Emily Dolmans
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Academic Background

I came to UEA in 2019, after having taught English literature from 650 to 1550 at the University of Oxford. I grew up in Belgium in a Dutch-Canadian family and completed my BA (Hons) at McGill University in Montreal, followed by an MPhil and DPhil at Exeter College, Oxford.

Coming from an international background, I'm especially interested in how those in the Middle Ages crossed borders, experienced cultural exchange, and envisaged the world - and their place in it. My current research interests include the relationships between literature and cultural geography, especially borders and boundaries, displacement, migration, travel, intercultural contact and exchange, national/regional/local identities, and conceptions of home. More generally, I am also interested in multilingualism, translation, historiography, material culture, and human relationships with the natural world.

I primarily work on medieval romances and historical texts in Middle English, Insular French, and Latin, but hold a love of Old English and continental French literature too. 

My monograph, Writing Regional Identities in Medieval England: From the Gesta Herwardi to Richard Coer de Lyon (2020), examines how medieval texts depict and construct identities for those living in regions of cultural contact. I have also published articles on medieval lyrics and romances, and I co-edited Discovering William of Malmesbury (2017). 

Teaching Interests

At UEA I teach a range of modules that cover the Classical period to the present day. I currently co-convene the first year module "Reading Literature in History", where we examine literature from the Middle Ages to 1900. I often have the pleasure of teaching on our range of medieval and early modern modules in the second and third years, including Shakespeare, as well as first year modules like Slow Reading and Writing Across Borders.

Administrative Posts

From 2024 I am one of LDC's Senior Advisers.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Philosophy, Regional Identities and Cultural Contact in the Literatures of Post-Conquest England, University of Oxford

20132017

Award Date: 27 Feb 2017

Master of Philosophy, University of Oxford

20112013

Bachelor of Arts, McGill University

20062010