CURRICULUM VITAE: MICHAEL FOX

Positions Held

2013- Assistant Professor, Western University 2012-13 Assistant Professor (Limited-Term), Western University 2010-12 Adjunct Research Professor (Associate), University of Western Ontario 2009-10 Associate Professor, University of Alberta 2003-09 Assistant Professor, University of Alberta

Education

1994-97 University of Cambridge, Ph.D. (1997) “Augustinian Hexameral Exegesis in Anglo-Saxon England: Bede, Alcuin, Ælfric and Old English Biblical Verse” (supervised by Professor Michael Lapidge) 1992-94 University of Manitoba, M.A. (1994) “Benign Incarnations: Chaucer’s Pardoner and the Pardoner’s Old Man” (supervised by Professor Robert Emmett Finnegan) 1990-92 University of Western Ontario, Dip. Hons. (1992) 1985-88 University of Windsor, B.A. (1989)

Publications and Work in Progress

Published: Books: Old English Literature and the Old Testament, editor [with Manish Sharma] (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2012)

Articles and Book Chapters: “Ælfric’s Interrogationes Sigewulfi,” in Old English Literature and the Old Testament, ed. Michael Fox and Manish Sharma (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2012), pp. 25-63

“Feðerhama and hæleðhelm: The Equipment of Devils,” in Constructing a World One Word at a Time: Papers on the Dictionary of Old English Project, ed. M.J. Toswell, Florilegium 26 (2009 [published 2011]), pp. 131-57

“Vercelli XIX-XXI, the Ascension Day Homily in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 162, and the Catechetical Tradition from Augustine to Wulfstan,” in New Readings in the Vercelli Book, ed. Samantha Zacher and Andy Orchard (Toronto: Toronto University Press, 2009), pp. 254-79

“Alcuin’s Expositio in epistolam ad Hebraeos,” Journal of Medieval Latin 18 (2008), 326-45

“Origins in the English Tradition,” in The Oxford Handbook of English Literature and Theology, ed. Andrew Hass, David Jasper and Elisabeth Jay (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 35-53

“Alcuin as Exile and Educator: uir undecumque doctissimus,” in Latin Learning and English Lore: Studies in Anglo-Saxon Literature for Michael Lapidge, ed. Katherine O’Brien O’Keeffe and Andy Orchard, 2 vols (Toronto: Toronto University Press, 2005), I.215-36

“Bis grauidae pecudes: Vergil, Georgics 2.150 and Genesis 31:7-8,” in Daimonopylai: Essays in Classics and the Classical Tradition Presented to Edmund G. Berry, ed. R.B. Egan and M.A. Joyal (Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Centre for Hellenic Civilization, 2004), pp. 89-95

“Medieval Studies at the University of Western Ontario,” Florilegium 20 (2003), 77-80

“Alcuin the Exegete: the Evidence of the Quaestiones in Genesim,” in The Study of the Bible in the Carolingian Era, ed. C. Chazelle and B. Van Name Edwards (Turnhout: Brepols, 2003), pp. 39-60 (reviewed by Christopher A. Jones for The Medieval Review via http://name.umdl.umich.edu/baj9928.0411.014)

“Ælfric on the Creation and Fall of the Angels,” Anglo-Saxon England 31 (2002), 175-200

Exhibition catalogue: Mappae mundi: Representing the World and its Inhabitants in Texts, Maps, and Images in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, Bruce Peel Special Collections Library, February-April 2008 (Edmonton, 2008), 146 pages [co-author with Stephen Reimer; 30000 words of text]

Annotated Bibliography: “Anglo-Latin and Ecclesiastical Works,” Year’s Work in Old English Studies (2007), 144-59 [with contributions by Anthony Adams and others; published 2010]

“Anglo-Latin and Ecclesiastical Works,” Year’s Work in Old English Studies (2006), 154-9 [published 2009]

“Anglo-Latin and Ecclesiastical Works,” Year’s Work in Old English Studies (2005), 141-56 [co-author with Philip Rusche; published 2007]

“Anglo-Latin and Ecclesiastical Works,” Year’s Work in Old English Studies (2004), 129-41 [co-author with Philip Rusche; published 2006]

Reviews: Dinkova-Bruun, Greti, ed. Liber prefigurationem Christi et ecclesie. Liber de gratia noui testamenti. Corpus Christianorum Continuatio Mediaevalis 195 (Turnhout: Brepols, 2007), reviewed in Journal of Medieval Latin 20 (2010), 301-4

Echard, Siân and Stephen Partridge, eds, The Book Unbound: Editing and Reading Medieval Manuscripts and Texts (Toronto, 2004), reviewed in Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada 43.2 (2005), 111-15

Powell, Kathryn, and Donald Scragg, eds, Apocryphal Texts and Traditions in Anglo-Saxon England (Cambridge, 2003), reviewed in The Medieval Review (available online at http://www.hti.umich.edu/t/tmr)

Bremmer, Rolf H., Kees Dekker and David F. Johnson, eds, Rome and the North: the Early Reception of Gregory the Great in Germanic Europe, reviewed in Notes and Queries 50 (2003), 453-4

Szarmach, Paul E., ed., Old English Prose: Basic Readings, Basic Readings in Anglo-Saxon England, Vol. 5 (New York, 2000), reviewed in The Medieval Review (available online at http://www.hti.umich.edu/t/tmr)

Journalism: “Seminar examines the Bible,” with Andy Cockbain, London Free Press, Saturday, March 16, 2002, page F7 (Spirituality and Ethics page)

In Preparation (and, where indicated, under review or provisionally accepted for publication): Books: Beowulf: Following the Formula, a monograph with five chapters: (1) The Single Formula: Beowulf 651a (“wann under wolcnum”) (2) The Scriptural Formula: The Biblical Structure of Fitt 1 (3) The Digressive Formula: How to Read the Sigemund-Heremod Digression (4) The Folktale Formula: Örvar-Odds saga (5) The Formula Reformulated: The Hobbit

Articles: “Churchill’s elocutio: ‘We shall fight on the beaches’“ (under review)

“The Folktale: A Recipe-Based Approach to Teaching Creative Writing” (under review)

“Alcuin’s Letters in Anglo-Saxon England” (to be submitted to the Journal of Medieval Latin)

Teaching

University of Western Ontario (2010-2016): Writing Studies Writing 2111: Introduction to Professional Communication Writing 2205: Technical Writing Writing 2206: Technical Editing Writing 2292: Advanced Professional Communication Writing 2299: Creating your Professional Portfolio

English English 2072: Speculative Fiction: Fantasy English 3001: History of the English Language English 3012: Old English Language and Literature

School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities AH 2220: Effective Communication in the Arts and Humanities

University of Western Ontario (2000-2003): Department of English English 020: Introduction to Literature and Composition English 171/172: Speculative Fiction: Science Fiction/Fantasy English 214: Middle English Language and Literature English 404: Old Norse Literature and Culture -senior undergraduate seminar Writing 101: Introduction to Grammar and Writing

University of Alberta (2003-2010): Department of English and Film Studies Undergraduate: English 212: Introduction to the English Language English 300: The History of the English Language English 320: Old English Language and Literature English 321: The Earlier Middle Ages English 322: The Later Middle Ages English 407: Wise Men and Jokers -early medieval wisdom literature and riddles to Tolkien; cross-listed with Comparative Literature Directed Readings Courses: Evil, Eve and Genesis; Myth, Folktale and Beowulf

Graduate: English 611: The Historical Contexts of Beowulf English 615: Monsters and the Monstrous in Early Medieval Contexts -cross-listed with Religious Studies Directed Readings Courses: Rogationtide Homilies in Anglo-Saxon England; Tolkien’s World through his Medieval Scholarship

Department of History and Classics Latin 433: Medieval Latin (2007-08; 2008-09)

Teaching Related Activities

2014-15 Graduate Teaching Assistant Supervisor, English 3001 (1 TA) 2013-14 Graduate Teaching Assistant Supervisor, English 3001 (1 TA) 2011-12 Graduate Teaching Assistant Supervisor, English 3001 (2 TAs) 2010-11 Graduate Teaching Assistant Supervisor, English 2072G (4 TAs) 2007-09 Graduate Student Teaching Classroom Evaluations 2005 MEMI Palaeography Workshop: Working with Texts from Beowulf to Bacon, April 11-12 2002-03 Graduate Teaching Assistant Supervisor, English 020E

Conference Papers and Activities and Invited Lectures

Invited Presentations:

“Beowulf: Following the Formula,” Toronto Old English Colloquium, University of Toronto, May 1, 2015

“Bears, Borders, and the Limits of Beowulf,” Keynote Address, Medieval Day, Wilfrid Laurier University, October 19, 2009

“What’s at Stake with Alcuin?,” Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame, November 8, 2007

“A Judgement on the Creation of Vercelli XIX-XXI,” The Vercelli Book Workshop, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, September 14-15, 2002

“The Purpose and Function of Alcuin’s Quaestiones in Genesim,” L’étude de la Bible d’Isidore à Remigius d’Auxerre, Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne, 1998

Conference Papers:

“The Narrative Structure of The Hobbit,” On Tolkien and His Works, Valparaiso University, March 1-3, 2013

“Alcuin’s Letters in Anglo-Saxon England,” International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 8-11, 2008

“The Commentary on Hebrews attributed to Alcuin,” International Congress on Medieval Latin Studies, York University, Toronto, August 1-6, 2006

“The Intertextuality of Genesis B,” International Medieval Congress, Leeds, July 10-13, 2006

“Did Alcuin Compose a Commentary on Apocalypse?,” International Society of Anglo-Saxonists, Munich, August 1-6, 2005

“Beowulf and Örvar-Odds saga,” Canadian Society of Medievalists (Learneds), London, ON, May 29-31, 2005

“The Sigemund/Heremod Digression: How to Read (and Date?) Beowulf,” 40th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 5-8, 2005

“The Catechetical narratio and Old English Homilies,” 38th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 8-11, 2003

“Alcuinus magister: uir undecumque doctissimus,” 37th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 2-5, 2002

“New Light on Old Questions: Ælfric’s Interrogationes Sigewulfi,” A Symposium on the Study and Use of the Bible in the Middle Ages, University of Western Ontario, March 22-23, 2002

“Benign Incarnations: Chaucer’s Pardoner and the Pardoner’s Old Man,” Canadian Society of Medievalists (Learneds), Calgary, 1994

Organization: “Old English Literature and the Old Testament” and “Guthlac and Beowulf,” Canadian Society of Medievalists (Congress of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences), London, ON, May 29-31, 2005 [session organizer]

“Problems and Possibilities in Reading Beowulf,” 40th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 5-8, 2005 [session organizer]

“A Symposium on the Study and Use of the Bible in the Middle Ages,” University of Western Ontario, March 22-23, 2002 [conference organizer]

Awards and Distinctions

2010 Aid to Scholarly Publications Program - $8000 (Old English Literature and the Old Testament) 2006 SAS Travel Grant (Alberta) - $2286.00 2005-09 SSHRC Standard Research Grant, “Alcuin”s Exegetical Works” - $46798.00 2005 HFASSR Research Travel Grant (Alberta) - $1400.00 2005 Endowment Fund for the Future: Special Capital Equipment Grant (Alberta) - $12237.59 2004-05 SAS Research Award (Alberta) - $3496.91 2000-02 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Post- Doctoral Fellowship

Administration and Service

Department: 2015-16 Alfred R. Poynt Poetry Award 2014-15 Alfred R. Poynt Poetry Award 2013-14 Old and Middle English Examination Committee Alfred R. Poynt Poetry Award 2012-13 Appointments Committee (Digital and Emerging Media Position) Alfred R. Poynt Poetry Award Marie Smibert Writing Studies Student Achievement Prizes 2008-09 Chair’s Advisory Council (Department of English and Film Studies, University of Alberta) 2007-09 Department Colloquia Chair (Department of English and Film Studies, University of Alberta) 2005-07 Awards and Prizes Officer (Department of English and Film Studies, University of Alberta) 2004-07 Graduate Placement Committee (Department of English and Film Studies, University of Alberta) 2002-03 Medieval Position Hiring Committee (University of Western Ontario)

Faculty/University: 2015-16 “Language Day”: Grade 5 Gifted Program, Thames Valley District School Board, April 22, 2016 2014-15 “Language Day”: Grade 5 Gifted Program, Thames Valley District School Board, April 24, 2015 2013-14 “Language Day”: Grade 5 Gifted Program, Thames Valley District School Board, March 28, 2014 2012-13 Arts and Humanities Awards and Distinctions Committee (Western University) Sexuality Studies Advisory Board (Western University) 2006-07 Dean”s Advisory Selection Committee – East Asian Studies Position (Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta) 2003-10 Religious Studies Advisory Council (University of Alberta) 2003-05 Medieval and Early Modern Institute Executive Committee (University of Alberta)

Other: 2006-08 Sources of Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture, Program Officer (responsible for organizing multiple sessions relevant to SASLC at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University)

Reviews and Assessments

External Reviewer for SSHRC Standard Research Grants; manuscript review panel for Thomson Nelson’s Introduction to Language (ed. V. Fromkin; 4th Canadian ed.); manuscript reviews for Florilegium, University of Toronto Press, Journal of English and Germanic Philology; Oxford University Press; Broadview Press