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Jacob Hyde

Languages and Literature, University of Birmingham

Thesis title:

'The Mad Crew': the Ranters and the Rhetoric of Madness (1648-1660)

Research Area

  • English Language and Literature
  • Languages and Literature

Conferences

'The Magician's Dogsbody: Caliban and his Stage Predecessors', presented at the British Graduate Shakespeare Seminar 2023.

'"Barren Metal": Posthumanism and The Merchant of Venice in Tom King and Gabriel Walta's The Vision', presented at Comics Forum 2024.




Public Engagement & Impact

I am a 'Brilliant Club' tutor and have taught my own 6-week course, 'Fiery Flying Rolls: the Radicals of the English Commonwealth', to students ages 13-15 at a number of local secondary schools:

  • Bristnall Hall Academy, Oldbury (2023)
  • Arthur Terry School, Birmingham (2024)
  • Thorns Collegiate Academy, Brierly Hill (2024)
  • Q3 Academy, Tipton (2025)

I have also worked with local primary schools, leading Shakespeare workshops on The Tempest and Macbeth at The King Alfred School, Dudley, and teaching a lesson on Macbeth at Our Lady and St. Kenelm Roman Catholic School, Halesowen.

Other Research Interests

The supernatural in the early modern period.

The work and thought of John Milton.

The reception of early modern literature in comic books and science fiction.