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Early Modern

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Alanna Skuse

Dr. Alanna Skuse is a literary scholar, historian and author with a focus on stories about medicine, bodies, and Renaissance England. She teaches literature as Associate Professor at the University of Reading and has published academic books and articles on the history of cancer, surgery, disability, Shakespeare and self-harm. She also runs public history projects, and writes and broadcasts for BBC Radio, Wellcome Stories, The Conversation and History Today.

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