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At
present I am a doctoral student in History at the University
of Toronto. Linked below are lectures, seminars, and
conference papers I have presented, as well as research
term papers from my Ph.D. coursework at Toronto, from
my M.A. in Early Modern History at the University of
Sussex, and from my B.A. in English and Theater/Dance
at Princeton University.
Seminar
Papers and Lectures
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Sacred
or Sacrilegious?: Conflicted Attitudes Towards Festive
Dancing in Early 17th-Century England -- Abstract
(CRFC Newberry Seminar Paper, 2009)
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The
Dancing Rector of Tortworth and Other Curious Tales
from the Archives -- Abstract (KWDS Lecture, 2009)
•
Religion
and/or Revelry: Seventeenth-century views on dancing,
and why they still matter -- Abstract (Graduate-Faculty
Colloquium Lecture, 2007)
Conference Papers
•
Calvinists
and Ecclesiastes 3.4: Ecclesiastical Patronage and
Persecution of Dancing in Early Modern Scotland and
England -- Abstract (Instituting Calvin Conference
Paper, 2009)
•
Sacred
or Sacrilegious?: The Curious Case of Nicholas Millichap
and the Abdon Communion Cloth -- Abstract (RSA
Conference Paper, 2009)
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Dangerous
Delights: Puritanism, Reform, and Dancing in Early
Modern England -- Abstract (IHR Conference Paper,
2006)
•
Dancing
Schools and School Dances: The
Practices and Politics of Dancing at Renaissance Universities
-- Abstract,
Introduction, Conclusion, and handout (RSA Conference
Paper, 2005)
•
Cosmic
Harmony or Drunken Revelry?: Dancing in the English
Court Masque in Theory and in Practice
-- Abstract
(Fresh Perspectives Conference Paper, 2003)
Research
Papers
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Hypothesizing
a Danza Speculativa: Renaissance Dance in Theory
and Practice (Spring
Term Paper, 2005)
•
Terpsichore
Revised: An examination and expansion of Mary Pennino-Baskerville’s
“Terpsichore Reviled: Antidance Tracts in Elizabethan
England” (Fall
Term Paper, 2004)
•
What
is thy excellence in a galliard, knight?': Masculinity
and Dancing in Early Modern England
(Spring Term Paper, 2003)
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Dancing
Across Boundaries: Dancing and Cultural Appropriation
in Early Modern England (Fall
Term Paper, 2002)
Dissertations and Theses
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'Unmasquing'
the Dance: Alternative Sources and Interpretations
of Dancing in Early Modern England (M.A.
Dissertation, University of Sussex, 2003)
•
The
Bard's Galliard... or how to party like an Elizabethan
(B.A. Thesis, Princeton University, 1999)
• Research
Thesis - history of Renaissance dance, steps
and terminology, the court masque, dance in particular
Shakespeare plays
• Bibliography
- annotated listing of primary and secondary works
consulted
•
Top 10 Resources - as originally published (see
Resource
Guide
for updated recommendations)
• Play
Script -
Introduction to Renaissance Court Dance and seven
Shakespeare scenes; with musical scores and dance
tabulations
• In
Performance - pictures from rehearsals and performances,
production and program notes
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