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Professor Rosalind Smith is a leading academic in early modern studies at the Australian National University (ANU), serving as Professor of English, Head of Discipline, and Director of the Centre for Early Modern Studies. She holds a DPhil (Oxon) and has extensive leadership roles including Acting Pro Vice Chancellor Research and Innovation, and Directorships in academic centers. Her research focuses on early modern women’s writing, exploring form, politics, and material culture, alongside digital humanities methodologies. She co-founded the Early Modern Women’s Research Network (EMWRN) and leads major projects such as the Palgrave Encyclopaedia of Early Modern Women’s Writing. Key achievements include over $3 million in research funding, including an ARC Future Fellowship (2019-23), and editorial roles for Parergon journal and the Palgrave Encyclopedia. She is engaged in collaborative projects like the Emmerson Collection digitization and humanities mapping initiatives.
Research Interests:
- Early modern women's writing and its intersection with form, politics, and history
- Digital humanities and material culture studies
- True crime in Australia and the English Renaissance
- Sonnet sequences, marginalia, and textual practices
Awards and Grants:
- ARC Future Fellowship (2019-2023)
- Senior Common Room Fellow at Merton College, Oxford (2019-2020)
- Lead CI on ARC Linkage and Discovery Projects
Advising and Projects:
- Supervises research students in early modern studies
- Manages high-impact grants like the $3M+ ARC and ARDC initiatives
- Leads the Palgrave Encyclopaedia with 400 entries and global collaboration
Labs and Teams: Central to the Centre for Early Modern Studies and the Early Modern Women’s Research Network, she drives interdisciplinary projects with institutions like State Library Victoria and Merton College Oxford.
