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Department Affiliations
Specialties
- Renaissance, Reformation, and Baroque literature and culture
- Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Latin literature and culture
- German, Netherlandic, Scandinavian literature and culture
Educational Background
- Ph.D.: Yale University.
Publications
- Tragoedia Politica: Strasbourg School Drama and the Early Modern State, 1583-1621. Parente, James Andrew, 1996.
- Carnal Knowledge: Writing about Sex in Early Modern Germany. Parente, James Andrew, 1996.
- The Theatricality of History in the Dutch Golden Age. Parente, James Andrew, London: Centre for Low Countries Studies, 1993.
- Religious Drama and the Humanist Tradition: Christian Theater in Germany and the Netherlands, 1500-1680. Parente, James Andrew, Leiden: Brill, 1987.
Research Activities
- Renaissance Latin literature in Northern and Central Europe
- Medieval & early modern national identity: Germany and Netherlands
- German, Netherlandic, and Scandinavian drama (1500-1750)
Professional Activities
- Associate Dean: Faculty and Research, College of Liberal Arts
- President: Society for German Renaissance and Baroque Literature , 1990 - 1991
- Executive Council: American Association for Netherlandic Studies , 2002 - 2005
- Executive Committee: MLA Division for German Literature before 1700 , 1989 - 1993
- Chair: Department of German, Scandinavian and Dutch , 1998 - 2000
Awards
- Visiting Member, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Historical Studies, Princeton, NJ, 1989 - 1990
- University Scholar, University of Illinois, 1989 - 1992
- National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, 1984 - 1985
Courses Taught
- German 8210 - Seminar on Early Modern German Literature
- German 3511- German Culture and Civilization, Middle Ages-1700
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