2015 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
New Digital Resources: Shakespeare and Early Modern Culture
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15K02309
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| Research Institution | Aoyama Gakuin University |
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Principal Investigator |
DABBS T.W. 青山学院大学, 文学部, 教授 (00263640)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | Digital Humanities / Shakespeare / Christopher Marlowe / Burial practices / Digital editions / Map of London / Paul's Cross Churchyard / Early Modern Drama |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
I presented papers at three conferences: the Shakespearean Theatre Conference in Stratford, Ontario, (Canada), the DH 2015: Global Digital Humanities Conference in Sydney, Australia, and the Liberlit Conference in Tokyo. The first two papers involved the development of digital reconstructions at Paul's Cross churchyard in Elizabethan London and the influence this site had on Shakespearean drama. The third involved how to use digital resources to teach the Bible to students in Japan. I conducted research at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, and the Bodleian Library, Oxford. I also conducted field research on ancient burial practices in Barcelona, Bordeaux, and Santiago de Compostela. I finished two articles now under submission for future publication, both of which involve the digital reconstruction of early modern burial practices that are reflected in Shakespeare. I completed a proposal to edit two plays by Christopher Marlowe at Digital Renaissance Editions at http://digitalrenaissance.uvic.ca. Became a contributor at Map of Early Modern London at http://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/index.htm. I helped to form and became acting chair of a working group and blog for digital humanities at EMDH: Japan (http://emdhjapan.blogspot.jp). This group hosted three well-attended workshops, which included talks by Professor Mikio Fuse of Sacred Heart University, Professor Tomoji Tabata of Osaka University, Dr. Kiyonori Nagasaki from the Japanese Association for Digital Humanities, Professor Angela Davenport of TWCU, and Professor John Yamamoto-Wilson of Sophia University.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
1: Research has progressed more than it was originally planned.
Reason
I was not sure when I applied for this grant if my proposals for three conferences would be accepted or if I would be successful in establishing a worthwhile working group in digital studies. As it turned out, all three of my proposals were accepted and the presentations of this research was well received. Also, with the help of my Japanese and international colleagues, we were able not only to establish a working group but to have three successful sessions led by excellent scholars in the field. In addition, I was not completely aware of the publishing opportunities at recently established digital initiatives. I feel certain that I will be asked to edit and write a critical introduction to two plays by Christopher Marlowe, a digital project that will be completed during the next 18 months. Also I have been asked to contribute entries on Paul's Cross Churchyard for the Map of Early Modern London initiative. Both of these projects will be refereed publications.
The library research that I conducted turned out to be more rewarding than I expected and should lead to published results in the near future. This month I will submit a paper on burial practices in Shakespeare to a leading journal in the field.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
In FY 2016, the plan is to schedule two working group sessions that are led by known scholars and hosted by our group at EMDH: Japan. I will add one contribution to the Map of Early Modern London and also begin my editorial work on the digital edition of Christopher Marlowe's 'Dido, Queen of Carthage.' This editorial work will require additional visits to the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, and to the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Also I will have to prepare talks for an invited lecture at the Digital Collections section of the Bodleian Library, and possibly, but yet undetermined, conferences at the University of Tokyo and the ANZSA conference in New Zealand. I will monitor two journal articles on Shakespeare that I have submitted and will continue research on the digital reconstruction of Paul's Cross Churchyard, as I am sure that this local may unlock many secrets in the interpretation of Shakespearean drama.
The papers that I have written will be expanded for the ongoing book-length project I am completing on the relationship between Shakespearean drama and Paul's Cross Churchyard during the Elizabethan period.
Also I plan to work with Japanese scholars and international scholars to set up a digital initiative that will begin in FY 2017. This initiative will seek to establish an online register of the sermons at Paul's Cross during the English reformation. Themes from these sermons were frequently echoed in Shakespearean drama.
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