Caroline A. Jewers

Caroline Jewers is a Professor of French in the Department of French, Francophone, & Italian Studies at the University of Kansas. She has taught courses in French and medieval studies since 1990, with a research focus on medieval French and Occitan poetry, chivalric romance (particularly Arthurian texts), and medievalism, alongside interests in detective fiction.

• Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, University of Oregon
• M.A. in Comparative Literature, University of Oregon
• M.A. in Medieval Studies, University of London (QM / Westfield College)
• B.A. in French with Italian, University of Leicester

Her research spans medieval French and Occitan lyric and narrative poetry, chivalric romance, Arthurian texts, and the evolution of the roman policier in France. Recent work includes scholarly editions and translations of medieval texts like L'Hystoire de Giglan.