William Schipper

William Schipper is a Full Professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. He holds a PhD from Queen’s University and an MA from the University of Windsor. His research focuses on Old English literature, Carolingian studies, Biblical commentaries, and the works of Hrabanus Maurus. He has held visiting fellowships at the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies and is a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge.

His recent publications explore medieval textual criticism, Carolingian intellectual culture, and the transmission of medieval manuscripts. He regularly presents at international congresses, including keynote addresses at the Atlantic Medieval Association and the International Congress on Medieval Studies. Schipper has taught undergraduate and graduate courses on Old English, Chaucer, medieval romance, and the cultural legacy of the Middle Ages.

Current research includes critical editions of Hrabanus Maurus’s De rerum naturis and Tractatus supra Actuum Apostolorum. He has served on Memorial University’s Senate (1998–2017) and the MUNFA Executive Committee, including a term as President (2001–08).