Alexandra Atiya

PhD Student
alexandra.atiya@mail.utoronto.ca

Fields of Study

  • Britain & Ireland
  • Europe (Northern or Western)
  • Literature & Linguistics

Areas of Interest

Late medieval English literature and drama; Iberian literature; concepts of economy and depiction of economic conflict in literature

Major and Minor Fields

Major

  • English literature/Iberian literature

Working Dissertation

Title

Economic and Social Conflict in Medieval East Anglian Drama

Supervisors

Matthew Sergi
Suzanne Akbari

Description

I investigate how economic issues shape dramatic forms in medieval morality and miracle plays.

Education

BA History, Harvard College

Presentations

IMC Leeds 2020
IMC Kalamazoo 2019
Toronto-Cologne Graduate Student Forum 2018
Canadian Association of Hispanists Congress 2017

Cohort

  • 2016-2017