Kate McGrath Assistant Professor of History Department of History 208 DiLoreto Hall Central Connecticut State University 1615 Stanley Street New Britain, CT 06050 Phone: (860) 832-2829 Fax: (860) 832-2804 Email: mcgrathkae@ccsu.edu

Areas of Specialization: Medieval Europe, Anglo-Norman Studies, Violence Studies, History of Emotions

Kate McGrath received her B.A. in Political Science and B.A. in History, summa cum laude, from the University of Georgia in 2002. She received her MA and PhD in History from Emory University in 2005 and 2007 respectively. Prior to her arrival at CCSU, she taught at the University of Georgia.

Her teaching interests include Medieval Europe, English History, and Gender History. Her current research interests include the function of anger rhetoric in Anglo-Norman ecclesiastical histories and its application to aristocratic culture. She is working on her first monograph for future publication.  For more information, see her personal website.
 

Selected publications:

• "The Politics of Chivalry: The Function of Anger and Shame in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Anglo-Norman and Northern French Historical Narratives." In Feud, Violence, and Practice: Essays in Honor of Stephen D. White, eds. Belle Tuten and Tracey Billado (Ashgate, Forthcoming).
• "English Jews as Outcasts or Outlaws: The Ritual Murder of Little St. Hugh of Lincoln in Matthew Paris's Chronica Majora." In Outlaws, Exiles, and Heroes: History and Literature through the Ages, ed. David Hepworth (Windbrook Publishing and Ashgate, Forthcoming).