David Gary Shaw

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Associate Editor of History and Theory
Professor of History, Wesleyan University

David Gary Shaw is an historian of medieval England, of Britain, of people as managers of meaning and identity in their inevitable social context. He is the author of The Creation of a Community (1993) and Necessary Conjunctions: The Social Self in Medieval England (2005). He co-edited The Return of Science: Evolution, History and Theory (2002) with Philip Pomper. His recent publications have touched on on the self, agency, animals, actor network theory for historical work, and the history of comparison. His current research interests include the circulation of people, things, animals, and ideas in medieval England.

 

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Email: gshaw@wesleyan.edu

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