Paul Russell is the Margaret Brooks Robinson Professor of Celtic Languages and Literatures in Residence in the Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures at Harvard. His research interests include the linguistics and philology of the Celtic languages...
Alina Boying Huselid studies medieval and early modern Spanish art and its connections to northern Europe, especially the Low Countries. Her research spans painting, sculpture, and manuscripts, tied together by an interest in the visual environment...
I work on medieval and early modern Italian and French literature with a particular focus on violence and Nature.
Jude is a PhD student studying early modern English literature, particularly the metaphysical poets and the ways in which their politics and religious views impact the form and content of their writing. He is currently working on Andrew Marvell and his...
Rebecca Wu studies Chinese legal history, focusing on the late imperial and the Republican periods.
Rebecca graduated from Princeton University in 2025 with an A.B. in History (magna cum laude); her thesis on petitioning practices in late-Ming China was...
Deren Ertas is a PhD Candidate in the joint History and Middle Eastern Studies program at Harvard University. She is currently completing her dissertation entitled “Geos and Empire: Mining, Labor, and Environment in the Ottoman Empire, 1720s-1820s.” Her...
I am a postdoctoral researcher working at the intersection of early modern European history and the emerging field of Aging Studies. My postdoctoral appointments have taken me to three continents. My previous work, particularly my doctoral research...
Shaharyar Zia works on late-medieval and early modern Islamic intellectual history. He is interested in the scholarly traditions of Firangī Maḥall, Shāh Walī Allāh, Khayrābādīs and various Sufi groups in South Asia. In trying to situate and analyze these...
