Research output per year
Research output per year
I'm interested in how early medieval textual and material cultural productions have been translated, reinterpreted, and represented in 20th and 21st century texts, visual art and performance, and heritage organisations. My research asks what sort of identities and communities the medieval is called upon to create today, and why and how those interested in the study of literature might engage with new, multimedia, interdisciplinary productions.
My thesis, examined in February 2020 by Catherine Karkov and Andrew Elliott, examines the public life of Sutton Hoo, with a particular focus on the use of Old English poetry (including Beowulf and the Rune Poem) in its presentations. I analyse newspaper coverage of the 1939 discovery, television documentaries across the 20th century, and museum-based displays and performances (considering script, movement, and landscape), to demonstrate the ways in which meanings of the early medieval past are bound up in local and national identity-making practices and a variety of political ideologies.
Master of Arts, King's College London
1 Oct 2012 → 6 Sept 2013
Award Date: 6 Sept 2013
Teaching Associate, Queen Mary University of London
1 Sept 2019 → 29 Feb 2020
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Fran Allfrey (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Fran Allfrey (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Fran Allfrey (Contributor)
Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Schools engagement
Fran Allfrey (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Fran Allfrey (Editor)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
Supervisor: Lees, C. (Supervisor), Davies, J. (Supervisor) & Read, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
Allfrey, Fran (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)