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This page reflects a scholar's association with the [[Folger Institute]].
This page reflects a scholar's association with the [[Folger Institute]].  
 
William H. Sherman is a Professor of English at the University of York,


=== Long-term fellowship ===
=== Long-term fellowship ===
Knowledge is Power: Renaissance Intelligence and Its Modern Legacies (Mellon, [[Folger Institute 2011-2012 long-term fellows|2011-2012]])
"Knowledge is Power: Renaissance Intelligence and Its Modern Legacies" (Mellon, [[Folger Institute 2011–2012 long-term fellows|2011–2012]])
   
   
This project offers a new account of intelligence in the English Renaissance, when the relationship between knowledge and power was closer and more complicated, perhaps, than at any time before or since. After all, it was Francis Bacon who coined the famous axiom, “Knowledge is power,” and his life and writings offer ample testimony to the connections between the difference spheres of intelligence—learning or wit on the one hand and espionage on the other. The first part will trace the connections between scholarship and spying in Renaissance texts, careers, and institutions, and the second will explore the surprising lives of modern scholars who combined intellectual expertise on Renaissance history and literature with work in the field of intelligence, including Conyers Read, William Friedman, and Rosalie Colie.
This project offers a new account of intelligence in the English Renaissance, when the relationship between knowledge and power was closer and more complicated, perhaps, than at any time before or since. After all, it was Francis Bacon who coined the famous axiom, “Knowledge is power,” and his life and writings offer ample testimony to the connections between the difference spheres of intelligence—learning or wit on the one hand and espionage on the other. The first part will trace the connections between scholarship and spying in Renaissance texts, careers, and institutions, and the second will explore the surprising lives of modern scholars who combined intellectual expertise on Renaissance history and literature with work in the field of intelligence, including Conyers Read, William Friedman, and Rosalie Colie.


===Scholarly Programs===
===Scholarly Programs===
Speaker, [[Shakespeare and the Problem of Biography (conference)|Shakespeare and the Problem of Biography]] (Conference, [[2013-2014 Folger Institute programs|2013-2014]])
Speaker, [[Shakespeare and the Problem of Biography (conference)|Shakespeare and the Problem of Biography]] (Conference, [[2013–2014 Folger Institute Scholarly Programs|2013–2014]])
 
Participant, [[Transactions of the Book (conference)|Transactions of the Book]] (Conference, [[2001–2002 Folger Institute Scholarly Programs|2001–2002]])


Participant, [[Transactions of the Book (conference)|Transactions of the Book]] (Conference, [[2001-2002 Folger Institute programs|2001-2002]])
Director, [[The Early Modern Book (seminar)|The Early Modern Book]] (Masters Seminar, [[1997–1998 Folger Institute Scholarly Programs|1997–1998]])


Director, [[The Early Modern Book (seminar)|The Early Modern Book]] (Masters Seminar, [[1997-1998 Folger Institute programs|1997-1998]])
Faculty, [[Habits of Reading in Early Modern England (NEH Institute)|Habits of Reading in Early Modern England]] (NEH Institute, 1997-Summer)


===Exhibitions===
===Exhibitions===
''Decoding the Renaissance,'' [[Exhibitions at the Folger|Exhibition at the Folger]], (Opens November 2014)
''Decoding the Renaissance,'' [[Exhibitions at the Folger|Exhibition at the Folger]] (November 11, 2014–March 1, 2015)


===Service===
===Service===
Editorial Board, ''[[Shakespeare Quarterly]]''
Editorial Board, [[Shakespeare Quarterly|''Shakespeare Quarterly'' ]]


[[Category:Folger Institute]]
[[Category:Folger Institute]]
[[Category:Scholar]]
[[Category:Fellowships]]
[[Category:Fellowships]]
[[Category:Long-term]]
[[Category:Long-term]]
[[Category:Scholarly programs]]
[[Category:Scholarly programs]]
[[Category:Shakespeare Quarterly]]
[[Category:2013-2014]]
[[Category:2013-2014]]
[[Category:2011-2012]]
[[Category:2011-2012]]
[[Category:2001-2002]]
[[Category:2001-2002]]
[[Category:1997-1998]]
[[Category:1997-1998]]
[[Category:1997-Summer]]

Latest revision as of 14:35, 16 April 2015

This page reflects a scholar's association with the Folger Institute.

Long-term fellowship

"Knowledge is Power: Renaissance Intelligence and Its Modern Legacies" (Mellon, 2011–2012)

This project offers a new account of intelligence in the English Renaissance, when the relationship between knowledge and power was closer and more complicated, perhaps, than at any time before or since. After all, it was Francis Bacon who coined the famous axiom, “Knowledge is power,” and his life and writings offer ample testimony to the connections between the difference spheres of intelligence—learning or wit on the one hand and espionage on the other. The first part will trace the connections between scholarship and spying in Renaissance texts, careers, and institutions, and the second will explore the surprising lives of modern scholars who combined intellectual expertise on Renaissance history and literature with work in the field of intelligence, including Conyers Read, William Friedman, and Rosalie Colie.

Scholarly Programs

Speaker, Shakespeare and the Problem of Biography (Conference, 2013–2014)

Participant, Transactions of the Book (Conference, 2001–2002)

Director, The Early Modern Book (Masters Seminar, 1997–1998)

Faculty, Habits of Reading in Early Modern England (NEH Institute, 1997-Summer)

Exhibitions

Decoding the Renaissance, Exhibition at the Folger (November 11, 2014–March 1, 2015)

Service

Editorial Board, Shakespeare Quarterly