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Dr Marion O’Connor: Reader in English and American Literature Theatrical reconstructions and dramatic revivals; iconography; drama as historiography; censorship. Recent publications include: The Witch (Oxford University Press Collected Works of Thomas Middleton) (co-ed, 2007); Shakespeare Reproduced: The text in history and ideology (co-ed, 2008); The Court Beggar and The Queen’s Exchange (The Collected Works of Richard Brome) (ed, 2010). www.kent.ac.uk/english/people/profiles Professor David Ormrod: Professor of Economic and Cultural History Early modern English and European economic and cultural history. Recent publications include: The Rise of Commercial Empires: England and the Netherlands in the Age of Mercantilism, 1650-1770 (2008); Artists, Dealers and Connoisseurs. The Origins of the English Art Market, 1650-1815 (forthcoming). www.kent.ac.uk/history/staff/profiles Dr Ryan Perry: Lecturer in Medieval Literature Middle English textual cultures with a particular focus on historiographical literature; pastoral/ affective writings of the 14th and 15th centuries; late-medieval manuscripts containing English texts and methodologies which explore the axis between textual and material culture; devotional manuals and books containing lives of Christ. www.kent.ac.uk/english/people/profiles
Dr David Potter: Reader in French History Early modern France; the state and local society in the 15th and 16th centuries; the impact of war; the French aristocracy in the 16th century; Renaissance diplomacy. Recent publications include: Renaissance France at War: Armies, Culture and Society, c.1480-1560 (2008); Henry VIII and Francis I: the Final Conflict, 1540-47 (2011). www.kent.ac.uk/history/staff Dr Catherine Richardson: Reader in Renaissance Studies Early modern literature and drama; language and narrative; material culture, especially clothing and the household. Recent publications include: William Dugdale, Historian, 1605-1686: His Life, his Writings and His County (co-ed, 2009); Everyday Objects: medieval and early modern material culture and its meanings (co-ed, 2010); Making Household: The account book of Sir Thomas Puckering of Warwick and London (co-ed, 2011). www.kent.ac.uk/english/people/profiles Dr Ben Thomas: Lecturer in History & Philosophy of Art; Curator, Studio 3 Gallery Italian Renaissance art; Renaissance writing on the visual arts; 16th and 17th-century prints. www.kent.ac.uk/arts/staff
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Location Canterbury.
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National ratings Most recent Research Assessment Exercise: History ranked 2nd, Drama ranked 12th and English ranked 18th nationally for research quality.
Applications Taught programmes Online at www.kent.ac.uk/courses/ postgrad/apply Research programmes See p218 or contact the Centre for further details.
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