My interests include classical reception, especially the medieval reception of Ovid; the poetry of Chaucer, Gower, and other later-medieval English authors; and forgeries and pseudo-texts. My first book explores scholastic and literary responses to Ovid's exile poetry in the Middle Ages. My current book project focuses on medieval forgeries of Ovid.
Elsewhere, I have interests in Neo-Latin literature; and medievalism, especially the idea of 'forging' the medieval and Chaucerian apocrypha.
I teach across the breadth of medieval literature, from 650-1550. For Course I students, this includes Prelims Paper 2 (650-1350) and FHS Paper 2 ( 1350-1550). For Course II students, I teach Paper 1 (650-1100) and Paper 2 (1066-1550). I additionally teach Prelims Paper 1A, which focuses on the English language. I am able to supervise final-year theses which focus on medieval literature.
I enjoy organising public engagement events. In the past this has included several walking tours in Oxford and London (for instance, on ‘Early Modern Latin in London’ and a ‘Church Crawl’ in Oxford), and a series of heritage events in collaboration with St Bartholomew the Great Church (a concert of Early Modern music, and guided walks on Renaissance and Reformation in Smithfield), which was funded by National Lottery Heritage Funding. I have also co-organised a medieval pilgrimage. I would welcome any suggestions for future collaborations.
I am the Associate Editor for Chapters 2-5 of The Year's Work in English Studies, and have written for the Year’s Work, the Literary Encyclopedia, and bibliographic entries for the John Gower Newsletter.
