Congratulations to Cameron Hart on an impressive year!
Cameron, a junior English major from Memphis, was one of just 15 students selected to study at the inaugural Folger Institute Undergraduate Spring Seminar, 2025. The program, titled “Whose Sovereignty?,” was led by Professor of English Urvashi Chakravarty (University of Toronto) and explored power and consent across political, social, sexual, racial, and economic spheres. Throughout the spring semester, Cameron engaged with modern and early contemporary texts, spoke with guest scholars, and visited the Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. Her final seminar project was a podcast in collaboration with three peers from other institutions that reflected on the experience.
Last fall, Cameron was also admitted to Emory’s Scholarly Inquiry and Research Experience (SIRE) Program, a year-long program for first-time undergraduate researchers. As an assistant to Professor Patricia Cahill throughout the academic year, Cameron helped prepare an edition of Shakespeare’s 3 Henry VI, advanced databases and web platforms with the support of library staff, and worked on an independent research project. Cameron presented her research at the SIRE Symposium at the Emory Student Center in April 2025, exploring topics from the Popish Plot to a modern production of Shakespeare’s history plays staged on actual British battlefields.
Cameron plans to continue studying early modern literature and is especially interested in Shakespearean adaptations during the Restoration. After graduating from Emory, she hopes to pursue a PhD in English and is excited to see how her research interests continue to evolve. Well done, Cameron! –Contributions by Pat Cahill and Safa Wahidi