Neema Parvini is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Surrey. He is the author of five books: Shakespeare's History Plays: Rethinking Historicism (2012); Shakespeare and Contemporary Theory: New Historicism and Cultural Materialism (2012); Shakespeare and Cognition: Thinking Fast and Slow through Character (2015); Shakespeare and New Historicism Theory (2017) and Shakespeare's Moral Compass: Ethical Thinking in His Plays (forthcoming 2018). He also presents a popular podcast series called Shakespeare and Contemporary Theory.