Ryan Hall

Ryan Hall

First Name: 
Ryan
Last Name: 
Hall
Title: 
PhD Student
Education: 
BA in English (UCLA: 2012)
MA in Medieval Studies (Toronto: 2013)
Personal Website: 
https://utoronto.academia.edu/RyanHall

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Areas of Interest: 

Old English Language and Literature, Medieval Latin, Translation Theory, Medieval Rhetoric, Patristics, Medievalism

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Cohort:

1st Major: 
Old English literature
1st Minor: 
Medieval translation theory
Dissertation Title: 
"'The Books Most Necessary’: Translation, Rhetoric, and Royal Power in the Alfredian Canon”
Dissertation Supervisors: 
Audrey Walton
Haruko Momma
Dissertation Description: 

My dissertation examines the social philosophy of the Alfredian translations, drawing special attention to the influence of Gregory the Great on their rhetoric and worldview.

Presentations: 
“‘Der Mann gehört uns an’: King Alfred’s Operatic Afterlife and the Pan-Germanic Movement”: Early Medieval English in the Modern Age: Old English Across Temporal Borders, virtual conference presenting sessions previously scheduled for the International
“Reinventing the Wheel: Gregorian Metaphors in King Alfred’s Translations”: 54th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo) (2019)
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Find contact information for Ryan Hall at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto.