Claire Davis

PhD Student
claire.davis@mail.utoronto.ca

Fields of Study

  • Britain & Ireland

Areas of Interest

  • Old English poetry
  • material culture
  • book history
  • weaving as metaphor and construction 

Major and Minor Fields

Major

  • Languages and Literatures

Minor 1

Manuscript Studies and Textual Cultures

Education

MA, English Literature, University of Arizona

Presentations

“Weaving an Empire: The Lady of Shalott, Elaine of Astolat, and the Victorian Artist,” International Congress of Medieval Studies, May 2023
“Grendel's Glof and Monstrous Creation in Beowulf,” Southeastern Medieval Association, November 2022
“Sounding the Barbaric Warp: Weaving Motifs and Gendered Power in Beowulf,” International Congress of Medieval Studies, May 2022
“Sounding the Barbaric Warp: Weaving as Power Motif Across Classical, Anglo-Saxon, and Norse Myth," University of Florida Classics Graduate Symposium, February 2021

Administrative Service

Student Executive Committee Treasurer, 2023-2024

Cohort

  • 2022-2023