CFP–Globalizing Joan of Arc: Positioning the Maid in a Transnational Landscape
Call for Papers sponsored by The International Joan of Arc Society/Société Internationale de l’étude de Jeanne d’Arc International Congress on Medieval Studies (ICMS 2020)May 7 to 10, 2020Western...
View ArticleCFP–Performing Joan: Interpreting the Maid on Screen, on Stage, and in the...
Call for Papers sponsored by The International Joan of Arc Society/Société Internationale de l’étude de Jeanne d’Arc International Congress on Medieval Studies (ICMS 2020)May 7 to 10, 2020Western...
View ArticleBook Review: Joan of Arc in the English Imagination
In this book review published in the Philadelphia Inquirer, I examine Gail Orgelfinger's new Joan of Arc book that uncovers four centuries of English opinions on Joan, a messy collage of misogyny,...
View ArticleJoan of Arc Panels at Kalamazoo 2020
The official program for 55th International Congress on Medieval Studies is now live! The International Joan of Arc Society has two panels organized by Tara Beth Smithson and yours truly. We are...
View ArticleA Flower in a Field of Lions: The Trials of Joan of Arc
In 2018, I had the privilege of writing the afterword for Tapestry Comics' graphic novel A Flower in a Field of Lions: The Story of Joan of Arc. The editor has allowed me to publish the complete text...
View ArticleChanneling Joan of Arc in Doom: Annihilation (2019)
This week, The Year’s Work in Medievalism published my paper “Channeling Joan of Arc in Doom: Annihilation (2019)” examining the latest Doom movie directed by Tony Giglio. It is available for free via...
View ArticleCFP-Teaching Joan of Arc and Her World in and out of the Classroom
Call for Papers sponsored by The International Joan of Arc Society/Société Internationale de l’étude de Jeanne d’Arc International Congress on Medieval Studies (ICMS 2023)May 11 to 13, 2023 Western...
View ArticleRingling Bros. Joan of Arc Spectacle Newspaper Ad (1913)
In 1913, Al Ringling kept Joan of Arc as the theme for the 45-minute spectacle that preceded each Ringling Bros. circus show. That meant that targeted towns saw a lot of Joan of Arc-related advertising...
View ArticleIngres’s Joan of Arc Painting (1854)
One of the most common inspirations I've seen for Joan of Arc book covers is Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres's 1854 painting entitled Jeanne d'Arc au sacre du roi Charles VII, dans la cathédrale de Reims...
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