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Katie Bugyis is the Rev. John A. O’Brien Associate Professor in the Program of Liberal Studies at the University of Notre Dame, with a concurrent appointment in the Department of Theology. She additionally serves as Faculty Fellow of the Medieval Institute and the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, and as Director of Postdoctoral Studies for the College of Arts and Letters.
Education:
- L.M.S. (summa cum laude), Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto
- Ph.D. in Medieval Studies, University of Notre Dame
- M.M.S. (summa cum laude), University of Notre Dame
- M.A.R. (summa cum laude) with Certificate from the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Yale Divinity School
- B.A. in History (summa cum laude), University of Notre Dame
Research & Teaching Interests:
Dr. Bugyis is a historian of Christian theology, liturgical practice, and material culture, specializing in the lived experiences of medieval religious women. Her work reconstructs the liturgical ministries—public teaching, preaching, sacramental care, and intercessory prayer—performed by Benedictine nuns in England (c. 900–1225) through close study of the manuscripts they produced and used. Methodologically she integrates ritual studies, manuscript archaeology, paleography, codicology, and gender analysis.
Major Publications & Trends:
Her monograph The Care of Nuns: Benedictine Women’s Ministries in England during the Central Middle Ages (Oxford, 2019) received the American Society of Church History’s 2020 Frank S. & Elizabeth D. Brewer Prize. Subsequent articles and edited volumes continue to illuminate female monastic authorship, liturgical innovation, manuscript patronage, and the metaphorical deployment of nature imagery (e.g., bees) in women’s spiritual writings. Current book-length projects include studies on Barking Abbey’s hagiographical dossier, the materiality of liturgy, and medieval bee symbolism among religious women.
Awards & Fellowships:
- Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer Prize, American Society of Church History (2020)
- American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship
- Medieval Academy of America Research Grant
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship
- Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies Fellowship
- Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Fellowship, Harvard University
Advising & Grants:
She is available to direct doctoral dissertations and mentors postdoctoral scholars as Director of Postdoctoral Studies. External funding from ACLS, Mellon, Radcliffe, and Notre Dame institutes supports her multiple ongoing book projects and collaborative translations.
Labs & Research Teams:
While no laboratory is listed, Dr. Bugyis collaborates closely with the Medieval Institute and Nanovic Institute communities, co-directs international manuscript translation projects, and leads interdisciplinary working groups on medieval manuscripts and gender studies at Notre Dame.
