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Elizabeth B. Edwards is the Inglis Professor at the University of King's College, jointly appointed to the Contemporary Studies and Foundation Year programs. She also holds an adjunct Professor position in the Dalhousie Department of English. Her academic career at King's spans from 1990, when she began as a tutor, to her current professorship attained in 2009. She served as Vice President of the University from 2001 to 2006 and is a past President of the Canadian Society of Medievalists.
Dr. Edwards earned her BA and MA degrees at Dalhousie University and completed her PhD at Cambridge University in 1997, focusing on Thomas Malory’s Morte Darthur. Her educational background laid the foundation for her interdisciplinary approach to medieval literature and critical theory.
Her research interests lie at the intersection of medieval literature (especially Middle English) and contemporary critical theory, including psychoanalysis and deconstruction. She has published extensively on topics such as mourning in Middle English literature, hospitality in Malory, and the application of Derridean thought to medieval texts. Recent projects include 'The Work of Mourning and the Language of Grief in Middle English Literature'.
Her publication record demonstrates a consistent engagement with medieval literary studies, evolving to incorporate contemporary theoretical perspectives. Over the past two decades, she has produced significant scholarship on Malory, Chaucer, and the intersection of economics and literature, while more recent work addresses indigeneity and hospitality within medieval frameworks.
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As a founding faculty member and past Director of the Contemporary Studies Program, Dr. Edwards has played a key role in developing interdisciplinary curricula at King's College. Her teaching includes courses on Pain, Home and Homelessness, The Theory of the Gift, and Freud, Lacan and the Critique of Psychoanalysis.
