Prof Ian Johnson

Prof Ian Johnson

Professor of Medieval Literature

Phone
+44 (0)1334 46 2681
Email
irj@st-andrews.ac.uk
Office
Room 302
Location
Kennedy Hall

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Biography

Ian Johnson is Professor of Medieval Literature and a member of the Institute of Mediaeval Studies.He was Co-Director of the Queen鈥檚 Belfast-杏吧论坛 AHRC-funded project听听(2007-11). With Alastair Minnis he edited听The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism: Volume II. The Middle Ages听(2005; pbk 2009; Arabic edn 2016), and听has published widely on Middle English literature, with particular interests in Latin and vernacular traditions of medieval literary theory and conceptions and practices of translation, as well as devotional literature, Geoffrey Chaucer, and miscellaneous textuality.听He is founding General Editor of听The Mediaeval Journal听(Brepols) and was for many years General Editor of听Forum for Modern Language Studies听(OUP). His latest books areThe Middle English Life of Christ: Academic Discourse, Translation and Vernacular Theology听(Brepols, 2013);听The Pseudo-Bonaventuran Lives of Christ: Exploring the Middle English Tradition,听edited with Allan Westphall听(Brepols, 2013);听The Impact of Latin Culture on Medieval and Early Modern Scottish Writing, edited with Alessandra Petrina (Medieval Institute Publications, 2018), and听Geoffrey Chaucer In Context, (Cambridge University Press, 2019). He was a Working Group Coordinator and Management Committee member of the EU-funded听COST Action听New Communities of Interpretation: Contexts, Strategies and Processes of Religious Transformation in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Currently he听is working on a study of the translation of Boethius鈥檚听De consolatione philosophiae听in late medieval England and Scotland.

Research areas

Old and Middle English literature and medieval literary thought.

Selected publications

  • Johnson, I. R., 19 Jun 2023, Chaucer encyclopedia. Newhauser, D., Gillespie , V., Rosenfeld, J. & Walter, K. (eds.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, p. 227-231 5 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

  • Johnson, I. R., 19 Jun 2023, Chaucer encyclopedia. Newhauser, D., Gillespie, V., Rosenfeld, J. & Walter, K. (eds.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, p. 231-232 2 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

  • Johnson, I. R., 1 Feb 2023, Religious transformations in new communities of interpretation in Europe (1350-1570) : bridging the historiographical divides. Johnson, I. & Boillet, 脡. (eds.). Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, p. 11-20 10 p. (New communities of interpretation; vol. 3).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter

  • Butterfield, A. (Editor), Johnson, I. R. (Editor) & Kraebel, A. (Editor), 20 Apr 2023, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 321 p.

    Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Anthology

  • Butterfield, A., Johnson, I. R. & Kraebel, A., 20 Apr 2023, Literary theory and criticism in the later Middle Ages: interpretation, invention, imagination: essays in honour of Alastair Minnis. Butterfield, A., Johnson, I. & Kraebel, A. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. xi-xv 5 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter (peer-reviewed) 鈥� peer-review

  • Johnson, I. R. (Editor) & Boillet, 脡. (Editor), 17 Feb 2023, Turnhout: Brepols Publishers. 273 p. (New communities of interpretation; vol. 3)

    Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Anthology

  • Johnson, I. R., 20 Apr 2023, Literary theory and criticism in the later Middle Ages: interpretation, invention, imagination: essays in honour of Alastair Minnis. Butterfield, A., Johnson, I. & Kraebel, A. B. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 137-158 22 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter (peer-reviewed) 鈥� peer-review

  • Open access
    Johnson, I. R. & Rodrigues, A. M., 1 Jan 2022, Religious practices and everyday life in the long fifteenth century (1350-1570): interpreting changes and changes of interpretation. Johnson, I. & Rodrigues, A. M. (eds.). Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, p. 13-19 7 p. (New communities of interpretation; vol. 2).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter (peer-reviewed) 鈥� peer-review

  • Open access
    Johnson, I. R. (Editor) & Rodrigues, A. M. (Editor), 1 Jan 2022, Turnhout: Brepols Publishers. 418 p. (New communities of interpretation; vol. 2)

    Research output: Book/Report 鈥� Anthology

  • Open access
    Johnson, I. R., 1 Jan 2022, Religious practices and everyday life in the long fifteenth century (1350-1570): interpreting changes and changes of interpretation. Johnson, I. & Rodrigues, A. M. (eds.). Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, p. 175 - 199 25 p. (New communities of interpretation; vol. 2).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding 鈥� Chapter (peer-reviewed) 鈥� peer-review

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