Early modernist + digital humanist. Assoc Prof, English, University of Calgary. c.f. @ACriticismLab https://xitter.cf/t.co/Hos66O8pMG
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Joined January 2009
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Michael Ullyot retweeted
👏Please join us in welcoming Clifton Cunningham as our new Managing Director for Fields Institute Publications!
It didn't take him long to accept the role: "I love learning, I love math and I like people a lot. Why wouldn’t one do this?"
👀 Read more: bit.ly/3MBYTlJ
Published my book yesterday, an adventure 17 years in the making.
It’s on a few subjects: the unexpected death of a Prince of Wales in 1612; the methods of persuading people to imitate examples; the anecdotes that make a biography. @OUPAcademic
Me, to my 13-year-old: “Like Wayne Gretzky says, you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”
13-year-old: “Wayne who?”
#facepalm
Michael Ullyot retweeted
Congrats and welcome to @ORCID_Org's new Board members: Amal Amin Ibrahim, @Katy__McNeill, Lori Ann Schultz, @ullyot and @whats_names. I am looking forward to working with you all.
Please join us in welcoming @ORCID_Org's newest Board Members! #BoardLeadership #BoardOfDirectors
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Making headway on my August reading goals. instagram.com/p/CSCqfRQJTDp/…
The Courtesan's Whisper: bourbon, apricot, cacao, mole bitters. @ Rosedale instagram.com/p/CQXiiekhOSD/… – at Calgary, Alberta
Suddenly it’s summer! @ Peace Bridge (Calgary) instagram.com/p/CQT9UVXBRji/… – at Calgary, Alberta
Call me Old Fashioned, but this is my favourite #cocktail @ Rosedale instagram.com/p/CQNBylGhIVQ/… – at Calgary, Alberta
Sorry, Leonard Cohen, but Wendy Cope has found a cure for love -- two, in fact. @ Rosedale instagram.com/p/CP9Dqtkh7yc/… – at Calgary, Alberta
Zooming at 4:30 a.m. for the @EdCDCS Workshop #AURA_Network Workshop on AI and Archives
Mixing a Manhattan with Luxardo cherries and Old Overholt rye -- the distillery that makes Old Grandad bourbon and other fine bottom-shelf delights.
#cocktails @ Rosedale instagram.com/p/CGgmVw8BeGs/… – at Calgary, Alberta
@shedbookstore in Calgary: the tiniest, best curated used bookshop you'll ever visit. By appointment only, and so worth it. @ Sunalta instagram.com/p/CGOZI5GBPsI/… – at Calgary, Alberta
What constructive, respectful advice. Thanks, @leftbankbookscollective @ University of Calgary instagram.com/p/CGI12UJBE51/… – at Calgary, Alberta
Lastest #podcast episode posted — on *Richard III*, the 1st of 3 on Shakespeare’s villains: anchor.fm/ullyot/episodes/Ho… @anchor
#shakespeare #podcast
Just posted “How to Cure Yourself with Reading”: on treating everything from bad taste to wardrobe crises by reading novels. Episode 6 in my “Open Book” podcast is on _The Novel Cure_ by @susanelderkinUK and @ellaberthoud: anchor.fm/ullyot/episodes/Ho…
Just posted "How to Read John Milton’s Paradise Lost, Books 2-3" to my 'Open Book' #podcast. ⚓ anchor.fm/ullyot/episodes/Ho… #paradiselost
ABANDON HOPE, YOU WHO ENTER my latest #podcast on “How to Read Dante’s *Inferno*” (Canto 5: Paolo and Francesca) anchor.fm/ullyot/episodes/Ho…
Launching “Open Book”! My podcast for general audiences — or, at least, for anyone who wants to read writers like Jane Austen, John Milton, and Virginia Woolf like an English professor. 3 episodes available now, plus trailer, with more to come each week. anchor.fm/ullyot
Introducing my very own Little Free Library, Charter 103653: featuring Virginia Woolf, John Milton, Amy Tan, Agatha Christie, and other fine random castoffs in a little modernist treehouse. New stock weekly; get 'yer… instagram.com/p/CEqDcQlh8h1/… – at Calgary, Alberta
Road trip! In which I reconfirmed that Alberta's Badlands are not, in fact, bad lands. @ Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park instagram.com/p/CChNAT0JQ82/… – at Kneehill County, Alberta