Clément Godbarge

Clément Godbarge is a Lecturer in Digital Humanities at the University of St Andrews' School of Modern Languages. His work focuses on the intersection of digital analysis and early modern manuscripts, particularly examining how Renaissance-era physicians and intellectuals positioned themselves politically through rhetoric. He earned his PhD from New York University in 2017. His research has been supported by major institutions including the Mellon Foundation, Fulbright Commission, and National Endowment for the Humanities.

Research Interests:

• Renaissance Europe court cultures
• Digitization of historical manuscripts
• Computational text analysis
• Medical rhetoric
• Early modern knowledge networks

Awards:

• Eugene S. Ferguson Prize (2019) for scholarly contributions
• 2022 RSA Digital Innovation Award for digital humanities projects

Collaborations: Co-edited Secrets of Craft and Nature and developed digital projects like the Making and Knowing Project. Active in peer review roles for the European Research Council and Open Library of Humanities. His software tools include persNamer and Amanuēsis.