Asst Professor of English Literature Director of New Variorum Shakespeare @TAMU
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An Houstonian pilgrimage today to eat at Trill Burgers, owned by local legend Bun B (one of the pioneers of ‘Houston rap’ and Southern hip-hop in the 1990s). That’s him on the box.
#Houston 🍔
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Sunday photo
The interior of Gaudi’s Sagrada Família, which is one more step towards completion, its new tower receiving a Papal blessing this week.
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Jun 13
Please consider submitting an abstract for these two sponsored roundtables about ‘Global Literary and Intellectual History in the Renaissance World’ at next year’s @RSAorg conference in Philadelphia! ⬇️
Jun 13
Thrilled to be organizing a series of roundtables on Renaissance globalisms with @robert_stagg for the @RSAorg in Philadelphia 2027! Please share widely!
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Explore the Menil Collection, a campus of art buildings and green spaces in the heart of Houston. Admission is always free.
Visit:
🎨 Main building
✏️ Menil Drawing Institute
🖼️ Cy Twombly Gallery
🌈 Dan Flavin Installation at Richmond Hall
🌳 Green spaces
📚 Menil Bookstore
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More information about our ‘Editing in Action’ event @The_Globe in September can now be found on our website, here:
newvariorumshakespeare.org/n…
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Jun 12
“For how can one stage hyperbole? Reading the play, we might imagine Antony a colossus; but what shall we do with the very human-sized Antony who has been before us for several hours?”
— Janet Adelman, writing about ‘Antony and Cleopatra’
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Jun 11
Well, it seems to have Shylock with his patriarchal beard. Maybe Lorenzo and Jessica?
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Jun 11
An unattributed / unsigned 19thC painting of a scene (not sure which) from ‘The Merchant of Venice’, on display at the charmingly bizarre Czech Museum in Houston. The painting was hidden within a roll of carpet to conceal it from Nazi occupiers.
#Houston 🇺🇸
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Jun 10
Today in 2025, Barbara Bush becomes the fifth Houstonian to be honored with a US postage stamp. She follows Oveta Culp Hobby, Barbara Jordan, Lydia Mendoza, and George HW Bush.
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Jun 9
Happy Birthday Skip James here at The American Folk Blues Festival tour in Cologne, Germany, 1967. 🎶'Hard Times Killing Floor'
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Today’s book delivery: @masten_j’s new edition of Christopher Marlowe’s ‘Edward II’. @Ardenpublisher
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We will be at Shakespeare’s Globe @The_Globe in September, bringing together Globe actors and Shakespearean editors for an experimental event titled ‘Editing in Action’ (part of the Globe’s RiA series). Tickets available now!
shakespearesglobe.com/whats-…
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Jun 7
Today in 1997, the Chapel of St. Basil at University of St. Thomas is dedicated. @StThomasHouston
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Jun 5
Since Houston Pride is this weekend, here are some pics of Houston Pride 1979, the first "official" pride parade in Houston. Photos courtesy of Houston LGBT History and JD Doyle:
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The New Variorum Shakespeare @NVS_TAMU will be at Shakespeare’s Globe @The_Globe in September to lead one of their RiA events titled ‘Editing in Action’. Hugely looking forward to bringing together Globe actors and Shakespearean editors. @TAMUArtSci @TAMU shakespearesglobe.com/whats-…
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The 2027 @SAAupdates conference bulletin is here! One of our General Editors Paul Werstine will be on a panel about ‘Shakespearean Cruxes’ and our Director @robert_stagg will be part of a grad student organised roundtable titled ‘Translating Your Shakespeare Research Into a Job’.
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