Ellie O'Shea
- PhD student
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About
Research Topic: Archival Imaginings in Medieval Arthurian Romance
Supervisor: Dr. Miranda Griffin
After completing a BA and MA in English studies at Durham University, Ellie joined the French department at Cambridge in 2019. She currently holds a teaching position at the ENS de Lyon.
Conference papers
July 2021: The Space of Trauma in Le Conte du Graal, Cambridge
November 2021: The Archive in the Estoire de Merlin, FGRS, Cambridge
September 2022: The Archive of Trauma in Le Conte du Graal, Spectral Temporalities, Berlin
Other activities and roles Ellie is a researcher at the CIHAM, a French research institute based in Lyon, and a member of the Spectral Temporalities research group. She is also a postgraduate committee member of the International Arthurian Society – British Branch.
Scholarships/Prizes
2019: Durham University Postgraduate Scholarship
2020: International Arthurian Society Postgraduate Award
2022: Barron Award
Research
Ellie looks at the different ways in which medieval Arthurian romance objectifies, imagines, and engages with repositories of knowledge. Using theory by Derrida and Foucault, she aims to trace the intersection of archival and memorial technologies as they appear in various spaces and sites. Additional research interests include: Genealogy in Arthurian romance, in particular matrilineage, trauma theory, and Middle English romance.
Teaching and supervision
Ellie currently holds a teaching role in the English department of the ENS de Lyon, where she teaches a broad range of subjects including Shakespeare, Chaucer, and the works of the Gawain Poet. She also teaches a seminar on literary translation.