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There are a range of PhD students undertaking studies relating to the Early Modern period.
The Early Modern Studies PhD programme adopts a distinctively interdisciplinary approach, alongside a thorough grounding in research skills and is underpinned by the unparalleled resources available to students on our doorstep in Bloomsbury. Other PhD programmes also听relate听to the Early Modern period though. The below list includes students from a variety of different programmes.听
Our Blessed Republic: Everyday Politics in Revolutionary England, 1649-1660.听Supervisors:听Prof Jason Peacey听补苍诲听Dr E Legon听(QMUL)
Carlos Ara煤jo
Christ, Diplomacy & Slaves: The Kingdom of Kongo (c.1509 鈥� 1620s).听Supervisors: Prof Toby Green (KCL) and Prof Zolt谩n Biedermann
Rana Banna
Word-Magic: Early Modern Linguistic Sign Theory in Shakespeare鈥檚 Late Plays. Supervisors:听Dr Eric Langley听补苍诲听Dr Rachel Holmes
Containing Knowledge: The Material History of Medicine Chests in Early Modern Italy,听UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS)听听听听
Sam Brown
鈥業t is a difficult thing which I undertake鈥�: The acquisition and transmission of Arabic linguistic knowledge in early modern England, 1569-1635.听Supervisors:听Dr Robyn Adams听and听Dr Matthew Symonds
Laurence Chen
Figural potential of alchemical allusions in English lyric poems. Supervisors: Dr Anthony Ossa-Richardson and Dr Eric Langley
Siobhan Cooke
Folk mythology and traditional oral folklore.听Supervisors:听Prof Alison Shell听补苍诲听Dr Matthew Symonds
Ethan Darden
On legendary swords in history and literature: an in-depth examination of Curtana, Durendal and Joyeuse. Supervisors:听Prof Alexander Samson听补苍诲听Dr Thibaut Maus de Rolley
Clara Davarpanah
Title t.b.c.听Supervisors:听Dr Allison Stielau听补苍诲听Prof Alison Wright
Thomas Fleming
Religious Bodies: Refiguring Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in the Early/Modern.听Supervisors:听Prof Jason Peacey
Early sixteenth-century art of north Italy: an ecocritical perspective.听Supervisors:听Prof Alison Wright,听Prof听Bob Mills.
Nalina Gopal
Petitioning by Tamil diasporas in the Straits of Melaka and Singapore (1786-1867). Supervisors:
Glasgow Hardie
Uncertain Bodies: The Transient Nature of Colour in Early Modern Italy.听Supervisors:听Prof Rose Marie San Juan听补苍诲听Dr Natasha Eaton
Shahid听Hussain
Networks and Patronage: British Ambassadors to Muscovy in the 17th Century.听Supervisors:听Dr Sergei Bogatyrev听and Prof Jason Peacey
Resourcing the New Science, 1660-1760. Supervisors: Prof听Simon Werrett听补苍诲听Keith Moore听(Royal Society)
Elinora Lane
The Use of Emblems by Women in Sixteenth-Century Italy.听Supervisors:听Dr Lisa Sampson听补苍诲听Dr Rembrandt Duits听(Warburg)
Stephen Mallet
鈥楾he business of smuggling across the English Channel in the Eighteenth Century: Anglo-French comparisons鈥�.听Supervisor: Prof听Julian Hoppit
Finn Manders
Early Modern commonplace books held by the Wellcome Collection.听Supervisors:听Dr Elaine Leong & Prof Angus Gowland听
Alesia Mankouskaya
Theatre culture of the Duchy of Lithuania in 17th century.听Supervisors: tbc
Francesca Masiero
Literacy and Learning in Latin and Vernacular Schools in Verona (1405-1509).听Supervisors:听Prof听Dilwyn Knox听补苍诲听Dr Lisa Sampson
Josh Mcloughlin
"vnpossible" history in early modern England.听Supervisors: 听Prof Alexander Samson听补苍诲听Prof听Lucy Munro (KCL)
Stuart Moss
鈥淩emoved and Recontextualized: Monastic Art in the Bavarian S盲kularisation of 1803".听Supervisors: Dr听Allison Stielau听补苍诲听Prof听Richard Taws听
Emilia Pearce
'The Sound of Seventeenth-Century Netherlandish Painting'.听Supervisor(s):听Prof听Rose Marie San Juan听
Elsa Perryman Owens
'Melted, Singed, Incinerated, Saved: Catastrophe and the Non-Human in The Great Fire of London'.听Supervisors:听Dr Allison Stielau听补苍诲听Prof听Jason Peacey
Domenico Pino
Printmaking in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1734鈥�1799). Supervisors:听Dr Richard Taws听补苍诲听Prof Rose Marie San Juan
Josh Racey
Ttitle t.b.c.听Supervisor:听Prof Ben Kaplan
Victoria Rasbridge
Intersecting Identities: Representing Queenship in the Golden Age听comedia.听Supervisors:听Prof Alexander Samson听补苍诲听Dr Lisa Samson
Anna Schiffer
Sir Philip Sidney鈥檚 European Tour (1572-75); its influence on his听An Apology for Poetry听and on later English poetry. Supervisors:听Prof听Edward Chaney听补苍诲听Prof Alexander Samson
Four Collections of Latin Poetry by Women From the 17th Century.听Supervisors:听Dr Victoria Moul听and Prof Gesine Manuwald
Luisa Signorelli
The reception of Shakespeare in the eighteenth-century anthology. Supervisors: Dr Charlotte Roberts; Prof听Helen Hackett
Petra Sikic
Gesture and the Body in Early Modern Italy.听Supervisor(s):听Prof听Rose Marie San Juan
Simon Smets
Authorship and Narrative Design in Renaissance Latin Letter Collections 1470-1520.听Supervisors:听Prof Gesine Manuwald and Prof听Dilwyn Knox
The Heterogeneous听Nature of Early Modern Manuscript Recipe Book Functions [c. 1500 - 1800].听Supervisors: Prof听Jane Gilbert听补苍诲听Prof Alison Shell
Caroline Streek
Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach and the political influence within her female household 1714-1737.听Supervisor:听
The Power of Networks and the Networks of Power: The Social and Political networks of Mary I.听Supervisors:听Prof Alexander Samson听and Dr Matthew Symonds
James Waddell
Early Modern anxieties about distraction and shortened attention spans.听Supervisors:听Prof听Helen Hackett听补苍诲听Dr Eric Langley
Jacob听Wiseman
Intersections between biblical and literary cultures in early modern England.听Supervisors:听Prof Alison Shell听补苍诲听Dr Linda Freedman
Imitation of Horace in England, 1620-1660: the moralising tradition.听Supervisors:听Dr Victoria Moul,听Prof Gesine Manuwald听补苍诲听Dr Chris Stamatakis