This working group examines women who live a liminal vocation, usually in communities, between the religious and secular spheres. Traditional historiography has accepted the cloistered nun as the archetypal expression of feminine religious devotion. In so doing, it has relegated the numerous women who lived as religious in the world to the margins of historical society. Our working group brings together scholars working on this topic with the aim of collaborative research that transcends different time periods, regions, and disciplinary lenses.
Leads
- Isabelle Cochelin, A&S History and Medieval Studies
- Alison More, SMC Comper Professorship of Medieval Studies
Faculty Members, University of Toronto
- Adam Cohen, A&S Art History
- Mairi Cowan, UTM Historical Studies
- Siobhan Nelson, Faculty of Nursing
- Liz Smyth, OISE (Emerita)
- David Townsend, A&S English/Medieval Studies (Emeritus)
Faculty Members Outside University of Toronto
- Greti Dinkova Bruun, Pontifical Institute for Mediaeval Studies
- Ann Hutchison, Pontifical Institute for Mediaeval Studies
- Bernice Kaczynski, McMaster U. (Emerita)
Community Members
- Sarah Rudolph, Loretto Sister
- Linda Wicks, Archivist, Sisters of St Joseph
- Cheryl Ann Smith, Consecrated lay person
- Carla Thomas, Dominican Sister
Graduate Students, University of Toronto
- Sarah Carruthers, English
- Julie Cole, History
- Martha Culshaw, Medieval Studies
- Emma Gabe, Medieval Studies
- Carmen Gudiño, Medieval Studies
- Micah Heinricks, Medieval Studies
- Meghan Lescault, History
- Devon Sherwood, History
Graduate Students outside University of Toronto
- Joseph Akl, U. de Montreal
- Susan McElcheran, Toronto School of Theology
Staff Members, University of Toronto
- Sr. Sonal Castellino, SMC Director of Campus Ministry
- Amanda Pullan, A&S Academic Plan Reviewer, Knox College
- Francesca Rousselle, SMC Archivist