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English prof wins Ireland research fellowship 3:33 p.m., Feb. 7, 2006--Matthew Kinservik, associate professor of English at UD, was unanimously awarded the American Society of 18th-Century Studies' (ASECS) Irish-American Research Travel Fellowship for 2006. The prize will allow Kinservik to travel to Dublin and Belfast to conduct research for his new book on the trials of the Rev. William Jackson, an Anglican clergyman who was captured and imprisoned in 1794 while on a spy mission for Jacobin France. Jackson lived in France during the revolution and became a spy for the leaders of the "Reign of Terror" there. "In early 1794, he [Jackson] was sent to London and Dublin on a spy mission to try to coordinate a French invasion with an uprising organized by local radicals," Kinservik said. "The goal was to end monarchy in Britain. We get words like 'terrorist' and 'terrorism' from the 'Reign of Terror,' and so in a real sense, Jackson was the first British subject to bring terrorism to the British Isles. The fact that he was a clergyman makes his case all the more interesting." Kinservik, who received his doctorate at Pennsylvania State University, has written and contributed to many works on 18th-Century literature. While in Ireland, Kinservik plans to research manuscript material at the National Library of Ireland in Dublin and at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in Belfast. ASECS' Irish research travel opportunities are open to both North American scholars pursuing research on Irish studies and to Irish scholars researching similar information in North America. To qualify for a travel fellowship the research must focus on some aspect of 18th-Century Irish history. Article by Rachel Cirone, AS '06 |
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