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Alexa Alice Joubin

@profjoubin.bsky.social

Global Shakespeare, ethical AI, digital humanities, adaptations, Asian studies, film, theatre Writer, educator, advocacy speaker

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Milan Cortina Winter Olympics open with multisite ceremony Featuring tributes to da Vinci and Dante, Puccini and Pausini, Armani and Fellini, pasta and vino, and other tastes of Italian culture, an unprecedented four-site, dual-cauldron opening ceremony got t...

La Dolce Vita represented at the Olympics opening ceremony.

There were references to ancient Rome, the Renaissance, the Venice Carnival and the country's noted traditions in various areas such as cuisine and literature, such as "Pinocchio" and Dante's "Inferno."

www.espn.com/olympics/sto...

07.02.2026 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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GW TAI’s Oxbridge Lunches Foster Interdisciplinary Discourse and Collaboration | Trustworthy AI at GW | The George Washington University In the fall, GW TAI hosted two β€œOxbridge” lunches, inspired by the tradition of intellectual discourse among scholars from wildly different disciplines.

@profjoubin.bsky.social debated authorship and creativity with an engineer and lawyer. "While teaching at Oxford, Joubin appreciated the High Table dinners" for interdisciplinary conversations.

#authorship #criticaltheory #Shakespeare #AI #creativity

trustworthyai.gwu.edu/gw-tais-oxbr...

23.01.2026 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Practicing some operatic martial arts movements

#jingju #martialarts #spear

19.01.2026 04:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My open access platform: teachanything.ai

18.01.2026 05:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A.I. Is Coming to Class. These Professors Want to Ease Your Worries.

My open access AI is featured in @nytimes.com this morning!

#AI #openaccess #HigherEducation #multilingual

My team built a platform that enables professors to use open source LLMs to design open-access AI apps.

Join the open culture revolution!

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/n...

17.01.2026 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Arden Book Launch: Contemporary Readings of Global Shakespeare
YouTube video by Alexa Alice Joubin Arden Book Launch: Contemporary Readings of Global Shakespeare

Thank you for your interest in new books. Check out my video cast about my new book here youtu.be/4kEV_EEfung?...

09.01.2026 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Home - Critical Theoryβ€Ž About About This is an openly-licensed open-access textbook that introduces students to critical theory. Read More Β» Trustworthy AI Read More Β» Open Access Read More Β» How to use How to use Click any ...

Project website criticaltheory.info

02.01.2026 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Home - Screening Shakespeare A film adaptation transfers a dramatic or literary narrative to the cinematic form. Far from being β€œderivative” or a secondary form of art, film adaptations are highly original artistic ventures.

Project website screenshakespeare.org

02.01.2026 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Home - Screening Shakespeare A film adaptation transfers a dramatic or literary narrative to the cinematic form. Far from being β€œderivative” or a secondary form of art, film adaptations are highly original artistic ventures.

Project website screenshakespeare.org

02.01.2026 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Home - Screening Shakespeare A film adaptation transfers a dramatic or literary narrative to the cinematic form. Far from being β€œderivative” or a secondary form of art, film adaptations are highly original artistic ventures.

Project website screenshakespeare.org

02.01.2026 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Super short demo video of @profjoubin.bsky.social β€˜s open access Introduction to Critical Theory with a resident open source AI

02.01.2026 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Super short demo of @profjoubin.bsky.social β€˜s open access Screening Shakespeare

02.01.2026 00:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
2026 Schedule – Shakespeare Association of America

For schedule and location, click Saturday on this webpage shakespeareassociation.org/annual-meeti...

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Screening Shakespeare: Open-Access Textbook and AI
YouTube video by Alexa Alice Joubin Screening Shakespeare: Open-Access Textbook and AI

Demo video of @profjoubin.bsky.social 's open access Screening Shakespeare which will be featured at #SAA26 Digital Exhibit in Denver on Saturday, 4 April.

youtu.be/QjO8QjUB56c

02.01.2026 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Screening Shakespeare: Open-Access Textbook and AI
YouTube video by Alexa Alice Joubin Screening Shakespeare: Open-Access Textbook and AI

Demo video youtu.be/QjO8QjUB56c

01.01.2026 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join @profjoubin.bsky.social to learn about her open-access Screening Shakespeare at the digital exhibit at this year's SAA in Denver, 10-12, Saturday 4 April.

shakespeareassociation.org/annual-meeti...

01.01.2026 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy new year! Let freedom ring!

01.01.2026 04:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t jinx it. Wink

19.12.2025 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Turning kitty paw into an Oreo

18.12.2025 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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On this cold winter night @profjoubin.bsky.social and @nayoungbishoff.bsky.social enjoyed Hamnet, the latest Shakespearean film.

#maggieOFarrell #Shakespeare #Hamlet

15.12.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

With age I’ve come to appreciate tofu

06.12.2025 06:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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One inch of snow in Washington DC. First snow in December 2025

06.12.2025 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"The tempest finally passed. And she found a voice of her own. Celia raised her head just in time to see a rainbow at the horizon.The rainbow takes the shape of a long round arch, with its path high above, and its two ends apparently beyond the horizon."

01.12.2025 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"The tempest finally passed. And she found a voice of her own. Celia raised her head just in time to see a rainbow at the horizon.The rainbow takes the shape of a long round arch, with its path high above, and its two ends apparently beyond the horizon."

01.12.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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(PDF) "Rainbow Passage," The Virasat Anthology of Short Stories, ed. Nishi Pulugurtha (Kolkata: Virasat Trade, 2025), pp. 15-19 PDF | The tempest finally passed. And she found a voice of her own. Celia raised her head just in time to see a rainbow at the horizon.The rainbow takes... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...

Full text of @profjoubin.bsky.social 's short story "The Rainbow Passage." Enjoy!

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

01.12.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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@profjoubin.bsky.social 's short story The Rainbow Passage has just been published in the Virasat Anthology of Short Stories! Book available on www.amazon.com/dp/9392281293/

01.12.2025 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here is our doggy wishing everyone happy Thanksgiving! He is a ballet dancer today.

26.11.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join @profjoubin.bsky.social and Peter Loge for an engaging Tonic Talk, exploring the parallels between Shakespeare's tales of power, ambition, and betrayal and the β€œactors” on the political stage. Are we living a comedy, a tragedy, or a history play?

connect.gwu.edu/site/Calenda...

20.11.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Statement on Educational Technologies and AI Agents The following statement of endorsement was drafted by the MLA Task Force on AI in Research and Teaching. The Executive Council approved it as an MLA statement in October 2025.Software, specifically le...

Don't let agentic browsers such as OpenAI's Atlas ruin course management systems like Blackboard or Canvas. They can complete assignments without any student involvement.

www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...

19.11.2025 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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On the summit of Chimney Top in West Virginia. Splendid foliage.

18.11.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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