Liam Thomas Daley Presents at Shakespeare Association of America & Folger Library

At the 48th Annual Shakespeare Association of American conference, Liam presented his paper "Antique Form Much Disfigured: Literary Form and Unreliable Historiography in Shakespeare's King John" which discussed Shakespeare’s skeptical approach to historical reporting in King John, and its implications for historicist approaches to early modern literature. It was part of the seminar “Critical Methodologies in Early Modern Studies, Post-Historicism,” organized by Rebecca Bushnell (University of Pennsylvania) and Alice A. Dailey (Villanova). Originally planned to take place at the conference in Denver, the seminar was moved online.

Liam also completed the Folger Shakespeare Library’s yearlong Dissertation Seminar “Researching the Archive,” using the seminar’s guidance and resources to help complete the first chapter of his dissertation. Participants in this seminar explore a variety of printed and manuscript sources relevant to both literary and historical studies to build essential research skills, foster interdisciplinary scholarship, and consider broad methodological and theoretical problems relevant to current work in early modern studies. This year’s seminar was directed by Alison Games (Georgetown University) and Laura L. Knoppers (University of Notre Dame). Originally scheduled to take place in Washington DC, the seminar's final meeting also took place online.