Emma Gabe
First Name:
Emma
Last Name:
Gabe
Email :
emma.gabe@mail.utoronto.ca
Title:
PhD Student
Education:
BA, History, University of Ottawa
MA, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto
People Type:
Research Area:
Areas of Interest:
women religious, late medieval Germany, gender history, servants and daily life
Program:
Cohort:
1st Major:
Medieval history
1st Minor:
Early modern history
Dissertation Title:
Laysisters in Late Medieval German Convents
Dissertation Supervisors:
Shami Ghosh and Isabelle Cochelin
Dissertation Description:
My dissertation focuses on the daily life and religious experiences of laysisters in the late medieval period, the sisters who undertook the manual and physical work within female monasteries.
Presentations:
"The Discourse on Service in the Late Medieval Sister-Books”. Paper presented at the conference “We are all servants”: The Diversity of Service in Premodern Europe, University of Toronto, 20–22 September 2019.