medieval – Nico Mara-McKay

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Introducing A Trans and Translike Medieval Bibliography

ByNico Mara-McKay
Wednesday, 19 May 2021

There are a number of great lists of queer books and articles that focus on the Middle Ages, but I couldn’t find anything that specifically centred medieval trans and translike figures, so I decided to create one.

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Events

See me at the Sexual Diversity Studies Student Research Colloquium

ByNico Mara-McKay
Tuesday, 23 March 2021

I will be presenting my paper “‘Calling [Herself] Eleanor’: Translike Gender Presentation in Medieval Europe” on Friday, 26 March 2021 at 11:40 am EST.

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See me at Moving Trans History Forward 2021

ByNico Mara-McKay
Saturday, 20 February 2021

I will be presenting a paper at Moving Trans History Forward, a conference hosted by the University of Victoria.

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See me at the CSM 2020 annual meeting

ByNico Mara-McKay
Monday, 16 March 2020

I will present my paper “Patient Women: Surgical Instruments in the Treatment of Medieval Women’s Diseases” at the Canadian Society of Medievalists’ meeting.

Detail of the cover of a 1585 edition of Chirvrgia Magna, by Gvidonis de Gavliaco (Guy de Chauliac)

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See me at the CSHPS-SCHPS 2020 annual meeting

ByNico Mara-McKay
Sunday, 15 March 2020

I will present my paper “Maladies of the Matrix: On the Treatment of Women in Guy de Chauliac’s Chirurgia Magna” at the CSHPS annual conference.

Illuminating Life: Manuscript Pages of the Middle Ages

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Illuminating Life exhibition launch

ByNico Mara-McKay
Wednesday, 11 March 2020

Illuminating Life: Manuscript Pages of the Middle Ages is an exhibition of medieval manuscripts and early printed books from 12 March through 12 May 2020.