The Nature of the Page in Renaissance England

Joshua Calhoun is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who specializes in Shakespeare, sixteenth- and seventeenth-century poetry, and the history of media. He also teaches courses in the environmental humanities and is a Faculty Affiliate at the Nelson Institute’s Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE) and is the founder and co-director of Holding History, a mentoring- driven public outreach program (www.holdinghistory.org). His work has been published

in PMLA, Shakespeare Studies, and Environmental Philosophy. His current book project, Toward a Natural History of the Book: Animals, Vegetables, and Media in Renaissance England explores Renaissance media and media-making within its historical ecosystem