Carol Symes
Professor, Department of History
RAPD Faculty Advisor
Carol Symes studies the mediation of knowledge in, and about, the medieval world: the history of premodern media as well as the processes by which products and perceptions of the medieval past are transmitted to future generations. She has published widely on the medieval reception and preservation of ancient dramatic texts; the role of medievalism in modern cultural trends, intellectual projects, and nationalist historiographies; and, most importantly, on the material, embodied, performative, and negotiated processes of writing across an array of medieval genres. She is also a public-facing theatre scholar and practitioner who has produced and performed in numerous actor-friendly verse translations of medieval plays.
