Dr. Sarah Alyn-Stacey

Before taking up her lectureship in French Renaissance Literature at Trinity (1996), Dr Alyn Stacey, FTCD, held posts at the Sorbonne (Paris IV), the University of Saint Andrews, and the University of Wales, Swansea. Her teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level extends across the early modern period (14th century-18th century)and also embraces film and contemporary French literature. Dr Alyn Stacey is Director of the Trinity Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, a Trinity Research Centre (https://www.tcd.ie/Medieval_Renaissance/). She founded the Centre in 1999 and in 2001 established its inter- and multi-disciplinary MPhil in Medieval Language, Literature and Culture. COLLEGE POSITIONS: Head of French (2022-) Board of Trinity College (2016-2024); University Council (2018-2021); Standing Committee of Fellows (2010-2024); Finance Committee (2018-2021); Central Fellowship Committee (2019-present); Grounds and Gardens Consultative Group of Trinity College (2016-present); Capitation Committee (2021-present); Trinity Ball Committee (2021-present); Chair of the Board of the Graduate Student Union (2021-present). AWARDS FOR RESEARCH/CONTRIBUTIONS TO DISCIPLINE: Fellowship of Trinity College (2004); election to the Académie de Savoie (2005); Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite (2017); Postgraduate Supervisor of the Year (2018). CONTRIBUTION TO DISCIPLINE: Society for Renaissance Studies: founding member of Irish Branch (1997), Irish Representative for over 10 years, Associate Editor of the Society's journal (1996-2006), member of Executive Committee (1996-2014); Society for French Studies: member of Executive Council (2000-2006); H-France: member of Editorial Board (2013-2018); 2014-present: Chief Editor of refereed series 'Court Cultures of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance' (Oxford, Peter Lang). KEY AREAS OF RESEARCH: Marc-Claude de Buttet (1529/31-1586); the Court of Savoy under Marguerite de France and Duke Emmanuel-Philibert; critical editions of early-modern French texts; religious and political dissent in early-modern Savoy;the French Renaissance Court; French Renaissance political poetry;the Savoyard archives (Turin; Geneva; Chambéry; Annecy; Paris); Franco-Irish cultural links. Refereed publications: 11 books (5 single-authored; 6 edited volumes), 19 chapters, 9 articles, 9 book reviews. SELECT PUBLICATIONS: 1.Marc-Claude de Buttet: OEuvres poetiques I. Le Premier Livre des vers (1560). Édition critique avec introduction, commentaires et glossaire, (Paris, Honoré Champion, 2022), 234 pp. ISBN:978-2-7453-5795-3 2.Marc-Claude de Buttet: OEuvres poetiques II. Le Second Livre des vers (1560). Édition critique avec introduction, commentaires et glossaire (Paris, Honoré Champion, 2022), 175 pp. ISBN:978-2-7453-5795-3 3.Marc-Claude de Buttet: OEuvres poetiques III. Les Vers de circonstance (1559-1575) et divers autres vers. Édition critique avec introduction, commentaires et glossaire (Paris, Honoré Champion, 2022), 234 pp. ISBN:978-2-7453-5795-3 4. (ed. with Joanna Poetz) New Perspectives on Heretical Discourse and Identities: the Waldensians in Historical Context, Medieval and Early Modern French Studies, 19 (Oxford, Peter Lang, 2021), 355 pp. . ISBN 978-1-78997-714-1 5 5. (ed.) Political, Religious and Social Conflict in the States of Savoy, 1400-1700, Medieval and Early Modern French Studies, 13 (Oxford, Peter Lang, 2014), 327 pp. ISBN: 9783034308311 6. (ed.) Court and Humour in the French Renaissance: Essays in Honour of Professor Pauline Smith (Geneva, Peter Lang (2009) 272 pp. ISBN 9783039105595 7. Marc-Claude de Buttet (1529/31-86), l'honneur de la Savoie, Études et Essais sur la Renaissance, 70 (Paris, Honoré Champion, 2006), 235 pp. ISBN 2-7453-1317-7 8. Marc-Claude de Buttet: "L'Amalthée" (1575), Textes de la Renaissance, 74 (Paris, Champion 2003), 584pp. ISBN 2-7453-0875-0

  Cinema/Video   French Language/Literature   Language and/or Literature, Renaissance   Literary Criticism   Philosophical Literature   Renaissance History

My principal areas of research: Marc-Claude de Buttet (1529/31-1586); the Court of Savoy under Marguerite de France and Duke Emmanuel-Philibert; critical editions of early-modern French texts; religious and political conflict in Savoy; the French Renaissance Court; French Renaissance political poetry; the Savoyard archives (Turin; Geneva; Chambéry; Annecy; Paris); Franco-Irish cultural links. My research focus is constructed to combine historical, political and literary strands and relies heavily on access to rare primary sources in a variety of languages (French, Latin, Italian) in various European archives and libraries (Switzerland, Italy, France, Britain). Current research project (supported by funding from the ASSBF of the Faculty of Arts): religious dissent in early-modern Normandy with particular reference to archival sources, political-religious discourse, and rare editions of various works.