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Stephen O'Neill, university teacher & Shakespearean | โ€œStones have been known to move, and trees to speakโ€ | ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ More info here: https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/people/stephen-oneill

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Hugh Bonneville started his live ITV London News interview on Downton Abbey by talking about Gaza.

04.09.2025 07:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1775    ๐Ÿ” 527    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 63    ๐Ÿ“Œ 92

A warm reflection Conradโ€” the nostalgia for the Aula is strong in this one because the โ€œnewโ€ format is so impersonal and, with those screens, dizzying !

03.09.2025 15:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I hate AI but Microsoft copilot can do references in seconds.

27.08.2025 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Our eco-Shakespeare seminar at the WSC in Verona 2026 is now open to registration!!

www.wsc2026.org

22.08.2025 08:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme - Research Ireland The Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme is an established national initiative, funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, and mana...

PhD scholarships available from @researchireland.ie so if youโ€™re interested in Shakespeare and / or environmental humanities do get in touch

www.researchireland.ie/funding/gove...

20.08.2025 19:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Israel wants to take control of Gaza, says Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel intends to take military control of all of Gaza, despite intensifying criticism at home and abroad over the devastating, almost two-year-old w...

This was always the goal โ€” genocide & settler colonialism go hand in glove

Israel wants to take control of Gaza, says Netanyahu www.rte.ie/news/middle-...

07.08.2025 17:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Pleasure and delight as a Shakespeare conference theme seems out of touch with the world right now, a turning back or away?

07.07.2025 11:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Or another incentive would be where such roles are a pathway to promotion โ€” except their not.

30.04.2025 13:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Shakespeare in Ireland Through a selection of essays from a variety of scholarly voices, this volume maps the various ways in which Shakespeare has been adapted, adopted and appropriaโ€ฆ

Happy Publication day for Shakespeare in Ireland, Ed. Andrew Murphy @ardenpublisher.bsky.social
Delighted to have a chapter on interactions with & productions of Richard II in Ireland

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/shakespea...

30.04.2025 13:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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King Lear at the Gate Theatre with Conleth Hill in the title role. A minimalist production in search of a concept, an approach that let the famous lines slide by โ€” and others breathe โ€” but underused the playโ€™s larger themes.

09.03.2025 11:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
Kylie Minogue book joins my little collection ๐Ÿ’ƒ

09.03.2025 11:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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As #KylieMinogue kicks off her World Tour, check out
@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social book all about the Australian pop icon ๐Ÿ’ƒ
#KylieMinogue #TensionTour2025

16.02.2025 09:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Refusing to do it after promotion round. Little development possible when thereโ€™s a 9% success rate for oneโ€™s Faculty

24.01.2025 12:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Shakespeare and Seriality Encompassing a wide variety of genres, media and art forms across a broad historical scope, this open access book identifies central strategies of serializationโ€ฆ

๐Ÿ“ฃ Out on 20/02/25
My own chapter examines Shakespearean dissonant repetitions in HBO's Succession (2018-2023)
#openaccess #Succession
Congratulations to Christina Wald and Elisabeth Bronfen for all their work๐ŸŽ‰
www.bloomsbury.com/us/shakespea...

24.01.2025 09:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Negating Arts faculty research but hereโ€™s a photo of library cat to distract you.

20.01.2025 17:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But surely youโ€™d not pass up the opportunity to bring Kildareโ€™s top university into the 600s?!

16.01.2025 09:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Feedback will follow in 7 months time

06.01.2025 14:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mine is called โ€œNope: a career development storyโ€

06.01.2025 12:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But thereโ€™s always a mindfulness seminar or an elephant called Hope to cheer you up.

06.01.2025 12:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congratulations Nora๐Ÿ‘Œ๐ŸŽ‰

05.01.2025 17:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Doing feedback on first year essay plans for my Cli-Fi module and nice to see ideas take shape!

02.01.2025 12:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A Universityโ€™s reputation is made by its decisions as well as its outputs.

02.01.2025 09:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And itโ€™s a sad situation when some universities (guess which one) are using AI to write strategic plans & research reports. ๐Ÿ’ฏ AI detected.

27.12.2024 13:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very much so: the fake quotes are a new low. Cue a litany of verification meetings. Actually reading the text risks becoming a thing of the past

27.12.2024 10:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Or the institutional mediocrity

21.12.2024 13:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The great thing about blue sky is the freedom, thus far, from official university accounts.

20.12.2024 08:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great to see you & Margaret in such august company ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ’ƒ

16.12.2024 21:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Arborealities, or Making Trees Matter in Elif Shafakโ€™s The Island of Missing Trees Trees are radiant forms of life that we humans encounter in our environment, language, and culture. Science offers deep insights into trees as intelligent

academic.oup.com/isle/article...
A tree studies read .. my article on Shafakโ€™s talking fig tree and arboreal agency

10.12.2024 23:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Drivetime Thursday 5 December 2024 Cormac ร“ hEadhra brings you all the latest news and stories of the day from around the country and beyond.

Enjoyed talking about #KylieMinogue on RTร‰ radio ahead of publication of @emtherese.bsky.social and my co-ed book on this true pop icon (feat. at 1:25:27)
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

08.12.2024 11:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Thank you ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ‘Œ

22.11.2024 09:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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