Dr Becky S Friedman

Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies @PennEnglish | researching Renaissance drama, Jews in England, and gender + religion in the early modern world

[Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies @katzcenterupenn]

Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of English (and former Katz Center communications coordinator) Becky Friedman was profiled in Omnia earlier this fall. Click below to read "Students of the Occult"!
https://t.co/8sAWLrsZaG

[The Penn Libraries @upennlib]

In a class taught by Becky Friedman, students study pamphlets, works on the occult, testimonies from witch trials, and modern representations of witches, examining the transition of witchcraft from object of persecution to taboo-shattering entertainment. https://t.co/mlROgrae7u

[Penn Arts & Sciences @PennSAS]

Every day is Halloween in a class focused on the occult, taught by Becky Friedman of @PennEnglish. Students study historical texts and various materials linked to the occult, including a dagger used in old productions of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. https://t.co/imEItjrxKb @Penn

[Department of English, University of Pennsylvania @PennEnglish]

Congratulations to the 2024 teaching award winners!!!

[Elizabeth Kolkovich @ezkolkovich]

This Sunday (28 April) is the free PREMIERE of a new documentary about Elizabeth Cary’s Tragedy of Mariam, directed by me and produced by my students. Join us at 7 pm EDT for the film and 8:30 pm EDT for a talkback with the cast and crew. Registration link below!

[Elizabeth Kolkovich @ezkolkovich]

The film features interviews w/ @kim_a_coles @LaraDodds @MichelleMDowd, Richard Dutton, Margaret Ferguson, @BeckySFriedman, Hannibal Hamlin, Grace Kimball, Carol Meija-LaPerle, @RJAMcC, Jasmine Silk, @lizjschafer, and actors from Lord Denney’s Players

[Jeanne Mathieu @Jeann_Ma]

Out now! New issue of Caliban on religious dispute and toleration in the Renaissance with fascinating contributions by @JoshMRodda @BeckySFriedman and @fabfluckiger (among others). Reviews edited by @nataal
#earlymodernliterature #earlymodernhistory
https://t.co/UrZGWmx3h9

[Jennifer Egan @Egangoonsquad]

Always a joy to visit--and teach at--my beloved alma mater, @Penn!!! Part of my not-so-secret agenda to make every undergrad become an English major. @PennEnglish

[Dr Helen Ingram @drhingram]

All this controversy about Exeter’s MA in Magic and what practical benefits a university degree like that has in the real world. Well I have a PhD in ancient magic and I’m a 3x lottery winner, dating a male model and all my enemies are dead. So…

[Dr Becky S Friedman @BeckySFriedman]

Me: I'm working on a chapter for an edited collection

My cat: Not on my time, you're not!

[Penn @Penn]

Life is a puzzle and every moment is a piece of the solution 🧩

[Department of English, University of Pennsylvania @PennEnglish]

Hi Penn!

Join us for pizza and water ice on Thursday, September 7th—and learn more about the English Undergraduate Advisory Board

[Icona @iconawrites]

I miss the wild nights of my youth when I would stay up all night — in my bed, under several cosy blankets, reading a book.

[The Nib ✒️ @thenib]

The end is nigh!

@gemmacorrell ✒ https://t.co/DWX3nSD6Be

[Department of English, University of Pennsylvania @PennEnglish]

Welcome Back Party on August 29th
3:30pm in Fisher-Bennett Hall 🩷🩵

[Kathleen Walker-Meikle @Medieval_Badger]

A cat and a dog share their mutual love of reading for #NationalBookLoversDay (Abbeville, Bibliothèque municipale 16, f. 23v, hat tip to @WeirdMedieval from last year) #CatsofTwitter #DogsofTwitter #Medievalanimals

[Sean Duffy @ProfDuff]

Some window cats of Philadelphia.

[Ben Rosen @ben_rosen]

the guy who comes up with gatorade flavors

[Dr Becky S Friedman @BeckySFriedman]

The elderly Jewish woman saying, “We mothers stand still, so our daughters can look back to see how far they've come” in #Barbie was absolutely too much for me, and I will be needing several days to recover.
#verklempt #oscarforrhea

[Into The Forest Dark @ElliottBlackwe3]

Me coming back from a bookshop after saying I was only going there to browse