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Research Interests
I am a literary historian specializing in early modern literature and drama. My research interests include gender, court performance and festival culture in Scandinavia and Britain, the intersections between political theory and literature as well as historical drama.
I have published on dramatists such as Shakespeare, James Shirley, John Webster and John Marston. I have furthermore published articles on the English history play, the iconography of the Eikon Basilike and the political aspects of Caroline drama.
I am currently working on a postdoctoral project that examines the cultural agency of Anna of Denmark and Danish-British cultural exchange in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century.
Education/Academic qualification
Comparative Literature, PhD, The Life of Kingdoms: Staging Royal Succession in Caroline England, Aarhus University
Award Date: 24. Jun 2021
Comparative literature, Master of Arts, University of Copenhagen
Award Date: 8. Dec 2014
Keywords
- Historiography of Literature
- Drama Analysis
- Literary Epochs (from Classical Greek and Roman to Postmodernism)
- Poetics, Poetry and Philosophy
- History of Criticism
- Text Theory and Analysis
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Edinburgh, 1589: The Marriage of James VI/I and Anna of Denmark and Oldenburg Nuptial Fictions (1589–1634)
Zirak-Schmidt, D. H., 2025, (Submitted) Europe in the World: A Literary History, 1545-1661. Boutcher, W. (ed.). Oxford University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Staging the Death of Wallenstein: Drama and Contemporary History
Zirak-Schmidt, D. H., 2025, (Submitted) Historical Drama in Early Modern Europe 1500-1700.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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'To Enlarge Everything as a Poet’: Drama and History in John Marston’s The Wonder of Women, or the Tragedie of Sophonisba
Zirak-Schmidt, D. H., Oct 2025, In: Orbis Litterarum. 80, 5, p. 439-451Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Visualising James VI and I in Continental Europe
Zirak-Schmidt, D. H., Doran, S. & Kewes, P., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: British Art Studies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Epilogue: Reflections on Historical Comparativism Prompted by the Case of Sophonisba
Zirak-Schmidt, D. H., Kluge, S., Larn, A. L. & Vangshardt, R., 2023, In: Nordic Journal of Renaissance Studies. 20, p. 211-220Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Activities
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Writing the Oldenburg-Stuart Marriage of 1589
Zirak-Schmidt, D. H. (Guest lecturer)
3. Jul 2025Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Poetic Responses to Anna of Denmark and James VI’s Wedding
Zirak-Schmidt, D. H. (Guest lecturer)
28. Nov 2024Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Crossing the North Sea: Queen Anna of Denmark and Danish-Scottish History
Zirak-Schmidt, D. H. (Guest lecturer)
6. Nov 2024Activity: Talks and presentations › Talks and presentations in private or public companies
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Staging Sophonisba in Early Modern England, 1606-1637
Zirak-Schmidt, D. H. (Guest lecturer)
26. Sept 2024Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Identities in the Early Modern Period
Zirak-Schmidt, D. H. (Participant)
25. Sept 2024 → 27. Sept 2024Activity: Attending an event › Conference organisation or participation
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Crossing the North Sea: Anna of Denmark and British-Danish Cultural Exchange in the Early Modern Period
Zirak-Schmidt, D. H. (PI)
01/09/2024 → 31/08/2026
Project: Research
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Histories. Assessing the Role of Aesthetics in the Historical Paradigm
Kluge, S. (PI), Vangshardt, R. (Project participant), Larn, A. L. (Project participant), Zirak-Schmidt, D. H. (Project participant), Dahl, C. (Project participant), Schneider, M. T. (Project participant), Kewes, P. (Project participant), de Camps Mora, J. (Project participant), Nykrog, N. (Project participant), Duggan, L. (Project participant) & Høgel, C. (Project participant)
01/02/2020 → 01/03/2025
Project: Research
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