Dad, woodlander, trail-maker (literally), gamer, gardener, piano-player, book-collector, English prof. Books: “None a Stranger There”, “Teaching the History of the Book", "Shakespeare's Audiences", "Playwriting Playgoers in Shakespeare's Theater". He/him.https://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3mu5ceblayk2bIn 1612, Ben Jonson took a job as tutor to Sir Walter Raleigh's son in Paris; the kid would get him "dead drunk" and roll him down the streets sprawled in a wheelbarrow, declaring he "was a more lively image of the Crucifix than any they had". So, best wishes to all teachers this week.28 Aug 2026 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5ceblayk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3mszyr2i7uc2qThe deadline to submit a chapter proposal for "Tyranny, Resistance, and the Performance of Early Modern Drama" is approaching! More info at https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/05/tyranny-resistance-and-the-performance-of-early-modern-drama #earlymodern #tyranny #resistance #Shakespeare #drama #performancestudies #earlymodernstudies #earlymoderndrama14 Aug 2026 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3mszyr2i7uc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3mpqgs7tnas2pJust two months remain to submit an essay proposal for a new collection on tyranny, resistance, & the performance of early modern drama, co-edited by me & @louisegeddes.bsky.social. Details at https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/05/tyranny-resistance-and-the-performance-of-early-modern-drama #earlymodern #tyranny #resistance #theater #film #Shakespeare03 Jul 2026 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpqgs7tnas2phttps://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3mm6bse6ct22pOne of the residents in Covent Garden in 1635 was named John Moongarden which is just an objectively wonderful name.19 May 2026 01:53 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm6bse6ct22phttps://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3mm4ytraxnk2jCan we please stop using the misleading phrase “generative” AI and call it what it really is: derivative AI.18 May 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4ytraxnk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3mjzmx7qpqc2mReminder that @louisegeddes.bsky.social and I are welcoming chapter proposals for a planned new volume "Tyranny, Resistance, and the Performance of Early Modern Drama". Deadline to submit is August 31. https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/05/tyranny-resistance-and-the-performance-of-early-modern-drama21 Apr 2026 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzmx7qpqc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3mf4vx7ojrk2hDelighted to share that a bit of research from my new book project about medieval and early modern immigrant and transnationally itinerant actors, musicians, dancers, and other performers has now been published in the journal "Renaissance Studies". https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rest.7002718 Feb 2026 10:52 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf4vx7ojrk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3met6g7h43k2v14 Feb 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3met6g7h43k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3mbof4vdc2s2wLouise Geddes and I are excited to share this call for essay proposals for a proposed new volume, "Tyranny, Resistance, and the Performance of Early Modern Drama". Deadline to submit a proposal is August 31, 2026! See the attached call for more information. #earlymodern #drama #theater05 Jan 2026 11:58 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbof4vdc2s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3m6ie4gucyc25In order to submit to publish with Wiley, you now need to grant permission for them to use their AI tools to extract content from your work.25 Nov 2025 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6ie4gucyc25https://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3m46jzx6vac2pOnly Ben Jonson would rhyme “nutmeg” with “slut Meg”.27 Oct 2025 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3m46jzx6vac2phttps://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3luxb3gs6rc2y“To expect therefore, that Plays should be altogether without obscene Passages, were it not to expect that Nature should make Bodies altogether without Privy parts?" - Sir Richard Baker, 166227 Jul 2025 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3luxb3gs6rc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3lt55vsishs2sThis is Sir Francis Verney's idea of flattering poetry, from a poem to the earl of Salisbury (1605): "Men are prone mightie Lords to flatter / Yet wish their heads served in a platter". Not surprisingly, Verney gave up on poetry and playwriting and instead became a pirate on the Barbary coast.04 Jul 2025 11:40 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt55vsishs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3lrpzrj2l622eMy latest publication is out in Early Theatre: new evidence about a specific playgoer in early modern Worcester (UK)--and not just any other playgoer but one of the rarest kinds to appear in the historical record by name: a middle-class woman. https://earlytheatre.org/earlytheatre/article/view/5447 https://earlytheatre.org/earlytheatre/article/view/5447?fbclid=IwY2xjawK886hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFHTEtsTEtMVTBPR1MzNjNzAR7gp8F78zNEP9D_QvC3wiceNsaZC4augniMyYi3dpvuBSOx9PlN79ZpFS5-QA_aem_kLPRzWpS_IWARag5ZRoIjA16 Jun 2025 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrpzrj2l622ehttps://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3lqsgcc2kz22oA letter from Jacques De Coucy in Boulogne to Lord Lisle, the English lord deputy of Calais, sent on October 18, 1534, translated from French: "I send you a boar's head. I am sorry I have not got the rest to go with it." That's it. The whole letter.04 Jun 2025 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqsgcc2kz22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3lqgezwnus22zCampus alert system not exactly inspiring confidence…30 May 2025 23:26 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqgezwnus22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3lqalriyljk2fLooking forward to talking about book history pedagogy this afternoon with a stellar panel at the Society for Textual Scholarship conference at UPenn! https://textualsociety.org/2025-conference-program/28 May 2025 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqalriyljk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3lpeopqsbhk2kSir Francis Verney: the only early modern amateur playwright to appear as a Disney character.17 May 2025 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpeopqsbhk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3ljn7vmdl6222Progressive. Professional. Pangallo! [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Mar 2025 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljn7vmdl6222https://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3ljmszgnrrc2xAnyone ever have RSA change their conference session on them and simply not tell them? Two weeks before the conference and I find out indirectly that my paper has been moved to a different panel...05 Mar 2025 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljmszgnrrc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3lfuxw3nrh22sOn Feb 4, join Scott Oldenburg and me, along with contributors from our new collection for a discussion about the book, early modern plays about England's relationship to Europe, and how early modern drama can (and can't) help us think about Brexit, Trumpism, and the rise of neonationalism.16 Jan 2025 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfuxw3nrh22shttps://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3ldoxd7thqc2fSpies! Assassins! Actors! Going to #RSA2025 or #Shax2025 and need a little more espionage in your life? Come listen to me channel my inner John le Carré with "'For Her Majesty’s Special Service': Performers as Spies in Renaissance England"19 Dec 2024 22:47 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldoxd7thqc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3l5ewfr6piv2oPre-ordering now available for "None a Stranger There"! Paperback is just $35, so only $3.50 per chapter for 10 fantastic works of insightful, original scholarship on the England/Europe relationship in early modern drama as seen through a post-Brexit lens. https://www.uapress.ua.edu/9780817361730/none-a-stranger-there/30 Sep 2024 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3l5ewfr6piv2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3ktaj2owirk2wProofs have arrived for "None a Stranger There"! #earlymoderndrama #theaterhistory #Shakespeare #Brexit24 May 2024 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3ktaj2owirk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3krvmn2nbka2xIt was a great pleasure be invited on the New Books Network yesterday to discuss my co-edited volume "Teaching the History of the Book" (UMass Press, 2023) with my co-editor, Emily Todd! You can listen to it here (or anywhere you get podcasts): https://newbooksnetwork.com/teaching-the-history-of-the-book07 May 2024 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3krvmn2nbka2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3kpua3egljm2sPre-ordering is now available "None a Stranger There"--a collection of essays by a brilliant group of scholars thinking about early modern drama in the age of Brexit & the rise of neo-nationalism, co-edited by me & the wonderful Scott Oldenburg. https://www.uapress.ua.edu/9780817361730/none-a-stranger-there/11 Apr 2024 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3kpua3egljm2shttps://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3kpqgnviwoh2tAnother small liberal arts college is closing its doors (in Vermont, the 4th in the past 5 years). This time it's Goddard College (alma mater of David Mamet and William H. Macy): https://vtdigger.org/2024/04/09/facing-financial-insolvency-goddard-college-to-close-after-86-years/ #highered #liberalarts #college #capitalismwilldestroycivilization10 Apr 2024 00:31 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3kpqgnviwoh2thttps://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3kp5kjhry632dAn ad in the May 12, 1854 “Oregon Spectator”…02 Apr 2024 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3kp5kjhry632dhttps://bsky.app/profile/pangallo.bsky.social/post/3kogu37pb7u2wCall for essay proposals for a planned volume honoring the memory of William Proctor Williams. Essays are sought on subjects such as #textual criticism, scholarly #editing, #bookhistory, early modern #theater history, #earlymoderndrama, & #Shakespeare. https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2024/03/23/some-circumstance-of-the-text-essays-in-honor-of-william-proctor-williams24 Mar 2024 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:r6wrrtmubfeepof2ap4rjcor/app.bsky.feed.post/3kogu37pb7u2w