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Interests
My research focuses on early modern literature (especially drama), Shakespeare, Renaissance theatre, and childhood studies.
Research Statement
My research focuses on the intersections between early modern children and literary cultures. I have received fellowships from the Leverhulme Trust, Australian Research Council, the Irish Research Council, the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK) and the Huntington Library (USA) to pursue my work on this topic. 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 Shakespeare Bulletin (2020), Renaissance Drama (2016), Ben Jonson Journal (2008), Literature Compass (2010), The New Companion to Renaissance Literature and Culture (ed. Michael Hattaway, 2010) and The Child in British Literature (ed. Adrienne Gavin 2012). A further essay, co-written with Prof. Kate Chedgzoy (NCL), is forthcoming in The Cambridge History of Children's Literature (2022). You can hear more about our work on early modern children's literature by listening to the June 2021 episode of the Society for the History of Children and Youth podcast https://shcy.pinecast.co/episode/d9c98e9e/reading-children-in-early-modern-culture .
I am currently working on a new Leverhulme Trust-funded project on writing by early modern girls, which constructs a corpus of girls' writing between 1544 and 1704 and produce the first book-length study of this genre.
I also have a longstanding interest in Shakespeare and performance. I have written 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). Recent work on Shakespeare and riot has been published in a special issue of Shakespeare (2018, co-edited with Dr Kate Flaherty ANU), Shakespeare's Audiences (2021, ed. Peter Kirwan and Matteo Pangallo) and Australian Studies (2012).
Teaching
I teach on the following modules:
ENG1001 English in Transition
ENG2050 Shakespeare & Co.
ENG3181 Renaissance Performance, Gender, Space
ENG7024 Shakespearean Childhoods
Particulars
I am on research leave in 2021-22 as part of a Leverhulme Research Fellowship.
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Projects
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Research output
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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
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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 › peer-review
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Introduction: Shakespeare and Riot
Lamb, E. & Kate Flaherty, 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
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“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 › peer-review
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Prizes
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AHRC PhD Fellowship, QUB: The Children's Playing Companies of Early Modern London
Lamb, Edel (Recipient), Sep 2002
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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ARC Discovery Project, University of Sydney: Reading Children in Early Modern Culture
Lamb, Edel (Recipient), Sep 2009
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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DEL(NI) Scholarship for MA in Reconceiving the Renaissance, QUB
Lamb, Edel (Recipient), Sep 2001
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Francis Bacon Foundation Fellowship, Huntington Library: The Early Modern Children's Playing Companies
Lamb, Edel (Recipient), 2004
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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IRCHSS Post-Doctoral Fellowship, UCD: Reading Children in Early Modern Culture
Lamb, Edel (Recipient), Sep 2008
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Activities
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Gendering Juvenilia: Writing by Early Modern Girls
Edel Lamb (Invited speaker)
01 Feb 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Childhood and Early Modern Literary Cultures
Edel Lamb (Invited speaker)
24 Jan 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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'Literature and Global Atrocity' Roundtable
Edel Lamb (Participant)
08 Dec 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Children’s History Society Biennial Conference with Manchester Metropolitan University: Children and Young People, Speaking Up and Speaking Out
Edel Lamb (Participant)
18 Jun 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Shakespeare Association of America Annual Conference, Austin
Edel Lamb (Speaker)
02 Apr 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference