Associate Professor | schreyerk@umsl.edu | 314-516-5500
Kurt Schreyer teaches courses on Shakespeare and early English drama. His interests extend to a wide variety of genres and texts across the traditional medieval/Renaissance disciplinary divide, from Chaucer to Milton, and from epic and romance to devotional lyric. In his teaching, he tries to foster students' curiosity by "making the Renaissance strange" rather than familiar or relevant—underscoring the historical, cultural, and linguistic differences between pre-modern England and our own society. His book, Shakespeare’s Medieval Craft: Remnants of the Mysteries on the London Stage, published by Cornell University Press, demonstrates the central importance of stage properties, technologies, and theatrical practices from pre-Reformation religious drama to Shakespeare’s stagecraft.
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About Kurt Schreyer
Kurt Schreyer teaches courses on Shakespeare and early English drama. His interests extend to a wide variety of genres and texts across the traditional medieval/Renaissance disciplinary divide, from Chaucer to Milton, and from epic and romance to devotional lyric. In his teaching, he tries to foster students' curiosity by "making the Renaissance strange" rather than familiar or relevant—underscoring the historical, cultural, and linguistic differences between pre-modern England and our own society. His book, Shakespeare’s Medieval Craft: Remnants of the Mysteries on the London Stage, published by Cornell University Press, demonstrates the central importance of stage properties, technologies, and theatrical practices from pre-Reformation religious drama to Shakespeare’s stagecraft.
| Present | Associate Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis ‐ Department of English | |
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Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2000 - 2001 | Assistant General Manager, Actors from the London Stage, University of Notre Dame |
Honors and Awards
- University of Missouri Research Board Award, 2011
- Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship, Fordham University, 2007-2008
- School of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 2006-2007
- Benjamin Franklin Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 2001-2006
- Graduate Assistantship, University of Notre Dame, 1999-2001
| 2007 | PhD, University of Pennsylvania ‐ English | |
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| 2001 | MA, University of Notre Dame ‐ English & American Literature | |
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| 1992 | BS, University of Notre Dame ‐ German | |
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| 1992 | BS, University of Notre Dame ‐ Chemistry | |
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