Tyler Hengst

Education

B.A., History & Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2023)
M.A., History, University of Virginia (2025)

Biography

I am a fourth-year PhD candidate studying early modern Dutch social history. I am interested in the relationship between religion, politics, globalization, and popular culture seen primarily through printed music. My master's thesis, Singing Luther's 'Ein Feste Burg' in the Early Dutch Revolt, explores cross-confessional culture through Luther's famous hymn printed in late sixteenth-century Dutch songbooks. My current dissertation research focuses on representations of globalization in seventeenth-century maritime music.

Courses Taught

• HIEU 2071, Early Modern Europe and the World (Dr. Erin Lambert, Fall 2024 & Fall 2026)
• HIEU 3141, Age of Conquests: Britain from the Romans to the Normans, 43-1066 (Dr. Paul Kershaw, Spring 2025)
• HIEU 2061, Birth of Europe (Dr. Paul Kershaw, Fall 2025)
• HIEU 2721, Supernatural Europe, 1500-1800 (Dr. Erin Lambert, Spring 2026)