Laura Moncion

PhD Student

Fields of Study

Areas of Interest

medieval and early modern religious history, gender history, historiography and methodology

Major and Minor Fields

Major

  • History

Minor 1

Religious Studies

Working Dissertation

Title

"Women Recluses in Late-medieval Strasbourg, 1200-1500"

Supervisors

Isabelle Cochelin
Shami Ghosh

Education

McGill University (BA Joint Hons. History and Religious Studies, 2013)
Memorial University of Newfoundland (MPhil Humanities, 2016)
University of Toronto (MA Medieval Studies, 2017)

Presentations

Jan. 2020: “Reading Recluse Rules: the Admonitio ad Nonsuindam reclusam, the Regula solitariorum, and the Waldregel”. Medieval Women Workshop III, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto, Canada
Sept. 2019: “Crossing the Threshold: Recluses and their Servants”. The Diversity of Service in Premodern Europe, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
May 2018: “Death and the Recluse: the Death Drive in Mysticism and History”. Medieval Mystical Theology in Dialogue with Contemporary Thought, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
July 2016: “Paradoxes of Proximity: Food and Community in Julian of Norwich”. Leeds International Medieval Congress, Leeds University, Leeds, UK
June 2015: “Commemoration, Queer Time, and Affect”. HistoryLab Postgraduate Conference: Celebrated, Commemorated, Forgotten, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, London, UK
July 2014: “Ce regard terrestre: Epistemology of Sight in Marguerite de Navarre's Spiritual Poetry”. Society for the Study of French History 28th Annual Conference: History and the Senses, Durham University, Durham, UK

Administrative Service

Member, Academic Program Committee (2020-present)
Chair, CMS Student Executive Committee (2019-2020)
Member, Modern Languages Committee (2018-2019)
Member, Sources and Resources Student Committee (2016-2019)

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