University of Glasgow

Theorizing the Early Anglo-Saxon Nunnery: Gender, Authority & the Religious Experience of the Anglo-Saxon Nun

Academic History:

2015 - PhD Medieval History, University of Glasgow

2014 - 2015 MLitt Medieval History, University of Glasgow

2010 - 2014 MA (Hons) History, University of Glasgow (First Class)

Supervisors:

Dr Marilyn Dunn

Dr Stuart Airlie

Research Interets:

My main research interests lie in early medieval female monasticism, viewing questions of authority & religious experience through a gendered lens.

My PhD is provisionally entitled ‘Theorising the Early Anglo-Saxon Nunnery: Gender, Authority & the Religious Experience of the Anglo-Saxon Nun’

Scholarships:

AHRC Doctoral scholarship - from October 2015

Fees-only scholarship for M.Litt Medieval History, University of Glasgow

Awards:

James Ewing Prize for achievement in Medieval History, University of Glasgow - awarded 2014

J.A.F Thomson Prize - best undergradate dissertation in Medieval History, University of Glasgow - awarded 2014

Frances Hutcheson bursary –in recognition of achievement in the College of Arts, University of Glasgow – awarded 2014

Groundings (2014) – best article prize

Groundings Ancients (2014) – runner up prize

Publications:

‘Masculinity & monasticism: an exploration of the ways in which traditional hegemonic masculinity was reconciled with the challenges of monasticism’, Groundings, (Vol. 7, 2014)

Contact Details:

Address: Room 409, 1 University Gardens, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ

Email: d.white.2@research.gla.ac.uk

First published: 25 September 2015