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The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Fellows in Residence Autumn 2007 The Institute welcomes Fellows from around the world who come to work here on their own projects and to meet and exchange ideas with colleagues in Edinburgh. In most cases they also contribute during their stay to one or more of the workshops associated with the Institute’s three current research themes (Institutions and Oppositions of Enlightenment; Life Writing, Testimony and Self-Construction; and The Humanities in the TwentyFirst Century University). Further details of the themes can be found at http://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/themes.html We try to put Fellows in touch with members of staff with whom they may share research interests but we cannot fully encompass the diversity of the research interests around the College, so we hope this brief introduction to the Fellows who will be working at the Institute in the Autumn Semester may be of interest. Please do get in touch either via the Institute or direct with the individual Fellows at any point. Will Christie (University of Sydney) The Political Career and Writings of Francis Jeffrey (1773-1850) This critical study will be the first in 155 years to respect the extent and variety of Jeffrey's intellectual and professional achievements, and has a particular interest in social and cultural relations between Scotland and England. Julie Hirst (Open University) The Spiritual Diary of Anne Bathurst This unpublished 17th century work describes a visionary’s account of real and imaginary life, including her familial relationships, a complex web of philosophical and psychological ideas and millenarian expectations . Sally Hobson (Edinburgh International Festival) The outreach and educational work of the Edinburgh International Festival Research to develop further the philosophy and approach behind the outreach and educational work undertaken by the Edinburgh International Festival, and explore this potential for the people of Scotland in future years. Zoltán Imre (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest) Staging Scotland in the (National) Theatre Part of a larger project investigating changes in the notion of a ‘national theatre’, this research looks at the Scottish National Theatre, situating it in the political, economic and cultural context of Scotland, and concepts of Scottish national identity. Tilar Mazzeo (Colby College, Maine) Fashion, Self-Representation, and Whig National Culture A transatlantic inquiry into the construction of personal identity in the Romantic period. Roxana Preda (University of Edinburgh) American Gothic Fiction in the 20th Century This project follows the development of the literary gothic tradition in the United States in the 20th century, by examining the intersections of the genre with intellectual trends during that period. Gerold Sedlmayr (University of Passau) The Interrelation of Madness and Gender during the Romantic Age. Particularly concerned with William Blake's 'prophetic' writings on the Everyman Albion, especially the epic Jerusalem, this research draws attention to the way Blake metaphorises and genders medical knowledge, in combination with a mythopoetic conception of humanity limited by the coercive power of institutions. Iva Smidova (Masaryk University, Brno) Autobiographical Interviews as Analytical Sources A critical review that aims to enrich sociological approaches to the study of the gendered structure of society based on autobiographical interviews. Katherine Terrell (Hamilton College, New York) Scripting the Medieval Scottish Nation: Poets, Chroniclers, and the Authority of History. This project seeks to show that Scottish chronicle histories of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and the poetry of James IV’s court both turn to an imagined ancestral past in order to authorize nationalist projects. Evelyn Tribble (University of Otago) Chains of Memory: Distributed Cognition in Early Modern England This project yokes recent research in philosophy and cognitive science with literary and cultural history to explore what it meant to remember in early modern England. Models of “distributed cognition” are used to explain the massive changes in theatrical, educational, and religious "remembrance environments," from about 1500 to1650. Aishih Wehbe (University of La Laguna, Tenerife) Masculinity in Chicano Studies A transnational enquiry into nodes of connection between Chicano and Scottish men. Karina Williamson (University of Edinburgh) Colonial and Postcolonial Caribbean History and Writing An inquiry into representations of West Indian slave society by Scottish residents in the Caribbean. Daniel Woolf (University of Alberta) Historiography/History of the Book Reflections on 18th century historiography and female readers of history in the period. POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS We have space for six Postdoctoral fellows at any one time. The current fellows are: Dorothy Alexander The Border Ballad into the twenty-first Century: applying experimental poetics to Borders Scots Taking the themes of Scott’s Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border as a starting point, the project aims to effect a re-viewing of the ballad by bringing contemporary narratives in Borders Scots into juxtaposition with poetical practice after Modernism. Tim Baker The reception of German Idealism and Early Romanticism in 19th-century Scottish fiction. A particular focus on the relation between Novalis and George MacDonald, and on the popular and critical reception of these works. Kristin Cook Presenting a ‘True Figure’: Jefferson, Theatre, and Diplomacy, 17161826 This study investigates Theatre and Diplomacy in the Early American Republic, focusing on Jefferson's relationship to colonial Virginian performance and his later role as minister plenipotentiary to France (17891789). Abbie Garrington Touching Texts: The Haptic Sense in Woolf and Richardson An investigation into the cinematic qualities of the literary style of these two writers in the context of the haptic. Tom Toremans Late-Romantic opposition to the Scottish Enlightenment Close analysis of Thomas Carlyle's relation to 18th-century Scottish thought, in particular the Philosophy of Common Sense, focusing on rhetorical strategies and aesthetic theories Suzanne Owen Self-Disclosure in the Study of Indigenous Religions An investigation into the content and objectives of self-disclosure in the study of indigenous religions and how the indigenous author constructs him- or herself in the autobiographical details included in academic works, as well as the formulation of reflexivity in research undertaken by nonindigenous scholars who study indigenous peoples and cultures. A full list of our workshops and seminars appears on both the website www.iash.ed.ac.uk/index.html and in paper form. The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, The University of Edinburgh, Hope Park Square, Edinburgh EH8 9NW Scotland, UK Tel: +44 (0)131 650 4671 IASH SEMINARS Fax: +44 (0)131 668 2252 The Institute organises a full programme of events and seminars during the semester. These include email: [email protected] Enlightenment Workshops and Life Writing Workshops Fellows may be contacted at the above address. More details and individual email addresses are available at: on alternate Tuesdays at 4pm. IASH Work in progress seminars Wednesdays at 1pm STAR (Scotland’s Transatlantic Relations) Seminars Mondays at 4pm (Further information about the STAR project can be found on the project website: http://www.star.ac.uk) www.iash.ed.ac.uk/people.html