University of Stirling

The Ideals of Duty: Renaissance History Plays and the Politics of Duty

Academic History:

2017 - present: PhD in English - University of Stirling

2015 - 2016: MRes in Humanities, Distinction - University of Stirling

2011 - 2015: BA (Hons) in English Studies, First Class - University of Stirling

Supervisors:

Dr Angus Vine

Dr Kelsey Jackson Williams

Professor John Drakakis

Research Interests:

• Renaissance History Plays
• Source Scholarship
• Historiography
• Renaissance History and Politics
• Political, Philosophical and Pedagogical Texts
• Humanism

Previous Research Projects:

BA Dissertation: ‘“And set the murderous Machiavel to school”: Kingship and Power in Shakespeare’s History Plays: A Machiavellian Critique’

MRes Dissertation: ‘The Ideals of Duty: Renaissance Roman Plays and the Politics of Duty’

Scholarships:

University of Stirling Postgraduate Merit Scholarship

AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership

Contact Details:

Address: Literature and Languages, Pathfoot, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA

Email: lorna.wallace1@stir.ac.uk

First published: 25 September 2017