Nathan Perry
Fields
Early Modern England
Early Modern Europe
World History
European Thought
History of Science
Contact Information
- Office: Bldg. 116, Rm. 115
- Telephone: 805-756-6452
- E-mail: naperry@calpoly.edu
Education
Courses Taught
- Hist 111: Western Civilization: Reformation to the Present
- Hist 222: World History, 1000-1800
- Hist 223: World History, 1800-Present
- Hist 307: European Thought, 1800-2000
- Hist 350: The Scientific Revolution, 1500-1800
- Hist 354: The History of Network Technology
- Hist 506: Tudor and Stuart Church and State
Research and Teaching Interests
My research and teaching interests lie in the intersection of politics, religion, and culture. While my primary research and teaching field is in Tudor and Stuart England and Early Modern European history, I teach courses in world, regional, and scientific history. The interdisciplinary nature of my research and interests strongly influences my teaching; I tend to focus on political, religious, philosophical, and ideological concepts in order to better understand and help explain the past. I am currently revising and expanding my dissertation, which examines the ways in which different factions manipulated the rituals and rhetoric of royal ceremonial occasions at the court of James I & VI of England toward their own political and ideological ends.
Presentations
“Law and Virtue: Monarchical Ideology in Jacobean Court Ceremonial” Monarchy and Modernity Conference, University of Cambridge, January 2019
“Scepter and Throne: Thomas Bilson’s Coronation Sermon for James I & VI” Pacific Coast Conference of British Studies, UC Merced, March 2019
“‘Armes and arts sustaine each others right’: Ben Jonson, Samuel Daniel, and Jacobean Royal Policy" Renaissance Conference of Southern California, Huntington Library, March 2019
Dissertation Title
"The Politics of Spectacle: Ideology and Ambition in Jacobean Court Ceremonies"