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Welcome to Professor Leslie Morgan from Loyola University Maryland, USA

Leslie Morgan

16 February 2024

Professor Leslie Morgan is visting Bristol as a Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor and will be here from the 16th February to the 23rd March.

Professor Morgan’s research is in the medieval combination of French and Italian in which romance epics were produced in Northern Italy; specifically, the language, literature, and reasons for the reworkings or recreations of Old French texts in this mixture. Professor Morgan will be working with Professor Marianne Ailes in the French Department on the project Franco-Italian Epic: Origins, range, and interpretations.

You can read more about this project and associated events on Professor Morgan's web profile page

Further information

Please email ird-office@bristol.ac.uk if you have an enquiry about the Bristol Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professorships.