Interested in Philology and Medieval literature? Curious about what a career in this field entails?
You are invited to a guest lecture by Dr. Keith Busby, a major scholar in the field of Arthurian Studies, as he presents an overview of his career in Philology and Medieval Literature Studies.
The presentation will be held in English and is open to all undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty members from various programs and departments who are interested. It is part of the Graduate Seminar “French 578: Romance Philology”.
About the presenter:
Dr. Keith Busby is a Douglas Kelly Professor Emeritus of Medieval French at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America. His previous positions were at the Universities of Utrecht and Leiden, The Netherlands, and the University of Oklahoma. He has held visiting appointments at The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, the Universities of Bristol and Durham (UK), the National University of Ireland, Galway, the École Nationale des Chartes, Paris, and has been Visiting Fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford (UK). He has also been International President of the International Arthurian Society and the International Courtly Literature Society. His research interests are in Old French literature of the 12th through the 14th centuries, particularly textual editing and philology, codicology, and the historical contexts in which literature is produced.
Questions?
Contact Dr. Anne Salamon at anne.salamon@ubc.ca.
