Professor Dr. Hope Doherty Harrison

Biography

Hope Doherty-Harrison works on medieval literature iconography. Her primary research and teaching interests include medieval Christian constructions of stigma, particularly anti-Judaism, mental illness, and gender; biblical interpretation and retelling; typological associations and oppositions; and the unpredictable relationships between iconographic compositions and textual sources. Her monograph, titled 'Love and Anti-Judaism in Medieval English Romance: Typologies of Violence and Desire', is set to be published by Manchester University Press in 2025. She obtained her BA and MPhil from St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, and was awarded the Margot Heinemann Prize in Shakespeare in 2016, as well as the Christopher MacGregor Memorial Award in English Literature in 2018. Hope earned her PhD from Durham University in 2022, focusing her thesis on 'The Virgin Mary and Ecclesia vs Synagoga: Typology, Sin and Anti-Judaism in Medieval English Literature, c. 1200-1500'. She has contributed significantly to research-led teaching across a range of History of Art courses while also working on a pedagogical essay titled 'Teaching with Synagoga'. Hope is noted for her collaborative teaching efforts and has been awarded a grant from the Principal's Teaching Awards Scheme for innovative workshops.

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