W. Tanner Smoot
Email:
[email protected]
Research Interests:
Early and High Medieval England, Monasticism, Religious History and Culture, Historical Memory
MA, Marshall University, 2017
BBA, Marshall University, 2013
Publications and Presentations
Publications:
"Sacred Memory and Monastic Friendship in Eadmer of Canterbury's Vita S. Oswaldi," Revue Bénédictine, 130.2 (2020): 354-388.
"History in Liturgy: Negotiating Merit in Ely's Virgin Mothers," Journal of Medieval History (Forthcoming).
(with Scott G. Bruce), "The Social Life of an Eleventh-Century Shrine in the Miracula Maioli (BHL 5186)," Journal of Medieval Monastic Studies (Forthcoming).
Presentations:
“The Anatomy of an Eleventh-Century Shrine in the Miracula Maioli (BHL 5186),” International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, 10-15 May 2021.
“The Siege of Antioch Project,” Gallery Project at Mapping (In)Justice Symposium, Fordham University, NY, 5 November 2019.
“The Confines of the Flesh: The Spiritual Foundation of Personal Liberty in Early Anglo-Saxon Monasticism,” Fifty-Sixth Annual Midwest Medieval History Conference, Kalamazoo, MI, 29-30 September 2017.
“Transcending Fate: The Literary Contexts of St. Guthlac of Crowland,” Medieval – Renaissance Conference XXXI, Wise, VA, 21-23 September 2017.
“In the Company of Angels: Perceptions of Personal Authority and Sovereignty in Early Anglo-Saxon Hagiography,” Fourteenth Annual Queen City Colloquium, Cincinnati, OH, 7 April 2017.
Fellowships, Assistantships, and Honors
Teaching Fellowship, Fordham University, (2020–)
Editorial Assistant, Traditio: Studies in Ancient and Medieval History, Thought, and Religion (2021–2022).