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Lisa Marie BitelProfessor of History and ReligionContact Information E-mail: bitel@usc.edu Phone: (213) 821-2150 Office: SOS 282 LINKS Faculty Profile on Departmental Website Personal Website Course Information Monastic Matrix IRG IBIS |
Education |
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 Ph.D. History, Harvard University, 1/1987
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AM History, Harvard University, 1/1982
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A.B. , Smith College, 1/1980
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History |
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Professor of History and Religion, University of Southern California, 08/15/2010-
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Professor of History and Gender Studies, USC, 08/2001-05/2010
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Professor of History, University of Kansas, 01/01/1999-01/01/2001
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Director of Women's Studies, University of Kansas, 01/01/1998-01/01/2001
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Associate Professor of History and Women's Studies, University of Kansas, 01/01/1995-01/01/1999
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Description of Research |
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Summary Statement of Research Interests |
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| Professor Bitel studies the social, cultural, and religious history of medieval Europe. She has written four books about religion and/or gender in early medieval Europe, one book about religion in contemporary California, and published articles about sex, dreams, architecture, and Christianity, among other topics. She is currently researching a book on the material history of the unseen in medieval Europe. | |
Research Specialties |
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| Medieval European history, history of Christianity, religious studies, women's and gender history, Irish history, Celtic literatures and cultures, art and archaeology of medieval Europe, visual and material culture of pre-modern Europe | |
Affiliations with Research Centers, Labs, and Other Institutions |
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Center for Excellence in Research, Fellow, 2008-2011,http://www.usc.edu/research/about/vp/cer/
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Center for Feminist Research, Chair, Steering Committee,http://www.usc.edu/dept/cfr/html/home.htm
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Center for Religion and Civic Culture,http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/crcc/academic/culture.html
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IBIS,http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/history/ibis/
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Interdisciplinary Research Group, CRCC, Director,http://crcc.usc.edu/about/personnel/irg/
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Monastic Matrix, Director, editor,http://monasticmatrix.org
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Publications |
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Book |
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Bitel, L. M.
(2009).
Landscape with Two Saints: How Saint Genovefa of Paris and Saint Brigit of Kildare Built Christianity in Barbarian Europe. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
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Bitel, Lisa Marie; Lifshitz, Felice (Ed.).
(2007).
• Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe : New Perspectives. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
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Bitel, L. M.
(2002).
Women in Early Medieval Europe. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
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Bitel, L. M.
(1996).
Land of Women: Tales of Sex and Gender From Early Ireland. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
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Bitel, L. M.
(1990).
Isle of the Saints: Monastic Settlement and Christian Community in Early Ireland. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
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Book Chapter |
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Bitel, L. M.
(2010).
• "Material Environment of Christian Visions in Early Medieval Europe". , Looking Beyond: Visions, Dreams and Insights in Princeton: Princeton University.
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Bitel, L. M., Gainer (photographer), M.
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• "Scenes from a Cult in the Making: Lady of the Rock, 2008". Looking Beyond: Visions, Dreams and Insights in Me Princeton: Princeton University.
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Bitel, L. M.
(2007).
"Period Trouble: The Impossibility of Teaching Medieval Feminist History" in Celia Chazelle and Felice Lifshitz, eds., Paradigms and Methods in Early Medieval Studies. pp. p. 28. New York: Palgrave.
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Journal Article |
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Bitel, L. M., Gainer, M.
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• "Looking the Wrong Way: Authenticity and Proof of Religious Vision". Visual Resources.
Vol. 25 (1-2), pp. 69-62.
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Bitel, L. M.
(2007).
Tools and Scripts for Cursing in Early and Medieval Ireland. Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome.
Vol. 51/52 (2006/7)
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Bitel, L. M.
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Virgins for Sale. Journal of Women's History.
Vol. 19 (no. 2 (2007): 170-177)
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Bitel, L. M.
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"Ekphrasis at Kildare: The Imaginative Architecture of an Early Irish Hagiographer". Speculum. pp. p. 605-627.
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Other |
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Bitel, L. M.
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"Can You Tell Me Who The Villains Are?": Rock and Religion, Irish-Style". Religion Dispatches.
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Bitel, Lisa Marie (Ed.).
(2009).
Visual Resources: Special Double Issue: Visualizing the Invisible: Visionary Technologies in Religious and Cultural Contexts. Taylor & Francis.
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Multimedia Scholarship and Creative Works |
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Digital Repository, Monastic Matrix (http://www.monasticmatrix.org), 01/01/2003-
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Honors and Awards |
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American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship Recipient, 2010-2011
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Guggenheim Fellowship Recipient, 1998-1999
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National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship Recipient, 1995-1996
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Service to the University |
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Administrative Appointments |
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Director of Graduate Studies, History Department, 08/2012-
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Director, Interdisciplinary Research Group, CRCC, 08/2010-
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Service to the Profession |
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Editorships and Editorial Boards |
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Editorial Board, Material Religions, 2008-
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Editorial board, History Compass, 2005-
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Editorial board, Feminae, 1998-
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Director and Editor, Monastic Matrix, 1993-
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