Jenifer Sutherland
CURRICULUM VITAE
I. Personal
Canadian citizen
II. Education
Ph.D in Medieval Literature, University of Toronto;
Dissertation (defended June 2002):
“The Inexpressible Self: Biblical Autobiography in the Poetry
of Walter of Wimborne and The Book of Margery Kempe.”
Supervisor: A.G. Rigg
M.A. Medieval Studies, University of Toronto; 1998
B.Ed Dramatic Arts Specialist; 1981
B.Ed English Specialist, ESL; 1978
B.A. Honours English, University of Toronto; 1977
III. Languages
Competent in French, Latin, Middle English, Old French
Reading knowledge of German, Italian, Spanish, Anglo-Saxon
IV. Awards and Honours
SSHRC Post-Doctoral Fellowship 2002-2003:
mentor, Nicholas Watson (Harvard University)
Offered Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities 2002-2003
at the University of Toronto
SSHRC Scholarship; 1999-2002
Ontario Graduate Scholarship; 1998-99
University of Toronto Open Fellowship; 1997-98
Winner of the EVENT Creative Essay Competition; 1995
CBC/Saturday Night Literary Competition finalist; 1994
Nominated for Actra for Best Writer: Documentary/Public Affairs; 1992
Journey Prize finalist; 1990
B’Nai Brith Radio Human Rights Award for Radio
Documentary; 1985
The Gabriel Award for Excellence in Radio Broadcasting
(USA); 1985
The Armstrong Award for Excellence in Radio Broadcasting
(USA); 1985
Lawrence K. Shook Scholarship for Graduate Studies in
English Literature (University of Toronto); offered, 1977
V. Research
Academic Publications:
Awaiting publication: “Rhyming Patterns and Structures
of Meaning in the Stanzaic Morte Arthur”: Arthuriana
“Amplifications of the Virgin: Play and Empowerment
in Walter of Wimborne’s Marie Carmina”
(in Virginity Revisited, edited by Bonnie McLaughlin, Manchester
UP)
SSHRC Postdoctoral Project:
“Absent God, Present Self: medieval narrative strategies for rewriting
God’s Word"
For a description see website page titled Research.
Conference papers:
Proposed: Power and Authority: “The grammar of martyrdom: Augustine
and Prudentius on classroom punishment”; Leeds, July 2003
Organizer of Session: “Anglo-Latin Grammar-School
Education, In Honor of A. G. Rigg.” Paper: "Walter of Winborne:
Confessions of a Schoolboy's Whip." Medieval Acadamy of America,
April 2003.
Organizer of Session: Anglo-Latin Education in Honor
of A.G. Rigg. Paper to be given: "To the boys whose whip I am:
the dedications of Walter of Wimborne”; “38th International
Congress on Medieval Studies,Kalamazoo, May 2003
“Caring for the spiritually gifted: the struggles
and strategies of Margery Kempe’s confessors,” 37th International
Congress on Medieval Studies,Kalamazoo, May 2-5, 2002
“Mevynggys and Steringgys: weather and agency in
The Book of Margery Kempe”; “Women in Motion”: Graduate
Conference, Cornell University, Mar. 1-2, 2002
“The Virgin’s Foot: the poetics of transgression
in the Marie Carmina of Walter of Wimborne”; 36th International
Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, May 3-6, 2001
“On the Road to Canterbury”; presented at
11th Interdisciplinary Feminist Graduate Colloquium, York University,
2000
“Staking Mary’s Claim: three marian encyclopedias
of the thirteenth Century”; presented at International Medieval
Congress, Leeds, July 12-15, 1999
“Return to the Father: incest and national consciousness
in Chaucer’s Man of Law’s Tale”; presented at Intersections:
Medieval and Postmodern Forms, Theory and Semiotics, at McMaster University,
May 28-30, 1999
“The Virgin Bride: Walter of Wimborne’s amplifications
of the Virgin Mary”; presented at Virginity Revisited: Ancient
and Modern Configurations of Sexual Renunciation, at University of Western
Ontario, Oct. 2-4, 1998
“Mary’s Measure: physical purity and the
frame of The King of Tars”; presented at Frames and Framing in
Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Culture, at University of Western
Ontario, Mar 6-7, 1998
(For further details see website page titled Conferences)
VI. Teaching
Chaucer: sessional instructor, Department of English,
University of Toronto, 2002-2003
Chaucer: TA for Prof. Will Robins, summer 2002
Major British Writers: TA for Prof. A.M. Leggatt, 2001-2002
Short Story Collection: TA for Prof. W.D. Shaw, summer
2001
Narrative: TA for Prof. Deborah Esch, 2000-2001
Teacher of English, Dramatic Arts, and ESL for the Toronto
Board of Education: contract and long-term occasional positions in secondary
schools across Toronto, 1978-97
VII. Other Writing
Poems, short stories and essays:
In various publications, 1982-2001
Theatre:
“Beauty and the Beast of the Oracle”; original
play, produced by Young People’s Theatre, Toronto, 1992
CBC Radio Productions:
“Public Spaces”; documentary, aired on Ideas(I
hr), 1996
“The One About Coyote”; dramatization of
story by Thomas King: Stereo Drama (I hr), 1996
“The Famished Road”; dramatization of Ben
Okri’s novel, aired on Stereo Drama (2 hrs), 1994
“Seder”; original drama, aired on Morningside
Drama (1 hr), 1994
“One with a Master”; original drama, aired
on Morningside Drama (1 hr), 1994
“Corner Store Jenny”; original drama, aired
on Morningside Drama (1 hr), 1994
“Mama My Mountain”; original drama, aired
on Morningside Drama (1 hr), 1993
“July’s People”; dramatization of Nadine
Gordimer’s novel, aired on Stereo Drama (1 hr), 1992
“Grant House: Women and Addiction”; documentary,
aired on Ideas (2 hrs), 1992
“Night: a reflection on women and violence”;
documentary, aired on Ideas (1 hr), 1991
“An Athabasca Story: Alberta’s pioneer black
settlers”; documentary, aired on Ideas (1 hr), 1990
“Swimming Lessons”; dramatization of Rohinton
Mistry’s stories; aired on Stereo Drama (1 hr), 1990
“Night Travellers”; dramatization of Sandra
Birdsell’s stories; aired on Morningside Drama, 1989
“To Endure and Bear Witness: Anna Akhmatova, Soviet
poet and dissident”; documentary, aired on Ideas (2 hrs), 1989
“Wasteland Gardens: the Japanese Canadian internment
and dispersal”; aired on Ideas (2 hrs), 1988
“The Tomorrow Tamer”; dramatization of Margaret
Laurence’s stories; aired on Morningside Drama (1.5 hrs), 1988
“Lives Together, Worlds Apart: interracial marriage”;
documentary, aired on Ideas (1 hr), 1987
“Family Circles: one family’s experience
of schizophrenia”; documentary, aired on Ideas (2 hrs), 1985
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