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Sharon Rowley

Sharon Rowley

Professor


(757) 594-8874

McMurran Hall 209

Biography

Education

  • Ph D in Old English Language and Literature, University of Chicago
  • MA in English, University of Chicago
  • BA in English, Temple University

Dr. Sharon M. Rowley is Professor of English. Her scholarly interests include the reception and transmission of Bede鈥檚 Historia ecclesiastica in the Middle Ages, Old and Middle English manuscripts and textuality, Old English prose, anonymous homilies and otherworldly visions. She has published articles on all of these topics, including 鈥楾extual Studies, Gender and Performance in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight鈥, The Chaucer Review 38.2 (2003) and 鈥楤ede and the Northern Kingdoms鈥, The Cambridge History of Early Medieval English Literature, ed. Clare Lees, 2012. Her book, The Old English Version of Bede鈥檚 Historia Ecclesiastica, was published by D.S. Brewer in 2011. She is currently working on a new critical edition of the Old English version of Bede鈥檚 Historia Ecclesiastica with Greg Waite (Otago, NZ), with major funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Teaching

Old and Middle English language and literature, Arthurian romance, dream visions, textual culture, early modern drama.

Research

The Old English version of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica, early English manuscripts, textual culture, Old and Middle English language and literature, Arthurian romance, dream visions, Shakespeare.

Selected Accomplishments

  • Research Fellowship at the Institute of English Studies, University of London. (2024)
  • Faculty Excellence Award in Scholarship, 性爱研究所. (2013)
  • Honorary Research Associate, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, Cambridge University. (2008)
  • Visiting Fellow, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University. (2008)

  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    (2026). Eventful Paleography: Oxford Bodleian Library MS, Tanner 10 and Writing as a Social Practice. Early Medieval England and Its Neighbours. Volume, 52. Issue, e5. Pages, 43.
  • Other
    (2024). Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (in Old English) (Cambridge, University Library, MS Kk.3.18). Cambridge University Library. Volume, NA. Issue, NA. Pages, 3.
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    (2024). 鈥淗earing and Speaking in the Margins of CCCC MS 41鈥. The Old English Newsletter. Volume, 48. Issue, 1. Pages, np.
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    (2023). Revisiting Bede鈥檚 Miracles: Earth, Water, and Healing in the Historia Ecclesiastica and Commentary on Genesis. University of Manchester Press. Volume, NA. Issue, NA.
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    (2023). Key Thinkers: Bede. Bloomsbury. Pages, 33.
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    (2022). 鈥楤ishop Lyfing, Crediton and the Cultural Orbit of Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 41鈥. Yearbook of English Studies 2022: Literature to 1200. Volume, 52. Pages, 102-119.
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    (2022). 鈥淪ources, Controversies and Silences: Bede, Muirch煤, Patrick and Acgilbert鈥. Peritia: Journal of the Medieval Academy of Ireland and Brepols. Volume, 32. Issue, na.
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    (2021). 鈥淐onstructing Early Medieval Winchester: Historical Narratives and the Compilation of British Library Cotton Otho B.xi鈥. Oxbow Books, Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History.
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    (2021). Introduction to Writers Editors and Exemplars in Medieval English Texts. Palgrave. Pages, 12.
  • Book, Scholarly-New
    (2021). Writers Editors and Exemplars in Medieval English Texts. Palgrave. Pages, 412.
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    (2020). "Parker Library MSS 41 and 286: Digitization as Translation鈥. Digital Research in the Arts and Humanities (London: Routledge, 2020).
  • Book Review
    (2018). Review of Conor O'Brien, Bede's Temple: An Image and its Interpretation. Northern History. Volume, 54. Issue, 2. Pages, 4.
  • Encyclopedia Article
    (2017). Bede. Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Medieval British Literature. Pages, 7.
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    (2015). The Long Ninth Century: The Prose of King Alfred's Reign. Oxford Research Reviews.
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    (2013). "Bede and the Northern Kingdoms". Cambridge University Press. Pages, 10,000 words.
  • Book, Scholarly-Revised
    The Old English Version of Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica. Boydell and Brewer, LTD. Pages, 383.
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    (2009). 鈥淭he Role and Function of Otherworldly Visions in Bede鈥檚 Historia ecclesiastica gentis anglorum鈥. Peeters Publishers. Pages, 163-181.

  • Sharon Rowley, University of London Medieval Manuscripts Seminar, "Changing the Script: Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Tanner 10, Scribal Stints and the Question of Norms in Early 10th Century MSS," London. (2025)
  • Sharon Rowley, Seminar for Ancient and Medieval Studies' (SAMS), University College Cork, Ireland, "'Bede's Elemental Miracles: Belief, Environment, and Perception in Early Medieval Miracle Stories'," University College, Cork, Ireland. (2025)
  • Sharon Rowley, Eco Emotions: Air, "鈥楢ir, Light, Fear and Awe: Elemental Miracles and Emotions in Bede鈥檚 Historia ecclesiastica gentis anglorum鈥," Oslo, Norway. (2024)
  • Sharon Rowley, the History, Memory and Accomplishment, Constructions of Identity Conference, "鈥淏ishop Lyfing, Crediton, and Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 41鈥," Cluj. (2019)
  • Sharon Rowley, King's College London Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies, "鈥淚ndeterminate Bones and Elemental Miracles in Early Medieval England鈥," King's College London. (2018)
  • Sharon Rowley, IONA: Early Medieval Studies on the Islands of the North Atlantic transformative networks, ""American/Medieval: Contemplating Frames"," Vancouver BC. (2018)
  • Sharon Rowley, Stanford Text Technologies Fourth Annual Collegium: Celebrating Parker 2.0, "Digitization as Translation," Stanford University. (2018)
  • Sharon Rowley, Winchester: An Early Medieval Royal City, "鈥淐onstructing Early Medieval Winchester: Historical Narratives and the Compilation of British Library Cotton Otho B.xi鈥," Winchester, England. (2017)

  • Sharon Rowley, "Research Fellowship, non-stipendiary," Sponsored by Institute of English Studies, School for Advanced Studies, University of London
  • Sharon Rowley, "鈥淏ishop Lyfing, Crediton, and Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 41鈥," Sponsored by 性爱研究所 Faculty Senate
  • Sharon Rowley, Greg Waite, Carol Wyvill, "An Edition of the Old English Translation of Bede鈥檚 Historia Ecclesiastica," Sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities