From the MI Podcast: "The Exciting Adventures (and Misadventures) of Stained Glass"—Rachel Koopmans (Ph.D. '01) discusses her research
Check out this latest episode of Meeting in the Middle Ages, the Medieval Institute's podcast!
In this episode, hosts Ben and Will sat down with Dr. Rachel Koopmans, Associate Professor of History at York University, Canada and Associate Fellow of Toronto’s Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies. She received her Ph.D. from the Medieval Institute of the University of Notre Dame in 2001. She has written an award-winning book on medieval collections of miracle stories, and is currently engaged in a new study of the Thomas Becket “miracle windows” of Canterbury Cathedral in conjunction with the cathedral's stained glass conservation studio. On the podcast, Will and Ben talked with Dr. Koopmans about conceptions of the medieval, studying stained glass in books and in person, and gratitude for antiquarians.
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