Staff profile

• 17th-century French literature and intellectual history
• International learned correspondences in the 17th century
• Interdisciplinary 17th-century studies
• Medieval travel literature
• Francis Kilvert's diary
• Celtic languages and literatures (middle and late Cornish)

• 2008: General Editor of the journal The Seventeenth Century since 1985:
• 2008: Committee Member: since 1985, of the Thomas Harriot Seminar: early modern science and intellectual history.
• 2007: Fellow of the Royal Historical Society:
• 2007: Visiting Professor at the University of Kansas, Lawrence:
• 2007: Member of the Editorial Board of the North American Society for Seventeenth-Century French Literature (NASSCFL):
• 2006: Honorary Secretary of the Society for 17th-Century French Studies:
• 1990: Founding Member: of the Conseil d'administration, and founding Vice-Président, Centre International de Rencontres sur le 17e Siècle.  2012: Director of the CIR 17 Colloque International, 'La France et l'Europe du nord au XVIIe siècle', Durham Castle

Authored book

• Publishing in the Republic of Letters: The Ménage-Graevius-Wetstein Correspondence 1679-1692
  
  Maber, R. G. (2005). Publishing in the Republic of Letters: The Ménage-Graevius-Wetstein Correspondence 1679-1692. Rodopi.

Chapter in book

• ‘La correspondance d’Antoine Galland dans le contexte des réseaux d’information internationaux’
  
  Maber, R. (2020). ‘La correspondance d’Antoine Galland dans le contexte des réseaux d’information internationaux’. In F. Bauden & R. Waller (Eds.), Antoine Galland, 1646-1715, Mémoires de l’Association pour la Promotion de l’Histoire et de l’Archéologie Orientales. Peeters Publishers.
• ‘« Les hommes inspirés ont droit d’aller par tout » : esthétique de la « poésie morale » chez Pierre Le Moyne’
  
  Maber, R. (2019). ‘« Les hommes inspirés ont droit d’aller par tout » : esthétique de la « poésie morale » chez Pierre Le Moyne’. In A. Génetiot (Ed.), Morales du poème à l’âge classique. (pp. 231-248). Classiques Garnier. https://doi.org/10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-07318-5.p.0231
• ‘« Sans estre bien malheureux, on ne peut estre qu’un Héros [ou : une Héroïne] fort médiocre »: les femmes fortes du Père Le Moyne et l’idéal de l’héroïsme dans la souffrance’
  
  Maber, R. (2019). ‘« Sans estre bien malheureux, on ne peut estre qu’un Héros [ou : une Héroïne] fort médiocre »: les femmes fortes du Père Le Moyne et l’idéal de l’héroïsme dans la souffrance’. In G. Schrenk, A. Spica, & P. Thouvenin (Eds.), Héroïsme féminin, héroïnes et femmes illustres, XVIe et XVIIe siècles : Une représentation sans fiction. (pp. 193-203). Classiques Garnier. https://doi.org/10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-08515-7.p.0193
• ‘Guiding Light: the early modern lighthouse as image and emblem’
  
  Maber, R. (2018). ‘Guiding Light: the early modern lighthouse as image and emblem’. In V. Strang, T. Edensor, & J. Puckering (Eds.), From the Lighthouse: Interdisciplinary Reflections on Light. (pp. 54-58). Routledge.
• ‘Les érudits français et l’Allemagne au XVIIe siècle’
  
  Maber, R. (2017). ‘Les érudits français et l’Allemagne au XVIIe siècle’. In R. Maber (Ed.), La France et l’Europe du nord au XVIIe siècle. (pp. 77-86). Gunter Narr.
• Friendship and Rivalry in Science and Scholarship: Pierre-Daniel Huet and the Académies de Caen
  
  Maber, R. G. (2017). Friendship and Rivalry in Science and Scholarship: Pierre-Daniel Huet and the Académies de Caen. In N. Kenny (Ed.), Text, Knowledge and Wonder in Early Modern France: Studies in Hoour of Stephen Bamforth, Special Issue of Nottingham French Studies. (pp. 323-335).
• Time: for amendment of life, or gathering rosebuds? A Jesuit moralist and the paradoxes of mortality
  
  Maber, R. G. (2017). Time: for amendment of life, or gathering rosebuds? A Jesuit moralist and the paradoxes of mortality. In R. G. Maber & J. Barker (Eds.), Managing Time: Literature and Devotion in Early Modern France. (pp. 207-226). Peter Lang. https://doi.org/10.3726/b11059
• ‘No Miracles Please, We’re English’ [on 16-17c accounts of Thomas More’s death]
  
  Maber, R. (2012). ‘No Miracles Please, We’re English’ [on 16-17c accounts of Thomas More’s death]. In N. Hammond & M. Moriarty (Eds.), Evocations of Eloquence: rhetoric, literature and religion in early modern France. Essays in honour of Peter Bayley. (pp. 147-160). Peter Lang.
• The Sun King and his subjects: reciprocity in a commonplace of power.
  
  Maber, R. G. (2011). The Sun King and his subjects: reciprocity in a commonplace of power. In K. Banks & P. Bossier (Eds.), Authority & Persuasion: The Role of Commonplaces in Western Europe (c1450-c1800), II: Consolidation of Godgiven Power. Peeters Publishers.
• Texts, Travel and Flying Machines: The Lost World of 17th-Century Scholarship.
  
  Maber, R. G. (2010). Texts, Travel and Flying Machines: The Lost World of 17th-Century Scholarship. In P. Scott (Ed.), Collaboration and Interdisciplinarity in the Republic of Letters: Essays in Honour of Richard G. Maber. (pp. 227-248). Manchester University Press.
• Conveying the Unimaginable: Odoric of Pordenone's Travels and their Vernacular Translations.
  
  Maber, R. G., & Tregoning, A. (2008). Conveying the Unimaginable: Odoric of Pordenone’s Travels and their Vernacular Translations. In J. Kosta-Théfaine (Ed.), Travels and Travelogues in the Middle Ages. (pp. 95-134). AMS Press.
• The Fruits of Exile: Anglican Scholars and their French Books.
  
  Maber, R. G. (2008). The Fruits of Exile: Anglican Scholars and their French Books. In T. Carr & R. Ganim (Eds.), NASSCFL Acta, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2007. (pp. 141-151). Gunter Narr.
• 'Il faut écrire à la moderne...': practical criticism and literary controversy after the death of Malherbe
  
  Maber, R. G. (2007). ’Il faut écrire à la moderne...’: practical criticism and literary controversy after the death of Malherbe. In W. Brooks & R. Zaiser (Eds.), Theatre, fiction, and poetry in the French long seventeenth century / Le théâtre, le roman, et la poésie à l’âge classique. (pp. 199-214). Peter Lang.
• John Cosin's French Library
  
  Maber, R. G. (2007). John Cosin’s French Library. In R. Gameson (Ed.), Treasures of Durham University Library. (pp. 108-109). Third Millennium Publishing.
• Kilvert's Diary
  
  Maber, R. G. (2007). Kilvert’s Diary. In R. Gameson (Ed.), Treasures of Durham University Library. (pp. 132-133). Third Millennium Publishing.

Edited book

• Managing Time: Literature and Devotion in Early Modern France
  
  Maber, R. G., & Barker, J. (Eds.). (2017). Managing Time: Literature and Devotion in Early Modern France. Peter Lang.
• La France et l'Europe du nord au XVIIe siècle
  
  Maber, R. (Ed.). (2016). La France et l’Europe du nord au XVIIe siècle. Gunter Narr.
• Pierre Le Moyne, Entretiens et lettres poétiques, édition critique par Richard Maber
  
  Maber, R. (Ed.). (2012). Pierre Le Moyne, Entretiens et lettres poétiques, édition critique par Richard Maber. Classiques Garnier.
• Malherbe, Théophile de Viau, & Saint-Amant : a selection
  
  Maber, R. G. (Ed.). (2009). Malherbe, Théophile de Viau, & Saint-Amant : a selection. Manchester University Press.

Journal Article

• Metalinguistic Strategies in Early Modern Language Controversies
  
  Maber, R. (2024). Metalinguistic Strategies in Early Modern Language Controversies. Early Modern French Studies, 46(2), 183-196. https://doi.org/10.1080/20563035.2023.2297092
• ‘I have become all things to all men [and women] that I might by all means save some’ (I Corinthians 9:22, KJV). Theatricality and conversion in the poetry of Pierre Le Moyne
  
  Maber, R. (2023). ‘I have become all things to all men [and women] that I might by all means save some’ (I Corinthians 9:22, KJV). Theatricality and conversion in the poetry of Pierre Le Moyne. Early Modern French Studies, 45(1), 54-62. https://doi.org/10.1080/20563035.2023.2200539
• ‘La correspondance de Gilles Ménage: une ressource révélatrice et méconnue’
  
  Maber, R. (2015). ‘La correspondance de Gilles Ménage: une ressource révélatrice et méconnue’. Littératures Classiques: Gilles Ménage : Un Homme de Langue Dans la République Des Lettres, éd. Isabelle Trivisani-Moreau, 88, 35-46.
• ‘Les réseaux de communication érudits et les pouvoirs de l’État en France au XVIIe siècle: indépendance et interpénétration’
  
  Maber, R. (2015). ‘Les réseaux de communication érudits et les pouvoirs de l’État en France au XVIIe siècle: indépendance et interpénétration’. XVIIe Siècle: Savoirs et Pouvoirs à L’âge de L’humanisme Tardif, 67:1(266), 17-29.
• Re-Gendering Intellectual Life: Gilles Ménage and his Histoire des femmes philosophes.
  
  Maber, R. G. (2010). Re-Gendering Intellectual Life: Gilles Ménage and his Histoire des femmes philosophes. Seventeenth-Century French Studies, 32(1), 45-60. https://doi.org/10.1179/026510610x12713438444675
• Les Entretiens et lettres poétiques, point culminant de l'évolution poétique du Père Le Moyne.
  
  Maber, R. G. (2010). Les Entretiens et lettres poétiques, point culminant de l’évolution poétique du Père Le Moyne. Œuvres et Critiques, 35(2), 55-68.
• La ballade de Vadius
  
  Maber, R. G. (2007). La ballade de Vadius. Le Nouveau Moliériste., 6, 103-113.
• Knowledge as Commodity in the Republic of Letters, 1675-1700
  
  Maber, R. G. (2006). Knowledge as Commodity in the Republic of Letters, 1675-1700. Seventeenth-Century French Studies, 27, 197-208.