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Friday3MarchandSaturday4March2017

RoomSG1,AlisonRichardBuilding,7WestRoad,CambridgeCB39DTConvenorsSubhaMukherjiRachelE.HolmesTimStuart-ButtleElizabethL.SwannRebeccaTomlinColloquiumsummaryThisconferenceexplorestheintersectionsbetweennaturalphilosophyandliteratureandispartoftheresearchproject,CrossroadsofKnowledgeinEarlyModernEngland:thePlaceofLiterature,afive-yearERC-fundedprojectbasedattheFacultyofEnglishandCRASSH,UniversityofCambridge.Forfurtherinformationontheresearchprojectpleaseseehttp://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/programmes/crossroads

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Conferenceprogramme–Day1,Friday3March2017

09.00–09.40 Registrationandcoffee09.40–10.00 WELCOME

SubhaMukherji(PrincipalInvestigator,Cambridge)10.00–11.45 Chair:SubhaMukherji(Cambridge)

MichaelWitmore(FolgerLibrary)SpontaneityandKnowledgeinEarlyModernEnglandLorraineDaston:(MPIHistoryofScience)PremodernRules:TheHistoryofanEpistemicCategory

11.45–12.00 COFFEEBREAK12.00–13.00 Chair:SarahHowe(UCL)

SachikoKusukawa(Cambridge)UsesofimagesinsomeearlymoderncommentariesonAristotle’s‘Deanima’

13.00–14.00 LUNCH

14.00–15.45 Chair:JenniferRampling(Princeton)

RichardSerjeantson(Cambridge)FrancisBaconattheCrossroadsofKnowledge:‘OurPhilosophy’encountersa‘NewLogic’RhodriLewis(Oxford)MoreThingsinHeavenandEarth?HamletasNaturalPhilosopher

15.45–16.00 COFFEEBREAK16.00–17.45 Chair:TimStuart-Buttle(Cambridge)

HenryS.Turner(Rutgers)FrancisBacon’sArtofThinking;or,LetUsAllBegintoGeneralizeFelixC.H.Sprang(Siegen)ThePlainStyle,GreatCircleSailingandtheParadoxofDisinterestedness

18.00–18.45 DRINKSRECEPTIONAtrium,AlisonRichardBuilding

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Conferenceprogramme–Day2,Saturday4March2017

09.00–09.30 Coffee09.30–11.15 Chair:SietskeFransen(Cambridge)

ElizabethL.Swann(Cambridge)‘VermiculateQuestions’:ConfrontingMortalityintheEarlyRoyalSociety

JanePartner(Cambridge)ReadingtheEarlyModernBody

11.15–11.30 COFFEEBREAK11.30–12.30 Chair:RachelE.Holmes(Cambridge)

KathrynMurphy(Oxford)ArticulateVoices:TheSpeakingWorldintheWorksofFrancisBacon

12.30–13.30 LUNCH13.30–15.15 Chair:DavidParry(Cambridge)

CassieGorman(ARU)HesterPulter’sAtomWorlds’

TorranceKirby(McGill)The‘CosmographicMystery’:JohannesKepler’sconversionofastronomy

15.15–15.30 COFFEEBREAK15.30–17.15 Chair:RebeccaTomlin(Cambridge)

MaryFloyd-Wilson(UNCChapelHill)‘Neverhungpoisononafoulertoad:ContagiousEvilinEarlyModernEngland

AyeshaMukherjee(Exeter)‘Manurethyself’:Dearth,Knowledge-making,andtheBiblicalPoeticsofFertilisationinEarlyModernEngland

17.15–18.00 ROUNDTABLE

Chair:RichardOosterhoff(Cambridge)

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Abstracts

SpontaneityandKnowledgeinEarlyModernEnglandMichaelWitmore(FolgerLibrary)

Wethinkoftheseventeenthcenturyasaperiodofdeepthinkingaboutmethod,particularlywhereknowledgeclaimsareconcerned.Inthistalk,thispaperwilldiscussearlymoderneffortstoenrollchanceorspontaneouseventsintotheprocessofdiscovery,askingwhetherearlymodernssawthecreationofknowledgeasawhollydeliberateprocess.Thetalkwilltouchonearlymodernlotteriesandlotterybooks,Bacon'stheoryofexperiment,andtwolotteriesconductedinShakespeare'splays.

PremodernRules:TheHistoryofanEpistemicCategoryLorraineDaston(MaxPlanckInstitute)

Rules–intheformofeverythingfromtrafficregulationsandgovernmentdirectivestoetiquettemanualsandparliamentaryprocedures−structurealmosteveryhumaninteraction.Increasinguseofcomputershasintensifiedatrendthatbeganintheeighteenthcenturyofevermore,evermorestringentrulesforevermoredomainsofpublicandprivatelife.Wemodernscannotlivewithoutrules.Butwealsocannotlivewiththem,atleastnotcomfortably.Wechafeattheircomplexity,theirinflexibility,theirinefficiency,theirsheerprolixity.Manyofthefaultlinesthatrunthroughthelandscapeofmodernthoughtopposerulestosomeotherelusivedesideratum,suchasinterpretation,judgment,creativity,discretion,orsimplecommonsense.Thesearecharacteristicallymodernoppositions.Premodernrules,fortheovertwomillenniaspanningGreco-RomanAntiquitythroughtheEuropeanEnlightenment,builtexperienceanddiscretionintorules;wordsfor‘rule’and‘pattern’(or‘paradigm’)wereusedassynonymsinseveralmajorEuropeanlanguages.Reconstructingthehistoryofthepremodernrulecanhelpexplaintheparadoxesgeneratedbymodernrules.

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UsesofimagesinsomeearlymoderncommentariesonAristotle’s‘Deanima’SachikoKusukawa(Cambridge)

EarlymoderncommentatorsregardedAristotle’sDeanimaasoneofthecentraltextsofnaturalphilosophythatintersectedwithbothmedicalandtheologicalliterature.Thispaperfocusesonthewaysinwhichdifferentkindsofimageswereusedtoshowlocalizationoffunctionsofthesensitivesoulaswellasthehumansoul’srelationtotheworldandGod.Thesewerevisualizationsofinvisiblefunctionsofthesoul,whichinturnhighlightthevariouswaysinwhichearlymoderncommentatorsengagedwiththeAristoteliantradition.

Francis Bacon at the Crossroads of Knowledge: ‘Our Philosophy’encountersa‘NewLogic’RichardSerjeantson(Cambridge)

FrancisBacon,acontemporaryofBartholomausKeckermann,publishedhisvariousmaturephilosophicalworksatthesamehistoricalmomentatwhichaReformedneo-AristotelianphilosophywasgatheringfreshimpetusintheUniversitiesandGymnasiaofProtestantnorthernEurope.Thesetwointellectualcultures,ofBaconianismandofProtestantscholasticism,arenotoftenconsideredalongsideeachother.Yettheyintersectedfruitfully,andsometimescritically,invariousplacesacrossthe1620sand1630s,inEnglandandelsewhereinEurope.Thegoalofthispaperwillbetoexploreanumberoftheseencounters-somewellknown,othersunsuspected-andtodevelopsomeoftheimplicationsofthisparticularcrossroadofknowledge.

MoreThingsinHeavenandEarth?HamletasNaturalPhilosopherRhodriLewis(Oxford)

Fortheearlymoderns,naturalphilosophywasthebranchofspeculativephilosophyconcernedwithunderstandingthecreatedworld,includingtheplaceofhumankind(andofthehumansoul)withinit.Itwas,furthermore,afundamentallytextualratherthanexperimentalenterprise.Inthecourseofthispaper,IusethefigureofHamlettoshowthatShakespearewasdissatisfiedwiththisstateof

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affairs.AlthoughHamletiswidelytakentobeShakespeare'sintellectual,inreadinghisnaturalphilosophicalspeechalongsidethediscoursesofearlymodernnaturalphilosophy,Iarguethatheemerges-asheissupposedto-asathinkerofunrelentingsuperficialityandconfusion.ButgiventheworldinwhichHamletisconfined,thiscouldnotbeotherthanitis:ShakespearewantsusnotsomuchtojudgeHamletastolookbeyondsuchjudgmentstotheshortcomingsofnaturalphilosophyastheearlymodernsunderstood,taught,andoccasionallysoughttoreformit.IbeginwithHamlet'sexchangewithHoratioafterhisinitialencounterwiththeGhost,andthenmoveontothelengthierdiscussionwithRosencrantzandGuildensterninAct2.IconcludebybrieflytracingHamlet'sotherstrugglestounderstandhimselfandtheworldaroundhim.‘Morethingsinheavenandearth’?Perhaps,butnobodyintheplaycandescribeordefinewhatthese‘things’mightbe.FrancisBacon’sArtofThinking;or,LetUsAllBegintoGeneralizeHenryS.Turner(RutgersUniversity)Apaperaboutthenotionof‘art’inBacon’swork,takingupthenatureofpragmatismasamethodforgeneratingideasandothermodesofabstractionthataretypicalofliteraryandscientificthinking.Whatkindsofknowledgeareweabletoobtainthrough‘art,’understandingthisterminitspre-modern,pre-aestheticsenseasamodeofpracticaloperationandpracticalknowledge,ahabitofthoughtaboutwhichwemaygiveaprovisionallyreasonableaccountbutwhichneverrisestotheleveloftheoreticalstatement?Whatarethevirtuesofgeneralizationasaspeciesofcreativethinking?ThepaperusesexamplesfromBacon,Sidney,andotherstoexploreanotionof‘art’asaprocedureofgeneralizingwithformsandmaterialsinwaysthataresometimesopposedtothepowerofnatureandsometimescomparedtoit.ItconcludeswithsomediscussionofhowBacon’s‘artofthinking’comparestomorerecentaccountsofaestheticsasaphilosophyofformandsensibility.

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ThePlainStyle,GreatCircleSailingandtheParadoxofDisinterestednessFelixC.H.Sprang(UniversityofSiegen)Acommonunderstandingisthattheplainstyleisarhetoricalandself-conscioustechniqueemployedinearlymodernnaturalphilosophyinordertoprobeintotherelationbetweenlanguageandmatter.(Aughterson;HalloranandWhitburn)Hence,thereligiousunderpinningsaswellastheaestheticandepistemicdiscoursepertainingtotheplainstylehavebeenscrutinizedcarefully.Ishouldliketofocusontheimplicationsofagesture,identifiedbyMaryPooveyamongothersasastrategyto‘makewritingtransparentinsteadofperformative,’foranemergingconceptof‘disinterestedness’.Iwillexaminetheuseoftheplainstyleintextbooksonnavigationthatteach‘greatcirclesailing’inordertoreflectontheconnectionbetweentheplainstyleand‘disinterestedknowledge’.MyaimistodemonstratehowandexplainwhytextbookssuchasHood’sMarrinersGuide(1592)orDavis’sTheSeaman’sSecret(1595)propagatedaconceptofscientificknowledgethatwasplaininthesenseofdisinterested. 'VermiculateQuestions’:ConfrontingMortalityintheEarlyRoyalSocietyElizabethL.Swann(Cambridge)Earlymodernideasaboutandexperiencesofdeathhaveoftenbeenexploredinliterary,artistic,andspiritualcontexts.Literature,thevisualarts,andtheologyaretakenastheproperspheresbothfortheelaborationofaphilosophyofdeath,andforeffortstoaccommodatethestarkfactofitsinevitability.Incontrast,inthispaper,Iaskwhatearlyexperimentalphilosophyofferedtoreplacetheconsolationsofhumanisticlearningandreligiouspietyforindividualsstrugglingtoaccepttheirownmortality.Inthesixteenthandseventeenthcenturies,Iargue,theprospectofdeathisnotonlyanaffectiveproblem,managed(successfullyorotherwise)byreligion,philosophy,andthearts;itisalsoanepistemologicalprovocation,fosteringthedevelopmentofnewformsofknowledge.Inparticular,adesiretopalliatetheterrorsofdeathiscentraltothedevelopmentoftheformsofobservational,experimental,andinductiveknowledge-productionassociatedwiththeworksofFrancisBaconandhischampionsinthe

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fledglingRoyalSociety.FocusingontheworksofRobertBoyle,IproposethatearlyRoyalSocietyresearchintotheprocessesofdeathcanbeunderstoodinethicalandaffectiveterms,notasdisinterestedeffortstounderstanditsphysicalreality,butratherasferventandurgentattemptstocometotermswithitsappallingimminence.ReadingtheEarlyModernBodyJanePartner(Cambridge)Thispaperformspartofalargerprojectconcerningthewaysinwhichtheearlymodernbodywasfashionedandinterpretedasatext–aparadigmthatwaswidelyusedinnaturalphilosophicaldiscourse,aswellasinmedicinal,legalanddevotionalpractice,andinadiverserangeofliterarytexts.Inalltheseareas,theideaofthelegibility(andsometimesstubbornillegibility)ofthehumanformfunctionedasameanstoarticulatethequestforknowledgeandtheproblemsofinterpretation,raisingquestionsaboutthedifferentiationofappearanceandreality,andreflectinguponthedesiretousevisiblebodilysurfacestogainknowledgeaboutthehiddenortranscendentpartsofman.Inthispaper,Iexplorethewaysinwhichtheconceptionofthecreatedworldasthedivinelyinscribed‘BookofNature’underpinnedtheunderstandingofthebodyasamicrocosmicbooktobeopenedandread.Examiningthedoctrineofsignaturesandtheoriesofthebodilymanifestationofthepassions,Iconsiderthewaysinwhichthesetextualmodelsforunderstandingthebodywereplayedoutinliterature,andImakeparticularreferencetothewaysthatdramatistslikeMarloweandJonsonlinkedthemesofcorporealtextualitytoformalideasaboutthelegibilityofthebodyonthestage. ArticulateVoices:TheSpeakingWorldintheWorksofFrancisBacon-KathrynMurphy(Oxford)Experiment236ofFrancisBacon’sSylvaSylvarumconsiders‘aThingstrangeinNature’:‘HowChildren,andsomeBirds,learnetoimitateSpeech’.Inexperiment200,hediscusses‘aSimilitude,betweenetheSoundthatismadebyInanimateBodies,orbyAnimateBodies,thathauenoVoiceArticulate;anddiuersLettersofArticulateVoices’.Amonghisexamplesarethe‘TremblingofWater[which]hath

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ResemblancewiththeLetterL’,whilethe‘VoiceofCats’correspondsto‘theDypthongEu’.Byworkingoutthemechanismsatwork,Baconsuggests,‘aMan(forCuriosity,orStrange-nessesake)[could]makeaPuppet,orotherDeadBody,topronounceaWord’.Thoughtheseexperimentsarepresentedaswondersandcuriosities,thispaperarguesthattheirassertionofanequivalencebetweenhumanlanguageandthemotionsofthenaturalworldrunsthroughoutBacon’sworks,fromhisnaturalphilosophytohisessaysandhishistoricalwritings.Theidentificationofspeech,letters,andimitatiobeyondthehumansphereextendslanguagetoaconditionofnature,suggestingnotonlythatBaconwasnottheanti-rhetoricianofcliché,northathereliedonthecommonmetaphorofworldastext,butthathissenseofthecommonliteracyofmanandnaturebrokedowntheboundariesbetweenthedisciplinesofnaturalphilosophy,literature,andhistory.HesterPulter’sAtomWorldsCassieGorman(AngliaRuskin)Inthemid-1990s,amanuscriptofmorethan130poems-includingwhatisthoughttobethefirstcollectionoforiginal‘Emblems’writtenbyanEnglishwoman-wasdiscoveredtobebytheobscureRoyalistHesterPulter(1605-78).ThereisnoevidencetosuggestthatPulterwasknownbyanybeyondherfamilyasawriterinhertime,orthatshesoughttomakehercompositionspublic.Strikingly,forafemalewriterwhospentmuchofherlifeinruralisolation,Pulter'spoliticalanddevotionalwritings-manyofwhichwerewrittenduringperiodsofchildbirthandsickness-arecharacterisedbystrong,informedinterestsinalchemyandatomism.Shefindspositivespiritualworthincontemporaryatomictheories,dwellingnotontheassociationsbetweenatomismandmatterinchaos,butontheprincipleofatomicindivisibility.ThispaperaddressesthewaysinwhichPulterexploresatomicindivisibilityasameanstotrustinginthedivinepromiseofresurrection.ForPulter,atomicdissolutionliberatesherpoeticspaces:itistothebenefitofindividuals-humanbeings,ideasandbodies-thattheyarefragmentary,imperfectlyformed,orliabletochange.Inpoeticformsthatareanalogoustotheseunfixedstatesofbeing,shediscoversthelibertyoffaith,expressionandcreativepotentialinthatwhichcanbe

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doneandundone.Pulterwas,moreover,noanomaly:thispaperwillconcludebydrawingcomparisonswithothertheologicalwritersfromtheperiodwithpositiveatomicinterests,andwillraiseimportantquestionsabouttheprominent,spiritualisedrolesof‘atoms’-oftendistinctfrom‘atomism’-inseventeenth-centurydevotionalwritings. The‘CosmographicMystery’:JohannesKepler’sconversionofastronomyTorranceKirby(McGill)In1616theHolyCongregationfortheIndexprohibitedtheprintingandreadingofCopernicus’sOntheRevolutionsoftheHeavenlySpheres(1542)onthegroundsthathelio-centrismcontradictedtheHolyScriptures.AccordingtoJohannesKepler,‘TostudytheheavensistoknowGodascreator.’Moreover,‘SinceweastronomersarepriestsofthehighestGodinregardtothebookofnature,itbefitsustobethoughtful,notofthegloryofourminds,butrather,aboveelse,ofthegloryofGod.’ThereissomeprecedentforsuchclaimsinJohnCalvin’sconceptionofthecreationasa‘TheatreofGod’sglory’withitscorollaryoftheso-called‘twobooks’.Kepler’sdefenceofCopernicanhelio-centrismreliesuponthedistinctionbetweentheBookofNaturefromtheBookofScripture.BuildinguponthesoteriologicalfoundationslaidbyMartinLuther,Keplertheastronomer-theologianalsoseekstosharpenthedistinctionbetweena‘visible’andan‘invisible’heaven,withsignificantconsequencesforastronomicalphysics.Thenewastronomyisprofoundlyimplicatedinsixteenth-centurytheologicalcontroversies. ‘Neverhungpoisononafoulertoad’:ContagiousEvilinEarlyModernEnglandMaryFloyd-Wilson(UNCatChapelHill)InTheTerrorsoftheNight(1594),ThomasNashecompares‘theslimeanddurtinastandingpuddle,[which]engenderstoadsandfrogs,andmanyothervnsightlycreatures’totheslimie‘melancholyhumorstillthickningasitstandsstill,[which]engendrethmanymishapenobiectsinourimaginations.’Thisanalogy,andotherslikeit,suggestsaliteralorphysicalcorrespondencebetweenthehumanbodyandtheenvironmentmuchnotedbyscholarswritingaboutaffectand

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embodiment.Butfilthypuddlesandtheirmonstroustoadsdidmorethanmirrortheuglyputrefactionofman’simbalancedbody:theywerealsothoughttoinfectthosehumansmost‘apt’toreceivetheirpoisonousair.Asearlymodernplaguewritersargued,internalcorruptionattractsexternalinfections.Butthisunderstandingofsympatheticcontagionalsoshapes,andisshapedby,EnglishProtestantdiscourseonsinandtemptation,whichconceivedofthedevilasasubtleandinvasivematerialspiritwhoplantedthoughts,stirredemotions,andinducedailments.NotonlydidProtestantwritersremindedtheiraudiencesthathumansare‘damnedbynature,asatodeisatodebynature,’buttheyalsoinsistedthatthecorruptionofman’soriginalsinisthesame‘matterwithin’thatboththedevilanddiseases‘workupon.’Thisessaywilltracehownaturalphilosophyandreligiousdiscourseinvokesimilartheoriesofcontagion,miasma,poison,andspontaneousgenerationtosuggestthatearlymodernProtestantthinkersperceivedeviltobebothspirituallyandphysicallycontagious.Inthiscontext,IwillconsiderShakespeare’sRichardIII’smaterialaffinitieswiththe‘poisonousbunchback'dtoad.’ ‘Manurethyself’:Dearth,Knowledge-making,andtheBiblicalPoeticsofFertilisationinEarlyModernEnglandAyeshaMukherjee(Exeter)WhenJohnDonnewrote,‘Manurethyselfthen,tothyselfbeimproved;/Andwithvainoutwardthingsbenomoremoved’(c.1597),hewasironicallycombiningruralandbiblicaltropeswhichunderlinedcontemporaryanxietiesaboutdearthandfertility.Thispaperwillarguethat,inthecontextofthenotoriousdearthyearsofthe1590s,thereemergedanorganicrelationshipbetweenthepoeticising,theorising,andpracticeoffertilisationinearlymodernEnglishculture.Thisrelationshipwasexpressedthroughtwofundamentallinesofrhetoricalstrategy–thatofruralpoetics,andofbiblicalpoeticsandhermeneutics.Focussingonthesecondaspect,thepaperwillillustratehowthepoeticsofmanureinsermonsattheturnofthesixteenthcenturycomplicatedthebiblicallanguageofdominion,andreorientedfamiliarprovidentialargumentsaboutGod’swillandauthority.TheselectedpreachersRobertAbbot,ThomasAdams,andPeterBarker,

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usedCalvinistdoctrinewithvaryingemphasis,butallthreeofthemmanipulatedCalvin’sownuseof tropesoffertilisationtocommentontheirtimesofdearth.Iwilllinktheirrhetoricalpracticetopragmaticdevelopmentsinthecontemporaryknowledgeoffertilising,anddrawattentiontotheirsocio-economiccritique.Thesermonsutilisedideasofcirculation,flow,andwastetoarticulatetheirvisionofhumanlabourandresponsibility.ThoughCalvinisttheologyisoftenseenasreinforcingimprovement,individualism,capitalism,andtheriseofscienceintheearlymodernperiod,itisintriguingtofindmotifswithinitsdeterministstructurethatrenderedtheseimpulsesambivalent.

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Convenors

SubhaMukherji UniversityofCambridge sm10014@cam.ac.ukRachelE.Holmes UniversityofCambridge reh90@cam.ac.ukTimStuart-Buttle UniversityofCambridge ts630@cam.ac.ukElizabethL.Swann UniversityofCambridge es663@cam.ac.ukRebeccaTomlin UniversityofCambridge rct48@cam.ac.uk

SpeakersandChairs

LorraineDaston MaxPlanckInstitutefortheHistoryofScience

ldaston@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de

MaryFloyd-Wilson TheUniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill

floydwil@email.unc.edu

SietskeFransen UniversityofCambridge sf547@cam.ac.uk

CassieGorman AngliaRuskinUniversity cassie.gorman@anglia.ac.uk

SarahHowe UniversityCollegeLondon

sarah.howe@ucl.ac.uk

TorranceKirby McGillUniversity torrance.kirby@mcgill.ca

SachikoKusukawa UniversityofCambridge sk111@cam.ac.uk

RhodriLewis UniversityofOxford rhodri.lewis@ell.ox.ac.uk

AyeshaMukherjee UniversityofExeter A.Mukherjee@exeter.ac.uk

KathrynMurphy UniversityofOxford kathryn.murphy@oriel.ox.ac.uk

RichardOosterhoff UniversityofCambridge ro289@cam.ac.uk

DavidParry UniversityofCambridge dp293@cam.ac.uk

JanePartner UniversityofCambridge n/a

JenniferRampling PrincetonUniversity rampling@princeton.edu

RichardSerjeantson UniversityofCambridge rws1001@cam.ac.uk

FelixSprang UniversityofSiegen sprang@anglistik.uni-siegen.de

HenryS.Turner Rutgers,TheStateUniversityofNewJersey

henry.turner@rutgers.edu

MichaelWitmore FolgerShakespeareLibrary

n/a

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Delegates

RuthAbbott UniversityofCambridge rha23@cam.ac.ukMariaAvxentevskaya MaxPlanckInstitutefor

theHistoryofSciencemavxentevskaya@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de

VladimirBrljak UniversityofCambridge vb276@cam.ac.ukBoydBrogan UniversityofCambridge bb320@cam.ac.ukTimCribb UniversityofCambridge tjc1006@cam.ac.ukJeanDavidEynard QueenMary,Universityof

Londonjeandavid.eynard@gmail.com

YangGao TheWarburgInstitute yang.gao@postgrad.sas.ac.ukSeanGeddes UniversityofCambridge slcg2@cam.ac.ukFelicityHenderson UniversityofExeter f.c.henderson@exeter.ac.ukVanessaLim QueenMary,Universityof

LondonN/A

ShiruLim UniversityCollegeLondon s.lim.10@ucl.ac.ukFloraLisica UniversityofCambridge fl370@cam.ac.ukAnnaMcCormick-Goodhart

UniversityofCambridge N/A

JoséRamónMarcaida UniversityofCambridge jrm213@cam.ac.ukClareNeanon UniversityofOxford clare.neanon@pmb.ox.ac.ukEstherOsorioWhewell UniversityofCambridge eo281@cam.ac.ukLaiaPortet-i-Codina UniversityofCambridge lp466@cam.ac.ukKatieReinhart UniversityofCambridge kmr55@cam.ac.ukTessaStorey Tessastorey@googlemail.comTillmannTaape UniversityofCambridge tt311@cam.ac.ukAndrewWear UniversityCollegeLondon N/AJuleWeber UniversityofCambridge N/AKathrynWoods UniversityofWarwick k.woods@warwick.ac.ukDavidZagoury UniversityofCambridge dz276@cam.ac.ukNicoletteZeeman UniversityofCambridge nz202@cam.ac.ukSamuelZeitlin UniversityofCalifornia-

Berkeleysgzeitlin@berkeley.edu