Selected Scholarly Presentations
"Geoffrey's Vita Merlini and Welsh Prophecy." To be presented at the Fifty-First International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, May 2016.
"Wonders Taken for Signs: The Objects of Gerald's Itinerarium Kambriae." Presented at the Fiftieth International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, May 2015.
"Giraldian Beavers and Their Contexts." Presented at the New Perspectives on Gerald of Wales conference at Harvard University, April 2015.
"Crossing the Border: The Otherworldly Bride in Walter Map's De Nugis Curialium." Presented at the Forty-Ninth International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, May 2014.
"Beyond Cardigan: Marginality in Chrétien's Erec et Enide." Presented at the Forty-Eighth International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, May 2013.
“Between Pilgrimage and Conquest: Giraldus’s Journey Through Wales in Its Contexts.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of the Pacific, Tacoma, Washington, March 2010.
“Reading Between the Lines: The Earliest Version of Gerald of Wales’s Itinerarium Kambriae.” Presented at the Conference of the North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History, Toronto, Ontario, July 2008.
“Envisioning Resistance: The Welsh Dream of Rhonabwy and the English Colonization of Powys.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, Bellingham, Washington, November 2007.
“‘The Realm From Which None Escapes’: The Celtic Sources of Chrétien’s Chevalier de la Charrette.” Presented at the Forty-Second International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, May 2007.
“‘Dark is the Hall Tonight’: Translating Poetic Form in the Middle Welsh Heledd Cycle.” Presented at the Annual Convention of the American Literary Translators Association in Seattle, Washington, October 2006.
"Chivalric Identity at the Frontier: Marie de France's Welsh Lais." Presented to the International Marie de France Society at the Forty-First International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, May 2006.
“Antenor’s Fortunate Fall: Galfridian Historiography in Troilus and Criseyde.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeast Modern Language Association in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 2006.
“Double-Time in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Prophetiae Merlini.” Presented to the Medieval Chronicle Society at the Fortieth International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, May 2005.
“Hybridity and History in the Itinerarium Kambriae of Gerald of Wales.” Presented as part of the "Conceptualizing Conquest" panel at the Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America, University of Washington, April 2004.
"'Outtrage Awenture': The Construction of National Identity in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." Presented at the South Central Modern Language Association Conference, University of Texas at Austin, November 2002.
"Prophecy and Politics in Twelfth-Century Britain: John of Cornwall's Prophetia Merlini." Presented as a Ruby Lecture, Reed College, November 2002.
"The Ends of Romance in the Middle English Havelok." Presented at the Thirty-Seventh International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, May 2002. Sponsored by the Medieval Studies Institute, University of Bristol.
"Romancing the Matter of Britain: Wales, Chrétien's Yvain, and the Historiography of Arthurian Romance." Presented at a special session on Arthurian Romance and Medieval Historiography at the Thirty-Fifth International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, May 2000.
"Wondrous Pasts: Toward a Theory of the Marvelous in the Twelfth-Century Matter of Britain." Presented to the Boston College Medieval Forum, April 2000.
"Geoffrey's Vita Merlini and Welsh Prophecy." To be presented at the Fifty-First International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, May 2016.
"Wonders Taken for Signs: The Objects of Gerald's Itinerarium Kambriae." Presented at the Fiftieth International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, May 2015.
"Giraldian Beavers and Their Contexts." Presented at the New Perspectives on Gerald of Wales conference at Harvard University, April 2015.
"Crossing the Border: The Otherworldly Bride in Walter Map's De Nugis Curialium." Presented at the Forty-Ninth International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, May 2014.
"Beyond Cardigan: Marginality in Chrétien's Erec et Enide." Presented at the Forty-Eighth International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, May 2013.
“Between Pilgrimage and Conquest: Giraldus’s Journey Through Wales in Its Contexts.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of the Pacific, Tacoma, Washington, March 2010.
“Reading Between the Lines: The Earliest Version of Gerald of Wales’s Itinerarium Kambriae.” Presented at the Conference of the North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History, Toronto, Ontario, July 2008.
“Envisioning Resistance: The Welsh Dream of Rhonabwy and the English Colonization of Powys.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, Bellingham, Washington, November 2007.
“‘The Realm From Which None Escapes’: The Celtic Sources of Chrétien’s Chevalier de la Charrette.” Presented at the Forty-Second International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, May 2007.
“‘Dark is the Hall Tonight’: Translating Poetic Form in the Middle Welsh Heledd Cycle.” Presented at the Annual Convention of the American Literary Translators Association in Seattle, Washington, October 2006.
"Chivalric Identity at the Frontier: Marie de France's Welsh Lais." Presented to the International Marie de France Society at the Forty-First International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, May 2006.
“Antenor’s Fortunate Fall: Galfridian Historiography in Troilus and Criseyde.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeast Modern Language Association in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 2006.
“Double-Time in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Prophetiae Merlini.” Presented to the Medieval Chronicle Society at the Fortieth International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, May 2005.
“Hybridity and History in the Itinerarium Kambriae of Gerald of Wales.” Presented as part of the "Conceptualizing Conquest" panel at the Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America, University of Washington, April 2004.
"'Outtrage Awenture': The Construction of National Identity in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." Presented at the South Central Modern Language Association Conference, University of Texas at Austin, November 2002.
"Prophecy and Politics in Twelfth-Century Britain: John of Cornwall's Prophetia Merlini." Presented as a Ruby Lecture, Reed College, November 2002.
"The Ends of Romance in the Middle English Havelok." Presented at the Thirty-Seventh International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, May 2002. Sponsored by the Medieval Studies Institute, University of Bristol.
"Romancing the Matter of Britain: Wales, Chrétien's Yvain, and the Historiography of Arthurian Romance." Presented at a special session on Arthurian Romance and Medieval Historiography at the Thirty-Fifth International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, May 2000.
"Wondrous Pasts: Toward a Theory of the Marvelous in the Twelfth-Century Matter of Britain." Presented to the Boston College Medieval Forum, April 2000.