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Research Statement
Mark Thornton Burnett, FEA, MRIA, is Professor of Renaissance Studies and Director of the Sir Kenneth Branagh Archive at Queen’s University Belfast.
He is the author of Masters and Servants in English Renaissance Drama and Culture: Authority and Obedience (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1997), Constructing ‘Monsters’ in Shakespearean Drama and Early Modern Culture (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2002), Filming Shakespeare in the Global Marketplace (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2007; 2nd ed. 2012), Shakespeare and World Cinema (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013) and 'Hamlet' and World Cinema (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019), the co-author of Great Shakespeareans: Welles, Kurosawa, Kozintsev, Zeffirelli (London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013), the editor of The Complete Plays of Christopher Marlowe (London: Dent, 1999) and The Complete Poems of Christopher Marlowe (London: Everyman, 2000), and the co-editor of New Essays on ‘Hamlet’ (New York: AMS Press, 1994), Shakespeare and Ireland: History, Politics, Culture (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1997), Shakespeare, Film, Fin de Siècle (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 2000), Reconceiving the Renaissance: A Critical Reader (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), Screening Shakespeare in the Twenty-First Century (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2006), Filming and Performing Renaissance History (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2011), The Edinburgh Companion to Shakespeare and the Arts (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2011) and Women and Indian Shakespeares (London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022).
His work has been supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the British Academy, the European Commission, the Folger Shakespeare Library, the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Centre and the Huntington Library.
He is PI of two funded 2023-25 projects: 'Shakespeare and the Irish Actor' (Marie Curie/EPSRC), with experienced researcher Dr Emer McHugh, and 'Shakespeare, India, Diaspora' (British Academy Newton International Fellowship), with experienced researcher Dr Taarini Mookherjee. He is also series editor of the Bloomsbury Academic series, 'Shakespeare and Adaptation'. Volumes in the series thus far include: Thea Buckley, Mark Thornton Burnett, Sangeeta Datta and Rosa Garcia-Periago, eds, Women and Indian Shakespeares (Bloomsbury Academic, 2022); Gemma Kate Allred, Benjamin Broadribb and Erin Sullivan, eds, Lockdown Shakespeare: New Evolutions in Performance and Adaptation (Bloomsbury Academic, 2022), William C. Carroll, Adapting 'Macbeth': A Cultural History (Bloomsbury Academic, 2022) and Julia Reinhard Lupton and Aliane Helou, eds, 'Romeo and Juliet', Adaptation and the Arts: 'Cut Him Out in Little Stars' (Bloomsbury Academic, 2022).
Research Interests
My interests include English Renaissance drama and culture, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Shakespeare on film, Shakespeare and adaptation, Irish studies and global Shakespeares, and I welcome applications from doctoral students in these and related areas.
Achievements
Member of the Royal Irish Academy; Fellow of the English Association; Trustee and Director of the British Shakespeare Association (2019-2022); Sustained Excellence Teaching Award.
Teaching
English in Transition; Shakespeare & Co.; Further Adventures in Shakespeare; Shakespeare and Asia.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Afterword
Burnett, M. T., 05 May 2022, Onscreen allusions to Shakespeare: international films, television, and theatre. Joubin, A. A. & Bladen, V. (eds.). 2022 ed. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 195-203 (Global Shakespeares).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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'For never was a story of more woe': Dialogic Telling and Global Interchange in 'Qayamat se Qayamat Tak', a 'Bollywood' Film Adaptation of 'Romeo and Juliet'
Burnett, M. T., 01 Aug 2022, (Accepted) Recontextualizing Indian Shakespeare Cinema in the West: Familiar Strangers. Panjwani, V. & Chatterjee, K. (eds.). London and New York : Bloomsbury Academic, p. 79-96 19 p. (Global Shakespeare Inverted).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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'I dare do all that may become a man': Martial Desires and Women as Warriors in 'Veeram', a Film Adaptation of 'Macbeth'
Burnett, M. & Singh, J., 02 Jun 2022, Women and Indian Shakespeares . Buckley, T., Burnett, M. T., Datta, S. & Garcia-Periago, R. (eds.). London, New Delhi and New York : Bloomsbury Academic, p. 113-130 (Shakespeare and Adaptation).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Understanding Iago, an Italian film adaptation of Othello: clientelism, corruption, politics
Burnett, M. T., 24 Aug 2022, Shakespeare Survey 75. Smith, E. (ed.). 2022 ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Vol. 75. p. 1-14 (Shakespeare Survey).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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'Where the Wild Things are': Shifting Identities in 'Noblemen', a Film Adaptation of 'The Merchant of Venice'
Burnett, M. T., 02 Jun 2022, Women and Indian Shakespeares. Buckley, T., Burnett, M. T., Datta, S. & Garcia-Periago, R. (eds.). London, New Delhi and New York : Bloomsbury Academic, p. 207-223 (Shakespeare and Adaptation).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Prizes
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Albert W. Fields Award, South Central Renaissance Conference
Burnett, Mark (Recipient), 1995
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship, Huntington Library, San Marino
Burnett, Mark (Recipient), 01 May 1998
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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British Academy, Overseas Conference Grant
Burnett, Mark (Recipient), 11 Mar 2008
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Expanding Horizons: Shakespeare and Indian Cinema
Burnett, Mark (Recipient), 21 Nov 2020
Prize: Other distinction
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Fellow of the English Association
Burnett, Mark (Recipient), 03 Mar 2014
Prize: Election to learned society
Activities
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SEDERI (Spanish and Portuguese Society for English Renaissance Studies), International Conference, Valencia
Mark Burnett (Keynote/plenary speaker)
03 May 2023 → 05 May 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Shakespeare's First Folio: a 400th Anniversary Symposium, Trinity College, Dublin
Mark Burnett (Invited speaker)
14 Apr 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Shakespeare Association of America, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mark Burnett (Invited speaker)
31 Mar 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University
Mark Burnett (Keynote/plenary speaker)
27 Mar 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Peer reviewer, Oxford University Press (Publisher)
Mark Burnett (Peer reviewer)
06 Feb 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Press / Media
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Contributor, 'To be or not to be', Fleeting Year Films Podcast
24/12/2020
1 Media contribution
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Contributor, Talking History, Newstalk 106-108FM
09/04/2017
1 Media contribution
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Contributor, Good Morning Ulster, BBC Radio Ulster
24/04/2016
1 Media contribution
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Presenter, Shakespeare and World Cinema, Shakespeare Unlimited Radio Broadcast, Folger Shakespeare Library
04/04/2016
1 Media contribution
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