University of Galway History Research Seminar: Manuscripts at the Margins: How social network analysis can help find non-elite readers 

University of Galway History Research Seminar

Manuscripts at the Margins: How social network analysis can help find non-elite readers

Professor Erin McCarthy (University of Galway)

Biography

Professor Erin McCarthy is Established Professor of English Literature and Computational Humanities. She is also the Principal Investigator of the Irish Research Council and European Research Council-funded project “STEMMA: Systems of Transmitting Early Modern Manuscript Verse, 1475-1700.” The project, which runs from September 2022 to August 2028, computationally maps and models the movement of English poetry through early modern social networks. It will apply insights from network analysis and graph theory to provide the most comprehensive overview of the circulation of early modern English verse in manuscript to date. Erin is the author of Doubtful Readers: Print, Poetry, and the Reading Public (Oxford University Press, 2020), which was named an Outstanding Academic Title by CHOICE in 2021. She is currently completing a second monograph, “The Reception and Circulation of Early Modern Women’s Writing in Manuscript Miscellanies, 1550-1700,” with Marie-Louise Coolahan and Sajed Chowdhury. Her scholarship has also appeared in the journals John Donne Journal, SEL: Studies in English Literature 1500-1900, the Review of English Studies, and Criticism as well edited collection, reference works, and online publications.

Registration

This is a hybrid event. The paper will be delivered in-person, in Room G010, Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway (ground floor) and livestreamed simultaneously on Zoom: https://universityofgalway-ie.zoom.us/j/98745002996 .

Seminars are not recorded.

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This talk is part of the University of Galway History Seminar series.