Emilie Murphy

Biography

Emilie is a Lecturer in Early Modern British History and a member of the Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies. Before joining the department in September 2016, Emilie held a postdoctoral research position on the RECIRC project at the National University of Ireland Galway, was a junior fellow (funded by the Royal Historical Society) at the Institute of Historical Research, and taught at King’s College London. Her research interests lie in the cultural and religious history of England, and English-speaking people, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

Research Interest

Emilie’s research focuses on processes of religious change, identity formation and cultural encounter for people living in Reformation England, and for Anglophones in Counter-Reformation Europe. In particular she studies the embodiment of religious expression through sounds, voice and language, musical performance and gestures.