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J.K. Barret is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Texas at Austin, where he specializes in sixteenth and seventeenth-century literature, focusing on the Renaissance and its intersections with visual arts and legal theory. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2008 and has published works such as 'Untold Futures: Time, Literary Culture, and Renaissance England' through Cornell University Press in 2016. His academic interests encompass Renaissance literary constructions of futurity, the complex relationships between narrative and notions of the future, and the evolution of Englishness in works by figures like Spenser, Sidney, Shakespeare, and Milton. Barret's research is supported by various fellowships and funding sources, allowing him to participate in prestigious seminars at institutions including the National Humanities Center and Folger Shakespeare Library. In addition to his research, Barret serves as the Director of the Program in British, Irish, and Empire Studies (BIES) at UT Austin, where he also teaches courses on early modern poetics and Shakespeare.
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