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Jennifer C. Woods, Associate Professor

Jennifer C. Woods

Pronouns: she/her

Clare is a medievalist with interests in Late and Medieval Latin Literature; early medieval homiletics, monastic culture; Latin manuscripts and paleography; the history of the book; the Classical Tradition in literature, post-classical experiences of Rome and Italy, and the pre-modern in new media.

Contact Info:
Office Location:  233C Allen Building, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:  +1 919 684 6067
Email Address: send me a message
Web Page:  http://www.duke.edu/~jcwoods/Site/Home.html

Teaching (Spring 2024):  (typical courses)

  • CLST 360.01, HISTORY OF THE BOOK Synopsis
    Reuben-Coo 127, MW 03:05 PM-04:20 PM
    (also cross-listed as HISTORY 367.01, ISS 360.01, MEDREN 346.01)
  • LATIN 584S.01, LATIN PALAEOGRAPHY Synopsis
    Allen 304I, F 08:45 AM-11:15 AM
    (also cross-listed as MEDREN 647S.01)
Teaching (Fall 2024):

  • LATIN 764.01, SEMINAR IN LATIN LIT I (TOP) Synopsis
    Allen 229, TuTh 03:05 PM-04:20 PM
Office Hours:

In person on Wednesdays, 1 - 2:30 PM in Allen 233C.
Or in person/via Zoom by appointment: email jcwoods@duke.edu

Education:

Ph.D.King's College London (United Kingdom)1997
M.A.King's College London (United Kingdom)1991
B.A.King's College London (United Kingdom)1990
Research Interests:

Late and Medieval Latin Literature; early medieval homiletics, monastic culture; the history of the book; the Classical Tradition in literature, post-classical experiences of Rome and Italy, and the pre-modern in new media.

Curriculum Vitae
Representative Publications   (More Publications)

  1. with Rice, L; Woods, JC, Domenico Allegri, Music for an Academic Defense (Rome, 1617), in Recent Researches in the Music of the Music of the Baroque, edited by John, A no. 134 (Spring, 2004), A-R Editions
  2. Woods, JC, A contribution to the King’s Library: Paul the Deacon’s epitome of Festus’ De verborum significatu, in Verrius, Festus and Paul: Lexicography, Scholarship and Society, edited by Glinister, F; Woods, JC; North, J; Crawford, M (2007), pp. 222-276
  3. Woods, JC, Six New Sermons by Hrabanus Maurus on the Virtues and Vices, in Revue Bénédictine, vol. 107 (1997), pp. 280-306
  4. Woods, JC, Review of: Mario de Nonno, Paolo de Paolis (eds.) Manuscripts and the Tradition of Grammatical Texts from Antiquity to the Renaissance (2 vols), Cassino, 2000, Classical Review, vol. 55 no. 1 (2005), pp. 165-167 (Proceedings of a Conference held at Erice, 16-23 October 1997, as the 11th Course of International School for the study of Written Records.)  [abs]
  5. Woods, JC, Review of Bengt Lofstedt (ed), Hrabani Mauri Expositio in Matthaeum CCCM 174-174A, Turnhout: Brepols, 2000, Journal of Medieval Latin, vol. 13 (2004), pp. 271-274, ISSN 0778-9750
  6. Woods, JC, Review of A. Moscadi, Il Festo Farnesiano, Classical Review, vol. 52 no. 1 (2002), pp. 197-198
  7. Woods, JC, Review of F. A. C. Mantello and A. G. Rigg (eds), Medieval Latin: An Introduction and Bibliographical Guide, Catholic Univ. of America Press, 1996, Medium Aevum, vol. 67 no. 2 (1998), pp. 316-318
Conferences Organized

  • Collectio Canonum Hibernensis: Text and Context, March, 1999  

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