Leah Knight

Leah Knight is a Professor at Brock University and participating faculty in the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Her research focuses on early modern English poetry, prose, and textual culture, with particular emphasis on intersections between books, writing, and reading practices in Renaissance England. She has co-edited Women’s Bookscapes in Early Modern Britain and is currently editing Hester Pulter's poems through The Pulter Project: Poet in the Making, which has received accolades including the 2020 Modern Language Association Prize for Collaborative, Bibliographical, or Archival Scholarship.

• Education: PhD, Queen’s University

Her research spans topics such as:

• Historical intersections between plant studies and print culture
• Women's textual interventions in early modern Britain
• Digital scholarship in manuscript and print remediation
• Travel writings and cultural geography
• Reading practices across religious and political boundaries

Recent work includes an analysis of Anne Clifford’s reading habits and a digital edition of Hester Pulter’s poetry. She has also explored the materiality of early modern women’s manuscripts and the challenges of representing historical reading experiences.

Scientific Awards:

• Modern Language Association Prize for Collaborative, Bibliographical, or Archival Scholarship (2020)
• Best Project in Digital Scholarship, New Media, or Art on Women and Gender (2019)
• British Society for Literature and Science Book Prize (2015, 2010)

Leah Knight welcomes supervision opportunities for students interested in early modern English literature and textual culture. Her work has been supported by grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and she contributes to ongoing developments in digital humanities through projects like The Pulter Project.