ERCC Associate Researcher Miranda Stanyon awarded 2020 DECRA

Congratulations to Dr Miranda Stanyon for being awarded a prestigious DECRA for her project on “War-Widow, Mother, Slave, Refugee: Andromache in Romantic Europe”

Dr Miranda Stanyon

Dr Stanyon's project aims to uncover how Andromache, a prominent classical figure in the Trojan wars, was represented and deployed to shape the literature, politics and culture of Romantic-era Europe. Its expected outcome is a significant reassessment of an understudied figure, focusing on her portrayals as a grieving widow, slave and refugee in times of national crisis and change, especially the Napoleonic wars. Its innovative method combines literary studies, musicology, cultural and material history, and emotions history. The project intends to strengthen Australia’s leading role in Romantic studies, enrich cultural life, and foster community reflection on the significant challenges of migration, refugees, gender and violence, war and emotions.

Dr Stanyon is returning to the University of Melbourne, where she completed her BA (Honours) and MA, from King’s College London, where she has worked as a Lecturer in Comparative Literature since 2015. While undertaking her DECRA, she will work closely alongside colleagues in the English and Theatre Studies program and at the ERCC. This is a wonderful outcome for the ERCC and we look forward to her joining our community in 2020.

Drawing by Benjamin West

Image: Benjamin West, Hector taking leave of Andromache: The Fright of Astyanax, 1766