The Institute for the Humanities research affiliates for 2011-12 are James Honeyford (Religious Studies/History), Matthew McRae (History), and Christopher Mead (English).
Dr James K. Honeyford earned his PhD in Religious Studies from Indiana University in December 2010. He was a UMIH research affiliate during the academic year 2010-2011. He is continuing his research on the construction of "social religion" by participants of English and American religious societies between 1580 and 1760. During the coming year, he will conduct additional research to situate the project within the broader conext of the conceptualization of "society" in early modern Europe.
Matthew McRae is a PhD candidate in History at the University of Western Ontario, under the supervision of Jonathan Vance. Matthew received his MA from Carleton University in Ottawa and his BA at the University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown. His dissertation focuses on violent rebellion and social memory in Canada.
A graduate of the University of Manitoba. Christopher Mead is a PhD candidate in English Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. During his affiliateship he will continue work on his dissertation, "Mine Inside Outward: The English Reformation and the Martyrological Author," a study of suffering authorship after Queen Mary. Currently Chris is completing a chapter on Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy.
Recent Talks by Current Affiliates:
"The Charters of Christ and the Protestant Author"
Christopher Mead
a talk by
(UMIH Research Affiliate/Doctoral Candidate, Berkeley)
Tuesday, March 13th
2:30 pm
409 Tier
Matthew McRae
(UMIH Research Affiliate/Doctoral Candidate, University of Western Ontario)
Tuesday, March 27th
2:30 pm
409 Tier