Tracy Adams is a medieval historian who teaches in New Zealand. A scholar of Medieval French and English literature and feminist theory, she is best known for her work on
Isabeau of Bavaria
Isabeau of Bavaria (or Isabelle; also Elisabeth of Bavaria-Ingolstadt; c. 1370 – September 1435) was Queen of France from 1385 to 1422. She was born into the House of Wittelsbach as the only daughter of Duke Stephen III of Bavaria-Ingol ...
.
Career
Adams received her BA in English (minoring in French) from the
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...
(1981), followed by an MA in English from the
University of Texas
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(1984). From 1995 to 1996 she studied French and Latin medieval literature at the
University of Geneva
The University of Geneva (French: ''Université de Genève'') is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin as a theological seminary. It remained focused on theology until the 17th centu ...
, and returned to the US for a PhD in French at
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hem ...
, which she earned in 1998 with a dissertation on love in
romance
Romance (from Vulgar Latin , "in the Roman language", i.e., "Latin") may refer to:
Common meanings
* Romance (love), emotional attraction towards another person and the courtship behaviors undertaken to express the feelings
* Romance languages, ...
, "Motus and Permutatio: An Anthropology of Love in the Twelfth Century Romance". She taught at the
University of Maryland, University College
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the ...
, on the
Schwäbisch Gmünd
Schwäbisch Gmünd (, until 1934: Gmünd; Swabian: ''Gmẽẽd'' or ''Gmend'') is a city in the eastern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. With a population of around 60,000, the city is the second largest in the Ostalb district a ...
campus (1997–2001), and in 2001 was hired by the
University of Auckland
, mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work
, established = 1883; years ago
, endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021)
, budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021)
, chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant
, vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...
, New Zealand, as a lecturer in French. she is an associate professor in the School of Culture, Languages and Linguistics, and has served a number of times as head of French.
Research
Adams has published on medieval conceptions of love, and is best known for her 2010 book ''The Life and Afterlife of Isabeau of Bavaria'' (Johns Hopkins, 2010), which was well-received as a "a thought-provoking study" and a valuable attempt to recuperate the reputation of Isabeau of Bavaria, whose reputation as "overweight, wasteful, empty-headed, promiscuous" had suffered from gossip and a neglect of actual primary material, despite having been portrayed as a "regent" by
Christine de Pizan
Christine de Pizan or Pisan (), born Cristina da Pizzano (September 1364 – c. 1430), was an Italian poet and court writer for King Charles VI of France and several French dukes.
Christine de Pizan served as a court writer in medieval France ...
, as Adams had argued in an earlier article.
References
External links
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
American medievalists
Women medievalists
University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts alumni
University of Texas alumni
Johns Hopkins University alumni
Academic staff of the University of Auckland
American women historians
21st-century American women academics
21st-century American academics