Medieval (C6-C14 C.E)

Francesco Aresu

Asistant Professor of Italian Studies faresu@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Poetry/ Poetics, Pre-Modern Genres and Literary Forms, Early Modern (C14-C17), Medieval (C6-C14 C.E), Narratology, Philology, Rhetoric, Hermeneutics

Eva Del Soldato

Associate Professor of Italian Studies (FIGS) Graduate Chair--Francophone, Italian and Germanic Studies (FIGS)evadel@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Historiography and Historical Writing, Pre-Modern Genres and Literary Forms, Western Europe, Early Modern (C14-C17), Medieval (C6-C14 C.E), Material Texts, Manuscript Studies and Archival Studies, Philology, Translation

Scott Francis

Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies Undergraduate Chair, FIGSfranciss@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Drama, Philosophical Texts & Intellectual History, Poetry/ Poetics, Pre-Modern Genres and Literary Forms, Religious Texts & Hagiography, Short Story, Western Europe, Early Modern (C14-C17), Medieval (C6-C14 C.E), Digital Humanities, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Material Texts, Manuscript Studies and Archival Studies, Religion, Rhetoric, Hermeneutics

Joseph Lowry

Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies elowry@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Religious Texts & Hagiography, Middle East/North Africa, Medieval (C6-C14 C.E)

Fatemeh Shams

Associate Professor of Persian Literature fshams@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Art/ Media, Film, Historiography and Historical Writing, Life Writing, Auto/biography, Novel, Poetry/ Poetics, Pre-Modern Genres and Literary Forms, Short Story, Diaspora, Middle East/North Africa, Near East, World Literature, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Medieval (C6-C14 C.E), Deconstruction, Formalism/ Structuralism, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Marxism, Narratology, Sociology of Literature, Spatial Theory, Translation, Trauma

Julia Verkholantsev

Associate Professor and Undergraduate Chair, Russian and East European Studies Director, Global Medieval and Renaissance Studies: Director, Undergraduate Humanities Forum, Wolf Humanities Centerjuliaver@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Historiography and Historical Writing, Pre-Modern Genres and Literary Forms, Central Europe, Eastern Europe / Russia, Early Modern (C14-C17), Medieval (C6-C14 C.E), Linguistic Theories and Culture, Material Texts, Manuscript Studies and Archival Studies, Narratology