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Karen Sullivan
Professor of Literature; Director of Medieval Studies

Academic Program Affiliation(s): French Studies, Human Rights Program, Literature, Medieval Studies, Theology

Academic Expertise: Literature

Area of Specialization: Medieval Studies

Biography:
A.B., Bryn Mawr College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. Taught at University of California, Berkeley (1986–91, 1992–93). Author of Truth and the Heretic: Crises of Knowledge in Medieval French Literature (2005), The Interrogation of Joan of Arc (1999), and numerous articles on Joan of Arc, Christine de Pisan, and medieval heretics and inquisitors. (1993– ) Professor of Literature.

Interests:

Research Interests: Comparative medieval literature, especially Old French and Occitan; Heresy and inquisition; Romance

Teaching Interests: Medieval and Renaissance continental literatures; Scholasticism and humanism; Medieval Latin; Medieval Human Rights; The Crusades

Other Interests: Byzantium; Louisiana

Phone: 845-758-7571
E-mail: sullivan@bard.edu

 


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