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Past Slater Fellows
Sheila T. Cavanagh
(22 April 2024 - 21 June 2024)
Dr. Sheila T. Cavanagh is a Professor of English at Emory University. A scholar of early modern literature and pedagogy (PhD Brown University), she is the author of three books and numerous articles, including Multisensory Shakespeare and Specialized Communities (forthcoming Arden Shakespeare). During her time at Durham, Dr. Cavanagh worked on the Medieval and Early Modern chapters of her current research project, Cooking Across the Canon: Money, Labor, and Trade in Literary Cuisine. A highlight of Dr. Cavanagh’s fellowship was her 11 June Slater Fellow lecture, which featured collaborative talks with members of the Eat Medieval community at Durham.
Alexis Tadié
24 April 2023 - 23 June 2023
I have been Professor of Anglophone Literatures at Sorbonne University since 2008, and I am an Honorary Senior Research Fellow of the Institut Universitaire de France. My research has focused on quarrels and disputes in the early modern period, from a multidisciplinary perspective. I am interested in the encounters of English literature when it meets other disciplines such as philosophy or the history of ideas, when it travels to other parts of the world such as India or the Middle East, when it is confronted to social practices such as sports. I work in particular on the hesitations and repositionings that such encounters provoke. I am interested in studying philosophy in its own terms, having written monographs on Bacon and on Locke, as well as understanding the philosophical dimension of literary texts.
John Munns
10 January 2022 - 18 March 2022
Dr John Munns is a Fellow, College Associate Professor and Tutor at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and he teaches in both the Faculty of History and the Department of History of Art. Dr Munns used his Slater Fellowship to focus on work for a volume on the history of the art of Norman England and a study of twelfth-century episcopal patronage.
Robert G. Ingram
27 April 2020 - 26 June 2020 (expected dates)
Robert G. Ingram is Professor of Humanities and associate director of the Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education at the University of Florida. Sadly, the Covid-19 pandemic made it impossible for Professor Ingram to take up his Slater Fellowship, during which time he had planned to work on a new book project entitled Hobbes’s Century: England, Ireland and Religious Establishment, 1689–1742 and on a scholarly edition of the correspondence of John Lord Hervey and Conyers Middleton. However, Robert retains strong ties with the Institute, having been awarded a 3-year honorary fellowship and as a series editor for Durham University IMEMS Press.
Anne Thayer
6 October 2018 - 16 December 2018
During her time in Durham, Dr Anne Thayer continued her study of Swalwell’s books, many of which are housed in the Palace Green, Ushaw College, and Cathedral Libraries. Anne retains strong ties with Durham and the Institute and visits regularly to continue her work with the collections.
Krista Kesselring
15 January 2018 - 16 March 2018
During her time in Durham Professor Krista Kesselring worked on projects on homicide and the Court of Star Chamber. Krista's ties with the Institute remain strong: she was awarded a 3-year honorary fellowship and is one of the series editors for Durham University IMEMS Press.
Keith Busby
6th May 2016 - 16th June 2016
Professor Keith Busby used his time as Slater Fellow to benefit from the peace and quiet of Castle and the Durham libraries as he worked on transcriptions and a number of book projects. He was able to benefit from talking to a wide range of IMEMS scholars, across multiple disciplines, and also contributed to the teaching programme.
Faith Wallis
18 April 2015 - 19 June 2015
During her time as IMEMS Slater Fellow at University College Professor Faith Wallis worked on creating a comprehensive commentary of one of the many jewels in Durham Cathedral's Priory Library collection, MS Hunter 100.