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Professor Newman (Ph.D. Yale) is known for her work on medieval religious culture, comparative literature, and women's spirituality. Her recent publications include 'The Permeable Self: Five Medieval Relationships' (2021) and a translation of Richard Methley's collected works (2021). She has also edited and translated works such as 'Thomas Cantimpré: Collected Saints' Lives' (2008) and 'Mechthild Hackeborn's Book of Special Grace' (2017). Newman's scholarly output includes titles like 'Making Love in the Twelfth Century' (2016), 'Medieval Crossover: Reading Secular and Sacred' (2013), and 'Virile Woman to WomanChrist: Studies in Medieval Religion and Literature' (1995). She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Currently, she holds the John Evans Chair of Latin Language and Literature at Northwestern University, where she was also the past president of the Medieval Academy of America and serves as editor for the journal 'Speculum.' Her research interests include Multilingual & Comparative Literatures, Classical & Biblical Literature, Medieval Literature, and Gender & Sexuality Studies.
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