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Fionnuala Sinclair teaches medieval studies at the University of Edinburgh, where she has been a lecturer since 2012. Prior to her appointment in Edinburgh, she taught at the University of Cambridge and served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Hawai’i. As Programme Director for the MSc in Medieval Literatures and Cultures, Fionnuala supervises research in medieval French, Occitan, and Italian literature, with a specific interest in interdisciplinary approaches that incorporate modern critical theory and philosophy. Her research encompasses various themes, including gender studies, the interplay between history and fiction in medieval texts, and the metamorphosis of the body within literature. Sinclair's scholarly work includes significant publications such as 'Milk Blood: Gender Genealogy in the Chanson de Geste' (2003), examining the medieval understanding of maternity through the lens of feminist theory. Currently, she is working on a monograph titled 'Imagining History: Memory, Myth, and Identity in Late Medieval French Texts,' exploring how poetic and historiographic writing influence concepts of identity during the late Middle Ages, with particular focus on the works of Jean Froissart and the narratives surrounding the Fourth and Albigensian Crusades.
University of Edinburgh • Edinburgh, Scotland
Lecturer in Medieval Studies, involved in teaching and supervising postgraduate research.
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