Eleanor Janega
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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) |
| Doctoral advisor | Martyn Rady |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | |
| Institutions | London School of Economics |
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]
Janega gained her undergraduate degree in History (with honours) from Loyola University Chicago, and holds an MA (with distinction) in Medieval Studies and a PhD in history, both from University College London.[2] Her doctoral thesis on the 14th-century Bohemian preacher Milíč of Kroměříž was titled Jan Milíč of Kroměříž and Emperor Charles IV: Preaching, Power, and the Church of Prague, and was supervised by Martyn Rady.[3]
She is a guest teacher in the London School of Economics Department of International History,[2] and teaches a standalone online course on Medieval Gender and Sexuality.[4]
Janega co-hosts the Going Medieval documentary strand on the History Hit streaming service.[5] 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.[2]
