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Jillian Luke [email protected] RESEARCH INTERESTS (EARLY MODERN) English Literature. Classical Reception. Visual Culture. Art History. Reformation Theology. EDUCATION 2017- PhD Candidate University of Edinburgh, School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council through the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities Doctoral Training Partnership Thesis Title: ‘The Early Modern Blush, 1500-1700’ Supervisor: Dr. Dermot Cavanagh 2015-2016 MA Medieval and Renaissance Literary Studies (Distinction) Hatfield College, Durham University Funded by a Durham University Postgraduate Scholarship Thesis Title: ‘Draw thy rapier for we’ll have a bout: Duelling on the Early Modern Stage 1588-1624’ Supervisor: Dr. Patrick Gray 2012-2015 BA English (2.i) Christ’s College, University of Cambridge Thesis Title: ‘From Terminus A Quo to Terminus Ad Quem: “The Act of Falling” in Paradise Lost’ Supervisor: Dr. Sophie Read CONFERENCE PAPERS, TALKS, AND PRESENTATIONS Reading red faces: Blushing in the seventeenth century Harvard English Department Renaissance Colloquium, Harvard University, April 2019. The silence of the femmes, or, Shakespeare’s quiet women Bad Romance: The Ethics of Love, Sex, and Desire, Harvard University, March 2019. ‘Pity a Woman’: Blushing and the representation of sexual assault in Thomas Nashe’s The Unfortunate Traveller The Twentieth Annual British Graduate Shakespeare Conference, Shakespeare Institute, June 2018. Beyond the Pale: Blushing and boundaries in English translations of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus 1565-1717 Space, Place, and Interface: Being in the Early Modern World, University of Exeter, May 2018. Bodies and Boundaries 1500-1800, University of California at Santa Barbara, March 2018. Work in Progress Seminar, University of Edinburgh, February 2018. TRAINING Engaging with the Early Modern (attendee) Two-part workshop on how to conduct public engagement as an Early Modernist. Co-organised with the British Academy and the University of Exeter. Christ Church College, University of Oxford, January and March 2018. PUBLICATION ‘Draw thy rapier for we’ll have a bout’: Duelling on the early modern stage, Seventeenth Century, February 2018. (Online. Print ed. forthcoming). EDITING / PEER REVIEW Peer reviewer for FORUM (University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal), October 2018. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Committee member for ‘SGSAH Summer Symposium: Sharing Studies’, an AHRC funded event for final year SGSAH-funded doctoral students, January - June 2019. Chief organiser of an interdisciplinary and international two-day conference on ‘Seduction’ at the University of Edinburgh, June - November 2018. Coordinator of the Department of English Literature’s Work in Progress seminar series, 2018-2019. Administrator for the women and non-binary support group at School of Literatures, Languages, and Cultures, 2018-2019. FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS, HONOURS AND AWARDS Visiting Fellowship, Harvard University, January- June 2019. Arts and Humanities Research Council Student Development Fund, fees and expenses for fellowship at Harvard University, December 2018. Small grant, Institute for Academic Development Action Fund (University of Edinburgh), November 2018 (Seduction conference). Grant, Student Led Initiative Fund, University of Edinburgh, November 2018 (Seduction conference). Travel bursary, University of Sheffield, November 2018 (to attend Early Modern English Sermons conference). Travel bursary, Society for Renaissance Studies, June 2018 (to attend BritGrad conference). Lizz Kettering bursary, Shakespeare Institute, June 2018 (awarded at Britgrad conference). Travel bursary, Centre for Early Modern Studies, University of Exeter, May 2018 (to attend Space, Place, and Interface conference). Travel bursary, University of Edinburgh, March 2018 (to attend Bodies and Boundaries conference). Travel and accommodation bursary, British Academy, January 2018 (to attend Engaging with the Early Modern training workshops). Scottish Graduate School of Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities Research Council, Doctoral Training Studentship, 2017-2020. North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership, Arts and Humanities Research Council, 2017-2020 (declined). Raman Selden Prize, Durham University, 2016 (finished top of the class for MA English). Durham University Postgraduate Scholarship, 2015-2016. Oxford Graduate Bursary, 2015-2016 (declined). King’s College London Masters Support Scholarship, 2015-2016 (declined). Edinburgh College of Art Scholarship, 2015-2016 (declined). College Scholarship, Christ's College, University of Cambridge, 2014. Levy-Plumb Prize in the Humanities, Christ’s College, University of Cambridge, 2014. NON-ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE January 2018 Reader James Tait Black Prize in Biography Read books and wrote reviews for the preliminary round of the oldest literary prize in the UK. 2017- Freelance Copywriter Social Media, online, and long-copy expertise for clients in a range of sectors. 2016-2017 Copywriter McCann Enterprise, London Wrote long- and short- form copy and helped to devise advertising strategy and campaigns for major international clients in a wide range of specialist and general sectors. 2015-2018 Tutor Tutored a range of clients at different levels (Key Stage 2 - MA) in different subjects, including Security Studies, English, and Maths. 2014 Summer Intern (July-August) British Broadcasting Corporation, London Analysed and interpreted quantitative and qualitative data to write a report on Radio 1’s news service. Ran social media during live broadcasts, handled specialist IT systems, created web content, provided general administrative support. .