Summary
Dr Meek's main research interests are in Shakespeare and early modern literature, ekphrasis and the relationship between visual and verbal modes of representation, and the history of emotion.
He recently co-edited a collection of essays entitled Ekphrastic Encounters: New Interdisciplinary Essays on Literature and the Visual Arts (Manchester University Press, 2019).
Dr Meek's current research project is a monograph that explores representations of sympathy and empathy in early modern literature. It is provisionally titled 'Sympathy in Early Modern Literature and Culture, 1580-1640'.
He recently held a International Visitor Fellowship at the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions in Perth, Australia, which included giving the opening keynote lecture at the conference 'Hamlet and Emotions: Then and Now'.