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Leah Whittington is a Professor of English at Harvard University, specializing in early modern literature and classical reception. She joined Harvard in 2012 after a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship at Columbia University.
- B.A., Harvard University (2002) in Classics and English
- Ph.D., Princeton University (2011) in Comparative Literature
- Visiting Postgraduate, Merton College, Oxford (2009-2010)
Her research focuses on the intersection of Renaissance literature, classical antiquity, and ethical thought. She explores how literary forms like supplication and textual continuation reflect social and cultural dynamics, particularly in works by Petrarch, Shakespeare, and Milton.
Whittington’s scholarship includes the book Renaissance Suppliants (Oxford University Press, 2016), which examines supplication as a literary and social practice. Her current project, Antiquity Made Whole, investigates Renaissance supplements and continuations across literature, art, and textual criticism.
- Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Radcliffe Alumnae Fellowship
She serves as Associate Editor of the I Tatti Renaissance Library and has contributed to journals such as Modern Philology and Milton Studies.
