Devon J Borowski studies the cultural history of song as a practice, object, and idea in the long eighteenth century, with a focus on opera and other forms of vocal music around Great Britain and its colonial empire. His research brings together queer...
Courtney is broadly interested in early modern disability and medicine. Her Master’s thesis focused on an underutilized religious commentary written by a blind woman in 16th century Germany. The main purpose of her thesis was to better understand the...
Carly Yingst is a PhD candidate in English, with interests in...
Janet Gyatso works on intellectual history and literature in early modern Tibet. Her books include Being Buddhist in a Human World: An Intellectual History of Medicine in Early Modern Tibet (2015) and Apparitions of the Self: The Secret Autobiographies of...
Region: China
Time: 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century
Theme: Chinese Literature, Early Modern Drama, History of the Body, History of Gender and Sexuality, Intellectual History
Wai-yee Li teaches Chinese literature at Harvard University. Her research...
Catherine Brekus is Charles Warren Professor of the...
