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Nicolette Zeeman

Nicolette "Nicky" Zeeman (born 3 December 1956) is a British literary scholar. She has been Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English at the University of Cambridge since January 2016 and a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge since 1995.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Zeeman was born on 3 December 1956 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.[4] She is the daughter of Sir Christopher Zeeman, a mathematician, and Elizabeth Salter, who was an academic specialising in medieval literature.[5] She was educated at Mill Mount Grammar School, an all-girls grammar school in York.[4] She studied at Clare College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1979.[4] In 2000, she was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree by the University of Cambridge.[4]

Academic career

Zeeman was a junior research fellow at Newnham College, Cambridge from 1984 to 1987. She was elected a fellow of King's College, Cambridge in 1995. Within the Faculty of English, University of Cambridge, she was a lecturer (2012–2014), then senior lecturer (2014–2015),[4] before being made Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English in January 2016.[6] She was a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies at Harvard University for the 2014–15 academic year.[4]

Zeeman's research is focused on the literature of the later Middle Ages. She studies literature and devotional writings in English, French and Latin, including those of Chaucer and the Piers Plowman.[7]

Selected works

  • Salter, Elizabeth (1988). Pearsall, Derek; Zeeman, Nicolette (eds.). English and international: studies in the literature, art, and patronage of medieval England. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521343756.
  • Dimmick, Jeremy; Simpson, James; Zeeman, Nicolette, eds. (2002). Images, idolatry, and iconoclasm in late medieval England: textuality and the visual image. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198187592.
  • Zeeman, Nicolette (2006). Piers Plowman and the medieval discourse of desire. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521856102.
  • Ghosh, Kantik; Zeeman, Nicolette; Denery II, Dallas G., eds. (2014). Uncertain knowledge: scepticism, relativism, and doubt in the middle ages. Turnhout: Brepols Publishers. ISBN 978-2503547763.
  • Massing, Jean Michel; Zeeman, Nicolette, eds. (2014). King's College Chapel 1515-2015: Art, Music and Religion in Cambridge. Turnhout: Harvey Miller Publishers. ISBN 978-1-909400214.
  • Zeeman, Nicolette (2020). The Arts of Disruption: Allegory and Piers Plowman. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198860242.

References

  1. ^ "Zeeman, Prof. Nicolette". Who's Who 2018. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2017. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.287929. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  2. ^ "Prof Nicolette Zeeman, King's". Faculty of English. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Prof Nicolette Zeeman". King's College. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Zeeman, Prof. Nicolette, (born 3 Dec. 1956), Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English, University of Cambridge, since 2016; Fellow, King's College, Cambridge, since 1995". Who's Who 2022. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2021.
  5. ^ Reisz, Matthew (26 July 2012). "The family business". Times Higher Education (THE). Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Nicky Zeeman appointed as Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English". Medieval Research Group. Faculty of English, University of Cambridge. 9 November 2015. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Nicolette Zeeman". King's College. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
Academic offices
Preceded by Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English
University of Cambridge
2016 to present 		Incumbent
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