History of Religion

Ian studies images and objects at the intersection of faith, artistic practice, and intellectual culture in northern Europe during the long seventeenth century. Drawing upon prints, illustrated books, and representations of the natural world, Ian’s work...

Ida Beckett is currently a Master's student at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. She is interested in the history of early modern Istanbul and hopes to study the history of perceived and proscribed deviance and unbecoming behavior, from coffee...

Kathryn Puzzanghera is a current student at Harvard Divinity School pursuing her Master of Theological Studies with an area of focus in History of Christianity. She has a bachelor's degree in Religion from Wellesley College where she completed her honors...

• Regions: Eastern Mediterranean; Egypt; Middle East; Ottoman Empire
• Time periods: 14th and 15th centuries
• Themes: History of Art and Architecture; History of the Book; History of Education; History of Religion; Intellectual History; Philosophy

• Regions: China; Eurasia; Europe; Iberia; Japan; Low Countries
• Times: 16th to 18th centuries
• Themes: Cultural History; History of the Book; History of Religion; History of Science; Intellectual History

Daniel Said Monteiro received his Ph.D. in...

Jennifer Nelson studies early modern art and cultural production from Europe and its outposts. At Radcliffe she is linking a new theory of art’s emergent properties in the Renaissance with an account of these properties’ misuse in the late 16th century...

• 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: 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; France; Holy Roman Empire
• Times: 16th-17th centuries
• Themes: Cultural History; Folklore; History of Religion; Intellectual History; Reformation

Tiphaine Guillabert-Madinier specializes in the religious and « popular culture »...

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...