THERESA O BYRNE Medieval Institute, 715 Hesburgh Library, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 ph.: (303)564-1745 email: tobyrne@nd.edu EDUCATION Ph.D. Medieval Studies, University of Notre Dame, expected May 2012 Dissertation Title: Dublin s Hoccleve: James Yonge, Scribe, Author, and Bureaucrat and the Literary World of Late Medieval Dublin ; Director: Kathryn Kerby-Fulton; Committee: John Thompson, John VanEngen, Tom Hall Examination Fields: Middle English Literature, Medieval Irish Literature, Old English Literature, Paleography and Codicology, Medieval Art History M.M.S. Medieval Studies, University of Notre Dame, May 2007 Thesis Title: Peregrinus of Freising: A Case Study of an Insular Scribe on the Continent during the Late Eighth Century ; Director: Tom Hall M.A. Classics, University of Colorado at Boulder, May 2005 Thesis Title: From Ælfric to the Vulgate: Bringing Medieval Latin to the Modern Classical Latin Classroom ; Director: Barbara Hill B.A. History, University of Colorado at Boulder, May 1996 B.A. Anthropology, University of Colorado at Boulder, May 1996 Relevant Coursework: Introduction to Old English The Exeter Book The Earliest British Literature Pro-seminar: The Early Middle Ages The Medieval Book Introduction to Middle English Manuscript Studies Major Ricardian Poets The Canterbury Tales Paleography Medieval and Early Renaissance Poetry and Drama History and Culture of Medieval England Old and Modern Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Summer 2008 Intensive Old Irish, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Summer 2008 Reginald Foster s Advanced Latin for Teachers, Rome, Summer 2003 Teaching of English as a Foreign Language Certificate, International TEFL College of Ireland, Dublin, 1999 HONORS AND AWARDS Final Year Grant, Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame, 2011-2012 supports final year of dissertation writing and defense Pre-Doctoral Teaching and Research Fellowship, Kaneb Center, University of Notre Dame, 2010-2011 supported dissertation research and teaching at the lower and upper-division levels at Queen s University Belfast Graduate Student Research Grant, Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, University of Notre Dame, 2010 supported purchasing of microfilms of manuscripts housed in English, Irish, and French collections
Downes Graduate Student Grant, University of Notre Dame, 2008 supported research travel to libraries in England Zahm Graduate Travel Grant, University of Notre Dame, 2008 supported research travel to libraries in Ireland Professional Development Grant, Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, University of Notre Dame, 2008 supported tuition and lodging for Irish courses at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies and Mary Immaculate College, Limerick PUBLICATIONS A New Manuscript Fragment of The Prick of Conscience. with A. S. G. Edwards. Medium Ævum vol. 76, no. 2 (2007): 305-07. PUBLICATIONS IN PRESS ʻTo take a wyf it is a glorious thing : Januarie s Thesis on Marriage in the Merchant s Tale (IV.1263-1392). Forthcoming April 2012 in English Studies. Reading Rolle in Dublin: The Scribe of Bodleian e. Museo MS 232 and Longleat MS 29. New Directions in Medieval Manuscript Studies and Reading Practices. Ed. Kathryn Kerby- Fulton and John Thompson. Forthcoming by University of Notre Dame Press. Notarial Signs and Scribal Training in the Fifteenth Century: The Case of James Yonge and Thomas Baghill. Forthcoming in 2012 in Journal of the Early Book Society 15. Ireland s Earliest Visionary Account of Saint Patrick s Purgatory: Laurence Rathold of Pászthó, James Yonge, and the Literary Tradition. Saints, Sinners and Scribes in the Celtic World: Proceedings of the 2010 Conference of the Celtic Studies Association of North America, ed. Brian Ó Conchubhar and Amber Handy. Forthcoming in 2012 by Arlen House Press. PUBLICATIONS UNDER SUBMISSION Centre or Periphery?: The Role of Dublin in James Yonge s Memoriale. Dublin: Renaissance City of Literature, conference proceedings, ed. Crawford Gribben. Date and press TBD. INVITED TALKS A Tale of Two Scribes: Scribal Careers and Education in Fifteenth-Century Dublin Queen s University Belfast. October 18, 2011. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Reading Rolle in Dublin: The Scribe of Bodleian e. Museo 232 and Longleat 29. New Directions in Medieval Manuscript Studies and Reading Practices: A Conference in Honor of Derek Pearsall. University of Notre Dame, London. Oct. 20-22, 2011. Centre or Periphery?: The Role of Dublin in James Yonge s Memoriale. Dublin: Renaissance City of Literature. Trinity College Dublin, Sept. 5, 2011. Ego Iacobus Yonge: Reconstructing James Yonge s Business and Literary Contacts in Fifteenth-Century Dublin. Medieval Cultures. Queen s University Belfast. March 11, 2011. Unionists and Loyalists and Scholars, Oh My!: Investigating Medieval Anglo-Irish Politics and Literature in Modern Belfast. Quadrivium Project Conference: Medieval English Textual Cultures: Methods and Materials. Queen s University Belfast. Nov. 4-6, 2010. O Byrne 2
The Knight and the Scribe: James Yonge, Lawrence Rathold of Pászthó, and Saint Patrick s Purgatory. 2010 National Meeting, Celtic Studies Association of North America. University of Notre Dame. Apr. 9-11, 2010. Casting a Net of Stars: the Interaction of Symbolism and Function in the Mensing 26 and Related Astrolabes. 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo. May 7-10, 2009. Abstract printed in AVISTA Forum Journal vol. 19 (2009): 122. Ensuring Fair Trade: The Piepowder Court of St. Ives (1270-1325). Vagantes. Loyola University, Chicago. Mar. 3, 2007. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Graduate Instructor, Queen s University Belfast, Fall 2011 Introduction to Late Medieval English Literature; assisted in lecturing and grading for a lecture-based lower-division English course focusing on Chaucer s Canterbury Tales, with selected readings from other late medieval English literary works Graduate Instructor, Queen s University Belfast, Spring 2011 The Earliest Anglo-Irish Literature, 1200-1500; self-designed upper-division seminar for English and Irish Studies majors introducing the literature of late medieval Englishcontrolled Ireland and its historical and cultural context Graduate Instructor, Notre Dame Study Abroad Program at St. Andrews, Spring 2011 Co-curricular Tour of Northern UK Medieval Sites; co-designed and self-taught seminar for Notre Dame students studying abroad at the University of St. Andrews, combining lectures on significant events in medieval history, art, and architecture with trips to medieval sites, mainly in Yorkshire Guest Lecturer, University of Notre Dame, Fall 2007-present Advanced Middle English Manuscript Studies; wrote and delivered lectures on ND MS 67 (Speculum Devotorum and Tretise on the Craft of Dying) and on codicology and advanced archival skills for graduate-level English and medieval studies courses Appointed Graduate Instructor, Program of Liberal Studies, University of Notre Dame, Fall 2011. Appointed to teach section on medieval literature and philosophy, but unable to accept appointment as rules of Medieval Institute Final Year Grant prohibit taking teaching positions. Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Notre Dame, Fall 2007 The Celtic Otherworld in Early Irish Literature; organized student presentations and assisted with student advising and grading for lower-division English and Irish studies course Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Notre Dame, Fall 2006 Celtic Heroic Literature; organized student presentations and assisted with student advising and grading for lower-division English and Irish studies course Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Notre Dame, Fall 2008 History of Medieval Ireland; assisted with finding lecture materials, student advising, and grading for upper-division history and Irish studies course Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Notre Dame, Spring 2007 Celtic Saints and Kings; organized student presentations and assisted with student advising and grading for lower-division English and Irish studies course O Byrne 3
Adjunct Faculty Instructor, Colorado State University, Fall 2003-Spring 2005 Intensive Beginning Latin; designed CSU s Latin curriculum in concert with departmental guidelines, taught undergraduate Latin courses, and coordinated extracurricular enrichment activities such as Latin Club and guest speakers Guest Lecturer, University of Colorado at Boulder, Spring 2005 Introduction to Old English; lectured on British Library Cotton Vitellius C.iii (Old English Herbarium Apuleii) and created in-class and homework exercises based on the manuscript for Michael Bell s undergraduate Old English course Volunteer Teacher, Sandy Bay School, Roatán, Honduras, Summer 2006 - present occasional 4-week stints teaching wherever needed in an impoverished K-6 school TOEFL Instructor, Kaplan Test Prep, Denver CO, 2001-2003 used Kaplan curriculum to teach English grammar to learners of English. Academic Tutor, University of Colorado, 2001-2002 Tutored undergraduate students in English composition, Latin, and astronomy as well as designing and teaching an ESL course for the children of foreign graduate students OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Manuscript Editor, Spring 2010, for Kathryn Kerby-Fulton and Linda Olsen s Opening up Medieval English Manuscript Studies: Literary and Visual Approaches, forthcoming in 2012, Cornell U. P.; edited essays and plate transcriptions, standardized citations and transcription notation, and compiled a list of abbreviations, glossary, and bibliography Manuscript Editor, Spring 2009-Fall 2010, for Thomas F. X. Noble and John Van Engen s European Transformations: The Long Twelfth Century, forthcoming in 2012, University of Notre Dame Press; proofread essays, standardized source citation, compiled a list of abbreviations, and oversaw the creation of the final MS Word document destined for the publisher Transcriber, Spring 2008; transcribed MS Pembroke 25 for digital presentation by Tom Hall Web Site Designer, 2003-2005, Latin Program, Department of Classics, University of Colorado, Boulder; worked with Classics faculty and IT staff to create a web site to assist undergraduate students with Latin grammar ACADEMIC SERVICE Representative to Graduate Student Union, Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame, two terms, 2007-2009; represented Medieval Institute graduate students at GSU meetings and functions Representative to Medieval Institute Graduate Students, Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame, two terms, 2007-2009; represented Medieval Institute graduate students to campuswide affiliated faculty and staff, planned social events, spearheaded arrangements for special campus visit, lecture, and graduate seminar from famed paleographer Michelle Brown Library Renovation Committee, University of Notre Dame, 2007-2009; represented graduate students in re-design of the Hesburgh Library Foik Award Committee, University of Notre Dame, 2009; assisted in reviewing applications and choosing the 2009 recipient of the Foik Award Trainer, Gender Resource Center, University of Notre Dame, 2006-2008; assisted in presentations to first-year students and other interested campus groups on issues such as homosexuality and gender identity, sexual assault, and alcohol and drug use O Byrne 4
Organizer and Member, GLBTQ and Allies graduate student groups, University of Notre Dame, 2005-present; assisted in organizing events and representing GLBTQ students to the Graduate Student Union and Notre Dame Administration RESEARCH INTERESTS Middle English literature, including Chaucer and Langland Anglo-Irish literature Old English literature Medieval Irish literature Pilgrimage and travel writing Literature and the law TEACHING AREAS History of the Book Middle English language and literature Medieval Irish literature Chaucer and his contemporaries Medieval and early modern Anglo-Irish literature History and culture of medieval England Manuscript Studies History of Anglo-Ireland Literature and science, especially astronomy Cultural conflict and change in literature Folklore in literature Translation studies Medieval literary theory History and culture of medieval Ireland History of the English language Classical Latin language and literature Medieval Latin language and literature Old English language and literature British Literature to 1600 Paleography and Codicology LANGUAGES Conversational ability in German, Modern Irish, and Spanish Reading ability in Old and Modern French, Old English, Middle English, Old Irish, Italian, and Latin PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Association Villard de Honnecourt for Interdisciplinary Study of Medieval Technology, Science, and Art Celtic Studies Association of North America Early Book Society Early English Text Society Forum for Medieval and Renaissance Studies in Ireland Medieval Academy of America Modern Language Association REFERENCES Kathryn Kerby-Fulton John Thompson Thomas Hall John VanEngen Professor of English, University of Notre Dame 574-631-7372 kkerby@nd.edu Professor of English, Queen s University Belfast +44 28 9097 3781 J.Thompson@qub.ac.uk Professor of English, University of Notre Dame 574-631-6513 thall8@nd.edu Professor of History, University of Notre Dame 574-631-5062 jvan@nd.edu O Byrne 5