Curriculum Vitae
Positions
- Aug 2026 – present
Adjunct Professor in History
- Jan – May 2026
Adjunct Professor in History
- Jan 2026 – present
Adjunct Professor in History
- Oct 2025 – present
Adjunct Professor in History
- Sep 2025 – Apr 2026
Editor for Monograph Publication
Proofreading and editing for a monograph submission, under the direction of Prof Dr Susanne Rau
- Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
Teach@Tübingen Fellow
- Oct 2020 – Mar 2023
Seminar Tutor
First-year module Connected Histories: Early Modern Europe, 1450–1750
- Oct 2021 – Sep 2022
Doctoral Fellow
Helped organise the 2022 annual conference, workshops and the weekly colloquium
- Jun – Aug 2017
Exhibits Intern
Education
- 2019–2023
PhD in History
Supervisors: Prof Tom Hamilton and Prof Graeme Small. Thesis: “‘La ville eut l’éphémère honneur d’être comme la capitale du Royaume’: A Spatial History of Charles IX’s Royal Tour of France, 1564–1566 (Angoulême, Lyon, Sens)”
- 2021–2022
Doctoral Fellow (co-tutelle)
Supervisor: Prof Dr Susanne Rau. Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies “Religion and Urbanity: Reciprocal Formations” (FOR 2779), funded by the German Research Foundation
- 2018–2019
MA in Early Modern History (Merit)
Supervisor: Prof Anne Goldgar. Dissertation: “Nostre Treschrestien Roy: The Early Catholic Polemical Response during the French Wars of Religion”
- 2014–2018
BA in History (Magna Cum Laude and College Honors)
Supervisor: Dr Gary Freeze. Minors in French and Business Administration. Honors thesis: “A Toutes les Gloires de la France: An Analysis of the Spatial Iconography the French Monarchy Portrayed in Renaissance France”
Publications
Book project
- In progressCities and the Crown during the Royal Tour of France (1564–1566): Civic, Urban, and Spatial Interactions during the Early Religious Wars. Manuscript in revision.
Articles and chapters
- Forthcoming“The Valois, the Royal Tour, and the Cities in the Early Religious Wars.” French History, forthcoming. Special issue “The Valois (1328–1589): Governing France between Medieval and Modern”. Accepted; expected 2028.
- 2025“Constructing a Monarchical and Religious Connection: Angoulême, the Royal Tour, and the French Wars of Religion.” Religion and Urbanity Online. De Gruyter, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1515/urbrel.22664478
Book reviews
- 2025Review of Espaces à saisir: interstices et communs urbains: La ville à l’épreuve de l’interdisciplinarité, edited by Didier Boisseuil, Ulrike Krampl, Marie-Pierre Lefeuvre and José Serrano (Peter Lang, 2024). Francia-Recensio 2025/4 (2025). https://doi.org/10.11588/frrec.2025.4.114138
- 2022Review of Representing the Life and Legacy of Renée de France: From Fille de France to Dowager Duchesse, edited by Kelly Digby Peebles and Gabriella Scarlatta (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021). Royal Studies Journal 9, no. 2 (2022): 201–203. https://doi.org/10.21039/rsj.362
Workshop reports
- 2024“Making New Faith In/Visible: Religious Movements and Urban Spaces.” Workshop report. H-Soz-Kult, 2024. Read online
- 2022“Typologising Cities: Critical Reflections.” Workshop report. H-Soz-Kult, 2022. Read online
- 2021“Guides to Urbanity.” Workshop report. H-Soz-Kult, 2021. Read online
Conference papers and invited talks
- 2026
Trans-Atlantic Peace and Religious Interactions in Sixteenth-Century French Settlements and Cities
- 2025
Civic, Religious, and Monarchical Interactions in Sixteenth-Century French Settlements
- 2025
Religious Resistance in the Urban Space of Sens: Justifications of the 1562 Massacre during the Royal Tour of France
- 2025
Peacebuilding Through Spatial Imagination: Abel Jouan and the Royal Tour of France (1564–1566)
- 2024
Civic, Religious, and Monarchical Urban Interactions during the Royal Tour of France (1564–1566)
- 2024
Abel Jouan: Imagining the Spatial Imagination of Sixteenth-Century France
- 2023
Protecting the Prestige of Sens: Justifications of the 1562 Massacre during the Royal Tour of France
- 2022
Angoulême: Constructing a Royal Connection on the Forgotten Periphery
- 2022
A Centre on the Periphery?: The French Monarchy and the Lyon City Council
- 2022
Showcasing Religious Toleration on the Urban Stage: Spatial Encounters between the French Monarchy and the Lyon City Council during the French Wars of Religion
- 2021
Showcasing Religious Toleration on the Urban Stage: The French Monarchy and the Lyon City Council during the French Wars of Religion
- 2020
Examining how the Valois Monarchy Reacted to the Centre and the Periphery, 1547–1589
Funding and research grants
- From Jan 2027
Plan d’Accueil et d’Accompagnement des Chercheurs et Chercheuses (€80,000)
- 2024–2025
Teach@Tübingen Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Jul 2022
Research trip to Lyon, Angoulême, Sens and Agen
- Mar 2022
Research trip to the Loire Valley
- Feb 2022
Research trip to Paris
- 2021–2022
Doctoral Fellowship
Teaching
- 2026
Global Histories (HIS 115)
- 2026
Intro to Western European History (HIS 206)
- 2026
Western Civilization I (HIST 101)
- 2026
Renaissance and Reformation (HIST 337)
- 2026
Western Civilization I (HI 101)
- 2026
Summer Scholars research supervision
- 2026
A Survey of the Modern World (HIS 131)
- 2026
Global Understanding (SSC 305)
- 2026
Twentieth-Century Europe (HIST 332)
- 2025
Western Civilization II (HI 102)
- 2024
Imagining the City: Urban Spaces in the Global Early Modern Period
- 2024
Massacres in the Streets: Religious Violence in Early Modern Europe
- 2020
Connected Histories: Early Modern Europe, 1450–1750 (HIST 1661)
Honours and awards
- Catawba College Honors Graduate
- Rice, Andrews, Young Award for Excellence in Modern Foreign Languages (French), 2018
Professional memberships
- College of Fellows at Tübingen
- Society for the Study of French History
- Society for Court Studies
- Society for Renaissance Studies
- Society for Early Modern French Studies
Languages
- English (native)
- French (professional proficiency)
- German (some knowledge)