James Seth

Dr. James Seth (he/him) teaches Shakespeare, early British literature, travel narratives, poetry and poetics, and LGBTQ+ literature, among other topics. He is also a faculty member in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at CWU. His research interests include maritime performance studies, shipboard music, Shakespeare, early modern drama, historiography, and oceanic folklore. His first book, Maritime Musicians and Performers on Early Modern English Voyages: The Lives of the Seafaring Middle Class, was published by Amsterdam University Press in 2022 and republished in paperback by Routledge in 2025. His second book, Authority and Disruption in Early Modern Maritime Theatre: Mock Kings at Sea, is currently under contract with Routledge. His articles and reviews have also been published or are forthcoming in The Mariner's Mirror, Shakespeare Newsletter, Renaissance Quarterly, Sixteenth Century Journal, and other venues. He is also co-founder of Ellensburg Shakespeare Project and Calliope Arts of Ellensburg, a 501(c)(3) public nonprofit charity engaged in arts-related community activities. 

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