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Personal profile
Interests
My research focuses on early modern literature (especially drama), Shakespeare, Renaissance theatre, and childhood studies.
Research Statement
Renaissance childhoods and performance cultures are central to my research. I have received fellowships from the Australian Research Council, the Irish Research Council, the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK) and the Huntington Library (USA) to pursue my work on these topics. I have written two books, Performing Childhood in the Early Modern Theatre (2009) and Reading Children in Early Modern Culture (2018), which offer new understanding of early modern childhood through an analysis of the children’s playing companies and the child as reader. Findings of this research have also been published in Ben Jonson Journal (2008), Literature Compass (2010), The New Companion to Renaissance Literature and Culture (ed. Michael Hattaway, 2010), The Child in British Literature (ed. Adrienne Gavin 2012), and Renaissance Drama (2016).
I have developed my interest in Shakespeare and performance through essays on 1 Henry IV (2011) and ‘Shakespeare and the Renaissance Stage’ in The Edinburgh Companion to Shakespeare and the Arts, ed. Mark Burnett, Adrian Streete and Ramona Wray (2012). I am currently developing a new project with Dr Kate Flaherty (ANU) and Assoc. Prof. Fiona Ritchie (McGill University) on Shakespeare and riot. Early findings of this research have been published in a special issue ofShakespeare (2018) and Australian Studies (2012).
Teaching
I teach on the following modules:
ENG1001 English in Transition
ENG2050 Shakespeare & Co.
ENG3181 Renaissance Performance, Gender, Space
ENG7363 Developing Research Specialisms
Particulars
I am PGR Lead for English.
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Research Output
Performing Childhood in the Early Modern Theatre: The Children's Playing Companies (1599-1613)
Lamb, E., 2008, Palgrave/Macmillan. 189 p. (Early Modern Literature in History)Research output: Book/Report › Book
Guest Editor - Shakespeare: Special Issue: Shakespeare and Riot
Lamb, E. (ed.) & Flaherty, K. (ed.), Sep 2018, In : Shakespeare. 14, 3Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue
Introduction: Shakespeare and Riot
Kate Flaherty & Lamb, E., Sep 2018, In : Shakespeare. 14, 3, p. 199-204 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Reading Children in Early Modern Culture
Lamb, E., 02 Feb 2018, Palgrave/Macmillan. 269 p. (Early Modern Literature in History)Research output: Book/Report › Book
“Shall we playe the good girles”: Playing Girls, Performing Girlhood on Early Modern Stages
Lamb, E., 23 Apr 2016, In : Renaissance Drama. 44, 1, p. 73-100 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Prizes
AHRC PhD Fellowship, QUB: The Children's Playing Companies of Early Modern London
Lamb, Edel (Recipient), Sep 2002
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
ARC Discovery Project, University of Sydney: Reading Children in Early Modern Culture
Lamb, Edel (Recipient), Sep 2009
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
DEL(NI) Scholarship for MA in Reconceiving the Renaissance, QUB
Lamb, Edel (Recipient), Sep 2001
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Francis Bacon Foundation Fellowship, Huntington Library: The Early Modern Children's Playing Companies
Lamb, Edel (Recipient), 2004
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
IRCHSS Post-Doctoral Fellowship, UCD: Reading Children in Early Modern Culture
Lamb, Edel (Recipient), Sep 2008
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Activities
Research Paper at University College Cork: 'Literary Girlhoods in the Seventeenth Century'
Edel Lamb (Invited speaker)
16 Oct 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Invited Talk at 'The Hollow Crown: Shakespeare and Political Theology', Hampton Court Palace
Edel Lamb (Invited speaker)
21 Jun 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
External Examiner at UCC for MA English - Texts and Contexts: Medieval to Renaissance
Edel Lamb (Examiner)
2019 → 2021
Activity: Examination types › PGT external examination
Research Paper at University of Exeter: The Literary Childhood of Lady Rachel Fane (1613-1680)
Edel Lamb (Invited speaker)
07 Feb 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Plenary Panel at British Shakespeare Association Conference: Shakespeare and Riot
Edel Lamb (Speaker), , Kate Flaherty (Speaker), & Fiona Ritchie (Speaker)
16 Jun 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
Press / Media
Thesis
Colour in Early Modern English Literature and Culture
Author: Bingham, S. L., Nov 2018Supervisor: Wray, R. (Supervisor) & Lamb, E. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy