About
Professor Nicholas R. Havely served as a faculty member at the University of York's Department of English and Related Literature from 1971 to 2011. He held a visiting position as Associate Visiting Professor at Cornell University (1977-1978) and has taught at Oxford. His research focuses on medieval literature, particularly Chaucer and Dante, and their reception in European and British contexts. He has published extensively, including monographs, edited volumes, and translations. Key works include Dante's British Public (2014) and Dante and the Franciscans (2004). He received a Leverhulme Research Fellowship (2007-2008) and an AHRC grant for his work on Dante.
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Research interests span medieval English and Italian literature, Dante's reception, Chaucer's sources, and the cultural history of medieval texts. His recent projects include a book on Apennine Crossings and co-editing a new translation of Dante's Purgatorio.
His work has been recognized through membership in the Oxford Dante Society (2012) and a Fellowship at the Fondazione Bogliasco (2014). He has delivered invited lectures globally, including at Basel, Cambridge, Melbourne, and Mumbai.
- Grants and Awards: Leverhulme Fellowship, AHRC Grant.
Professor Havely supervised PhD students on topics ranging from medieval civic history to the reception of Dante in the 19th century. He remains active in Dante studies through international collaborations, such as the 'Dante Beyond Borders' project.
