Dr Emily Michelson

Dr Emily Michelson

AB (Harvard) and PhD (Yale)

Contact Details

E-mail - edm21
Telephone - +44 (0)1334 462881
Fax - +44 (0)1334 463334

 

 

Teaching and Research Interests

Religious history of Early Modern Europe, with particular emphasis on Renaissance and sixteenth-century Italy, the history of the book, and the history of the Catholic Church and Catholic Reform. Current research focuses on preaching and sermons in sixteenth century Italy.

Publications

The Pulpit and the Press in Reformation Italy, monograph under review

Selected Articles and Chapters:

  • "The power of the pulpit and the transmission of Trent in sixteenth-century Italy: Cornelio Musso and Franceschino Visdomini in the 1550s" in Languages of Power in Italy (1300-1600), ed. Daniel Bornstein and Laura Gaffuri, in press at Brepols (2011).
  • “Preaching Across Rome in the Sixteenth Century: Three Key Sites for Catholic Identity” in Early Modern Rome 1341-1667 ed. Portia Prebys, in press with Edisai, Ferrara, (2011).  
  • “The Catholic Inquisition” in The World History Encyclopedia, Vol. 6: The First Global Age. Eds. Dane Morrison and Jeffrey Diamond. (ABC-CLIO) (2010).
  • “Luigi Lippomano, His Vicars, and the Reform of Verona from the Pulpit,” Church History 78, no. 3 (2009): 584-605.  
  • “Preaching Scripture under Pressure in Tridentine Italy: A Case Study of Gabriele Fiamma” in The Formation of Clerical and Confessional Identities in the Sixteenth Century. Eds. Wim Janse et al. (Dutch Review of Church History, vol. 85; Brill) (2006).
  • “Bernardino of Siena Visualizes the Name of God,” in Speculum Sermonis: Interdisciplinary Reflections on the Medieval Sermon. Eds. Georgiana Donavin et al. (Disputatio series; Brepols) (2005).
  • Translator (from Italian), “From the Council of Trent to Tridentinism,” by Giuseppe Alberigo, in From Trent to Vatican II: Historical and Theological Investigations. Eds. Raymond F. Bulman and Frederick J. Parrella. (Oxford) (2006)

Admin Duties

Module coordinator, MO1007
Director, Reformation Studies Institute

Teaching Duties

Sub-honours teaching and lecturing in MO1007 and ME2004
           
Teaches the following Honours courses:

Postgraduate teaching:

Directed reading in Modern History
Aspects of Reformation Historiography