Dr Astrid Stilma

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.