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W.J.B. Mattingly

Research Interests:
Biblical Exegesis
The Carolingians
Hrabanus Maurus
Alcuin
Network Theory
Empire
Medieval beasts
Availability

Office Hours: M/W 12:00-1:00 or by appointment

Education

B.A., Florida Gulf Coast University (2010)
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M.A., Florida Gulf Coast University (2012)
Adviser: Professor Melodie H. Eichbauer
Thesis: “The Evolution of Early Irish Surety: The Transition from Indo-European Legal Systems to the Classical Period”

Research

Conference Papers

  • "From Chaste Widow to Bellatrix: The Increasing Significance of Judith's Beheading of Holofernes in the Early Middle Ages," paper presented at the session "Medieval Biblical Exegesis" at the 22nd Bluegrass Symposium, University of Kentucky, 22-23 February 2012.
  •  “Redefining Macc Surety in Early Irish Law,” paper presented at the special session “The Basics of Medieval Ireland (A Round Table)” at the 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, 10-13 May 2012.
  • Chair and Commentator of the Panel “State Power and Cultural Repression: Art and Religion in Stalinist Russia and Nazi Germany,” at the Ohio Valley History Conference 6-8 October 2011.
  • “Defining Mac Surety in Early Irish Law,” paper presented at the 51st Florida Conference of Historians 14-16 April 2011.
  • “Can’t We All Just Get Along? The Difference between Greek and Roman Stasis,” presented at the 50th Florida Conference of Historians, Tallahassee Community College, 18-20 February 2010.
  • “How the Irish Mythological Cycle was Influenced by Greek Mythology,” paper presented at the 48th Florida Conference of Historians, Florida Gulf Coast University, 27-28 February 2009.
Graduate Training

Ph.D., University of Kentucky (In Progress) - Adviser, Professor Abigail Firey

Selected Publications:

Editorial Board

Florida Conference of Historians 18 (2011), ed. Professor Michael S. Cole.