معرفی
Vincent Nardizzi is a Professor in the Department of English Language and Literatures at the University of British Columbia, with research expertise in English Renaissance literature, Shakespeare studies, ecotheory, plant studies, queer studies, and early modern science studies. He is a founding member of the research network Oecologies: Inhabiting Premodern Worlds and an associate member of UBC’s Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice.
- Education: BA from University of Pennsylvania (1995), PhD from Duke University (2001)
- Current Research: Botanical biography of Thomasin Tunstall (orchid studies), early modern lunar/solar reconceptions, speculative natural history
- Publications: Two monographs - Wooden Os (2013) and Marvellous Vegetables (2025), plus numerous edited collections and 20+ peer-reviewed articles
Research Focus examines intersections between ecological anxiety and queer embodiment in premodern contexts. His work combines word/image analysis with material culture studies to re-examine botanical texts as intellectual resources for counter-histories of embodiment. Current projects explore plant-human entanglements, lunar literary science, and vegetal biographies.
Awards & Grants:
- 2024 Killam Research Prize
- 2018 Dean of Arts Faculty Research Award
- 2014-15 Peter Wall Institute residency
- Multiple SSHRC Canada grants
- Folger Shakespeare Library funding
- Bibliographical Society of America support
