University of Edinburgh

The Early Modern Blush

Academic History:

2012 - 2015: BA (Hons) English (University of Cambridge)

2015 - 2016: MA Medieval and Early Modern Literary Studies (Durham University)

2017 - present: PhD English (University of Edinburgh)

Supervisors:

Dr Dermot Cavanagh

Research Interests:

• Early Modern drama
• Medical Humanities
• History of Emotions
• Classical reception
• Renaissance art
• Sceptic philosophy
• Voyeurism and exhibitionism

Previous Research Projects:

‘Draw thy rapier for we’ll have a bout’: Duelling on the Early Modern Stage

‘What the sages chiefly fear’: Pain and Pragmatic Ethics in Montaigne’s Essays

From Terminus A Quo to Terminus Ad Quem: ‘The Act of Falling’ in Paradise Lost

Scholarships:

AHRC Doctoral Training Studentship, 2017-2020

Durham University Postgraduate Scholarship, 2015-2016

College Scholarship (Christ's College, University of Cambridge), 2014

Awards:

Raman Selden Prize (Durham University), 2016

Levy Plumb Prize in the Humanities (Christ's College, University of Cambridge), 2014

Publications:

'Draw thy rapier for we'll have a bout': Duelling on the early modern stage, Seventeenth Century (2018), 1-21 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0268117X.2018.1437067

Contact Details:

Address: 50 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JU

Email: Jillian.Luke@ed.ac.uk

First published: 25 September 2017