I know and/or admire. Link to full mailout here: view.updates.cambridge.org?qs=17a78157d...
@jltaylor.bsky.social @amylidster.bsky.social @bachrach.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social #Shakespeare
@jltaylor.bsky.social @amylidster.bsky.social @bachrach.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social #Shakespeare