Dr Astrid Stilma

Based in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Education

Educated in The Netherlands:

  • PhD from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (2005)
  • Teaching experience at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (2002-2004), the University of Amsterdam (2005-2006), the University of Groningen (2006).

Joined Canterbury Christ Church University in 2006.

I am Programme Director for the MA in English Literature, and I currently teach the following undergraduate and postgraduate modules:

  • The Art of Criticism (Year 1)
  • Ways of Reading Shakespeare (Year 2)
  • Topics in Shakespeare and Shakespeare's Background (Year 3)
  • Research and Scholarship (MA in English Literature)
  • Case Studies in Early Modern Literature (MA in English Literature)

My specialism is in early modern literature in a European context. Important focal points in my research are the history of political ideas, particularly kingship, resistance theory and treason, and the role of religion in early modern literature and culture.

My wider teaching and research interests include: Elizabethan and Jacobean drama; the literature of the courts of King James VI and I; drama in performance (stage and screen); early modern translation and the book trade.

Research Projects

  • Being Human: Kent - Women Making Sense. Researcher(s): Dr Susan Civale, Mrs Helen Wright, Ms Peggy Riley, Mr William Hill, Dr Sonia Overall, Mr Jon Schwochert, Dr Rachael Stone, Dr Astrid Stilma. [Project]
  • Canterbury's Aphra Behn. Researcher(s): Dr Astrid Stilma, Mrs Helen Wright. [Project]
  • Mental Illness as Disability in Early Modern England: using textual and material evidence to study the perceptions of and care for the mentally ill.. Researcher(s): MX Angie Majnic-Lane. Supervisor(s): Dr Astrid Stilma, Dr Dave Hitchcock, Professor Leonie Hicks. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Moyses was but a jugler: Atheism, Republicanism, and Religion in the works of Christopher Marlowe. Researcher(s): Mr Daniel Harvey. Supervisor(s): Dr Astrid Stilma, Professor Jackie Eales. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • The Letter Book of Gabriel Harvey C.1573 – 1580. An Examination of a Cambridge Scholar’s Epistolary Practices with a Focus on Early Modern Social Context and the Material Implications of Hand Written Correspondence.. Researcher(s): Mr Anthony Heathfield. Supervisor(s): Dr Claire Bartram, Dr Astrid Stilma. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • We recommend that Tracey reviews the thesis title as discussed in the viva and set out in our recommendations.. Researcher(s): Ms Tracey Dessoy. Supervisor(s): Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh, Dr Astrid Stilma, Professor Thomas Hennessey. [Postgraduate Research Project]
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Contact me

astrid.stilma@canterbury.ac.uk
01227923828

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Faculty of Arts Humanities and Education
School of Humanities and Educational Studies