Graduate Students

Thomas began the History PhD program in 2023. Specializing in Early Modern European History, Thomas is interested in the translation of classical literature into vernacular languages, the printing of classical texts during the Renaissance and...

• Regions: Britain; England; Europe; France;
• Times: 15th century; 16th century; 17th century
• Themes: British Literature; Classical Reception; French Literature; History of Empire; Latin Literature; Poetry and Poetics; Renaissance; Edmund Spenser

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• Region(s): Britain; Europe; North America
• Time Period(s): 17th to 19th century
• Theme(s): British literature; music

Zichen Liu is a doctoral candidate from the Department of English. His research focuses on the theatre culture of London as represented in late...

• Regions: Britain; China; England; Europe; France; Holy Roman Empire; Scotland
• Times: 14th to 17th centuries
• Themes: German Literature; History of Religion; Intellectual History; Philosophy; Political History; Reformation

Haidun Liu studies the...

• Regions: Britain; England; Scotland
• Times: 17th to 19th centuries
• Themes:  British Literature; History of the Book; Intellectual History; History of Gender and Sexuality; Philosophy

Carly Yingst is a PhD candidate in English, with interests in...

• Regions: Atlantic World; Caribbean; Europe; Latin America; North America
• Times: 15th to 17th centuries
• Themes: Colonialism; Folklore; History of Art and Architecture; History of the Body; History of Empire; History of Gender and Sexuality...

• Regions: Europe; Mediterranean; Middle East
• Times: 14th to 19th centuries
• Themes: Jewish Art & Visual Culture; Jewish History; History of the Book; History of Art and Architecture

Deborah B. Thompson is a PhD student studying Jewish History in...

• Times: 17th-18th centuries
• Regions: Atlantic World; Caribbean; Europe; France; Italy; Spain
• Themes: Architectural History; Colonialism; Cultural History; History of Art and Architecture; History of Gender and Sexuality; Intellectual History...

• Regions: Latin America, Europe
• Times: 16th to 20th centuries
• Themes: History of Science, History of the Book, Intellectual History, Literacy and Writing Systems

Manny Medrano is a PhD candidate in Latin American history at Harvard, where he examines pre...

• Times: 14th to 16th centuries
• Regions: Egypt; Indian Ocean; South Asia
• Themes: Architectural History; History of Art and Architecture; Maritime Humanities

Ayesha U. Shaikh’s research interests pertain to Indian Ocean and Red Sea material and...