Department of English
Alicia Meyer
Alicia Meyer
(she/her/hers)
Fisher-Bennett Hall
213
215-898-0444
Office Hours
summer 2020Zoom 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.
Articles and Book Chapters
"Bed(lam): the Jailer’s Daughter and the Affects of Sex and Race in The Two Noble Kinsmen" 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" Explorations in Renaissance Culture (2020)
"Portrait of a Young African Woman" Guest Author. The Collation: Research and Exploration at the Folger (2019)
"Entries for A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen, Exemplary Lives and Memorable Acts, 1500-1650" A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen, Exemplary Lives and Memorable Acts, 1500-1650 (2016)
"Women and Political Power in Early Modern Europe" with Carole Levin. Ashgate Research Companion to Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe (2013)
Awards
News & Events
2019/04/24
2017/11/09
2016/09/20