Allison Lemley

PhD candidate at Goethe University researching EM history plays, cultural memory, and theatrical space

Jstor enthusiast and glass jar collector

[Allison Lemley @allison_lemley]

I rarely post on here anyways, but find me somewhere else🔵 with my name, no underscore

[German Shakespeare Society (DSG) @dsg_shakespeare]

The #CFP for the #GermanShakespeareAssociation's fabulous #ShakespeareSeminar is now open. Please visit https://t.co/5AsZmMmPP6 for the call and further information.

[Chaucer Doth Tweet @LeVostreGC]

Thei did the Mash! Thei did the Monstere Mash.
The Monstere Mash: Beholde, sepulchral smasshe!
Thei did the Mash, and it kaughte on most fast -
Lo, heare the Mash! Forsooth, the Monstere Mash!

[Chaucer Doth Tweet @LeVostreGC]

Four Mistakes Authores Make When Launchinge a New Booke
I. Winges on booke not big ynough
II. Trebuchet too small
III. Booke ys aimed at strong windes & flyeth backwarde
IV. Inadequate numbir of trumpets playinge when the trebuchet doth hurtle the booke upward ynto the cloudes

[Allison Lemley @allison_lemley]

@evey_reidy I'm up for a Henry VIII double team situation, but I can mostly just promise to be a decent distraction

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Monday is my first day, and I'm excited to start with a team that's already been so welcoming

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Now that it's almost September (and all the paperwork is complete), I can finally say that I'll be a wissenschaftlicher Mitarbieterin with @susannegruss at Uni Bamberg while I finish my dissertation at Goethe!

[Chaucer Doth Tweet @LeVostreGC]

Yet agayne rejected for a proofreadinge jobbe, no ydea why

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

GPT-5 confirmed to confidently try to complete 11 tasks simultaneously then email you 6 months later explaining it’s had a mental breakdown

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@EarlyModernPhD @ShakesInstitute An EM true crime podcast would be brilliant!

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I'm going to go Google "kafkaesque" from underneath my desk if anyone needs me

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My current scream into the void: dealing with the tech that Germany has set up to be "easier." I forgot a PIN for an app used to apply for a couple important things, but no problem, I can reset it at a machine.

[Allison Lemley @allison_lemley]

How did I discover this? Some very confused (but helpful) workers at the office I went to explained and meanwhile, a friend managed to find the one link that took him to that information online because the page for the app doesn't mention it at all.

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@SarayaHaddad I've never been so glad to live in Germany than this moment simply because no one here talks to strangers

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@hapyresearchers The fame

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👀

[Daniel Gould, MD, PhD @DJGould94]

When you enroll in a PhD

[Allison Lemley @allison_lemley]

@ellie1whitehead I'm sorry to have missed yours! ☹️ I enjoyed hearing a little bit from the Q&A, so maybe there just needs to be another online conference👀

[Allison Lemley @allison_lemley]

It's Halloween, which means it's time for #spookyconf23! Because nothing says spooky season like fantastic papers on witches, spirits, mummies, and all things ghoulish #spookyacademics #phdlife #ecr