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Allison K. Deutermann joined Baruch's faculty in 2009. She specializes in early modern literature and culture, with an emphasis on theater and performance. At Baruch, she teaches classes on Shakespeare and sixteenth- and seventeenth-century drama as well as British Literature Survey I and Great Works (2800). Her first book, Listening for Theatrical Form in Early Modern England (2016), examines the impact of hearing on the formal and generic development of early modern drama. She has co-edited two books, Publicity and the Early Modern Stage: People Made Public (2021) and Formal Matters: Reading the Materials of English Renaissance Literature (2013), as well as a special section of the journal Renaissance Drama on early modern affective ecologies. Her essays have appeared in Shakespeare Quarterly, Renaissance Drama, ELR, and other venues. She is currently completing a book on celebrity and dramatic character in early modern England.
Education
Ph.D., English Literature, Columbia University
Certificate in Feminist Scholarship, Gender and Women's Studies, Columbia University
MPhil, English Literature, Columbia University
M.A., English Literature, Columbia University
B.A., English Literature, University of Pennsylvania
| Semester | Course Prefix | Course Number | Course Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | ENG | 6002H | Honors English II |
| Spring 2023 | ENG | 6001H | Honors-English I |
| Spring 2023 | ENG | 4145 | Topics in Shakespeare |
| Fall 2022 | ENG | 2800H | Hon Great Works of Lit I |
| Fall 2022 | ENG | 3010 | Survey of English Literature I |
| Spring 2022 | ENG | 3010 | Survey of English Literature I |
| Fall 2021 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Fall 2021 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Fall 2021 | ENG | 4140 | Shakespeare |
| Spring 2021 | ENG | 4145H | Honors - Topics in Shakespeare |
| Spring 2021 | ENG | 4145 | Topics in Shakespeare |
| Fall 2020 | ENG | 5000 | Independent Study English I |
| Fall 2020 | ENG | 3010 | Survey of English Literature I |
| Fall 2019 | ENG | 2800H | Hon Great Works of Lit I |
| Spring 2019 | ENG | 3950 | Topics in Literature |
| Fall 2018 | ENG | 4150 | Renaissance Drama |
| Spring 2018 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Fall 2017 | ENG | 4140 | Shakespeare |
| Spring 2016 | ENG | 3950H | Honors - Topics In Literature |
| Spring 2016 | ENG | 6002H | Honors English II |
| Fall 2015 | ENG | 6001H | Honors-English I |
| Fall 2015 | ENG | 3010 | Survey of English Literature I |
| Spring 2015 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Spring 2015 | ENG | 4140 | Shakespeare |
| Fall 2014 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Fall 2014 | ENG | 3010 | Survey of English Literature I |
| Fall 2014 | ENG | 5000 | Independent Study English I |
| Fall 2014 | ENG | 4140 | Shakespeare |
| Spring 2014 | ENG | 4140 | Shakespeare |
| Spring 2014 | POL | 3999H | Honors Spec Topic in Poli Sci |
| Spring 2014 | IDC | 4050H | Hon Feit Hum Sem I |
| Spring 2012 | ENG | 6002H | Honors English II |
| Spring 2012 | ENG | 4140 | Shakespeare |
| Fall 2011 | ENG | 6001H | Honors-English I |
| Fall 2011 | ENG | 3010 | Survey of English Literature I |
| Fall 2011 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Spring 2011 | ENG | 3950H | Honors - Topics In Literature |
| Spring 2011 | ENG | 2800 | Great Works of Literature I |
| Fall 2010 | ENG | 5000 | Independent Study English I |
| Fall 2010 | ENG | 3010 | Survey of English Literature I |
| Fall 2010 | ENG | 4150 | Renaissance Drama |
| Spring 2010 | ENG | 4140 | Shakespeare |
| Spring 2010 | ENG | 2150 | Writing II |
| Fall 2009 | ENG | 2100 | Writing I |
| Fall 2009 | ENG | 4150 | Renaissance Drama |
Books
Deutermann, A., Hunter, M., & Gurnis, M. (2021). Publicity and the Early Modern Stage: People Made Public. New York, NY, Palgrave Macmillan .
Deutermann, A. (2016). Listening for Theatrical Form in Early Modern England. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press.
Deutermann, A., & N/A, A. (2013). Formal Matters: Reading the Materials of English Renaissance Literature. Manchester, Manchester University Press.
Journal Articles
(2024). "Uncertainty and Understanding in the Early Modern English Theater" (Review Essay). MLQ (Modern Language Quarterly), 85.1. 79-93.
(2024). Taking Time to Breathe: The Formal Atmospherics of Early Modern Drama. ELR (English Literary Renaissance), 54.2. 157-78.
Deutermann, A. k., & Brown, P. (2023). "Introduction: Early Modern Affective Ecologies". Renaissance Drama, 51.2. 151-58.
Deutermann, A. (2017). Taverns, Theaters, Publics: The Intertheatrical Politics of Caroline Drama. Renaissance Drama, 45(2). 237-256.
(2011). 'Caviare to the general'? Taste, Hearing, and Genre in Hamlet. Shakespeare Quarterly, 62. 230-255.
(2010). ''Dining on Two Dishes': Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Auditory Reception of Purcell's The Fairy-Queen. Upstart Crow: "Shakespearean Hearing," Special Issue, ed. Leslie Dunn and Wesley Folkerth , 29. 57-71.
Book Chapters
Deutermann, A. (2021). Othello’s Strange Celebrity: Race and Publicity in Early Modern Drama. In Deutermann, A., Hunter, M., & Gurnis, M. (Eds.), Publicity and the Early Modern Stage: People Made Public (pp. 25-44). New York, NY. Palgrave Macmillan.
Deutermann, A. K., & Hunter, M. (2021). Introduction. Publicity and the Early Modern Stage: People Made Public (pp. 1-22). New York, NY. Palgrave Macmillan.
Kisery, A. (2016). The Matter of Form. In Brayman Hackel, H., Lander, J., & Lesser, Z. (Eds.), The Book in History, the Book as History (pp. 29-64). New Haven, CT. Yale University Press.
Deutermann, A. (2015). Literary Celebrity and Theater Culture in Shirley’s Bird in a Cage. In Arab, R., Dowd, M., & Zucker, A. (Eds.), Historical Affects and the Early Modern Theater (pp. 54-68). New York and London. Routledge.
Deutermann, A. (2013). Hearing Iago's Withheld Confession. In Craik, K., & Pollard, T. (Eds.), Shakespearean Sensations: Experiencing Literature in Early Modern England (pp. 46-63). Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.
Deutermann, A. (2010). 'Repeat to me the words of the Echo': Listening to The Tempest. In Raman, S., & Gallagher, L. (Eds.), Knowing Shakespeare: Senses, Embodiment, and Cognition (pp. 293-323). New York. Palgrave Macmillan.
Presentations
Deutermann, A. k. The Falstaff Effect. Columbia University Shakespeare Seminar (Annual Gloria and Bernard Beckerman Lecture).
Deutermann, A. k. Shakespeare's Affective Ecologies. Hebrew University of Jerusalem (ZOOM): Israel Institute for Advanced Studies.
Deutermann, A. (2020, December 31). Race and Character. Short Scripts Seminar. : Shakespeare Association of America.
Deutermann, A. (2019, December 31). "Extravagant and Wheeling characters". Shakespeare and Form. : Shakespeare Association of America.
Deutermann, A. (2017, April 30). Celebrity Shakespeare (Seminar Organizer and Leader). Shakespeare Association of America.
Deutermann, A. (2016, December 31). Breathing Room. Staging Atmospheres Conference. : University of London.
Deutermann, A. (2016, April 30). Shakespeare's Climatology. Renaissance Society of America.
Deutermann, A. (2016, April 30). The Senses of Early English Form. Renaissance Society of America.
Deutermann, A. (2016, March 13). Heavy Lies the Head. Heavy Lies the Head. : Baruch Performing Arts Center.
Deutermann, A. (2016, April 30). Breathing Room: Listening for the Dramatic Pause in 3 Henry VI. Renaissance Society of America.
Deutermann, A. (2016, April 30). Joint Labors: Actor-Audience-Playwright Collaborations in Early Modern English Theater. Renaissance Society of America.
Deutermann, A. (2015, February 28). "How to Hear 'the fatal screech-owl: Resilient Listening in 3 Henry VI". Touching Shakespeare: Proximity, Precarity, and Resilience in Early Modern Drama and Modern Life. Los Angeles, California: UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Deutermann, A. (2015, February 28). 'I like it, 'twill be new': Women's Acting and Literary Celebrity in James Shirley's Bird in a Cage. Society for the Study of Renaissance Women.
Deutermann, A. (2014, April 30). Dead Ends and Fresh Starts. Renaissance Society of America.
Deutermann, A. (2014, April 30). Rules of Playing and Theatrical Culture in Early Modern England. Shakespeare Association of America.
Deutermann, A. (2013, April 30). "'All clear behind the arras?': Eavesdropping at the Cockpit Theater. Shakespeare Association of America.
Deutermann, A. (2012, April 30). Chair and Respondent, "Theorizing 'Form' in Early Modern Drama". Renaissance Society of America.
Deutermann, A. (2012, April 30). Chair, "Going Public: Women Actor-Players and the Act of Writing". Renaissance Society of America.
Deutermann, A. (2012, April 14). Talk-Back (with Director Arin Arbus). The Duke Theater: Theatre for a New Audience production of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.
Deutermann, A. (2011, April 30). Tis true, 'tis true, witness my knife's sharp point': Weaponized Words and the Making of Theatrical Form in Early Modern England. Shakespeare Association of America Conference.
Deutermann, A. (2011, July 31). Hearing Shakespeare. Scholarly Sustenance Program. : Huntington Library Society of Fellows.
Deutermann, A. (2011, February 28). Multi-Media Adaptation. Performing the Book Conference. : Rutgers University.
Deutermann, A. (2011, October 31). Is it Words that Shake Us Thus? Revenge, Confession, and Weaponized Words in Othello. Othello Colloquium. Fairleigh Dickinson University
Deutermann, A. (2010, April 30). So, Who Do You Think You're Talking to? The Fat Knight Speaks. : Baruch College.
Deutermann, A. (2010, July 31). Polyphony, Print, and 1590s Theater. Society for Renaissance Studies Conference. University of York, England
Deutermann, A. (2009, April 30). Polyphonic Print. Five Colleges Renaissance Seminar. University of Massachusetts: Center for Renaissance Studies.
Deutermann, A. (2009, December 31). Repeat to me the words of the Echo. Columbia University: Columbia University Shakespeare Seminar.
Deutermann, A. (2008, November 30). Ben Johnson's Polyphonic Printing. Group for Early Modern Cultural Studies Conference.
Deutermann, A. (2008, April 30). Forms of Early Modern Writing. Forms of Early Modern Writing Conference. Conference co-organizer: Columbia University.
Deutermann, A. (2008, April 30). Reading in vtopia: The Dering Library. Shakespeare Association of America Conference.
Deutermann, A. (2007, March 31). Dissecting Renaissance Anatomies. Renaissance Society of America Conference, Co-organizer and co-chair.
Deutermann, A. (2007, April 30). Learning to Listen to Early Modern Drama. : Shakespeare Association of America Conference.
Deutermann, A. (2005, November 30). The Discerning Ear: Listening for Distinction in Early Modern Drama. : Group for Early Modern Cultural Studies Conference.
Deutermann, A. (2005, April 30). Listening Up. Shakespeare Association of America Conference.
Other Scholarly Works
Deutermann, A. (2002). "Young Guns".
Deutermann, A. (2001). "War Weary".
Reviews
Deutermann, A. (2017,January 1). Hamlet's Moment, by Andras Kisery. Shakespeare Quarterly.
Deutermann, A. (2015,January 1). Staging the Blazon in Early Modern English Theater, ed. Deborah Uman and Sara Morrison. Renaissance Quarterly.
Deutermann, A. (2015,January 1). Early Modern Theatricality, ed. Henry S. Turner. Theatre Survey.
Deutermann, A. (2012,January 1). Ben Jonson and Envy, by Lynn S. Meskill. Renaissance Quarterly .
| Title | Funding Agency Sponsor | Start Date | End Date | Awarded Date | Total Funding | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forming Celebrity: Women, Notoriety, and Character on the Early Modern Stage | PSC CUNY 53 | 07/01/2022 | 06/30/2023 | 04/15/2022 | 4551 | Completed |
| Publicity and the Early Modern stage | PSC-CUNY 51 | 07/01/2020 | 06/30/2021 | 04/17/2020 | 4530 | Completed |
| Breathing Room | PSC-CUNY 49 | 07/01/2018 | 06/30/2019 | 04/15/2018 | 4530 | Completed |
| The Roaring Girl and the Erotics of Publicity | PSC-CUNY 48 | 07/01/2017 | 06/30/2018 | 04/14/2017 | 4530 | Completed |
| Tavern Talk: Eavesdropping in the Public-Private Spaces of West End London | PSC-CUNY 46 | 07/01/2015 | 06/30/2016 | 04/17/2015 | 4470 | Completed |
| "Audiences to this act": Listening for Theatrical Form in Early Modern England" | PSC-CUNY 45 | 07/01/2014 | 06/30/2015 | 04/15/2014 | 4248 | Completed |
| Becoming Prynne: The Production and Function of Celebrity in Early Modern England | PSC-CUNY 44 | 07/01/2013 | 06/30/2014 | 04/15/2013 | 3500 | Completed |
| Plucking the upstart crow | PSC-CUNY 43 | 07/01/2012 | 06/30/2013 | 04/17/2012 | 3500 | Completed |
| The Polyphonic Plays of Ben Johnson and John Marston | PSC-CUNY 41 | 07/01/2010 | 06/30/2011 | 6000 | Completed | |
| The Falstaff Effect | PSC-CUNY 54 | 07/01/2023 | 06/30/2024 | 04/18/2023 | 4551 | Funded - In Progress |
| Honor / Award | Organization Sponsor | Date Received | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene M. Lang Fellowship | Eugene M. Lang Foundation | 2012 | |
| Whiting Teaching Award | Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation | 2012 | A year-long research fellowship awarded in recognition for outstanding teaching |
| Huntington Library Mayers Fellowship | 2011 | ||
| National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar | Newberry Library | 2009 | |
| Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation Fellowship | 2007 |
College
| Committee Name | Position Role | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present | |||
| Present | |||
| Social Committee Member | 12/31/2015 | ||
| Curriculum Committee Member | 12/31/2014 | ||
| Departmental Secretary | 12/31/2012 | ||
| Library Committee Member | 12/31/2012 | ||
| Freshman Text Selection Committee Member | 12/31/2012 | ||
| Curriculum Committee Member | 12/31/2011 | ||
| Panel Participant in English Department Spring Symposium | 12/31/2010 |
University
| Committee Name | Position Role | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present | |||
| PSC CUNY Awards Selection Committee Member | 1/1/2018 | 12/31/2019 | |
| PSC CUNY Awards Selection Committee Member | 1/1/2017 | 12/31/2018 | |
| PSC CUNY Awards Selection Committee Member | 1/1/2016 | 12/31/2017 | |
| PSC CUNY Awards Selection Committee Member | 1/1/2015 | 12/31/2016 | |
| PSC-CUNY Awards Selection Committee Member | 1/1/2014 | 12/31/2015 | |
| PSC-CUNY Awards Selection Committee Member | 1/1/2013 | 12/31/2014 | |
| PSC-CUNY Awards Selection Committee Member | 1/1/2012 | 12/31/2013 | |
| Panel Chair and Moderator, Hunter College Graduate Student Conference | 1/1/2010 | 12/31/2010 |
Professional
| Organization | Position Role | Organization State | Organization Country | Start Date | End Date | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member Modern Language Association of America | Present | |||||
| Member Society for Renaissance Studies | Present | |||||
| Member Shakespeare Association of America | Present | |||||
| Member Renaissance Society of America | Present |