| Title | A Lone Medievalist on the Island |
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| Contributor | Christine E. Kozikowski (author) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.21983/P3.0205.1.34 |
| Landing page | https://punctumbooks.com/titles/the-ballad-of-the-lone-medievalist/ |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Kozikowski, Christine E. |
| Publisher | punctum books |
| Published on | 2018-08-23 |
| Long abstract | Discovering a medieval French cloister in the Bahamas was one of the most surprising moments of my first semester of working at The College of the Bahamas (COB), where I thought I cor-nered the market on the Middle Ages. This fourteenth-centu-ry re-formed cloister and the talk given by William Whobrey from Yale was a reminder that the medievalist world is not so small. This closeness was also reminder of my scholarly iden-tity in the midst of the complete and utter difference of my new situation at a college where I am the first and only medievalist. Transitioning from a large R1 university with active medieval programs in history, literature, Spanish, and French to a college whose programs focus on postcolonial Caribbean development was, while not unexpected, still a bit of a shock to my senses. My employment at COB has provided not only a number of unique experiences as faculty but it has also given me a new perspec-tive on teaching medieval literature, as well as opportunities for research and development that would have never arisen if I weren’t a lone medievalist. |
| Page range | pp. 369–372 |
| Print length | 4 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |