Dr Elizabeth L`Estrange - ULg, Transitions

Department of Art History, Film and Visual Studies
University of Birmingham
B15 2TT
E: [email protected]
DR ELIZABETH L’ESTRANGE
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
1999-2004
PhD, School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies, University of Leeds
En/Gendering Representations of Childbirth in Franco-Flemish Devotional Manuscripts
1998-99
MA (with distinction) in Medieval Studies
Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
1993-97
BA (Hons) II.i, English Language and Literature, School of English
University of Leeds (with Erasmus year in Liège, Belgium)
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Sept 2011-
Lecturer in History of Art, School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music, University of
Birmingham
Jan 2011April 2011
Assistante, English Department and Research and Development, University of Liège
Seminar teaching, personal research, and translation
Oct 2010Nov 2010
Lectrice, English Department, University of Liège
Seminar teaching and personal research (maternity cover)
Feb 2007 Sept 2010
Postdoctoral Fellow in Art History, Fonds national de la recherche scientifique
University of Liège
Oct 2006Jan 2007
Lectrice, English Department, University of Liège
Seminar teaching, lecturing and personal research
Feb 2006June 2006
English Language Teacher, Institut supérieur des langues vivantes,
University of Liège
March 2004Feb 2006
Leverhulme Trust Postdoctoral Fellow,
Research into Books of Hours at the University of Liège
RESEARCH
Funding and Prizes
April 2013
British Academy Neil Ker Memorial Fund award for Anne de Graville’s Library (£1200)
Apr-Jun 2011 Grant from the Fondation Darchis for three months’ research in Rome (€5100)
April 2010
Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship First Book Prize for Holy Motherhood
Jan 2007
Post-doctoral Fellowship, FNRS, University of Liège
July 2006
Scouloudi Foundation Publication Grant (£500), IHR, London
June 2006
Book Subvention Programme ($2,500), Medieval Academy of America
March 2006
Weiss/Brown Publication Subvention ($4,000), Newberry Library, Chicago
2004-2006
Leverhulme Trust Postdoctoral Fellow (Study Abroad scheme)
1999-2003
University Research Scholarship (PhD), University of Leeds
1998-1999
Annie Redman-King Scholarship (MA), University of Leeds
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My interdisciplinary research interests lie in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century manuscripts and books,
especially books of hours, women’s patronage at the French and Burgundian courts, and the relationships
between text and image. Current and future projects include:
 Anne de Graville’s Library: Anne de Graville (1490), lady-in-waiting to Queen Claude of France, owned a
substantial library and was herself an author and an early supporter of religious reform. Her reworkings
of Boccaccio’s Teseida and Alain Chartier’s Belle Dame sans mercy for Queen Claude show a close
engagement with neo-classical literary trends and the querelle des femmes. However, Anne has been
overlooked in studies of late-medieval French courtly and religious culture. The aim of this project is to
produce the first modern monograph that examines Anne’s extant library in detail and assesses her
contribution to religious and literary debates in early sixteenth-century France. The first stage of this
research is supported by the British Academy’s Neil Ker Memorial Fund; initial findings are being
presented at Locating Boccaccio in 2013 (John Rylands, Manchester) and in Text/Image Relations in Late
Medieval French Culture (forthcoming 2014).
 MS Wittert 29 and the Bellemare Group: This project involves the close stylistic, codicological, and
technical analysis of an unknown book of hours in Liège University Library. The manuscript is a late work
of the Bellemare Group that offers important clues to the workshop’s production beyond its heyday of
the 1520s. My recent and forthcoming papers and publications on this manuscript (Berlin, San Diego,
Peter Lang 2014) not only present this book of hours to scholars for the first time but also, significantly,
examine its relationship to other works of sixteenth-century French manuscript illumination such as the
Statutes of the Order of St Michael in John Rylands Library (French MS 141).
 Making Sacred Space: Evanescence and Permanence in Medieval Devotion: an interdisciplinary project
with Professor Andrew Kirkman examining how impermanent phenomena (visual, audio, olfactory,
tactile) energised or enlivened fixed structures or objects such as chapels, panel paintings, stained glass,
liturgical manuscripts, books of hours and funerary monuments, thus contributing to the overall
experience of rituals such as the Mass as well as less structured devotional practices like pilgrimage and
personal prayer. Two workshops are planned with HE and non-HE partners in the UK and Europe for
October 2013 with a view to making a major European funding bid (e.g. Consolidator Grant).
PUBLICATIONS
Planned and Forthcoming Publications:
Anne de Graville’s Library – a monograph planned for 2016
‘Beyond the 1520s: A Bellemare Workshop Manuscript in Liège (MS Wittert 29)’, in Re-inventing Traditions: On
the Transmission of Artistic Patterns in Late Medieval Manuscript Illumination, ed. by J. C. Heyder and C. Seidel
(Peter Lang, forthcoming 2014)
‘Re-Presenting Emilia in the Context of the querelle des femmes: Text and Image in Anne de Graville’s Beau
Roman’, in Text/Image Relations in Late Medieval French Culture, ed. by R. Brown-Grant and R. Dixon (Brepols,
forthcoming 2014)
Books and Edited Collections
Co-editor, with Laure Fagnart, Le mécénat féminin en France et en Bourgogne, XIV-XVIe, special issue of the
peer-reviewed journal Le Moyen Âge, 117 (2011)
Co-editor, with Alison More, Representing Genders and Sexualities in Europe, 600–1530: Construction,
Transformation, and Subversion (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2011)
Holy Motherhood: Gender, Dynasty, and Visual Culture in the Later Middle Ages (Manchester: Manchester
University Press, 2008; paperback edition, 2012)
 A double-weighted REF submission
 Winner of the 2010 Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship First Book Prize
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Book Chapters and Journal Articles
Co-author, with R. Dressler, M. Bleeke, J. Borland and M. Easton, ‘Artistic Representations: Women in/and
Medieval Visual Culture’, in A Cultural History of Women in the Medieval Era, ed. by K. M. Phillips (London: Berg,
2013)
‘Topsy-Turvy Gender Relations in Fifteenth-Century Italian Households’, in Representing Genders and Sexualities
in Europe, 600–1530: Construction, Transformation, and Subversion, ed. by A. More and E. L’Estrange (Aldershot:
Ashgate, 2011), pp. 127-44
‘“Quant femme enfante…”: remèdes et charmes pour l’accouchement au Moyen Âge’, in Femmes en Fleurs:
Santé, Sexualité et Génération du Moyen Âge aux Lumières, ed. by C. McClive and N. Pellegrin (St-Étienne:
Presse Universitaire de St-Étienne, 2010), pp. 167-83
*‘Penitence, Motherhood and Passion Devotion: Contextualising Anne of Brittany’s Prayer Book, Chicago,
Newberry Library, MS 83’, The Cultural and Political Legacy of Anne de Bretagne: Negotiating Convention in
Books & Documents, ed. by C. Brown (Cambridge: Boydell and Brewer, 2010), pp. 81-98
‘Gazing at Gawain: Reconsidering Tournaments, Courtly Love, and the Lady Who Looks’, Medieval Feminist
Forum, 42 (2009), 74-96
‘Images de maternité sainte dans deux livres appartenant aux duchesses de Bretagne’, in Livres et lectures des
femmes: Entre moyen âge et renaissance, ed. by A.-M. Legaré (Turnhout: Brepols, 2007), pp. 35-47
‘Sainte Anne et le mécénat d’Anne de France’, in Patronnes et mécènes en France à la Renaissance, ed. by K.
Wilson-Chevalier (St-Étienne: Presse Universitaire de St-Étienne, 2007), pp. 135-54
‘Le mécénat d’Anne de Bretagne’, in Patronnes et mécènes en France à la Renaissance, ed. by K. WilsonChevalier (St-Étienne: Presse Universitaire de St-Étienne, 2007), pp. 169-94
‘Anna peperit Mariam, Elizabeth Johannem, Maria Christum: Images of Childbirth in Late-Medieval Manuscripts’,
in Manuscripts in Transition: Recycling Manuscripts, Texts and Images, ed. by B. Dekeyzer and J. Van der Stock
(Leuven: Peeters, 2005), pp. 335-46
Reviewing
 Book reviews for Art History, Bulletin du bibliophile, H-France, Material Religion and others
 External peer-reviewing for Manchester University Press and Ashgate Publishing
 Editorial Board for Renaissance Studies
Conference Organisation
 5-7 March 2015, Marie de Bourgogne: The Reign, the ‘Persona’ and the Legacy of a European Princess’,
Brussels and Bruges (organised by the Universities of Birmingham, Liège, Ghent and Brussels)
 10 May 2010, co-organiser: Reconsidering Women’s Patronage in France and Burgundy, 15th-16th
Centuries, a one-day international conference (University of Liège); proceedings published in Le Moyen
Age (see publications)
 Organiser, visiting lecturers to Liège: Kathy Krause (University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2008) and
Rosalind Brown-Grant (University of Leeds, 2010)
Research Networks
 Member of the British Academy-funded research network Text/Image Relations in Late-Medieval French
Culture (University of Leeds)
 Member of the Group for Early Modern Cultural Analysis (Catholic University of Louvain)
 Member of Transitions: Centre d’études du Moyen Age tardif et de la première Modernité (University of
Liège)
 Member of the Société internationale pour l’étude des femmes de l’Ancien Régime
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Selected Recent and Forthcoming Conference and Seminar Papers
May 2014, ‘Anne de Graville’s Histoires Chaldéenes’, Au parler que m’aprist ma mere: Lire et écrire le
français à la fin du Moyen Age, Les Enluminures/INHA, Paris
February 2014, ‘Regards croisés sur l’allaitement: des textes aux images à la fin du moyen âge’ for the
Research Group Pour une histoire de l'allaitement maternel, Université de Genève
February 2014, Invited seminar paper, Femmes, Enseignement, Research (FERULg), Université de Liège
October 2013, ‘La Théséide de Boccace et le Beau roman d’Anne de Graville’, Boccace et la France,
Sorbonne-Nouvelle, Paris
July 2013, ‘“Translaté de vieil langaige et prose en nouveau et rime”’: Anne de Graville’s Beau roman and
Rewriting Boccaccio for the French Court, Locating Boccacio in 2013, Manchester
April 2013, ‘Bellifontaine Frames: The Decoration of Fontainebleau and Sixteenth-Century Manuscript
Illumination’, Renaissance Society of America, San Diego
June 2012, ‘Beyond the 1520s: A Bellemare Manuscript in Liège (MS Wittert 29)?’, Re-inventing Traditions:
On the Transmission of Artistic Patterns in Illuminated Manuscripts of the Late Middle Ages, Berlin
July 2011, ‘Writing, Depicting and Performing Chivalry and Romance at the Court of Claude of France’,
International Medieval Congress, Leeds
September 2010, ‘Les manuscrits et le mécénat des reines à la cour française: goût et dévotion’, L’Art
pictural à l’aube de la Renaissance, Les Enluminures, Paris
April 2010, ‘The Hours of Anne de Montmorency in Context: Iconography and Interpretation’, Renaissance
Society of America, Venice
July 2009, ‘The Tournament Tapestry at Valenciennes: Depicting (or Not) Historical Events at the Burgundian
Court’, Biography and Late Medieval French Studies, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York
May 2009, ‘Religious Devotion in the Patronage of Anne of Brittany’, Sixteenth Century Society Conference,
Geneva
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
I have completed the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (FLTHE) (July 2013)
I currently convene, deliver and assess the following modules at Birmingham:
 Ideas of the Renaissance (level 1, 10 credits)
 Power, Society, Politics: Religious Art in Northern Europe (level 2, 20 credits)
 Research Techniques in the History of Art (level 2, 10 credits, co-taught elements)
 Women and Artistic Culture in Late-Medieval and Early-Modern Europe (level 3, 40 credits)
 The Dissertation (supervision of c. 6 final-year students)
I contribute to the delivery and assessment of the following modules at Birmingham:
 Methods and Debates in the History of Art (level 1, 20 credits)
 Critical Methods in the History of Art (MA level, 20 credits)
 Approaches to Medieval Studies (MA level, 20 credits)
 Art History in the Field (level 2 study trip to a European city, 10 credits)
 Liberal Arts and Sciences Programme (foundation level)
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I have also taught and assessed the following courses in previous posts:
 French Court Art, 1480-1560 (MA, Liège)
 British Cultural History, 1066-present (BA Level 2, Liège)
 Renaissances and Reformations: Sacred Art in Italy, c. 1400-1600 (BA level 2)
 A Story of Art? Introduction to the History of Art (level 1, Leeds)
 Introduction to English Literary Texts (level 1, Liège)
 English conversation and grammar classes (levels 1 and 2, Liège)
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
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Admissions Tutor, Department of Art History, Film and Visual Studies
- organising Open Days (5 per year), Applicant Visit Days (6 per year), liaising with marketing and
careers department, setting up and organising Year 13 Taster Day, dealing with admissions and
transfer enquiries, implementing and engaging in activities to raise the profile of the department
Website, Department of Art History, Film and Visual Studies
- setting up and maintaining departmental Facebook page and departmental blog (The Golovine) in
conjunction with UG and PG students; updating news items and liaising with web-team to enhance
online visibility
Welfare Officer, Department of Art History, Film and Visual Studies
- support for some 60 undergraduate students, liaising with student support services
Personal Tutor, Department of Art History, Film and Visual Studies
- Progress reviews three times a year and on-going support for 2011 cohort
OUTREACH AND IMPACT ACTIVITIES
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Invited speaker, Wallace Collection Art History Master Class for year 12 and 13 pupils considering a
degree in History of Art (Sept 2012/2013)
Art History Speed Workshops, a campus /community activity organised as part of the Arts and Science
Festival and the Barber Association, University of Birmingham (March 2013, December 2013, March
2014)
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
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English mother tongue
Fluent French
Intermediate Dutch and Italian
Reading knowledge of Latin
Palaeography and codicology
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