Ryan Hampton

Research Topic

Taverns as contested spaces in the Holy Roman Empire, 1400-1550: A network-theoretical analysis of conspiracy and disciplining practice

Supervisor: Lyndal Roper and Giuseppe Marcocci 

I work on the early modern history of rural unrest from a spatial-theoretical perspective. My project entails a comparative study of subversive networks in the German-speaking lands and the Spanish colonial new world. Above all, I want to know where and how political discontent and conspiracy spread in (largely) illiterate societies. 

I hold a BA (2015) in History and English from Grove City College (USA), a Master of Public and International Affairs (MPIA, 2017) from the University of Pittsburgh (USA) Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA), and recently completed an MA in Global History at the University of Heidelberg (Germany).

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