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Simon Jackson is the Director of Studies in English and Music at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge. He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, and previously served as a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick. His research focuses on the intricate relationship between lyric poetry and music during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Jackson's doctoral work, which explored the musical activities of George Herbert and his extended family, received the inaugural Chauncey Wood Dissertation Award from the International George Herbert Society (2011–2013). He has published several articles on literary and musical topics, including his award-winning essay 'The Visual Music Masque George Herbert’s Temple', featured in English Literary Renaissance in 2015. His most recent book, 'George Herbert and Early Modern Musical Culture', was published by Cambridge University Press in 2022.
Peterhouse, University of Cambridge • Cambridge, England
Leads the studies in English literature and music for students.
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