About Aarhus University
Joseph William Sterrett
Associate Professor
School of Communication and Culture - English
Jens Chr. Skous Vej 4
building 1481, 428
8000 Aarhus C
Denmark
Phone: +4587163003
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Academic Visitor, Somerville College, Oxford University, 2021/22
Office hour: by appointment
I research and write about early modern literature and drama and how these interrelate with cultural forces such as religion, governance, architecture, to name a few. I have been particularly interested in prayer as a cultural practice, how it expresses and conveys power and identity on both a personal and collective basis.
Currently I'm researching 'trust' in early modern literature and drama, an area that, though it received little attention within any formal philosophical framework, was nonetheless of vital concern to the writers and dramatists of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Trust, like prayer (to borrow Herbert's phrase), was 'something understood' as much or more in moments when it was absent as felt. It was recognised both as an essential social commodity and a thing that is extremely fragile. This current work seeks to find bridges between important work on trust that is ongoing in other areas (business studies, organisational management, governance, sociology) and literary studies which has oddly eschewed such links.
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Performed Prayer & Sixteenth-Century Non-Conformism
Sterrett, J. W., 2018, Prayer and Performance in Early Modern English Literature: Gesture, Word and Devotion. Sterrett, J. (ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 50-64 14 p.Research output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Prayer and Performance in Early Modern English Literature: Gesture, Word and Devotion
Sterrett, J. W. (ed.), Oct 2018, UK: Cambridge University Press.Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Book › Research › peer-review
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Re-reading early modern prayer as social act: examples from Shakespeare
Sterrett, J. W., Jun 2013, In: Literature Compass. 10, 6, p. 496-507 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The Dynamic of Despair: Herbert, Vaughan and Cain
Sterrett, J. W., 2012, In: Scintilla. 16, p. 81-91Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The Unheard Prayer: Religious Toleration in Shakespeare's Drama
Sterrett, J. W., Aug 2012, Leiden/Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, Incorporated. 187 p. (Studies in Religion and the Arts; No. 1, Vol. 6).Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Book › Research › peer-review
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Sacred Text – Sacred Space: Architectural, Spiritual and Literary Convergences in England and Wales
Sterrett, J. W. (ed.) & Thomas, P. (ed.), 2011, Leiden/Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, Incorporated. 380 p. (Studies in Religion and the Arts; No. 1, Vol. 4).Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Anthology › Research › peer-review
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Ewan Fernie, The Demonic: Literature and Experience (London: Routledge, 2013), 312 pages.
Sterrett, J. W., 2015, In: Cahiers Élisabéthains: A Journal of English Renaissance Studies. 87, 1, Spring, p. 139-142 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Literature review › Research › peer-review
TRIL: Trust and Risk in Literature
Sterrett, J. W., Teymouri Niknam, A. & McCausland, E.
01/09/2016 → 31/08/2019
Project: Research
Trust and Risk in Literature Network
Sterrett, J. W., Khair, T., McCausland, E. & Teymouri Niknam, A.
01/08/2015 → 30/11/2017
Project: Research
P&P: Prayer and Performance, an international interdisciplinary conference
28/03/2011 → 21/12/2012
Project: Research
Scintilla 26 (Journal)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of Research journal › Research
Scintilla (Journal)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editor of Research journal › Research
Vaughan 400th Birthday Conference
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
Shakespeare 2020: Playing Politics
Press/Media: Press / Media
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