Faculty

At UC Berkeley there are no faculty appointments in Medieval Studies per se. Instead, the Committtee on Medieval Studies consists of faculty who hold regular appointments in a variety of departments and schools. The members of the UC Berkeley faculty who are affiliated with the Program are listed below with a brief account of their areas of specialization.

Art History

Loren Partridge Italian renaissance
David H. Wright first millennium, codicology

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Celtic Studies

Thomas A. Brady early modern Ireland
Gary B. Holland linguistics
Kathryn Klar medieval Welsh
Daniel F. Melia Old Irish
Annalee Rejhon medieval Welsh

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Classics

Frank Bezner, Medieval Latin
Charles E. Murgia, Emeritus, Professor in the Graduate School

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Comparative Literature

Robert Alter medieval Hebrew poetry
Frank Bezner medieval Latin
Joseph J. Duggan, Emeritus, epic, romance, lyric in French, Spanish, Occitan
James T. Monroe medieval Arabic literature, the lyric

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English

Steven Justice late medieval literature
Ojars Kratins, Emeritus, Arthurian romance
Anne Middleton, Emerita Old and Middle English
Jennifer Miller medieval literature, romances and romance histories
Alan Nelson, Emeritus drama, Middle English
Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe, Old Englilsh
Maura Nolan late medieval English literature
Emily Thornbury Old English

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Folklore

John Lindow Scandinavian
Daniel F. Melia Celtic

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French

Joseph J. Duggan, Emeritus Old French, Old Occitan, textual criticism
David Hult Old French Romance
Leonard Johnson, Emeritus

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German

Niklaus Largier medieval German literature, mysticism and philosophy
Irmengard Rauch historical Germanic linguistics
Thomas F. Shannon medieval Dutch
Johan P. Snapper, Emeritus

Elaine C. Tennant German medieval and early modern literature
Gerd Hillen, Emeritus
Frederic C. Tubach, Emeritus

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History

Thomas A. Brady late medieval Germany, social and cultural history
Susanna Elm late antiquity and Byzantium, Christian asceticism
Geoffrey Koziol France, monasticism, kingship, ritual
Maria Mavroudi Ancient History, Byzantine History
Maureen Miller, Medieval Europe: Italy, ecclesiastical, cultural
Randolph Starn, Emeritus, Italian Renaissance, cultural history and images

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Italian Studies

Albert Ascoli medieval and Renaissance literature
Steven Botterill Dante, Italian thought and literature, 1200-1500
Loren Partridge Renaissance art and architecture
Randolph Starn , Emeritus, Italian Renaissance, cultural history and images
Louise George Clubb, Emerita

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School of Information Management and Systems

Mary Kay Duggan, Emerita

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School of Law

Laurent Mayali Roman and medieval law

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Linguistics

Gary B. Holland Indo-European languages, historical linguistics

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Music

Mary Kay Duggan history of printing, books, and publishing

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Rhetoric

Carol J. Clover orality and literacy, medieval literature, feminist theory
Daniel F. Melia oral literature, Celtic, folklore

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Scandinavian

Carol J. Clover, Emerita Old Norse sagas, women
John Lindow Old Norse literature, runology, mythology

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Spanish and Portuguese

Charles B. Faulhaber Spanish literature, codicology, paleography
Ignacio E. Navarrete Spanish literature, popular genres
Jesus Rodriguez Velasco Romance Literatures

For more information about individual faculty members (e.g. campus address and phone number, recent publications, specific research interests) please contact their respective home departments.

 

Empress Theodora and her Court, mosaic, 6th century
(Ravenna, S. Vitale)