Graduate Student Profile
Winerock, Emily B.A. Princeton, M.A. Sussex
Field(s): Early Modern Britain, Early Modern Europe
Supervisor(s): Barbara Todd, Natalie Zemon Davis, Alexandra Johnston (English/Records of Early English Drama)
Thesis Topic: “Reformation and Revelry: The Politics and Practices of Dancing in Early Modern England, c1550 - c1650”
Emily Winerock's research focuses on the historical context of dancing in early modern Britain and Europe. She received a B.A. in English and Theatre/Dance from Princeton University and an M.A. with Distinction in Early Modern History from the University of Sussex. She has been a Mellon Pre-dissertation Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research in London and an Iter Fellow and Robson Graduate Research Assistant at the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies in Toronto. Emily has presented conference papers to academic bodies in several disciplines, including the Renaissance Society of America, Sixteenth Century Society, Shakespeare Association of America, and Congress on Research and Dance. Her publications appear in the conference proceedings of the Society of Dance History Scholars, the journal *Early Theatre*, and the forthcoming *The Encyclopedia of Elizabethan England*. This fall she is workshopping a paper at the Newberry Library in Chicago in conjunction with the Center for Research on Festive Culture.
Website: www.winerock.com