Kirk Essary is Senior Lecturer in Medieval and Early Modern History at UWA. He teaches in both the History and Classics departments. He holds a PhD in Religion (Florida State University, 2014), an MA in Religions of Western Antiquity (Florida State, 2010), an MA in Classics (Texas Tech University, 2008), and a BA in Philosophy (Oklahoma State University, 2006). He is the Director of the ARC Centre for the History of Emotions. His research focuses on religious and intellectual history in late medieval and early modern Europe, with a special interest in Christian humanism, reception history (of classical and biblical texts), the Protestant Reformation, the relationship between philosophy and theology, and the history of emotions. His current preoccupation is Erasmus. He teaches widely in the history of Christianity, the history of early modern Europe, religion in late antiquity, and classical reception studies.

Senior Lecturer, History and Classics

Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions