Lombard Gradual, Italy, mid 15th century Medievalists at Cornell

This section provides information on the people in the Program of Medieval Studies at Cornell, including faculty, staff, graduate students, and alumni/ae. Dissertation abstracts from previous years are available under the graduate students heading.


Medieval Studies Faculty and Staff


Romance Studies

Colby-Hall, Alice M.| Professor of French Literature (Emerita)
Department of Romance Studies
Campus Address: 416 Morrill Hall
Contact: (607) 255-4901 | amc12@cornell.edu

Scholarly Interests:  Old French epic, courtly romance, the history of the French language, Old French and Old Occitan (Provençal) language and literature.

Howie, Cary | Assistant Professor
Department of Romance Studies
Campus Address: 321 Morrill Hall
Contact: (607) 255-1379 | csh34@cornell.edu

Scholarly Interests: Medieval French and Italian literature; phenomenology; theology; pornography; critical poetics; sexuality and gender studies.

Migiel, Marilyn | Professor
Department of Romance Studies
Campus Address: 311 Morrill Hall
Contact: (607) 255-4821 | mm55@cornell.edu

Scholarly Interests: Italian literature and culture (especially 1200-1600). Feminist criticism. Critical pedagogy.

Pinet, Simone | Assistant Professor
Department of Romance Studies
Campus Address: 313 Morrill Hall
Contact: (607) 255-7724 | sp349@cornell.edu

Scholarly Interests: Medieval Spanish literature, especially books of chivalry, Golden Age poetics, cartography, theories of space, "mester de clerecía," romance.