History of medieval papal administration and jurisdiction; Scandinavian history in the Middle Ages; medieval diplomatics and palaeography
Elected 2024
The archaeology and rural economy of early medieval Europe, especially the North Sea zone
Welsh literature, medieval Welsh poetry, Dafydd ap Gwilym, textual transmission, lexicon, translation
Dante; Renaissance Italian literary, intellectual and cultural history; reception of vernacular authors (Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio) in Renaissance Italy; history of criticism; reception of ancient philosophy (especially Aristotle) in Renaissance Italy