Laurence works on literature of the 16th and 17th century, with a particular interest in English Renaissance drama (Shakespeare, Marlowe, Middleton, Webster) and in tragedy and theories of tragedy.

Contrary to the silence and invisibility typically ascribed to lesbianism in the Renaissance, Traub argues that the early modern period witnessed an unprecedented proliferation of ... same-sex desires ...

People’s living conditions continued to affect their health in the early modern period. The range and quality of people’s diet depended on their wealth. Although access to water supplies ...

Becoming Modern: Early 20th-Century Japan through Primary Sources offers secondary teachers seven lessons that examine a critical period in Japanese and world history: the period of Japan’s ...

Completion of Grade 12 English (or equivalent course). Admission to many Dalhousie programs is ... modern thought and culture to one another and to develop independent insights into the nature of this ...