Leah Haught appointed Associate Editor of Medievally Speaking

Good news about the future of Medievally Speaking: Dr. Leah Haught, who has been serving as an excellent Assistant Editor for our journal since 2012, has agreed to taking on the position of Associate Editor. Leah holds a Ph.D. from the University of Rochester.  Her research interests include Arthurian romance and historiography, medieval and early-modern conceptions of authorship, and literary representations of gendered behavior. She is currently a Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow in Georgia Tech’s Writing and Communication Program in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication and, together with Dr. Valerie Johnson, co-host of the 29th International Conference on Medievalism at Georgia Tech (October 24-25, 2014).

Cressler at Decatur Book Festival

For those who will be looking for medieval matters at this year's Decatur Book Festival, please consider our colleague John Cressler's reading (Shadows in the Shining City; set in convivencia Spain) on Sat., August 30, at 3pm, Marriott Conference Center Ballroom C  I will have the honor of introducing John.