Siobhain Calkin, Carleton University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Carleton University profile.

Medieval Literature (especially Middle English)Crusading Texts Medieval Romances Chaucer Manuscript Culture and Book History Vernacularity and Translation Thing Theory, Materialism, and Form

Latest papers

Retracing Trauma’s Theories in Premodern Literature
Exemplaria · 2025 · senior author
MarcelElias: English Literature and the Crusades: Anxieties of Holy War, 1291–1453. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024; pp. ix + 237.
Journal of Religious History · 2025 · first author
Passion Relic Devotion, an Implanted Relic, and a Prostheticized Body: Rethinking Matter and Agency in “A Grete Myracle of a Knyghte Good Callyd Syr Roger Wallysborow”
Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies · 2024 · first author

All 37 publications

37 publications.

01

Retracing Trauma’s Theories in Premodern Literature

Matthew Aiello, Siobhain Bly Calkin

Exemplaria20252 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1080/10412573.2025.2464428

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MarcelElias: English Literature and the Crusades: Anxieties of Holy War, 1291–1453. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024; pp. ix + 237.

Siobhain Bly Calkin

Journal of Religious History2025First author

DOI: 10.1111/1467-9809.70009

03

Passion Relic Devotion, an Implanted Relic, and a Prostheticized Body: Rethinking Matter and Agency in “A Grete Myracle of a Knyghte Good Callyd Syr Roger Wallysborow”

Siobhain Bly Calkin

Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies2024First author

DOI: 10.1215/10829636-11130370

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Nicholas Perkins. The Gift of Narrative in Medieval England. Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture Series 39. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2021. Pp. 288. $120.00 (cloth).

Siobhain Bly Calkin

Journal of British Studies2023First author

DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2023.29

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Narrating Trauma? Captured Cross Relics in Chronicles andChansons de Geste

Siobhain Bly Calkin

Exemplaria20212 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1080/10412573.2021.1893088

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The Construction of Vernacular History in the Anglo-Norman Prose ‘Brut’ Chronicle: The Manuscript Culture of Medieval England by Julia Marvin

Siobhain Bly Calkin

The Modern Language Review2020First author

DOI: 10.1353/mlr.2020.0025

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Crusades Romance

Siobhain Bly Calkin

The Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain2017First author

DOI: 10.1002/9781118396957.wbemlb293

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A rthour and M erlin

Siobhain Bly Calkin

The Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain2017First author

DOI: 10.1002/9781118396957.wbemlb153

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K ing of T ars

Siobhain Bly Calkin

The Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain2017First author

DOI: 10.1002/9781118396957.wbemlb175

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The Auchinleck Manuscript: New Perspectives

A S G Edwards, Helen Phillips, Derek A. Pearsall, Venetia Bridges, P. J. Butler, Siobhain Bly Calkin, Míċeál F. Vaughan, Marisa Libbon, Cathy Hume, Ralph Hanna, Ann Higgins, Emily Runde, Timothy A. Shonk

201622 citations

DOI: 10.1017/9781782046165

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Siobhain Bly Calkin

Faculty

37 shared papers, latest 2025

John Geck

English

1 shared papers, latest 2009

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Medieval Literature (especially Middle English) Dear Professor Calkin, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Retracing Trauma’s Theories in Premodern Literature" (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]