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Sarah Star serves as an Assistant Professor (Limited Term Appointment) in the Department of English and Drama at the University of Toronto, specializing in medieval literary and medical history. Her cross-disciplinary work examines language, identity, and knowledge transmission in premodern contexts.
Her research centers on medieval literature through intersecting lenses of medical history, religious and racial identity formation, linguistic evolution, and gender studies. Key investigations include blood symbolism in mystical texts, translation practices in medical writing, and the sociopolitical dimensions of medieval scientific discourse, with particular focus on figures like Henry Daniel and Julian of Norwich.
Recent publications reveal consistent engagement with Middle English medical texts, especially Henry Daniel's uroscopic writings, analyzed through linguistic innovation and cultural context. Parallel work explores blood imagery in religious visions, Chaucerian prophecy, and racial themes in romances like The King of Tars, demonstrating how medicine, theology, and identity intertwine in medieval worldviews.
