Guest Bio
Nandini Das is Professor of Early Modern English Literature and Culture at Oxford University, Fellow of Exeter College, and Honorary Professor of English Literature at the University of Liverpool, UK. Exploring both literature and cultural history, she has published widely on Renaissance literature and cross-cultural encounter. Her next book on the first English embassy to India will be out with Bloomsbury in 2022. A BBC New Generation Thinker, she regularly presents television and radio programmes, most recently on the BBC’s The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family, and Art that Made Us series.
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Natalie Grueninger speaks with Professor Nandini Das about Elizabeth I and global connections.
Tune in to hear Natalie and Professor Das discuss:
– The trading networks established during Elizabeth I’s reign
– Global cultural influences on the Elizabethan world
– The tension between Elizabeth I and Philip II of Spain
– Anglo-Scottish relations
– The role of Elizabeth’s ‘Sea Dogs’
– Elizabeth’s connection to the Islamic world
– Elizabethan policy towards Ireland
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