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Rebecca Pinner is an Associate Professor in the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia (UEA), specializing in medieval and early modern literature. She is a member of the Heritage and History group and the Medieval and Early Modern Research Group. Her research focuses on literature’s relationship with context, cultural identity, and place, particularly in East Anglia and medieval saints’ cults (e.g., St Edmund). She has held roles as a consultant and speaker, including at Plimouth Patuxet Museums and Aylsham Local History Society lectures.
Education: Ph.D. (UEA, 2011), M.A. (UEA, 2003), B.A. (UEA, 2002). Notable projects include AHRC-funded initiatives like Preserving Place: A Cultural Mapping Exercise (2014–2015) and UEA Research for Community Heritage Ideas Bank (2013–2014). Her work bridges literature, art, and environmental humanities, emphasizing regional identities and medieval material culture.
Research interests: Medieval East Anglian cultural history, saints’ legends, pilgrimage, literature-environment intersections, and medieval manuscripts. Awards include Fellowship of the Society of Antiquaries of London (2020) and English Association (2025). She has contributed to media, including BBC interviews and articles in Marshlore and Speculum.
Activities include consultancy, public lectures (e.g., Strumpshaw Tree Fair 2025), and academic conferences. Her recent publications analyze St. Edmund’s cult, maritime rhetoric in medieval texts, and saints’ legends in East Anglian landscapes.
