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French Renaissance Writings on the Italian Voyage Examines how French Renaissance travelers consumed and represented Italian space through writing and the imagination. Includes writings by Rabelais, Montaigne, and Du Bellay as well as lesser-known Fr

Explores representations of Joan of Arc in English culture from 1429 until the early nineteenth century, examining the factors that shaped retellings of her military successes and execution.

Radical Performances of the African Diaspora in Early Modern Spain An interdisciplinary exploration of white appropriations of black African voices in Spanish theater from the 1500s through the 1700s.

Iconography and Iconology Since the late fourteenth century, European artists created an extensive body of images, in paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, and other media, about the horrors of disease and death, as well as

Gender, Crime, and Punishment in Antebellum Pennsylvania Examines the lived experiences of women criminals in Pennsylvania from 1820 to 1860, mainly as they navigated the nineteenth-century legal and prison systems.

The Emperors’ Slaves in the Makings of Christianity Examines the role of the Roman emperors’ slaves in the rise of Christianity, and how imperial slaves were essential to early Christians’ self-conception as a distinct people in the Mediter

Archives, Activism, and the Search for Community Examines the ways queer theory and Mennonite literature have intersected over the past decade and how these two traditions hold fundamental commitments to social justice in common.

The Ancient City and Its Stories in Middle English Poetry A study of ancient Rome as a prominent topic in the works of Middle English poets. Discusses how each these poets conceives of ancient Rome and Romans, both pagan and Christian, and why it matters to