Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1952 (age 71–72) |
| Nationality | United States |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, editor, historian, medievalist, academic |
| Known for | Studying Ermine de Reims and Saint Colette |
| Title | Distinguished Professor Emerita |
| Spouse | Antoni[1] |
| Awards | National Endowment of the Humanities (1988, 1991, 2003) and American Council of Learned Societies (2008) Grants, Scholarly Edition in Translation Award (2022) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Thesis | The Traditions of the Old French "Roman de Thèbes": A Poetico-Historical Analysis (1980) |
| Doctoral advisor | Karl David Uitti |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Literature, history, feminist studies |
| Sub-discipline | Medieval French literature, literary history |
| Doctoral students | Linda Rouillard, Gabriella Baika, Charles-Louis Morand-Métivier |
| Notable works | The Strange Case of Ermine de Reims, Poets, Saints, and Visionaries of the Great Schism |
| Website | sites |
Renate Elisabeth Blumenfeld-Kosinski, also known as Renate Kosinski, (born 1952) is a German-American medievalist, literary historian, scholar of medieval French literature, editor, writer, and academic. She is known for her books and research on medieval political texts, mysticism, medieval visionary women, religious literature, saints' lives, and the Great Schism of the Western Church. As of 2019, Blumenfeld-Kosinski is a Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of Pittsburgh,[2][3] and has been a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America (MAA) since 2014. She served as the president of the MAA from 2020 to 2021.[4][5] Blumenfeld-Kosinski won the 2022 Scholarly Edition in Translation Award from the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender (SSEMWG) for her translation of Two Lives of Saint Colette: With a Selection of Letters by, to, and about Colette (2022, Iter Press).[6]
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