Clémence Smith

Thesis Title: Translation and Obscurity in Early Modern Anglo-French Alchemical Discourses

Supervisor: Professor Kathryn Murphy

Research Interests: alchemy; early modern prose; translation; multilingualism; early modern theatre; history of the book

Conference Papers:

‘Translating the Practical: Unlettered Translation as Chymical Experiment in the Works of John Hester’, ‘Verse with wings of skill’: Reading the Practical in Early Modern Literature, University of Sheffield, 17 April 2026

‘Self-Translation in the Works of Joseph Duchesne’, Early Modern French Graduate Symposium, Maison Française d’Oxford, 19 February 2026