Emma Gabe

PhD Student
emma.gabe@mail.utoronto.ca

Fields of Study

  • Europe (Northern or Western)
  • History
  • Religion

Areas of Interest

women religious, late medieval Germany, gender history, servants and daily life

Major and Minor Fields

Major

  • Medieval history

Minor 1

Early modern history

Working Dissertation

Title

Laysisters in Late Medieval German Convents

Supervisors

Shami Ghosh and Isabelle Cochelin

Description

My dissertation focuses on the daily life and religious experiences of laysisters in the late medieval period, the sisters who undertook the manual and physical work within female monasteries. 

Education

BA, History, University of Ottawa
MA, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto

Presentations

"The Discourse on Service in the Late Medieval Sister-Books”. Paper presented at the conference “We are all servants”: The Diversity of Service in Premodern Europe, University of Toronto, 20–22 September 2019.

Cohort

  • 2019-2020