Faculty
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Margaret Thickstun
Jane Watson Irwin Professor of Literature, Director of Medieval and Renaissance StudiesExpertiseliterature in 17th-century England and Colonial America, particularly by women and by people writing on religious subjects -
Abhishek Amar
Associate Professor of Asian StudiesExpertisearchaeological history of South Asian religions, especially Buddhist and Hindu traditions; research in themes of inter-religious dynamics, syncretism and religious transformation; colonialism and reconfigurations of sacred centers; and religion and water management in the Buddhist and Hindu traditions -
Stephanie Bahr
Assistant Professor of Literature -
Mackenzie Cooley
Assistant Professor of History, Director of Latin American StudiesExpertisehistory of science; early modern world; Colonial Latin America; environmental history; intellectual history; digital humanities; history of gender and sexuality; animal studies; genetics and history -
Luis Miguel dos Santos Vicente
Assistant Professor of Hispanic StudiesExpertiseMedieval Iberian literatures and cultures; cross-cultural exchanges; medieval travel writing; Alfonso X of Castile; early modern Spanish travel; autobiography -
John Eldevik
Professor of History, Chair of the Department of German, Russian, Italian, and ArabicExpertisesocial and economic history of the early Middle Ages; history of law and mechanisms of conflict resolution; the perceptions of non-Christian peoples and lands in medieval manuscript culture -
Lydia Hamessley
Chair, the Eugene M. Tobin Distinguished Professor of MusicExpertiseDolly Parton; American folk and traditional musics; banjo, music and film; medieval and renaissance music; music and gender -
Usman Hamid
Assistant Professor of Asian StudiesExpertiseHistory of Islam in South Asia, specializing in Sultanate and Mughal India; Muslim devotional traditions, material culture, and gender and sexuality; history of pre-modern Iran and Persian culture -
Katherine Terrell
Professor of LiteratureExpertiseOld English, Middle English, and Middle Scots language and literature -
Laura Tillery
Assistant Professor of Art HistoryExpertiseMedieval and early modern art; Scandinavian studies; German studies; economics and trade; religious iconography; object-based learning; history and methods of art history
Contact
Department Name
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program
Contact Name
Margie Thickstun, Chair
Office Location
198 College Hill Road
Clinton, NY 13323
Clinton, NY 13323
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