I am an early career researcher at the University of Sydney's Medieval and Early Modern Centre. Here I work as a Postdoctoral Research Associate for the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions (Europe 1100-1800), or the CHE.
My CHE project identifies and theorizes emotions related to suicide in medieval Europe, c. 1100-1500. I research legal documents and chronicles to consider the emotions attributed to people who killed themselves and the emotional responses of family, community, judiciary, and crown.
My DPhil at Oxford considered the use of legal, political, and bureaucratic language in the literature of Geoffrey Chaucer, Thomas Usk, and Thomas Hoccleve, challenging our ideas of vernacular and literary language in late medieval England. At Oxford I taught medieval literature and linguistics and worked as Junior Dean at Exeter College.
http://sydney.edu.au/arts/medieval/about/staff/rebecca_mcnamara.shtml
http://www.historyofemotions.org.au/media/45766/rebecca_factsheet_usyd.pdf
Experience
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2011–presentPostdoctoral Research Associate, ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions (Europe 1100-1800)
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2007–2010College Tutorial Teacher, English Literature and Linguistics, University of Oxford
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2007–2010Junior Dean, Exeter College, University of Oxford
Education
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2010University of Oxford, Doctor of Philosophy, English Language and Literature
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2006University of Oxford, Master of Studies, English (650-1550)
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2005Baylor University, Bachelor of Arts, English major, Linguistics minor, Religion minor
Research Areas
- Literary Studies (2005)
- British History (210305)
- European History (Excl. British, Classical Greek And Roman) (210307)
- Early English Languages (200301)
- Sydney, Australia
- Website
- Article Feed
- rebecca.mcnamara@sydney.edu.au
- Joined
