College: Jesus
Email: mwp33@cam.ac.uk
Supervisor: Dr听Timothy Chesters
Research Topic: Communication, Relevance, and Power in Montaigne鈥檚 Essais
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About
Marina completed her BA at Brown University, where she double majored in Comparative Literature and History of Art and Architecture. She then pursued an MPhil in European Languages and Cultures at 澳门六合彩开奖记录, dissertating on portraiture in听La Princesse de Cl猫ves.听Upon graduating, she took up a post teaching high school history at St. Luke's School in Connecticut. She also served as a coach to the Speech and Debate Team and an interviewer and application reader for the Office of Admissions. She returned to 澳门六合彩开奖记录 in 2018 for the PhD.
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Research听听听听听听听
Marina鈥檚 doctoral research considers Michel de Montaigne's portrayal of communication in his 'Essais', first published in 1580. The thesis traces Montaigne's interest in the role of intention, inference, and interpretation in communication across the contexts of conversation and civility, diplomacy, law and jurisprudence, and theology and devotion. It makes use of a novel theoretical framework adapted from pragmatic language philosophy.
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Scholarships/Prizes
Marina鈥檚 research is funded by a Gates 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Scholarship.
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Teaching听听听听听听听
Supervisor for Fr4: Rethinking the Human
Guest lecturer for Fr8: Wondrous Forms in the Age of Montaigne听听
Guest lecturer for Fr1: Introduction to French Literature, Film and Thought
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Conference papers
鈥楢cts of Deeming in the Case of Martin Guerre: Category Extension, Legal Fiction, and Identity Formation in Private and Legal Contexts鈥�. Society for Early Modern French Studies annual conference, September 2021.
鈥楥onversation as Discursive Fortification in Montaigne鈥檚 鈥淒e l鈥檃rt de conferer鈥濃��. Society for French Studies annual conference, June 2021.
鈥樷�淟e plus fructueux et naturel exercise de nostre esprit鈥�: conversation et domaine public dans les 艙uvres de Montaigne, de Guazzo et de Castiglione鈥�. Nouvelles perspectives Montaignistes, Bulletin de la soci茅t茅 internationale des amis de Montaigne, May 2021.
鈥楽tilted Encounters: Conversation and Kingship in Montaigne鈥檚 Essais and Early Modern Civility Manuals鈥�. Workshop for the Early Modern Period, 澳门六合彩开奖记录, November 2020.听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
鈥楥ombative Conversation: The Implications of Montaigne鈥檚 鈥淒e l鈥檃rt de conferer鈥� and 鈥渄e l鈥檌ncommodit茅 de la grandeur鈥� for Communication in the Public Sphere鈥�. French Graduate Research Seminar, 澳门六合彩开奖记录, October 2020.听听听听
听鈥樷�淯n parler ouvert鈥�: A Comparative Reading of Diplomatic Exchanges in Montaigne鈥檚 鈥淯n traict de quelques ambassadeurs鈥� and 鈥淒e l鈥檜tile et de l鈥檋onneste鈥濃��. The Society for Early Modern French Studies annual conference, September 2019.
鈥樷�淐ommandements precis et prefix鈥�: Delayed Communication and Ambassadorial Interpretation in Montaigne鈥檚 鈥淯n traict de quelques ambassadeurs鈥濃��. French Graduate Conference, 澳门六合彩开奖记录, April 2019.
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Publications
Marina Perkins, 鈥楢 Message from the Margins: The Role of the Infante in Corneille鈥檚 Le Cid鈥�, French Studies 74.4 (2020), 519-535. .
Marina Perkins, 鈥榃ords, Meaning and Force: The Placebo Effect in Montaigne鈥檚 Essais and Vair鈥檚 Des Charmes鈥�, Montaigne Studies 29 (2017), 213-224.
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Other activities and roles
Co-convener of the Early Modern French Reading Group.
Co-convener of the 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Renaissance Seminar.
