Jillian Luke [email protected]

RESEARCH INTERESTS (EARLY MODERN/RENAISSANCE) English Literature. Classical Reception. Cultural History. Art History. Reformation Theology. ​ ​

EDUCATION

2017- PhD Candidate (projected submission August 2020) University of Edinburgh, School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) 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

st 2012-2015 MA (Cantab.) English (2.i; 1 ​ in Part I) ​ Christ’s College, University of Cambridge Thesis Title: ‘“The Act of Falling” in Paradise Lost’ ​ ​ Supervisor: Dr. Sophie Read

MAJOR FELLOWSHIPS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND AWARDS

Visiting Fellowship, Harvard University, January- June 2019.

AHRC Student Development Fund, full fees and expenses for visiting fellowship at Harvard University, December 2018.

AHRC Doctoral Training Studentship, Scottish Graduate School of Arts and Humanities, 2017-2020.

AHRC North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership, 2017-2020 (declined).

st Raman Selden Prize, Durham University, 2016 (finished 1 ​ in the MA English cohort). ​

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).

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SMALL GRANTS AND AWARDS

Travel grant, University of Edinburgh, August 2019 (to attend Forgeries conference). ​ ​

Small grant, Institute for Academic Development action fund, University of Edinburgh, November 2018 (expenses related to the organisation of the Seduction conference). ​ ​

Grant, Student Led Initiative Fund, University of Edinburgh, November 2018 (expenses related to the organisation of the Seduction conference). ​ ​

Travel grant, University of Sheffield, November 2018 (to attend Early Modern English Sermons ​ conference).

Prize, Society for Renaissance Studies, June 2018 (awarded at Britgrad conference for best non-Shakespearean abstract).

Lizz Ketterer travel bursary, Shakespeare Institute, June 2018 (awarded at Britgrad conference). ​ ​

Travel grant, Centre for Early Modern Studies, University of Exeter, May 2018 (to attend Space, ​ Place, and Interface conference). ​

Travel grant, University of Edinburgh, March 2018 (to attend Bodies and Boundaries conference). ​ ​

Travel and accommodation grant, British Academy, January 2018 (to attend Engaging with the ​ Early Modern training workshops). ​

College scholarship, Christ’s College, University of Cambridge, 2014.

Levy-Plumb prize in the Humanities, Christ’s College, University of Cambridge, 2014.

PUBLICATIONS

‘What if the play were called Ophelia? Gender and genre in Hamlet’, Cambridge Quarterly ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (forthcoming).

“‘Draw thy rapier for we’ll have a bout”: Duelling on the early modern stage’, Seventeenth Century, ​ ​ 34 (2019), 283-303. (Published online February 2018). https://bit.ly/2NrCSek ​

TRAINING

University of Edinburgh teacher training Ahead of teaching a compulsory first year undergraduate module on ‘Literature and the literary c.1300-1700’ in spring 2020. Training will be completed December 2019.

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Engaging with the Early Modern 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.

CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

‘Love’s proper hue: Blushing in Paradise Lost’ ​ British Milton seminar, University of Birmingham, October 2019.

‘Adam and Eve painted, printed, poeticised’ Material and Visual Culture Seminar, University of Edinburgh, October 2019.

‘A rush of blood to the head: Blushing in Shakespeare’, Work in progress seminar, University of Edinburgh, September 2019.

‘Rotten oranges or silver screens? Blushing bodies in early modern England’ Rethinking objects: New directions for pre-modern materiality studies, Newcastle University, September 2019.

‘“God has given you one face and you make yourselves another”: Faking blushes on the early modern stage’ Faking it! Forgery and fabrication in early modern and late medieval culture, University of Gothenburg, August 2019.

‘Was there sex in Eden?’ SGSAH summer symposium: Sharing studies, University of Glasgow, June 2019.

‘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”’: Sexual assault in Thomas Nashe’s The Unfortunate Traveller’ ​ The 20th 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.

FORTHCOMING CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

‘A short history of blushing’ Edinburgh Early Modern Network, University of Edinburgh, December 2019.

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ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Organising committee member for Edinburgh Early Modern Network 2019-2020.

Organising committee member for ‘Renaissance academic drama and the popular stage’, an SRS-funded conference to be held at St. Andrews in June 2020.

Organising committee member for ‘SGSAH summer symposium: Sharing studies’, an AHRC-funded symposium for second year SGSAH-funded doctoral students, June 2019.

Chief organiser of a two-day conference on ‘Seduction’ at the University of Edinburgh in November 2018. Funded by the Institute for Academic Development and the student-led initiative fund, University of Edinburgh.

Co-coordinator for the department of English Literature’s work in progress seminar series, 2018-2019.

Administrator for the women’s and non-binary people’s support group at School of Literatures, Languages, and Cultures, 2018-2019.

MEDIA COVERAGE

Cassandra Lucas, ‘“Bad Romance” explores love, sex, and consent through academic perspectives’, March 2019, https://bit.ly/31Xn2fd. ​ ​

NON-ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE

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.

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) BBC, London

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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.

2013-2015 Freelance writer The Independent, Huffington Post, Varsity Wrote a variety of short articles and reviews, and conducted interviews on cultural affairs and events.

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