Associate Professor
University College F103
416-978-7414
Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Cross-Appointments
Department of History
Fields of Study
- History
- Religion
Areas of Interest
- History of monasticism; Religious women; Medieval Church and society; History of servants; and History of daily life
- Co-editor of the series Disciplina Monastica, Brepols
- Principal Investigator (with Alison More and Isabel Harvey) of the SSHRC Insight Development Grant “The Other Sister: Towards a ReConceptualization of Christian Religious Women (1100-1800)” focusing on non-cloistered religious women.
Publications
- "We are All Servants”: The Diversity of Service in Premodern Europe (1000-1700) (CRRS : 2022)
- The Cambridge History of Medieval Monasticism in the Latin West (Cambridge University Press : 2020)
- From Learning to Love: Schools, Law, and Pastoral Care in the Middle Ages. Essays in Honour of Joseph W. Goering (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies : 2017)
- The Death Ritual at Cluny in the Central Middle Ages – Le rituel de la mort à Cluny au Moyen Âge central (Brepols : 2014)
- Medieval Lifecycles: Continuity and Change (Brepols : 2013)
- From Dead of Night to End of Day: The Medieval Customs of Cluny – Du coeur de la nuit à la fin du jour: les coutumes clunisiennes au Moyen Age (Brepols : 2005)
Administrative Service
2019-2020: Interim Director, CMS
2018-2019: Acting Director, CMS
2013-2017: PhD coordinator, CMS