Member News: Dr. Lyle Colombo’s Encryption Research Now Published

Lyle Jennings Colombo (Tulane University) has published What Counts as a Cipher? The Evolving Role of Shakespearean Paratexts in Cryptographic History in the Proceedings of The International Conference on Historical Cryptography. The article traces how the Baconian cipher controversies of the 19th and early 20th centuries shaped the modern definition of cryptography. Building on Alexander Waugh’s methodological work, it argues for renewed scholarly attention to the cryptographic features of early Shakespearean printed texts. Members can read it free of charge at the link below. Two more articles from Dr. Colombo, in Philosophy and Literature and European Legacy, are expected soon.

Read the article: https://hdl.handle.net/10062/122069