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This 2021-2022 seminar, designed for writers of early modern dissertations, is directed by Joyce Chaplin, Julie Crawford, and Jenny Mann.
This 2021-2022 seminar, designed for writers of early modern dissertations, is directed by '''Joyce Chaplin''', '''Julie Crawford''', and '''Jenny C. Mann'''.


This program focuses on the use of primary materials available for the study of the history, culture, society, and literature of early modern Britain, Europe, and the Atlantic World, broadly conceived. Should conditions allow, participants will visit rare materials collections in the spring to explore a variety of printed and manuscript sources relevant to Ph.D. candidates in history and literature, and they will learn (with the assistance of staff at the host university libraries) essential research skills as well as strategies for working with digital resources and remediated rare materials. The goal throughout will be to foster interdisciplinary scholarship while considering broad methodological and theoretical problems relevant to current work in early modern studies, especially when working in fields that contain deliberate elisions and silences in their historical archives. Preference will be given to applicants who have completed course work and preliminary exams; they should be preparing a prospectus or beginning to write chapters. Applicants should consult with their dissertation directors before applying to ensure that their work is at a stage that would benefit from the seminar, and their directors should certify that this is the case in their recommendation letters. Those whose dissertations are substantially complete will not be competitive applicants.
This program focuses on the use of primary materials available for the study of the history, culture, society, and literature of early modern Britain, Europe, and the Atlantic World, broadly conceived. Initially meeting virtually to share works-in-progress, should conditions allow, participants will visit rare materials collections in the spring to explore a variety of printed and manuscript sources relevant to Ph.D. candidates in history and literature, and they will learn (with the assistance of staff at the host university libraries) essential research skills as well as strategies for working with digital resources and remediated rare materials. The goal throughout will be to foster interdisciplinary scholarship while considering broad methodological and theoretical problems relevant to current work in early modern studies, especially when working in fields that contain deliberate elisions and silences in their historical archives.  


'''Directors''': '''Joyce E. Chaplin''' is the James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History at Harvard University. A former Fulbright Scholar and Guggenheim Fellow, she has published five monographs, one co-authored book, and two Norton Critical Editions. She did research for her second book, ''Subject Matter: Technology, the Body, and Science on the Anglo-American Frontier, 1500–1676'' (2001), at the Folger. '''Julie Crawford''' is the Mark van Doren Professor of Humanities in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. She is the author of ''Marvelous Protestantism'' (2004), ''Mediatrix'' (2014), and numerous essays on authors ranging from Shakespeare to Anne Clifford and on topics ranging from the history of reading to the history of sexuality. In 2016 she taught a Folger Seminar on Cavendish and Hutchinson, and she is currently completing a book manuscript entitled “Margaret Cavendish’s Political Career." Jenny Mann is an Associate Professor of English at New York University with a joint appointment with NYU Gallatin. She has followed her first book, ''Outlaw Rhetoric: Figuring Vernacular Eloquence in Shakespeare’s England'' (2012), with ''The Trials of Orpheus: Poetry, Science, and the Early Modern Sublime'' (2021). Her a new research project explores problems of self-reference in utopian literature from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century.  
'''Directors''': '''Joyce E. Chaplin''' is the James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History at Harvard University. A former Fulbright Scholar and Guggenheim Fellow, she has published five monographs, one co-authored book, and two Norton Critical Editions. She did research for her second book, ''Subject Matter: Technology, the Body, and Science on the Anglo-American Frontier, 1500–1676'' (2001), at the Folger. '''Julie Crawford''' is the Mark van Doren Professor of Humanities in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. She is the author of ''Marvelous Protestantism'' (2004), ''Mediatrix'' (2014), and numerous essays on authors ranging from Shakespeare to Anne Clifford and on topics ranging from the history of reading to the history of sexuality. In 2016 she taught a Folger Seminar on Cavendish and Hutchinson, and she is currently completing a book manuscript entitled “Margaret Cavendish’s Political Career." '''Jenny C. Mann''' is an Associate Professor of English at New York University with a joint appointment with NYU Gallatin. She has followed her first book, ''Outlaw Rhetoric: Figuring Vernacular Eloquence in Shakespeare’s England'' (2012), with ''The Trials of Orpheus: Poetry, Science, and the Early Modern Sublime'' (2021). Her new research project explores problems of self-reference in utopian literature from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century.  


'''Participants'''  
'''Participants'''  


'''Alexander Batson''', PhD Candidate — History, Yale University
'''Alexander Batson''', History, Yale University


'''Megan Bowman''', PhD Candidate — English, Boston University
'''Megan Bowman''', English, Boston University


'''Olivia Branscum''', PhD Candidate — Philosophy, Columbia University
'''Olivia Branscum''', Philosophy, Columbia University


'''Benjamin Card''', PhD Candidate — English and Renaissance Studies, Yale University
'''Benjamin Card''', English and Renaissance Studies, Yale University


'''Julia Carroll''', PhD Candidate — American & New England Studies, Boston University
'''Julia Carroll''', American & New England Studies, Boston University


'''Jin-Woo Choi''', PhD Candidate — History, Princeton University
'''Jin-Woo Choi''', History, Princeton University


'''Madison Forbes''', PhD Candidate — English, Fordham University
'''Madison Forbes''', English, Fordham University


'''Tess Grogan''', PhD Candidate — English, Yale University
'''Tess Grogan''', English, Yale University


'''Eve Houghton''', PhD Candidate — English, Yale University
'''Eve Houghton''', English, Yale University


'''Alice King''', PhD Candidate — History, University of Virginia
'''Alice King''', History, University of Virginia


'''Sarah-Gray Lesley''', PhD Candidate — English, University of Chicago
'''Sarah-Gray Lesley''', English, University of Chicago


'''Promise Li''', PhD Candidate — English, Princeton University
'''Promise Li''', English, Princeton University


'''Jessica Lugo''', PhD Candidate — English, The City University of New York
'''Jessica Lugo''', English, The City University of New York


'''Meaghan Pachay''', PhD Candidate — English, The Ohio State University
'''Meaghan Pachay''', English, The Ohio State University


'''Ianick Takaes de Oliveira''', PhD Candidate —Art History, Columbia University
'''Ian Takaes''', Art History, Columbia University


''Lanier Walker''', PhD Candidate —English, University of North Carolina  
'''Lanier Walker''', English, University of North Carolina  


'''Madison Wolfert''', PhD Candidate — English, Princeton University
'''Madison Wolfert''', English, Princeton University
 
 
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Revision as of 09:57, 16 September 2021

This 2021-2022 seminar, designed for writers of early modern dissertations, is directed by Joyce Chaplin, Julie Crawford, and Jenny C. Mann.

This program focuses on the use of primary materials available for the study of the history, culture, society, and literature of early modern Britain, Europe, and the Atlantic World, broadly conceived. Initially meeting virtually to share works-in-progress, should conditions allow, participants will visit rare materials collections in the spring to explore a variety of printed and manuscript sources relevant to Ph.D. candidates in history and literature, and they will learn (with the assistance of staff at the host university libraries) essential research skills as well as strategies for working with digital resources and remediated rare materials. The goal throughout will be to foster interdisciplinary scholarship while considering broad methodological and theoretical problems relevant to current work in early modern studies, especially when working in fields that contain deliberate elisions and silences in their historical archives.

Directors: Joyce E. Chaplin is the James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History at Harvard University. A former Fulbright Scholar and Guggenheim Fellow, she has published five monographs, one co-authored book, and two Norton Critical Editions. She did research for her second book, Subject Matter: Technology, the Body, and Science on the Anglo-American Frontier, 1500–1676 (2001), at the Folger. Julie Crawford is the Mark van Doren Professor of Humanities in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. She is the author of Marvelous Protestantism (2004), Mediatrix (2014), and numerous essays on authors ranging from Shakespeare to Anne Clifford and on topics ranging from the history of reading to the history of sexuality. In 2016 she taught a Folger Seminar on Cavendish and Hutchinson, and she is currently completing a book manuscript entitled “Margaret Cavendish’s Political Career." Jenny C. Mann is an Associate Professor of English at New York University with a joint appointment with NYU Gallatin. She has followed her first book, Outlaw Rhetoric: Figuring Vernacular Eloquence in Shakespeare’s England (2012), with The Trials of Orpheus: Poetry, Science, and the Early Modern Sublime (2021). Her new research project explores problems of self-reference in utopian literature from the Renaissance to the twenty-first century.

Participants

Alexander Batson, History, Yale University

Megan Bowman, English, Boston University

Olivia Branscum, Philosophy, Columbia University

Benjamin Card, English and Renaissance Studies, Yale University

Julia Carroll, American & New England Studies, Boston University

Jin-Woo Choi, History, Princeton University

Madison Forbes, English, Fordham University

Tess Grogan, English, Yale University

Eve Houghton, English, Yale University

Alice King, History, University of Virginia

Sarah-Gray Lesley, English, University of Chicago

Promise Li, English, Princeton University

Jessica Lugo, English, The City University of New York

Meaghan Pachay, English, The Ohio State University

Ian Takaes, Art History, Columbia University

Lanier Walker, English, University of North Carolina

Madison Wolfert, English, Princeton University