Eleanor Janega

Eleanor Janega
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisJan Milíč of Kroměříž and Emperor Charles IV: Preaching, Power, and the Church of Prague (2015)
Martyn Rady
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-discipline
InstitutionsLondon School of Economics

Eleanor Janega (/ˈjɑːnəɡə/ YAH-nə-gə) is an American broadcaster and medievalist. Her scholarship focuses on gender and sexuality; apocalyptic thought; propaganda; and the urban experience, in the late medieval period.[1]

Biography

Janega was raised in Tacoma, Washington.[2] She gained her BA in history (with honours) from Loyola University Chicago, and holds an MA (with distinction) in Medieval Studies and a PhD in history from University College London.[3] She completed her PhD in 2015, writing her doctoral thesis on the 14th-century Bohemian preacher Milíč of Kroměříž. Her thesis was supervised by Martyn Rady, and was titled Jan Milíč of Kroměříž and Emperor Charles IV: Preaching, Power, and the Church of Prague. [4]

She is a guest teacher in the London School of Economics Department of International History,[3] and teaches a standalone online course on Medieval Gender and Sexuality.[5]

Janega co-hosts the Going Medieval documentary strand on the History Hit streaming service.[6] She also co-hosts the Gone Medieval podcast as well as the "We're Not So Different" podcast and has appeared as a talking head on radio and television.[3]

Selected publications

  • Janega, Eleanor (2019). "Suspect Women: Prostitution, Reputation, and Gossip in Fourteenth-Century Prague" (PDF). In Mielke, Christopher; Znorovszky, Andrea-Bianka (eds.). Same bodies, different women : 'other' women in the middle ages and the early modern period. Budapest: Trivent. doi:10.22618/TP.HAA.20192. ISBN 978-615-81222-2-1. S2CID 243529846.
  • "Opinion | Don't kid yourself. The Black Death's aftermath isn't cause for optimism about covid-19". Washington Post. 14 April 2020. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  • "Morality tales". Red Pepper. No. 233. ISSN 1353-7024. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  • The Middle Ages: A Graphic History. London: Icon Books. 2021. ISBN 9781785785917.[7]
  • The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society. London: WW Norton. 2023. ISBN 9780393867817.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Scholar: Eleanor Janega, Women Also Know History, retrieved 30 September 2022
  2. ↑ "Dr Eleanor Janega". Dr Eleanor Janega. Archived from the original on 2026-05-20. Retrieved 2026-05-20.
  3. 1 2 3 "Dr Eleanor Janega". London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  4. ↑ Janega, Eleanor (2015). Jan Milíč of Kroměříž and Emperor Charles IV: Preaching, Power, and the Church of Prague (PhD). University College London.
  5. ↑ "Medieval Gender and Sexuality". Medievalists.net. 13 September 2022. Archived from the original on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Going Medieval". History Hit. All3Media. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  7. ↑ Reviews of The Middle Ages:
  8. ↑ Reviews of Once and Future Sex:
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