Congratulations to Bard Swallow, who has successfully defended their thesis entitled "Formal Functions of Latin Poetry in Fourteenth-Century England," which studies the choices made by poets in the multilingual environment of late medieval England. Thank you to Bard's supervisors, Sebastian Sobecki and Cillian O'Hogan, committee members Greti Dinkova-Bruun, and David Townsend, as well as to appraisers Will Robins and Siân Echard (UBC). Bard has graduated with a collaborative specialization in Book History and Print Culture, aligning with research interests such as manuscript studies & textual cultures, manuscript anthologies, (multilingual) wordplay, and medievalism in modern media—especially video games.
During graduate studies, they contributed to a number of publications, winning the CMS Publication Prize, presented research at conferences and colloquia, including an invitation to the CMS Convivium, and received the MAA Schallek Award and a doctoral fellowship at the Northrop Frye Centre. An active member of the community during their time at CMS, Bard generously donated time by participating in student committees and recruitment initiatives, and was always a friendly face around the Great Hall.
Congratulations, Dr. Swallow!