Samuel MacPhee

PhD Student
s.macphee@mail.utoronto.ca

Fields of Study

  • Europe (Northern or Western)
  • Mediterranean
  • Digital Humanities
  • History
  • Literature & Linguistics
  • Manuscript Studies & Textual Cultures
  • Philosophy
  • Religion

Major and Minor Fields

Major

  • Philosophy
  • Manuscript Studies and Textual Cultures

Minor 1

Languages and Literatures

Working Dissertation

Title

"Braving Stormy Waters: Laura Cereta on Conscience and the Happy Life "

Biography

On loan from the Maritimes.

Publications

“This Is My Blood: Innocent III’s Legislation Against Clerical Surgery.” Crossroads (Spring 2022: Proceedings from the History Master’s Students Symposium, University of Toronto): 63–75.

Education

Collaborative Specialization in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
MA, Medieval Studies, Centre for Medieval Studies
BA, History and Philosophy, Mount Allison University

Presentations

“Medical Averroism in the Defensor Pacis.” International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds. July 2024.
“Vicars of Lawlessness: Marsilius of Padua’s Answer to Papalism in the Defensor Pacis.” Ninth Annual Medieval Studies Colloquium, University of Wisconsin–Madison. April 2022.

Cohort

  • 2024-2025