The Marco Institute for Medieval & Renaissance Studies is pleased to welcome Dr. Sarah Salih to Knoxville as our Lindsay Young Distinguished Visiting Senior Scholar, who will be speaking on “Medieval Holy Women – Why Now.” For a full abstract and information, please visit our site.

Dr. Salih is Reader in English and Co-Director of the Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies at King’s College, London. She researches late medieval, especially 15th century, English literature and culture, and is interested in questions of sexuality, gender, subjectivity and devotional practice; the intersections of literary, visual and material culture; and the contemporary medieval.