Chris L. Nighman
Coordinator, Medieval and Medievalism Studies Program
Professor
Faculty of Arts
History
Waterloo, Ontario
cnighman@wlu.ca
Office:
(548) 889-5042
Expert In
Languages
English
Bio/Research
I received my PhD in History in 1996 and my MA in History in 1990, both from the University of Toronto, where I also held a graduate fellowship (1994-96) and a post-graduate fellowship (1996-99) at the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies. My undergraduate degree is a dual BA in History...
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Bio/Research
I received my PhD in History in 1996 and my MA in History in 1990, both from the University of Toronto, where I also held a graduate fellowship (1994-96) and a post-graduate fellowship (1996-99) at the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies. My undergraduate degree is a dual BA in History and Medieval Studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara (1988).
I started teaching in Laurier’s History Department in 1997 and was granted tenure in 2008.
Since March 2023 I have held a senior fellowship as Status-Only Faculty at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto.
My research field is late medieval and early renaissance intellectual and ecclesiastical history, focusing on Latin florilegia (collections of quotations), early Italian humanism, Latin translations of Greek patristic texts, conciliar sermons (especially eulogies) and ecclesiastical politics, rhetorical theory and practice as it relates to the construction of self and delimitation of audience, pastoral reform in response to heresy, scribal agency in manuscript traditions and editorial agency in early print traditions. I am also involved in the growing field known as digital humanities, especially the publication of Open Access critical editions of historical texts.
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I started teaching in Laurier’s History Department in 1997 and was granted tenure in 2008.
Since March 2023 I have held a senior fellowship as Status-Only Faculty at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto.
My research field is late medieval and early renaissance intellectual and ecclesiastical history, focusing on Latin florilegia (collections of quotations), early Italian humanism, Latin translations of Greek patristic texts, conciliar sermons (especially eulogies) and ecclesiastical politics, rhetorical theory and practice as it relates to the construction of self and delimitation of audience, pastoral reform in response to heresy, scribal agency in manuscript traditions and editorial agency in early print traditions. I am also involved in the growing field known as digital humanities, especially the publication of Open Access critical editions of historical texts.
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Aonghus Kealy
Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4855
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Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4855
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Media Relations
Aonghus Kealy
Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4855
Lori Chalmers Morrison
Director: Integrated Communications
lchalmersmorrison@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4857
Vanessa Barrasa
Director: Communications & Issues Management
vbarrasa@wlu.ca
(548) 889-3812
Brantford Campus:
Beth Gurney
Director, Strategic Communications and Community Engagement
bgurney@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4199
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Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4855
Lori Chalmers Morrison
Director: Integrated Communications
lchalmersmorrison@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4857
Vanessa Barrasa
Director: Communications & Issues Management
vbarrasa@wlu.ca
(548) 889-3812
Brantford Campus:
Beth Gurney
Director, Strategic Communications and Community Engagement
bgurney@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4199
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