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Professor Niebrzydowski is a professor of Medieval  Literature. She has been Director of the Graduate School for the College of Arts and Humanities during her career at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ. Sue Niebrzydowski is a director of The Stephen Colclough Centre for the History and Culture of the Book at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ.

Tel: 01248 382111

Email: s.niebrzydowski@bangor.ac.uk

• BA: English Language and Literature
  University of Birmingham,
• MA: Medieval Studies
  University of London ,
• PhD: ‘‘Verry Matrymony’’: The Representation of Mary and Her Mother, St. Anne, as wives in medieval English Literature, 1200-1540’
  University of Warwick,
• Other: Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (Teaching)
  University of Warwick,

I teach a range of undergraduate modules including the first year 'Heroes and Villains: An Introduction to Medieval Literature' and 'The Literature of Laughter', the second year 'Beowulf to Malory' and the third year specialist modules: 'Medieval Women's Writing' and 'Chaucer: Comedy, Calamity and Creativity.' I also supervise BA dissertations.

At Masters level I teach the skills of palaeography and codicology, and a specialist module in medieval and early modern women's devotional writing, as well as supervise masters' dissertations.

PhD supervision

Completed:

Majed Kraishan, 'The (Hetero)erotic in The Canterbury Tales ²¹²Ô»åÌýTroilus and Criseyde' (2014)

Tracy Egbert, 'Self through Remembrance Identity Construction and Memory in the Novels of Octavia E. Butler' (2017)

Alaa Al-Halbosy, 'Folklore as a Means to Sustain African-American Identity: A Study of Selected Novels by Toni Morrison and Alice Walker' (2020)

In progress:

Stevie Fox, 'Dragons in Medieval and Early Modern Literature'

Rhianydd Hallas, 'Adam Easton, John Jenstein, and the Feast of the Visitation'

Vicki Kay, 'Mercantile Language in Medieval and Early Modern Women's Writing'

Diane Kaiser, 'Medieval and Early Modern Women's Engagement with Devotional Art'

My research profile has always been interdisciplinary in nature. Whilst I have published widely across genres and authors from the thirteenth to the late fifteenth century, the focus of my research has remained medieval women’s writing. My doctoral research explored the discourses surrounding the representation of the Virgin Mary and St Anne as wives in the literature of the Middle Ages, and was published as a monograph, Bonoure and Buxum: A Study of Wives in Medieval Literature (2006). My more recent research has focused on the effects of ageing on women’s representation in, and responses to, medieval literature, and I edited Middle-Aged Women in the Middle Ages (2011). I have maintained an interest in medieval drama, co-editing the Yearbook of English Studies: Early English Drama (2013). I am currently exploring the intersections of life course, gender, material culture, and devotional practice in medieval women’s devotion to the Virgin Mary in pre-Reformation, women-associated literature.

2025

• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S., 2025, Women in Christianity in the Medieval Age 1000–1500. Magnani, R. & Kalas, L. (eds.). London and New York: Routledge, Vol. 1. p. 64-85 21 p. (A Cultural History of Women in Christianity).
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S., 18 Sept 2025, Well-being Past and Present: The History and Contemporary Practice of a Cultural Phenomenon in Britain. Hyland, S., Rothery, M. & Jackson, P. (eds.). 1 ed. Bloomsbury
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2024

• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S., 2024, Yearbook in English: Chaucer. Price, V. K. & Niebrzydowski, S. (eds.). Modern Humanities Research Association, Vol. 53. p. 1-16 (Yearbook in English Studies; vol. 53).
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S., May 2024, Yearbook in English: Chaucer. Price, V. K. & Niebrzydowski, S. (eds.). Modern Humanities Research Association, Vol. 53. p. 52-69 (Yearbook in English Studies; vol. 53).
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• Published
  Kay Price, V. (Editor) & Niebrzydowski, S. (Editor), May 2024, Modern Humanities Research Association. 150 p. (Yearbook in English Studies; vol. 53)
  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

2023

• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S., Aug 2023, Women and Medieval Literary Culture: From the Early Middle Ages to the Fifteenth Century . Watt, D. & Saunders, C. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 285-298
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• Published
  Loveridge, K. (Editor), McAvoy, L. (Editor), Niebrzydowski, S. (Editor) & Kay Price, V. (Editor), Apr 2023, UK: DS Brewer. 345 p. (Gender in the Middle Ages; vol. 20)
  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

2022

• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S., 1 Jun 2022, In: Welsh History Review. 31, 1, p. 79-100 21 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S., 3 Dec 2020, In: Studies in the Age of Chaucer. 42, p. 325-336 11 p., 774611.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S., 30 Apr 2020, The Palgrave Handbook of the History of Women on Stage. Sewell, J. & Smout, C. (eds.). Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 85-106 22 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2017

• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S. A., 4 Aug 2017, The Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain. Echard, S. & Rouse, R. (eds.). 2017 ed. John Wiley & Sons, (Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature).
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S. A., 28 Feb 2017, Medieval English Theatre 38: "The Best Pairt of our Play". Essays presented to John J. McGavin. Part 2. Carpenter, S., King, P. M. & Walker, M. T. G. (eds.). D.S. Brewer
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2015

• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S. A., 1 Mar 2015, In: English. 66, 244, p. 1-4
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S. A., 1 Jan 2013, In: Yearbook of English Studies. 43, p. 121-139
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S. A., Cochelin, I. (Editor) & Smyth, K. (Editor), 1 Feb 2013, Medieval Life Cycles: Continuity and Change. 2013 ed. Brepols Publishers, p. 265-318
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S. A. (Editor), King, P. M. (Editor) & Wyatt, D. (Editor), 1 Jul 2013, Modern Humanities Research Association.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book

2011

• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S. A., 7 Aug 2011, In: Early Music. 39, 3, p. 327-334
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S. A., McAvoy, L. H. (Editor) & Watt, D. (Editor), 1 Jan 2011, The History of British Women's Writing: 700-1500: Volume One. 2011 ed. Unknown, p. 112-120
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S. A. (Editor), 1 Jan 2011, DS Brewer.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book

2009

• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S. A., 1 Jul 2009, In: Home Cultures. 6, 2, p. 123-134
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S. A., 17 Dec 2009, In: Arthurian Literature. 27, p. 87-102
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2008

• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S. A., 1 Jan 2008.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S. A., 1 Jan 2008.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2007

• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S. A., 1 Jan 2007.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S. A., 1 Jan 2007.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S. A., 1 Jan 2007.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S., 19 Apr 2007, The Erotic in the Literature of Medieval Britain . Rushton, C. & Hopkins, A. (eds.). Boydell & Brewer, p. 18-26 9 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S. A., 1 Jan 2007.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2006

• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S. A., 1 Jan 2006, Peter Lang.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S. A., 1 Jan 2006.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S. A., 1 Jan 2006.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S. A., 1 Jan 2006.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2005

• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S. A. & Long, L. (Editor), 1 Jan 2005, Translation and Religion: Holy Untranslatable?. 2005 ed. Multilingual Matters, p. 151-161
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2002

• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S. A., 1 Jan 2002, In: Medieval English Theatre. 24, p. 44-61
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S. A., Herbert McAvoy, E. (Editor) & Walters, T. (Editor), 1 Jan 2002, Consuming narratives : gender and monstrous appetite in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. 2002 ed. University of Wales Press, p. 196-207
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2001

• Published
  Niebrzydowski, S. A., 1 Jun 2001, In: Women's History Review. 10, 2, p. 187-210
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• Women, Empowerment and the Natural World in Medieval Literature 1200-1500

  29 Jun 2020

  Activity: Examination (Examiner)

• Women and Medieval Drama: Selected Sisters and Worshipful Wives

  5 Feb 2020

  Activity: Publication peer-review (Editorial board member)

2018

• The Arts Show, Radio Wales at 6.30pm on Friday evenings.

  9 Nov 2018

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)

• ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ art and ceramic collections tour accompanied by poetry

  6 Nov 2018

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar (Contributor)

• Paper, 'The Mostyn Psalter-Hours: comments on the research potential of Welsh country house libraries' as part of the panel: Institute for the Study of Welsh Estates (ISWE): Researching the history, culture and landscapes of Wales through the prisms of estates: exploring the possibilities.

  25 Jul 2018

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)

• 26 May 2018

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Organiser)

• The Nun and the Suffragette: Hrotswitha of Gandersheim and Christopher St John

  26 May 2018

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)

• ‘Wolcomyd and mech made of in dyvers placys’: The shared piety of the citizens of York and Margery Kempe

  Paper

  6 Apr 2018

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)

• Paper

  4 Apr 2018

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar (Contributor)

• Study day with YR 2 A-level students and staff exploring Chaucer's Merchant's Tale.

  18 Jan 2018

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Schools engagement (Contributor)

2017

• Conference on Medieval and Early Modern Women's Voices

  11 Nov 2017

  Activity: Invited talk (Keynote speaker)

• AHRC Leadership Fellows Conference

  6 Nov 2017

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Invited speaker)

• Talk, 'Mother Knows Best: Medieval Women's Literature'

  29 Oct 2017

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition (Speaker)

• 6x6 mini lectures

  9 Sep 2017

  Links:

  • /news/latest/bangor-university-at-festival-no-6-33169
  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition (Speaker)

• Plenary Talk

  23 Jun 2017 – 25 Jun 2017

  Links:

  Activity: Invited talk (Invited speaker)

• Invited Talk

  28 Apr 2017

  Activity: Invited talk (Invited speaker)

• 1 Jan 2017 – 30 Dec 2020

  Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Member)

2016

• Series of public lectures on all aspects of book history.

  12 Nov 2016 →

  Links:

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar (Organiser)

• Two blog posts for the Global Chaucers website

  Nov 2016 – Apr 2017

  Links:

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)

• 26 Jul 2016 – 29 Jul 2016

  Links:

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Invited speaker)

• ‘Medieval Women and Their Books of Hours’

  11 Jul 2016

  Links:

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)

• ‘Mete for owyr Lady’: Feeding the Virgin Mary’

  Jul 2016

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)

• Blog post for the Leverhulme Network Women's Literary Culture and the Medieval Canon

  30 Apr 2016

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)

• Introductions to a series of five, modern morality plays commissioned by BBC Radio 3.

  15 Feb 2016 – 19 Feb 2016

  Links:

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Presenter)

• Colloquium of invited speakers examining sacred gardens of the Middle Ages.

  18 Jan 2016

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Organiser)

2015

• The Shankland Lectures

  14 Nov 2015

  Links:

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar (Speaker)

• Leverhulme Network

  20 Jul 2015 – 24 Jul 2015

  Links:

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Invited speaker)

• Public lecture given as part of the ‘In Context: Everyman and Medieval Theatre’ at the Clore Learning Centre, National Theatre, London, to accompany the production of Everyman at the National Theatre.

  11 May 2015

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar (Speaker)

• Article in The Conversation

  1 May 2015

  Links:

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)

• 11 Apr 2015

  Activity: Invited talk (Invited speaker)

• Annual Gender and Medieval Studies Research Group Conference

  7 Jan 2015 – 9 Jan 2015

  Links:

  • /english/events/gender-dirt-and-taboo-21040
  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Organiser)

2014

• Talk given at the invitation of the The Sheffield Death Group (Sheffield University)

  27 Nov 2014

  Activity: Invited talk (Invited speaker)

• 1 Jun 2014 – 31 Dec 2017

  Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Member)

• 25 Apr 2014

  Links:

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)

• Public lecture at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.

  23 Apr 2014

  Links:

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Public lecture/debate/seminar (Speaker)

• Curator of the Chaucer exhibition at the National National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth

  3 Mar 2014 – 27 Jun 2014

  Links:

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition (Speaker)

2013

• 23 Mar 2013

  Links:

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Organiser)

2012

• '"For the interest and amusement of the compiler": Revisiting the Book of Robert Reynes of Acle'

  21 Jun 2012 – 23 Jun 2012

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)

2011

• Presentation of Beacon Project

  26 Jan 2011

  Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Invited talk (Contributor)

2009

• AHRC Network: The Senses in the Middle Ages, Durham University

  10 Oct 2009

  Activity: Invited talk (Invited speaker)

2008

• Book Reviews Editor

  2008 – 2015

  Links:

  Activity: Publication peer-review (Editorial board member)

• 01/02/2023 – 30/08/2023 (Finished)

• 01/04/2015 – 30/11/2017 (Finished)

• 01/01/2014 – 30/09/2015 (Finished)