Eleanor Janega
American medievalist
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Eleanor Janega (/ˈjɑːnəɡə/ YAH-nə-gə) is an American broadcaster and medievalist. Her scholarship focuses on gender and sexuality; apocalyptic thought; propaganda; and the urban experience, in the late medieval period.[1]
Eleanor Janega | |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | Jan Milíč of Kroměříž and Emperor Charles IV: Preaching, Power, and the Church of Prague (2015) |
| Martyn Rady | |
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| Discipline | History |
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| Institutions | London School of Economics |
Biography
Janega was raised in Tacoma, Washington.[2] She gained her BA in history (with honours) from Loyola University Chicago, and holds an MA (with distinction) in Medieval Studies and a PhD in history from University College London.[3] She completed her PhD in 2015, writing her doctoral thesis on the 14th-century Bohemian preacher Milíč of Kroměříž. Her thesis was supervised by Martyn Rady, and was titled Jan Milíč of Kroměříž and Emperor Charles IV: Preaching, Power, and the Church of Prague. [4]
She is a guest teacher in the London School of Economics Department of International History,[3] and teaches a standalone online course on Medieval Gender and Sexuality.[5]
Janega co-hosts the Going Medieval documentary strand on the History Hit streaming service.[6] She also co-hosts the Gone Medieval podcast as well as the "We're Not So Different" podcast and has appeared as a talking head on radio and television.[3]
Selected publications
- Janega, Eleanor (2019). "Suspect Women: Prostitution, Reputation, and Gossip in Fourteenth-Century Prague" (PDF). In Mielke, Christopher; Znorovszky, Andrea-Bianka (eds.). Same bodies, different women : 'other' women in the middle ages and the early modern period. Budapest: Trivent. doi:10.22618/TP.HAA.20192. ISBN 978-615-81222-2-1. S2CID 243529846.
- "Opinion | Don't kid yourself. The Black Death's aftermath isn't cause for optimism about covid-19". Washington Post. 14 April 2020. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- "Morality tales". Red Pepper. No. 233. ISSN 1353-7024. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- The Middle Ages: A Graphic History. London: Icon Books. 2021. ISBN 9781785785917.[7]
- The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society. London: WW Norton. 2023. ISBN 9780393867817.[8]