Barbara J. Newman | |
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| Occupation | Medievalist |
| Title | Professor of English, Religious Studies, & Classics; John Evans Professor of Latin |
| Awards | Charles Homer Haskins Medal (2009) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Yale University (Ph.D) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Northwestern University |
| Main interests | Medieval religious culture, saints' lives, and women's writing |
| Notable works | God and the Goddesses: Vision, Poetry, and Belief in the Middle Ages (2003); Sister of Wisdom: St. Hildegard's Theology of the Feminine (1987) |
Barbara Jane Newman is an American medievalist, literary critic, religious historian, and author. She is Professor of English and Religion, and John Evans Professor of Latin, at Northwestern University.[1] Newman was elected in 2017 to the American Philosophical Society.[2]