Alicia Meyer

(she/her/hers)

Fisher-Bennett Hall 213

215-898-0444

Office Hours

summer 2020

Zoom and phone appointments upon request.

Alicia Meyer is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of English with a certificate in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. Her dissertation project, The Bridewell Standard: Common Women, Race, and Justice in Early Modern England examines the representation of poor women and maidservants in early modern culture and law.

Alicia is the Graduate Associate for Gender, Sexuality, and Women Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

Interests

Early Modern Literature Comparative Race and Empire Studies Drama and Theatre Gender and Sexuality Studies History of Material Texts Visual Culture

Articles and Book Chapters

"Bed(lam): the Jailer’s Daughter and the Affects of Sex and Race in The Two Noble Kinsmen" in Race and/as Affect in Early Modern Literature. (2020)

"Sovereignty at Bridewell Palace: Gender and Power in the Architectural Designs of Hans Holbein the Younger" in Explorations in Renaissance Culture (2020)

"Portrait of a Young African Woman" in The Collation: Research and Exploration at the Folger Guest Author (2019)

"Entries for A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen, Exemplary Lives and Memorable Acts, 1500-1650" in A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen, Exemplary Lives and Memorable Acts, 1500-1650 (2016)

"Women and Political Power in Early Modern Europe" in Ashgate Research Companion to Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe with Carole Levin (2013)