When you think of Early Modern writing, you probably picture a white man sitting alone in a room, with a single candle lighting his work. However, the reality of Early Modern writing was much more diverse, and these manuscripts reflect the diversity of the individuals and culture that created them.

Collaboration, not solitary genius, shaped much of Early Modern literature. From the Devonshire Manuscript’s blended voices to the co-authored plays of Beaumont and Fletcher, these texts challenge our modern fixation on individual authorship. Rethinking co-authorship reveals hidden contributions, especially by women, and offers new ways to understand authorship, authority, and academic credit today.

In a rare week of gorgeous sunshine, researchers from across the world visited Galway to take part in the STEMMA Hackathon, hosted at the PorterShed, a collaborative workspace for startups and entrepreneurs. From 6th to 9th July, the STEMMA team invited scholars to come and work with the current database in a hackathon event: with… | Read on »

Skull and Crossbones as part of the Lynch memorial window on Market Street, at the back of St Nicholas’ church. The plaque reads: “This ancient memorial of the stern and unbending justice of the Chief Magistrate of this city James Lynch Fitzstephen elected mayor AD 1493 who conde[mned] and executed his own guilty son Walter… | Read on »

I was fortunate to be able to attend the inaugural conference of the newly founded Hong Kong Association for Digital Humanities. The conference was hosted by Javier Cha of Hong Kong University and Vincent Leung of Lignan University, and it was held on HKU’s Centennial campus this January. Because Hong Kong is a vertical city,… | Read on »

Kyle Dase “Investigating misascribed works might only rarely lead us to add a literary piece to an author’s canon. But such research can quite frequently lead us to insights about early modern England, its writers, its readers, and their reception of particular authors – not bad for dubious company.” – Lara Crowley, “Attribution and Anonymity,” 147…. | Read on »

On May the 30th and 31st I attended the School of English, Media and Creative Arts’ Third Annual Postgraduate Research Symposium at the University of Galway. The central theme for the two days’ papers, panels and workshops was creativity and how it relates to our research. Contributions were varied and interesting. There were workshops on… | Read on »

This will be an informal space for team members and invited guests to share news, updates, ideas, and provisional findings. You can expect occasional updates this summer and more regular ones beginning in autumn 2024. We are currently busy building our database and cleaning the data. Stay tuned for updates about the technologies we are… | Read on »