Anna Wilson
Education: B.A., Cambridge University (2007)
Ph.D., University of Toronto (2015)
Interests: Medieval English literature and literary culture; Latin literature; medieval Christian visionary writing; letters and epistolarity; women’s writing; fanfiction and fan communities; queer theory; gender and sexuality studies; race in medieval literature; children’s literature and medieval childhood; medievalism in popular culture from the 19th-21stcenturies; disciplinarity and the history of medieval studies.
Recent Publications:
“Fan fiction and Premodern Literature: Methods and Definitions.” Transformative Works and Cultures 36 (2021).
"Petrarch’s Queer History." Speculum 95, no. 3 (2020): 716-41.
“Reading with Love: The Role of Affect in Fan Fiction.” Transformative Works and Cultures 21 (2016).
“Similia similibus: Time and Analogy in Thomas of Monmouth’s Life and Miracles of St. William of Norwich” Exemplaria 28.1 (2016), 46-71.
I am delighted to mentor all Harvard students. As a queer woman, I am particularly happy to support students who identify as LGBTQAII+.
I am additionally happy to meet with any Harvard-affiliated graduate students in medieval-adjacent fields to discuss post-PhD careers, within or outside of academia.
Contact Information
Office: Barker 266