Medieval Holy Women and the Desire for Death

Tiny Spaces, Big Ideas - Jessica Barr

Medieval women’s religious writings show us how their complex experiences of life and death differ from what men wrote about them—and can help us navigate our own mortality, too.

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About the Lecturer

Jessica Barr

Professor, Comparative Literature
Director of the Program in Comparative Literature
Interim Undergraduate Program Director, Comparative Literature

Professor Barr is a professor of comparative literature in the Languages, Literatures and Cultures department at UMass Amherst.

Jessica Barr