SCOTT O'NEIL, PH.D.
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Scott M. O'Neil

Assistant Professor 
Department of English and World Languages
Arkansas Tech University
       ​ Vita        
Welcome to my website.

I earned my Ph.D. in English literature in August of 2019 from the University of Rochester. My primary specialty is Renaissance literature, with a particular passion for drama and performance. My research and teaching often dips into late medieval literature, which inspired the name of my website ("Renaissance" + "Medievalist" = "Renaivalist"). 

I was raised in Pennsylvania farm country, and several aspects of my personality can be traced right back to that small town.  I value direct communication, practicality, being a team player, and building community.  See my blog (nicknamed "Blue Collar Scholar") for more info on my background, both as a Renaivalist and as a lit nerd from farm country.

My research interests are currently focused on spatial theory and representations of professional authority, with a particular interest in professional fools and their role in courtly space. I also have a passion for cinematic Shakespearean adaptation, and I've been especially keen on silent films and Shakespearean Westerns (Yellow Sky is a hoot), as well as international adaptations by directors such as Kozintsev, Kurasawa, Matías Piñeiro, and Bollywood productions.


I am also hard at work on a large-scale Digital Humanities project involving archives and correspondence from noted historical Shakespearean actors. I should have some big announcements on that front in 2019.
"Neque enim is verus est habendus orator, qui bene scit dicere, nisi et dicere audeat."
 “No one who knows how to speak well can be considered a true orator unless he also dares to speak out.”             
Lorenzo Valla,   De falso credita et ementita Constantini donatione   1440

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