Fiona O'Brien

Fiona O'Brien

 

Email:  [email protected]

Research Interests:
Early modern English and French reproductive health history, pregnancy and childbirth, ritual and healthcare

  • MA, University of Toronto

    BA, University of Toronto

    • Forthcoming: “Qui Numquam Fallit, Probatum Est: A Comparison of Fertility and Birth Rituals in the Late Middle Ages to Remedy in the Early Modern Period,” Graduate Student Voices Conference, Boston College [April 2025]
    • “Our Groans to God: The Synching of Sensory and Emotional Experience During the Early Modern Birth Process,” Fifteenth Annual CUNY Graduate Center Conference, City University of New York [March 2025]
    • “Her ‘Frigid Herbs’: Women’s Identities and Reproductive Health Networks in Early Modern English Receipt Books,” Humanist Principles in Early Modern Europe, Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies & University of Toronto [March 2023]  
  • Loyola New Student Distinguished Fellowship, 2024-2025
    Folger Scholarly Programs Fellowship, 2024-2025