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Dr Andrew Dunning is the R.W. Hunt Curator of Medieval Manuscripts at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, and a Hugh Price Fellow at Jesus College. He holds a BA from the University of Ottawa, followed by MA and PhD in Medieval Studies from the University of Toronto. His research focuses on medieval manuscripts, book history, and digital scholarship, with a particular emphasis on Oxford’s manuscript heritage and the cult of Saint Frideswide. He collaborates internationally with institutions like the British Library and Cambridge University Library. Dr Dunning teaches medieval manuscripts and digital methods at the Weston Library, supervises postgraduate students in medieval studies and cultural heritage projects, and chairs the MSt examination in Medieval Studies. He leads digitization initiatives for Jesus College manuscripts via Digital Bodleian and directs the Medieval Libraries of Great Britain dataset. His work bridges traditional scholarship with computational tools, including open-source projects like Citation Style Language and Pandoc.
Key roles include:
- R.W. Hunt Curator at Bodleian Library
- Hugh Price Fellow at Jesus College
- Co-supervisor of the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award project on medieval chant and religious heritage
Research interests span medieval book production, digital manuscript studies, and cultural heritage preservation. Recent projects include the forthcoming monograph Lives and Miracles of Saint Frideswide, funded grants from the British Academy and Zeno Karl Schindler Foundation, and editorial work on medieval Latin texts. His work emphasizes the intersection of material culture and textual transmission.
Publications include critical editions of medieval works (e.g., Iohannis Scotti seu Eriugenae Carmina) and articles on manuscript provenance, digital cataloging, and medieval liturgical practices. He actively contributes to scholarly communities through grants, fellowships, and open-access initiatives.
