Katherine Zieman
Assistant Professor
Specialty
Late medieval literature and culture
Degrees
B.A., B.Mus., Oberlin College; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Profile
Katherine Zieman specializes in late medieval English literature and culture with particular interests in liturgical practices and definitions of literacy. She has published articles on Chaucer and the liturgical practices of women religious. Her articles include "Chaucer's Voys," Representations 60 (1997): 70-91, and "Reading, Singing, and Understanding: Constructions of the Literacy of Women Religious in Late Medieval England," in Learning and Literacy in Medieval England and Abroad. Her book, "Reading and Singing: Literacy, Liturgy, and Literature in Late Medieval England," is forthcoming in 2007 from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
Recent Publications
“Playing Doctor: St. Birgitta, Ritual Reading, and Ecclesiastical Authority.” In Voices in Dialogue: Reading Women in the Middle Ages, edited by Kathryn Kerby-Fulton and Linda Olson, 307-34. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2005.
“Reading, Singing and Understanding: Constructions of the Literacy of Women Religious in Late Medieval England.” In Learning and Literacy in Medieval England and Abroad, edited by Sarah Rees, 97-120. Turnhout: Brepols, 2003.
Recent Awards and Honors
Member, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Historical Studies, Fall 2005 (Visitorship, Spring 2006)
Contact Information
356 O'Shaughnessy Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
(574) 631-7226
Katherine.Zieman.1@nd.edu