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Winerock, Emily B.A. Princeton, M.A. Sussex

Website: www.winerock.com
Field: Early Modern Britain
Thesis Committee: Barbara Todd, Natalie Zemon Davis, Alexandra Johnston (English/Records of Early English Drama)

Thesis Title: “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 holds a University of Toronto Fellowship and is an Iter Fellow at the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies. Her previous awards include a Mellon Pre-dissertation Research Fellowship at the Institute of Historical Research in London in 2006 and a Robson Graduate Research Assistantship at the CRRS in 2007-2008.

Winerock 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. She has published papers in the 26th and 30th annual conference proceedings of the Society of Dance History Scholars, and has a review in issue 11.1 of the journal *Early Theatre*. Next fall, she'll be workshopping a paper at the Newberry Library in Chicago in conjunction with the Center for Research on Festive Culture. Winerock sits on the board of Poculi Ludique Societas, a medieval and Renaissance drama company, as dance consultant, and is Artistic Director of the Toronto Coranto Renaissance Dance Ensemble.