Emily Gebhardt,

I am a historian of medieval culture, spirituality, and politics. My dissertation focuses on textual and material constructions of fifteenth-century kingship, exploring how kingship was fashioned through the use and reception of texts and objects within communally ritualized contexts. Some of my other projects examine the functionality of devotional texts and mnemonics, instances of political prophecy and usurpation, and the theatricality of public spectacles of violence. I also enjoy studying constructs and receptions of selfhood, identity, and the other.

I am currently in my fourth year in Duke University’s History PhD Program. This semester, I continue to serve in my capacities as the Graduate Assistant Course Scheduler for the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, the Graduate Coordinator for the FHI’s Manuscript Migration Lab, and as a Graduate Project Manager for Duke’s interdisciplinary program, Bass Connections.

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Teaching (Fall 2024):

• HISTORY 254.01, EUROPE IN THE MIDDLE AGES Synopsis

  Old Chem 201, TuTh 11:45 AM-01:00 PM

  (also cross-listed as MEDREN 254.01)

Keywords:

Archaeology, Medieval • Armor, Medieval • Calligraphy, Medieval • Ethics, Medieval • Fiction, Medieval • Fonts, Medieval • History, Medieval • Literature, Medieval • Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) • Marriage customs and rites, Medieval • Medieval • Military history, Medieval • Philosophy, Medieval • Sarcophagi, Medieval