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John A. Geck is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Memorial University of Newfoundland. His contact information includes office AA 3032, telephone (709) 864-8058, and email jgeck@mun.ca. His research website is https://www.morrois.net.
Dr. Geck holds a License in Mediaeval Studies from the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, a PhD and MA in Medieval Studies from the University of Toronto, and a BA in English from the University of Rochester. His research focuses on medieval literary transmissions between high and low culture, medieval to modern cultural mediation, historical contexts of late medieval drama, textual criticism, and GIS applications in mapping medieval literary spaces. He is the principal investigator of the MORROIS digital humanities project mapping fictional and historical geographies in medieval romance.
His teaching spans undergraduate and graduate courses including Medieval Romance Literature, Medievalism in Film, and Mapping Medieval Texts with GIS. Current research projects include a critical edition of the Elaborated Vita Amici et Amelii, a monograph on ambiguity in Middle English romance, and editorial work on the Cambridgeshire: Records of Early English Drama project.
His conference presentations frequently address intersections of medieval and modern cultures, including the use of GIS for medieval literary studies and interdisciplinary approaches to medieval drama. Geck’s work bridges textual analysis with digital humanities methodologies, emphasizing spatial and intercultural dimensions of medieval literature.
