Elizabeth Herbert McAvoy FLSW FRSA is a Welsh scholar of medieval literature who specialises in medieval women's literature, particularly anchorites. She is Professor Emerita of Medieval Studies at Swansea University.
Liz Herbert McAvoy | |
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| Occupation | Literary historian |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Aberystwyth University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Medieval literature |
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| Institutions | Swansea University |
Biography edit
Elizabeth Herbert was educated at Aberystwyth University, where she got her first degree in 1977 and her PhD in Medieval English Literature.[1][2] In 2005, she joined Swansea University,[2] where she was Reader in Gender in English Studies and Medieval Literature.[3] She was later promoted to Professor of Medieval Studies and Emeritus Professor.[4][5] She has also held a Personal Chair in English Literature and Creative Writing at the University.[6] She also holds a Honorary Senior Research Associate position at the University of Bristol.[5]
McAvoy specialises in medieval women's literature and in medieval anchorites.[6] In addition to editing several volumes, she has also written several books.[6] She served as Associate Director at the Swansea University Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Research.[3] After becoming Vice-President of the Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship in 2013, she was promoted to President in 2015, serving until 2017.[2]
She was elected Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales in 2015.[4] She became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2015.[2]
Publications edit
- The Book of Margery Kempe (2003)[6]
- Authority and the Female Body in the Writings of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe (2004)[6]
- Consuming Narratives: Gender and Monstrous Appetite in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (2002, as editor)[6]
- Anchorites Wombs and Tombs Intersections of Gender and Enclosure in the Middle Ages (2005, as editor)[6]
- Rhetoric of the Anchorhold: Space, Place and Body within the Discourses of Enclosure (2008, as editor)
- A Companion to Julian of Norwich (2008, as editor)[6]
- Anchoritic Traditions of Medieval Europe (2010, as editor)[6]
- Medieval Anchoritisms: Gender, Space and the Solitary Life (2011, as editor)[6]
- The History of British Women's Writing. Vol. 1 700-1500 (2012, as co-editor)[6]
References edit
- ^ "The 2015/16 Donors List" (PDF). Prom 2015/2016. p. 35. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Liz Herbert McAvoy". ORCID. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ a b McAvoy, Liz Herbert (5 June 2013). "Katharine de Audley". Medieval Histories. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Liz Herbert McAvoy". Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Liz Herbert McAvoy". Boydell and Brewer. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Professor Liz Herbert McAvoy". Swansea University. Archived from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2024.