Fernando Martínez Periset

Thank you for your interest in my profile. I am writing a cross-cultural dissertation on the history of emotions in early modern Europe and the transatlantic world, analyzing works of poetry, prose, and drama. I work with Roland Greene, Joshua Landy, and Sarah Prodan. Before joining Stanford in 2022, I studied at Durham, the Sorbonne, Cambridge, and Trinity College Dublin, where I trained as a comparatist and as a classicist.

My research and teaching cultivate a comparative and longue durée approach that positions early modern literatures as an imaginative and dynamic space in conversation with developments in psychology, ethical thought, and affectivity. At the center of my scholarly concerns is an interest in exploring the transformations of human subjectivity across geographies and historical periods.

Publications include a short piece on Shakespeare and Machiavelli published by the 'Shakespeare Seminar Online' of the Deutsche Shakespeare Gesellshaft (available here: https://shakespeare-gesellschaft.de/wp-content/uploads/SSO2021_Issue-18_Shakespeares-Politics_complete.pdf), a piece on Molière published in Renaissance Papers, a forthcoming article on Milton and classical philosophy in Milton Studies in 2027, and another forthcoming article on shame and guilt in contemporary cinema and entertainment in Projections.

At Stanford, I have been able to teach language courses in Spanish and Portuguese, and literature courses as teaching assistant to Joshua Landy and Sarah Prodan. I offered my self-designed course, "Emotions and Literature," in Spring 2026, which – to the best of my knowledge – offered the first comprehensive introduction to the history of emotions for undergraduate students at Stanford,

My personal interests include listening to music, especially rock from the 70s and 80s, and meeting cute cats.

I would be delighted to connect students and researchers at Stanford and beyond, so please feel free to drop me a line.