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Reading Shakespeare in English in Eighteenth-Century Spain
hand written page showing three Shakespeare editions and other works by authors whose names begin with S
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Reading Shakespeare in English in Eighteenth-Century Spain

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John Stone

a guest post by John Stone Deanne Williams, who was a Folger fellow in 2003, tells the story of how her work on early modern girlhood took shape just after her daughter was born—she began thinking about histories of gender,…

Reading the Past and Researching During COVID-19
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Reading the Past and Researching During COVID-19

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Daniel Davies

a guest post by Daniel Davies I defended my Ph.D. dissertation on April 3, 2020. The defense happened on Zoom, which has become standard academic operating procedure by now but at the time felt like an extreme oddity. ‘Zoom is…

Interview and excerpt: Simon P. Newman, Freedom Seekers: Escaping from Slavery in Restoration London
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Interview and excerpt: Simon P. Newman, Freedom Seekers: Escaping from Slavery in Restoration London

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The Collation

At the Folger, we are proud to sponsor research inquiry within a vibrant and intellectually generous community. Periodically, as that research is published, we circle back to talk with recent authors to showcase the role of collections-based inquiry on their…

Excerpt: 'Index, A History of the' by Dennis Duncan
incomplete handwritten index
Shakespeare and Beyond

Excerpt: 'Index, A History of the' by Dennis Duncan

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Shakespeare & Beyond

While doing research in the Folger collection, Dennis Duncan encountered hundreds of indexes created by early modern readers. In this excerpt from his newly published book, “Index, A History of the,” Duncan describes the fascinating variety of reader indexes he…

Visualizing Shakespeare’s Birds
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Visualizing Shakespeare’s Birds

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Missy Dunaway

a guest post by Missy Dunaway Greetings! I was the Folger Shakespeare Library’s artist-in-residence in November of 2021. I dedicated my Folger Institute Fellowship to a painting project entitled Birds of the Bard. This growing collection of paintings will catalog…

Recipes for dealing with the plague in Shakespeare’s England
Burges's water for the plague
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Recipes for dealing with the plague in Shakespeare’s England

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Yann Ryan

Recipes for plague-curing potions like “Doctor Burges’s remedy” are often found in household recipe books of Shakespeare’s time. Folger fellow Yann Ryan writes about the circulation of information and misinformation through these recipes.

Picturing early modern women athletes
Women racing gondolas
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Picturing early modern women athletes

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Peter Radford

Folger fellow Peter Radford explores the history of picturing women athletes from ancient Greece to early modern Europe, how these images can be hard to find and interpret, but also why they’re so valuable and compelling.

Interview and excerpt: Paul Dover, The Information Revolution in Early Modern Europe
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Interview and excerpt: Paul Dover, The Information Revolution in Early Modern Europe

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The Collation

At the Folger, we are proud to sponsor research inquiry within a vibrant and intellectually generous community. Periodically, as that research is published, we circle back to talk with recent authors to showcase the role of collections-based inquiry on their…

Glimpses of women athletes in 18th-century England
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Glimpses of women athletes in 18th-century England

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Peter Radford

A Folger fellow and former Olympian shares images and stories of 18th-century women athletes in England who competed in races, fights, cricket matches, and more.

Alcohol, Armies, and Contested Sovereignty in Early Modern Ireland
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Alcohol, Armies, and Contested Sovereignty in Early Modern Ireland

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Lila Chambers

a guest post by Lila Chambers The association between Ireland and excessive drinking is a pervasive one, from fifteenth century texts detailing treacherous feasts held by Irish opponents to Henry II, to Edmund Spender’s A View of the Present State…

Q & A: Ashley Buchanan, Associate Director for Fellowships, Folger Institute
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Q & A: Ashley Buchanan, Associate Director for Fellowships, Folger Institute

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The Collation

The Folger Institute is pleased to introduce Dr. Ashley Buchanan, our new Associate Director for Fellowships. Dr. Buchanan received her Ph.D. in early modern history in 2018 from the University of South Florida and comes to the Folger with experience…

Recipe Books, Plague Cures and the Circulation of Information
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Recipe Books, Plague Cures and the Circulation of Information

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Yann Ryan

a guest post by Yann Ryan As well as its terrible consequences for health and mortality, plague in early modern England had a major impact on the communication and circulation of information. Movement was restricted, towns with suspected cases were…

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