Emma Bartel

Emma Bartel is an academic in the field of History at Université Paris Cité, where she holds the rank of Senior Lecturer. Her research focuses on the history of knowledge in 17th-18th century Britain, intellectual and cultural history, and the history of science and religion with a particular emphasis on women’s history.

• Education: PhD, Sorbonne Université (2023), with a thesis on Women’s Engagement with the Art of Protestant Meditation in Seventeenth-Century England.
• Current Research: Monograph projects on The Art of Thinking in the British Isles: 1580-1750 and Portable Knowledge in the British Isles and the Early American Colonies (1600-1800), exploring paper technologies like pocket books and almanacs.
• Scientific Awards:
  • Short-Term Fellow (Huntington Library, Los Angeles, 2024)
  • Fellowship at la Maison Française d’Oxford (August 2022)
• Publications:
  • Co-edited special issue Genre Trouble in Early Modern Literature (2023)
  • Book chapters on Mary Evelyn’s manuscripts and Lady Mary Rich’s meditative practices (2024, in press)
  • Forthcoming 2026 chapter on reworking continental meditative traditions in English and North American contexts
• Research Supervision: Covers intellectual, social, and cultural history of the British Isles (1550-1800), women’s history, gender studies, religious history, and literary history.