Adrian Streete
Professor of Early Modern English Literature and Religion, University of Glasgow. Old books, MSs, and ideas; classical music; and our cat. My views.
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- I’m very proud of my two PhD students - Liz Leemann and Vivienne Belton - for passing their vivas recently. Two fantastic theses on the body and soul in early modern literary depictions of motherhood, and on Roman Catholicism and the senses in early modern drama. Look out for their work.
- It’s time - happy Burns Night.
- How exciting! I remember reading Richard Rolle’s ‘Incendium amoris’ as an undergraduate and being bowled over by his stylistic verve and theological sensitivity. What a boon for medievalists to have a complete text too. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by Adrian StreetePhD funding for early career historians completing a doctorate. Applications are invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships for the academic year 2026-27 bit.ly/49MzqmT. Two awards of £8500 per student, held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
- Reposted by Adrian StreeteClosing date 31 January: applications are now invited for the Society's new Applied History Fellowships with @ihr.bsky.social & DC Thomson: bit.ly/4ijiuII Fellowships support recent post-doc historians and demonstrate the appeal of historical skills for employers. £12,000 for 6 months #Skystorians
- Spending some time in the seventeenth century this afternoon which - in comparison to the present - seems an oasis of calm and reason.
- Reposted by Adrian StreeteThis is a stunning resource, beautifully presented - congratulations to Ros Smith Kathy Acheson and their team emwmlibrary.com
- His nibs is not amused with this back to work nonsense.
- Reposted by Adrian StreeteHappy New Year and a pretty stupendous start to 2026 from my perspective as Predramatic Theatre -my co-authored book with @gregmw4.bsky.social - was published by Palgrave on Friday! link.springer.com/book/10.1007... Very kindly, our reader said of the book :-
- Midwinter light.
- Clearing the head on Boxing Day.
- Part of my reason for writing anything is to improve my understanding of the topic. That means learning about new or half-known sub-fields, which means familiarising myself with the secondary literature. That’s axiomatic. It’s the lack of curiosity here, as much as the dishonesty, that I don’t get.
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- Reposted by Adrian StreeteThrough his life and extraordinary talent, the immigrant and refugee child Tomáš Sträussler who became known to us all as Tom Stoppard made British theatre and this country a better place to be. You might even argue that he helped redefine Englishness through his astonishing legacy of work.
- Some monsters and prodigies to end the week (from Paré’s ‘Opera’, 1582).
- The best kind of Fridays.
- Spending today and tomorrow at the Mitchell Library - love this place.
- Reposted by Adrian StreeteHere’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
- Reposted by Adrian Streete📢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
- Reposted by Adrian StreeteI’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-...
- 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
- Reposted by Adrian StreeteON STRIKE AGAIN BECAUSE THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH REFUSES TO RULE OUT COMPULSORY REDUNDANCIES!
- Reposted by Adrian StreeteWe'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.
- Reposted by Adrian StreeteVISITING FELLOWSHIPS: Applications are now open for 2026-27! The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025. For more information on how to apply: bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bod…
- Reposted by Adrian StreeteToday 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.
- Remember, remember
- 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.
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- 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.
- 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.
- Reposted by Adrian StreeteAcademics reassembles personal library of Glasgow scholar and cleric Zachary Boyd, who famously criticised the Lord Protector at a service
- Reposted by Adrian StreeteFabulous to see the multiple discoveries made about one of our UofG predecessors by @profastreete.bsky.social - magnificent and proper scholarly hard work.
- Reposted by Adrian StreeteZachary 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
- A wee bit of news. news.sky.com/story/fascin...
- Reposted by Adrian Streetea tiny bit of good news is that we have secured funding to digitize john milton's copy of holinshed's CHRONICLES (1587). the images will form part of MILTON'S LIBRARY, an open-access site featuring the 10 books positively identified as milton's w/ transcriptions/translations of his marginal notes.
- Enjoying the autumn colours and skies in Dumfries and Galloway.
- Reposted by Adrian StreeteWe've joined the blue sky! Just as the skies darken for winter too Please let your followers know that the Scottish History Society has arrived! Find out more about memberships, the society, and events at our website: scottishhistorysociety.com
- Pleased to have a copy of @drnaomibaker’s new book, ‘Voices of Thunder’. Buy it, read it, order it for your libraries- it’s a brilliant, timely book.
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- Reposted by Adrian StreeteVery excited to be running this conference with Paul Norris. Delighted to have @mcculloughp.bsky.social as our keynote speaker. We can't wait to hear your ideas! Please share widely
- First day of the new term.
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[This post could not be retrieved] - Today I finished the first draft of my new book. It’s hard to write anything, really, and especially so given the state of the world at the moment. So I’m proud of getting to this point. Cheers.
- Reposted by Adrian StreeteStarts Tomorrow Friday 12 September 2pm Online Free 👇 Globe4Globe 2025: Shakespeare & Environmental Justice share.google/IzXWfke8BpZl...
- A decent coffee and a few hours to myself - bliss.
- Reposted by Adrian StreeteThrilled to see my @royalhistsoc.org Camden edition of the holograph letters of Margaret Tudor in the flesh! Thank you to everyone for their support and encouragement over the years 🤗 You can read more about the edition here: blog.royalhistsoc.org/2025/08/05/t...
- Reposted by Adrian StreeteI was delighted to have a chance to be on what turned out to be Melvyn Bragg’s last series of In Our Time and also thrilled that an article in The Times today lists our episode (on George Herbert) as one of the best 15 ever! You can listen to it here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
- Reposted by Adrian StreeteThis is a really astute analysis. Read it if you have access.
- Reposted by Adrian StreeteOur collection, Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court: Writing Communities, is being launched! Come and join us (in person at Middle Temple Library or online) at 6.15pm on Tuesday 9 Sept. Email MappingInns@gmail.com for more details. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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- The C sees.
- Job klaxon: full time, permanent lectureship in Liberal Arts at the University of Glasgow: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOM506/l...
- Reposted by Adrian StreeteStill time to apply!
- Reposted by Adrian StreeteMy new book 📕 The Story of Tudor Art 🌹 comes out on 25th September. It’s the first book ever (!!) to look at art from across the whole sixteenth century in England and I can’t wait to share it with you.
- The mantelpiece has been cleared for decorating, and so his nibs has staked his claim.
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- Fantastic concert tonight at the Edinburgh Festival. The LSO and Antonio Pappano on fire in Beethoven and Shostakovich, with some dreamy Sibelius as an encore . #EdinburghFestival
- Possession.
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- After an enforced absence, back in the happy place.
- Great day for a dip on the Costa del Clyde!
- Reposted by Adrian StreeteSneak preview of the contents page for #VoicesofThunder - a roll call of the incredible 17th century women whose amazing stories I am lucky enough to tell in this book @reaktionbooks.bsky.social #earlymodern
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- Reposted by Adrian StreetePublication day! Authenticity in Medieval and Early Modern Literature is out 🥳 @degruyterbrill.bsky.social have been fantastic to work with and all the contributors are incredible - brilliant chapters, a dream to work with, supportive throughout. Check it out: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
- Reposted by Adrian StreeteHappy to share the flyer for my book 'The Will in English Renaissance Drama', which is out this August with @universitypress.cambridge.org. Maybe your library would like a copy?! The 20% discount may be of interest to those heading to @srsrensoc.bsky.social! #earlymodern #drama #renaissance
- Clearing the head this afternoon.
- Hmm.
- UK’s £54m Global Talent Fund offered to pre-selected institutions. Move ahead of fund’s announcement raises concern about UKRI money “becoming politicised”. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
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- Reposted by Adrian StreeteThis is a subject I have been brooding about for some time. I am grateful to the Washington Monthly for posting this piece. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/i...
- Reposted by Adrian StreeteApplications now open (until 27 June 2025) for the Institute of Historical Research's non-stipendiary IHR Fellowships. Ideal for active, non-affiliated historians who would benefit from a period embedded in @ihr.bsky.social 's community of public, local & academic historians, archivists, curators.
- My last day in London did not quite go as planned. Crossing Euston Rd this morning at a green man, I was hit by someone jumping the lights on an e-bike. I have a fractured elbow, black eye, and several cuts and bruises. The lack of care with which some people ride these bikes is just unbelievable.
