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‘“Two women in one house/Never did agree”: Internalizing Misogyny in Late Medieval England and Scotland’ with Dr Carissa Harris, Temple University

Wednesday 10th February 2021, 4pm (London)

‘“Two women in one house/Never did agree”: Internalizing Misogyny in Late Medieval England and Scotland’

Carissa Harris, Associate Professor of English, Temple University

Carissa Harris is Associate Professor of English at Temple University and the author of Obscene Pedagogies: Transgressive Talk and Sexual Education in Late Medieval Britain (Cornell, 2018).  Her research on gender and sexuality analyzes medieval literary and legal texts in conversation with one another as well as with 21st-century news events and legal cases, such as her book chapter discussing Geoffrey Chaucer’s Reeve’s Tale alongside footballer Ched Evans’s rape retrial. She has also published essays on medieval histories of intoxication and consent; rape, anger, and feminist art; and medieval lyrics about unplanned pregnancy.

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The webinar is limited to 100 attendees, so please cancel your place if you can no longer attend. The session will be live streamed on Facebook. The back catalogue of seminars is available for members on the WHN website.

 

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