CURRICULUM VITAE
Elisabeth Carnell
elisabeth.carnell@wmich.edu
EDUCATION:
M.A. in Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, August 2002
Thesis: “Spells, Talismans and the Stars : Varieties of Interpersonal Magic in Ghâyat al-hakîm”
Advisor: Larry J. Simon, Associate Professor - Department of History, Western Michigan University
B.A. in History and English, Western Michigan University, June 1995
Thesis: “Gendering Witchcraft, Endangering Women: The Malleus Maleficarum and Women in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe”
Advisor: Larry J. Simon, Assistant Professor - Department of History, Western Michigan University
LANGUAGES:
(reading) French, German, Latin
TEACHING:
1999-2000 Teaching Assistantship, WMU (Summer II, Fall, and Spring Sessions), Heroes and Villains of the Middle Ages
1998-1999 Teaching Assistantship, WMU (Summer II, Fall, and Spring Sessions), Heroes and Villains of the Middle Ages
1997-1998 Teaching Assistantship, WMU (Fall and Spring Sessions), Heroes and Villains of the Middle Ages
Medieval 145 (new numbering, 1450), Heroes and Villains of the Middle Ages, is an interdisciplinary course designed to introduce beginning students to the medieval roots of the individual, social, and institutional ideals and values of modern Western culture as they are expressed and exemplified in the images of medieval heroes and their counterparts. I taught the course both as one-half of a graduate assistant team and alone.
PUBLICATIONS:
“Magic and the Maiden : Magical Efficacy and Magical Victims in Picatrix.” The Journal of Comparative Religion, Vol. 1 no. 1 (July 2000): 30-33. (This had been available at http://www.wmich.edu/religion/ejournal/volume1/issue1/articles/pp30-33.PDF, but the link is broken. I am trying to find out where the journal has moved)
PAPERS GIVEN:
May 2006: Will present “facias ymaginem: Wax Figures and Interpersonal Relations in Picatrix,” Forty-First nternational Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI.
June 2004: Presented “From Esoteric to Exoteric: The Translation of Arabic Magical and Scientific Works in the 12th and 13th Centuries,” The Association for the Study of Esotericism North American Conference, East Lansing, MI.
May 2002: Presented “Eymeric and the Infidel: Tractatus brevis super jurisdictione inquisitorem contra infideles fidem catholicam agitantes,” Thirty-Seventh International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI.
May 2000: Presented “Images of Love: Erotic Talismans in the Picatrix,” Thirty-Fifth International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI.
October 1999: Presented “Magic and the Maiden: Woman as Magical Victim in Picatrix,” Midwest Medieval History Conference, Cincinnati, OH.
April 1999: Presented “Ut mulier non concipiat: The Magical Art of Contraception in Pseudo-al-Majriti’s Picatrix,” Ohio Academy of History Spring Meeting, Dayton, OH.
OTHER CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION:
May 2006: Organizing session titled “Weblogs and the Academy: Internet Presence and Professional Discourse Among Medievalists - a Roundtable,” Forty-First International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI.
May 2004: Organized session titled “Medicine as Magic, Magic as Medicine: Image and Transformation,” Thirty-Ninth International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI.
May 2003: Organized session titled “Medicine as Magic, Magic as Medicine,” Thirty-Eighth International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI.
May 2000: Session Presider for session titled “Magic and the Dead” organized by Societas Magica, Thirty-Fifth International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI.
May 1999: Session Presider for session titled “Magic, the Universities and the Liberal Arts” organized by Societas Magica, Thirty-Fourth International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI.
May 1997: Session Presider for session titled “Magic and Gender” organized by Societas Magica, Thirty-Second International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
May 2000 to present: Congress Coordinator, The Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
August 1994 to April 2000: Secretary, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
