Sarah started following the work of Andrew Kraebel, Yale University, English Literature.
Sarah started following the work of Elizaveta Strakhov, University of Pennsylvania, Comparative Literature and Literary Theory.
Sarah started following the work of James Ginther, Saint Louis University, Theological Studies.
Sarah Having a rather non-medievalist day: working on a paper about the sexual identities assigned to fonts, for a contemporary art mag.
The University of Texas at Austin
Graduate Student, Art and Art History
College of Fine Arts
Thesis Title: Embodied Reading as Political Action in the Hortus Deliciarum
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Dr. Joan Holladay
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About
I specialize in the visual culture of female monastic communities, with a focus on the twelfth century. My research interests include constructions of identity and otherness, Christian-Jewish dynamics, and the cognitive aspects of reception.
My dissertation will explore how the manuscript imagery in the "Hortus Deliciarum" might respond to imperial challenges to papal authority in the twelfth century. This project will present a strong case for female involvement in medieval political developments, the findings of which stand to enhance current scholarship on memory practice in both the medieval and modern periods. It also will further complicate the perceived divide between northern and southern European cultures and therefore provide a more nuanced and cosmopolitan approach to medieval art. This project will also delve into more theoretical areas, such as the conceptual issues of reproducing architectural space in book form and of reading as an embodied, spatial practice.
I received a master's degree in Art History from UT-Austin (2009). I also hold a master's in Medieval Studies from Fordham University (2007), and I received my BA from Sarah Lawrence College in 2003.
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