Emily Glider received a joint PhD in English Literature and Early Modern Studies from Yale University in 2024. Her research explores the role of literature, performance, and the arts in early modern practices of cultural diplomacy. Her current book project, Geopolitical Players: Diplomacy, Trade, and English Itinerant Theater in Early Modern Europe, traces the participation of English traveling theater companies in strategies of international outreach and alliance-building in the German principalities and the Netherlands during the late sixteenth century. She is interested in the social, cultural, and political negotiations that mark the lives and careers of itinerant actors, as well as their translation of styles, genres, texts, and performance techniques for international audiences speaking different languages and bringing different cultural fluencies. Recent publications appear in English Literary Renaissance, Shakespeare Survey, and Early Theatre. She has presented at the annual meeting of the Shakespeare Association of America, the Renaissance Society of America, and Theater Without Borders.
While her research is focused on transnational Shakespeares of the sixteenth and seventeenth century, she draws inspiration from living scholars and practitioners at work today. She is always excited to discuss contemporary theater and performance, including the translation and adaptation of Shakespeare here in Türkiye, from operatic performances at the Ottoman court to experimental productions of the twenty-first century.