New York University

Bella Mirabella, Associate Professor of Literature and Humanities, specializes in Renaissance studies, with a focus on drama, theatre, performance, and gender. She is the coeditor of Left Politics and the Literary Profession and has written articles on women, performance, and sexual politics in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, including "Mute Rhetorics: Women, Dance, and the Gaze in Renaissance England" and "'Quacking Delilahs': Female Mountebanks in Early Modern England and Italy." Her current work includes an analysis of the social function of accessories, particularly the handkerchief in early modern Europe. She is editing a collection of essays on accessorizing the Renaissance body. Since 1987, Professor Mirabella has directed and taught Gallatin's Renaissance Humanities Seminar in Florence, Italy. She has received Gallatin's Adviser of Distinction Award as well as NYU's Great Teacher Award.