Claire Sponsler Department of English University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 54 Employment Department Chair, 009- Professor, 004-, University of Iowa Visiting Professor, spring 004, George Washington University Associate Professor, 1997-003, University of Iowa Assistant Professor, 1994-96, University of Iowa Assistant Professor, 1990-93, George Washington University Instructor, summers of 199-93, 1998-006 Bread Loaf School of English, Middlebury College; director, Bread Loaf Juneau, 004-05 & Bread Loaf Santa Fe, 006-08, 011 Selected Honors and Awards Director, NEH Summer Institute, Ritual and Ceremony from Late-Medieval Europe to Early America, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., June 1-July 3, 010. NEH Fellowship, 005-006. Barnard Hewitt Year s Best Book Award, American Society for Theatre Research, 005. Faculty Scholar Award, University of Iowa, 001-03. Collegiate Teaching Award, University of Iowa, 1998. Gerald Kahan Prize Year s Best Essay Award, American Society for Theatre Research, 1993. [for The Culture of the Spectator ] Folger Shakespeare Library Fellowship, 1990. Books Reading the Beauchamp Pageant (in progress) The Queen s Dumbshows: John Lydgate and Theater History (University of Pennsylvania, 013) Lydgate s Mummings and Entertainments (Middle English Texts Series, Western Michigan University Press, 010). Ritual Imports: Performing Medieval Drama in America (Cornell University Press, 004). [winner, 005 Barnard Hewitt Award, American Society for Theatre Research] East of West: Crosscultural Performance and the Staging of Difference, co-edited with Xiaomei Chen (Palgrave Macmillan, 000). Drama and Resistance: Bodies, Goods and Theatricality in Late Medieval England (University of Minnesota Press, 1997). Selected Articles (35 total) and Book Reviews (34 total) Tracing Medieval Performance: The Visual Archive, in Performance and Theatricality in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, ed. Markus Cruse (Arizona State/Brepols) (forthcoming 013) Writing the Unwritten: Morris Dance and Theatre History, in Interpreting the Theatrical Past, ed. Charlotte Canning and Thomas Postlewait (University of Iowa Press, 010), 84-113. Two English Courtesy Poems, in An Anthology of Conduct Books, ed. Mark Johnston (Medieval Academy Publications, 009), 85-304. [an edition & translation of two texts with intro & glosses] Homoeroticism, in Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender, ed. Fedwa Malti-Douglas (Macmillan, 007), :71-15. Lydgate and London s Public Culture, in Lydgate Matters, ed. Lisa Cooper and Andrea Denny- Brown (Palgrave Macmillan, 007), 13-33.
Drama, in Women and Gender in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia, ed. Margaret Schaus (Routledge, 006), 3-34. Mystery Plays, in The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature, ed. David Scott Kastan (Oxford University Press, 006), 4:59-64. Drama in the Archives: Recognizing Medieval Plays, in Redefining British Theatre History, ed. Stephen Orgel and Peter Holland (Palgrave Macmillan, 004), 111-30. Margery Kempe: Drama and Piety, in A Companion to Margery Kempe, ed. Katherine J. Lewis and John H.Arnold (Boydell & Brewer, 004), 19-43. Text and Textiles: Lydgate s Tapestry Poems, in Medieval Fabrications, ed. E. Jane Burns (Palgrave Macmillan, 004), 19-34. In Transit: Theorizing Cultural Appropriation in Medieval Europe, Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies) 3 (00): 1-0. [reprinted in Postmodern Beowulf: A Critical Casebook (West Virginia University Press, 006] Alien Nation: London s Aliens and Lydgate s Mummings for the Mercers and Goldsmiths, in The Post-Colonial Middle Ages, ed. Jeffrey J. Cohen (St. Martin s 000), 9-4. Eating Lessons: Lydgate s Dietary and Consumer Conduct, in Medieval Conduct: Texts, Theories, Practices, ed. Kathleen Ashley (University of Minnesota Press 000). Othered Bodies: Racial Crossdressing and Performativity in Early Drama, with Robert L.A. Clark, Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies 9, (Winter 1999): 61-87. The King s Boyfriend: Froissart s Political Theatre of 136, in Queering the Middle Ages, ed. Glenn Burger and Steven Kruger (University of Minnesota Press 000). Medieval America: Drama and Community in the English Colonies, 1580-1610, Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies 8 (1998): 457-8. "Writing the Unwritten: Morris Dance and the Construction of Medieval Theatre," Theatre Survey 38 (1997): 73-95. Brooklyn's Giglio and the Negotiation of Ethnicity, Essays in Theatre 15 (1997): 137-50. Queer Play: The Cultural Work of Crossdressing in Medieval Drama, with Robert L.A. Clark, New Literary History 8 (1997): 319-44. Festivity and the Production of Culture: Jean Bodel's Le Jeu de Saint Nicolas, in Festive Drama, ed. Meg Twycross (Cambridge: Boydell & Brewer, 1996): 66-79. Producing the Past: Modern Reconstructions of Medieval Drama, Theatre Annual 48 (1995): 60-71. The Culture of the Spectator: Conformity and Resistance in Medieval Drama, Theatre Journal 44 (199): 15-9. [winner of the 1993 American Society of Theatre Research best essay award] Medieval Ethnography: Fieldwork in the European Past, Assays: Critical Approaches to Medieval and Renaissance Texts 7 (199): 1-30. Narrating the Social Order: Medieval Clothing Laws, CLIO 1 (199): 65-83. Review of Sarah Beckwith, Shakespeare and the Grammar of Forgiveness (Cornell, 011) in Theatre Journal 64 (01): 469-70. Review of Virginia Scott, Women on the Stage in Early Modern France (Cambridge, 010) in Early Theatre 15 (01): 47-50. Review of Edward Wheatley, Stumbling Blocks Before the Blind: Medieval Constructions of a Disability (University of Michigan Press, 010), in Speculum 86 (011): 1133-35. Review of Jessica Brantley, Reading in the Wilderness: Private Devotion and Public Performance in Late Medieval England (University of Chicago Press, 007), in Speculum 84 (009): 674-75. Review of Matthew Giancarlo, Parliament and Literature in Late Medieval England (Cambridge University Press, 007), in Journal of British Studies 48 (009): 187-89. Review of Lynette R. Muir, Love and Conflict in Medieval Drama: The Plays and Their Legacy (Cambridge University Press, 007), in Speculum 83 (008): 103-4. Review of Thomas Ohlgren, Robin Hood: The Early Poems, 1465-1560 (University of Delaware
Press, 007), in Speculum 83 (008): 1086-88. Review of Douglas Sugano, ed., The N-Town Plays (Medieval Institute Publications, 007), in The Medieval Review (008) [online journal], 1050 words. Review of Elizabeth Baldwin, Lawrence M. Clopper, and David Mills, eds., REED: Cheshire including Chester (University of Toronto Press, 007) in Arthuriana 17 (007): 117-18. Review of Larry Scanlon and James Simpson, eds., John Lydgate: Poetry, Culture, and Lancastrian England (University of Notre Dame Press 006), in Speculum 8 (007): 478-79. Selected Conference Papers and Talks (54 total) Is There a Play in this Book?: Editing Lydgate s Mummings and Entertainments, International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, May 011. Marvelous Words, American Society for Theatre Research, Puerto Rico, November 009. Household Noise, MLA, Philadelphia, December 009. Session leader, Workshop on the Second Shepherds Play and Early Drama Studies, Folger Shakespeare Library, December 007. Lydgate and London s Public Culture, International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, May 005. Lydgate s Royal Performances, invited lecture, University of Michigan, October 004. Crossing Over: Medieval Drama in America, Keynote address, Siena College Medieval Consortium, Albany, NY, October 003. Drama in the Archives, invited paper, The Huntington Library, Los Angeles, March 003. John Shirley and the Construction of Lydgate as Playwright, International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, May 00. America s Passion Plays, invited lecture, University of Washington, October 001. The Queen s Dumbshow: Lydgate s Royal Mummings and Katherine of Valois, invited lecture, Rutgers University, March 001. In Transit: Theorizing Cultural Appropriation in Medieval Europe, keynote address, New England Medieval Conference, Portland, ME, October 1998. Medievalists as Ethnographers, New Chaucer Society, Seattle, August 199. Recent Teaching Semester/Yr ADVISEES COURSES TAUGHT Undergrad Graduate Course Number and Title Fall 01 5 6 DEO 8:005 Intro to the English Major 8:05 Colloquium: Teaching Intro to the English Major Summer 01 3 DEO Spring 01 4 6 DEO Students Enrolled 41 141 57 8 1 3
8:199 Special Project for Undergraduates 8:515 Advanced Studies in a Literary Genre 1 Fall 011 6 DEO 39 8:005 Intro to the English Major 169 Summer 011 Chaucer (graduate) Bread Loaf School of English, Santa Fe 1 3 Spring 011 DEO 39 Fall 010 DEO 9 11 8:101 Lit & Culture of the Middle Ages 5 8:09 First-Year Seminar: Reading for Pleasure 15 Selected Professional Service Panelist, NEH Summer Seminars and Institutes Application Review, DC, 01. Reviewer, NEH Institute Applications, Folger Shakespeare Library, 010. Member, American Society for Theatre Research Ad-hoc Essay Prize Committee, 009-10. Reviewer, NEH/Mellon Awards, Folger Shakespeare Library, 009. Member, MLA Executive Committee, Division on Drama, 008-13; Secretary, 010-11; President, 011-1. Reviewer, NEH/Mellon Awards, Folger Shakespeare Library, 009. Reviewer, ACLS Fellowships, 007, 008. Advisory Board, Philological Quarterly, 007- Barnard Hewitt Book Prize Committee, American Society for Theatre Research, 007. Editorial Board, Theatre Survey, 007- MLA Advisory Board on Teaching Chaucer in Secondary Schools, 005- American Society for Theatre Research, Publications Committee, 001-004. Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society Council, 000-004. Coordinator, Bevington Book Prize, Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society, 00; Committee Member, 000. Tenure and Promotion reviewer for numerous candidates. Referee for numerous journals and presses, including: Modern Language Studies, PMLA, Speculum, Theatre Annual, Studies in the Age of Chaucer, Theatre Journal, College English, Mosaic, PQ, CLIO, Contemporary Literature, University of California Press, Blackwell, University of Notre Dame Press, Palgrave, University of Toronto Press, Syracuse University Press Selected College and University Service CLAS Public Humanities Cluster Hire Committee, 010. CLAS Promotion and Tenure Committee, 007-008, 013. Member, Campus Planning Charter Committee, 01-15. Presenter, Panel on ACLS Fellowships, Organized by VP for Research, April 009.
Member, Provost s Task Force on Graduate and Professional Education, 009-10. Member, Crossing Borders Executive Committee, 009- Member, Committee on the Selection of Central Academic Officials, 007- Promotion Committee (Marra/Theatre Arts), 006. Reviewer, Obermann Seminar proposals (Arthur/Crichlow seminar on carnival), 005. Reviewer, Linguistics Department, 00. Member, Scholarship Committee, Honors Program, 000. Teaching Awards Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 1999-000. Academic Coordinator, Medieval Studies Program, Division of Interdisciplinary Programs, 004-005. Member, Elections Committee, Faculty Senate, 003-06; chair, 005. Member, Coordinating Committee, Medieval Studies Program, Division of Interdisciplinary Programs, 00-03. Member, President s Budget Planning Advisory Committee, 000-001. Member, Faculty Senate Budget Committee, 000-03. Member, Faculty Senate, 1999-001. Selected Departmental Service Chair, English Department, 009- Chair, English Department Search Committee (position in early modern), 007-08. Director, English Graduate Finances, 006-08. Search Committee (position in medieval/early modern), 004-05. Chair, 5 th -Year Review Committee (Lavezzo), fall 004. English Graduate Steering Committee, fall 003; 004-05, 006-08. Search Committee, joint position with Women s Studies, fall 003. Assistant Professor Review Committee, fall 00. Undergraduate Task Force, Fall 00. Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, 1998-001. Chair, Graduate Steering Committee, 1998-001. Tenure and Promotion Review Committee (Latham), fall 000. Search Committee (positions in medieval and early modern literatures), 1998-99. Curriculum Committee, 1998-001.