Fiona O'Brien
Email: [email protected]
Research Interests:
Early modern English and French reproductive health history, pregnancy and childbirth, ritual and healthcare
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MA, University of Toronto
BA, University of Toronto
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- 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]
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Loyola New Student Distinguished Fellowship, 2024-2025Folger Scholarly Programs Fellowship, 2024-2025