Lara Farina, associate professor of English at West Virginia University, has been named co-editor of the publication postmedieval: a journal of medieval cultural studies.

A peer-reviewed quarterly journal, postmedieval aims to develop scholarship in which texts, artifacts, and ideas from early periods of history provide new ways of thinking about present-day events, issues, and representations. The journal has been recognized for its innovative and cross-disciplinary approach, and was awarded “Best New Journal 2012” by the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, and “Best New Journal in the Humanities and Social Sciences” by the 2011 PROSE Awards.

“I’m thrilled to be a part of a journal that undertakes the vital of work of understanding the past as it lives in the present,” Farina said. “The title of postmedieval reminds us that we are all medieval whether we are aware of it or not. The university itself is a medieval invention.”

Farina specializes in British and continental medieval literature, medieval piety, and histories of gender, sexuality and the senses. She is the author of the book, “Erotic Discourse and Early English Religious Writing,” and has published articles about eroticized reading practices, medieval women’s devotional literature and queer approaches to the history of sexuality.

-WVU-

dc/05/04/2015

CONTACT: Devon Copeland, Director of Marketing and Communication, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, West Virginia University, 304-293-6867, Devon.Copeland@mail.wvu.edu

Check http://wvutoday.wvu.edu/ daily for the latest news from the University. Follow @WVUToday on Twitter.